Ibibio English

[LLH] noun mens robes

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHL HF] noun town, village

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[LLH] noun a wooden gong, usually made from a section of a tree trunk

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[H.HL] noun shame

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[LHLL] noun blessing

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[HHL] adjective old

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[HH] noun bone, stem, the prominent, conspicious or salient part of something

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[HH] verb, intransitive fall off, snap off, drop off (e.g. a ripe or dead fruit), fall off/out (e.g. hair, teeth)

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[LL] ideophone describes the sudden stopping of noise or action

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[L] verb shine (of sun or moon)

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[LH] verb, intransitive fierce, brave, valiant, dare, become hot, burn (of pepper), become sarp, function work (of medicine, magic)

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[HH] verb, transitive eat

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[L] verb, transitive dig up, dig (esp root crops), harvest (root crops)

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verb, transitive become smooth

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[HH ] verb, transitive wipe up, dab, take a bit(of food to taste, of cream on the finger) pl cleam up, clean away; wipe up a liquid or semiliquid substance(water, faeces)

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[HH] verb, transitive climb (tree, hill)

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[HF] noun a kind of fish, good to eat.

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[LHH] noun a kind of bitter fruit taken like kola, bitter kola, Garcinia kola (Dalziel).

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[HHHL] noun nest.

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[HF] noun buttocks, anus; bottom.

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[LH] noun suicide by hanging a tight knot.

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[HHF] noun a kind of large edible snail.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun axe.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive climb a large tree by putting the arms around it and moving up on the belly, shinny up a pole (pl. of fap).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, intransitive become white.

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[HH] noun sleep.

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[LHL] noun electricity

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[HF] noun cricket

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[HF] noun bitter

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[LH] noun belly

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[LH] noun witchcraft, witch.

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[HHF] noun knife, machet (machete)

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[LHL] noun muteness, dumbness; a mute

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[LLL] number four

(Igbo) anọ

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[HH] noun deafness; deaf man

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[HHF] noun mouth

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[HF] noun advice

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[H] adverb there, over there, yonder

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[HH] verb, transitive cut with a glancing motion (as in scraping bark from a tree, peeling the rotten part from a yam, shaping a pestle out of wood) (pl. of kpaN)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive become resistant, obstinate (of a person, an animal); become difficult (of work, a person)

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] ideophone sound of a palm kernel or ekOm nut when it is cracked with a stone; sound made by snapping the fingers; sound made in a gun when it fails to fire because the powder is wet.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive push a heavy object for a distance; shove away from a distance (as an insect with a long stick); wheel, roll, push something on wheels.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive plead, plead with, entreat, beg.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] verb, transitive cut off the end of a periwinkle ( a kind of mollusk) so the fish can be sucked out.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[L] verb, transitive crow (of a cock).

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] verb, transitive cure, heal, perform juju for curing and certain other purposes (implies grinding medicine)

[LLLH] noun cowrie shell

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHL] noun specialist, practitioner (pl. of abia)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HLH] noun the process of fattening a woman prior to marriage; the woman who undergoes the process

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[HH] noun pity, sympathy

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[LH] noun grace, favour

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[HH] verb, transitive contort the face or mouth to show disgust

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[HH] verb, transitive insult; disobey, disregard

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HLLL] noun armpit

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[LHHH] noun a long narrow lightweight knife used for cutting grass; the flat part of a knife; a knife without a handle

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[LH LL] noun regret

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[HHH] noun stalk, the place where fruits are attached

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH HL] noun eyebrow

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LF] noun nasal mucus, phlegm

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[LLLH] noun prison, jail, detention

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[H] verb, intransitive; verb, transitive undulate, wriggle (in the manner of a maggot); dance with undulating movement

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHHH] noun food

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[HHHH] adjective toughness and coarseness in texture due to exposure to the sun or other causes

[HF] noun a kind of small fish

[LHL LL] noun a kind of plant, its leaf is ground up and used to treat yews

[LHD] noun epilepsy, an epileptic

[HF] noun horn of animal

[HH] noun jest, clowning, embarrassment

[LLL] noun intestines

[LLL] noun a kind of basket used for catching fish or crabs, small ones are made of palm fronds, large ones of cane

[HH] noun sand

[HFHF] noun smallpox

[LLL] noun a small insect found around palm wine

[LLLL] noun rust

[LH] noun color, many colors (ason cloth, or an animal)

[LF] noun lead (metal)

[HH] verb, transitive lick, lick off

[LH] verb, transitive tickle

[LF] noun market day

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, intransitive become dry (pl. of sat)

[L] verb, intransitive shine, glitter, sparkle, reflect light (of a metal in the sun)

[HHH] verb, transitive throw up to someone what one has done for him or what he has done to one, reproach with past deeds (var. sion̄, sioon̄)

[LH] verb, intransitive come down, descend (var. sọijọ)

[HH] verb, intransitive become quick, early, often; become sharp

[LH] noun a kind of grey rock which is crushed to a powder and used as a cosmetic for the eyes

[H] verb, transitive hit, hit the mark; knock against, knock down; throw down; drop

[LHH] noun byword, slang phrase, scandal

[HF] noun house

[LLL] noun fate, luck

[LH] noun fishing spear

[LHHL] number nine

(Igbo) eteghiete

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] numeral three

[LHH] noun a kind of frog

[LH] noun fishhook

[HHH] noun any insect which pinches

[HHH] verb, intransitive become poor

[HL] adverb yet, then

[L] verb, intransitive wilt, melt, dissolve, digest; become lazy, become weak

[HH] verb, intransitive wander (aimlessly or with a purpose), go here and there (of one who has many places to go and many things to do)

[HHH] verb, transitive shake liquid in a bowl to distribute it evenly over the surface