Ibibio English

[LHLL] noun cannon

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[HHH] noun comb

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[LF] noun whisper

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[LL] noun the first wife

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[LHL] noun bitter leaf, gall bladder; bile

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[LHLL] noun hiccup

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[HHL] noun man, male

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[HHL] noun man, male

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[L] verb, intransitive be early, arrive early, do something early

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] verb, intransitive lean against, lean on(for help)

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[HL] noun yam

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[HH] noun hunger

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[LLH] verb, transitive answer a question, answer a call(in the latter case only used negatively, i.e. fail to answer a call)

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[L] noun term of address used betwee men of equal age and status, its use generally implies intimacy, it is occasionally used to address a stranger and is currently used by young girls although this latter is considered improper by men

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[HH] verb, transitive add, put together, stick, glue

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[HHH] verb, transitive cause disgust

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[LL] verb, transitive not know, doubt, have doub about, refuse to recognize

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[LH] noun an uncircumcised man or woman.

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[LH] noun rat, mouse (gen term).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHF] noun a kind of large edible snail.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun cattle, bovine.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive overlook, let off, let go, forgive.

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[H] verb, intransitive; verb, transitive become heaped up, piled up; tv heap up, pile up.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive pluck (feathers, hair, weeds).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, intransitive become good.

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[LL] number two

(Igbo) abụọ

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[HHL] noun women, wives

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[HH] noun tobacco, snuff.

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[LLL] noun; adjective; adverb aloneness, lack of relations

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[HF] noun word, language, talk; matter, palaver (difficulty, trouble, verbal conflict, gathering for negotiation or decision).

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[HF] noun laughter

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[LL] noun fishing grounds, fishing area

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[LHH] noun a cripple

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[LH] noun; adjective farm

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[HF] noun earth, land, ground, floor, country, a council of elders

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive roast, fry (a food to make it dry or crisp esp groundnuts in sand, gari in a pot); season a new pot by placing it on the fire

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] verb, intransitive become called, named, bear a name

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] verb, transitive become puckered (of the mouth from acid, of the hands from immersion in water).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] ideophone sound made by a flat object when it falls flat on the ground.

Speaker: itoro ituen

[L] verb, transitive pay attention (used with utON, as in a kpaN utON, listen).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] 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

[LLH] verb, transitive become late; take a long time; continue in time

Speaker: itoro ituen

[LH] verb, transitive bend over so as to expose the buttocks

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LH] verb, transitive pull down the lower eye lid to show triumph, to mock

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive peel with hand or knife (as kola, ndiya, cassava); unlock; bleach.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] ideophone sound made by someone walking in studded shoes.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive copulate

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[H] verb, transitive cover, close with a cover or lid; heap up

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] verb, transitive remove from a hook, remove what hangs, unentangle (esp. wipe awy strands of cobweb) (rev. of kọp [L])

[HH] verb, intransitive cough

[HHH] noun shreds, particle

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHLHL] noun a kind of insect (similar to millipede)

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[LHL] adjective small

[LH] noun yesterday (in a context of past), tomorrow (in a context of future), (loosely) two or three days in the past or future.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LLH] noun warm

[HL] verb, intransitive become wealthy

[HH] noun dream

[HHH] noun delicacies, luxury food, little bits of luxury food (nuts, bits of meat) (var. ndien, ndiin)

[HHH] adjective new

[HHH] noun an edible fern found in streams

[HH] noun face, front, future

[HFHF] noun smallpox

[LL] conjunction where

[HF] noun hanger, peg on the wall for hanging things

[HHLHDH] noun wart

[HH] ideophone sound of plantain frying in oil

[HH] verb, intransitive be itchy, scratchy

[LL] verb, intransitive become greedy

[LL] noun my mother

[LHH] noun clan chief

[LLHLLH] noun a spider web

[LH] noun oyster

[L] verb, intransitive become black

[LH] verb, intransitive make faces to scare a child

[LLH] verb, transitive give (pl. of nọ)

[H] pronoun what, who which

[LLH] verb, intransitive dawn, enter a new day, remain until the new day, make it through the night

[HHH] verb, intransitive become foolish, stupid (pl. of sịme)

[H] verb, intransitive become lost, disappear, cease (of customs)

[HH] verb, transitive chop

[L] verb, transitive reach, get to, arrive at

[H] verb, transitive speak to, talk to, say, tell; rebuke, reprove often

[LL] verb, transitive put down, set down (a pot on the fire); cook, boil, prepare afere (soup) (pl. of tem)

[LL] verb, intransitive become supple

[H] verb, intransitive become stupid, retarded

[LH] verb, intransitive become sluggish

[HHH] noun a whistle

[LHH] noun byword, slang phrase, scandal

[LL] noun your mother

[HHHH] noun a creature (fish? serpent?) which stretches the whole length of a river or sea

[LHL] numeral five

[LLL] noun beauty

[L] verb, transitive write

[H] verb, transitive cause a desire in, a craving for, a longing for

[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 satisfy (with food, information)

[HH] verb, intransitive become sufficient, up to the mark

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