Ibibio English

[HHL] noun man, male

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHHH] noun cold, cattarrh

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[HHHH] noun thought, meditation, hope, expectation, consideration, care

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[LHL] noun basket

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

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[LHH] adjective real, genuine, important, very (emphatic)

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[LL] noun the first wife

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[LHH] noun top, apex

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[HHH] noun okra, okro

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[H] verb, intransitive be in a place, exist; seem, appear to be

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[HH] verb, intransitive become in need of, get into straits about (refer to a chronic or long term situation or deprivation); straiten, put into straits

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[L] verb, transitive count, reckon, esteem

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[LLH] verb, transitive prepare, prepare for, get ready for

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

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[HHH] verb, transitive ask, ask for

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[LH] verb order the night before in order to have the next day, book overnight, contact to but at a certain time (esp. palm wine, palm wine is generally bought in the morning when it is fresh)

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[HHH] verb, intransitive itch

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[H] verb, intransitive become a coward

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

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[HH] verb, transitive become sick, become sick with

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[LHH] noun denial.

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[HH] noun tree trunk (the oart between the roots and the crown); a log left by the side of the river to wash clothes on.

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[HH] noun walking stick.

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[HHH] noun dog.

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[HH] verb, transitive stick into a narrow space, wedge in, put between.

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[LH] verb, intransitive run, run away.

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[H] verb, transitive eat up a large quantity of food.

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[HH] noun country, nation, tribe, clan, group of people esp foreigners; a group who follow a leader; household; humanity, human nature.

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[HF] noun a round basket with a cover and a handle used for drying fish or meat.

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[HH] noun tobacco, snuff.

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[LHL] noun muteness, dumbness; a mute

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[HHF] noun bird (generic term)

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[LLL HL] noun door hinge

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[HH] noun base, foundation of esp. base of a tree trunk

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[HH] noun fish (general)

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[HHL] noun blood

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[LLH] verb, transitive stir (as in soup)

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[H] verb, transitive tell a fable, proverb, riddle

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[LL] number one

(Igbo) otu

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[L] verb, transitive stand on tiptoe, stretch to see something high; become high, raised up (esp of the ground or of something which should be flat)

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

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[L] verb, transitive restrain, prohibit, stop; warn; rebuke

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] verb, transitive lift something very heavy and of huge girth requiring both arms around it; try to carry something heavier than one is capable of, take on more than one can manage

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[H] verb, transitive judge a case

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[L] verb, transitive cajole, entice, lure.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive catch in the hands

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LL] verb, intransitive bark, growl (of a dog); speak in an angry or pompous manner

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[LLH] verb, intransitive preach, repeat over and over, moralize, advise

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[H] verb, transitive copulate

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[L] verb, intransitive knock, tap

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[L] verb, transitive hang (on a hook, peg, line); spread out to dry; hook, link, lock, entangle

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[HH] verb, transitive overlap, cross, heap, pile on top of; arrange, set up, prepare for use

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

[HL] noun cup (esp. a metal or enamel cup); cigarette tin or other container used as a unit of measure for beans, rice, gari

[LL] verb, transitive eat palm fruit, a palm kernel, or a bit of meat by putting it in the mouth and turning it about slowly removing the flesh

[LL] verb, intransitive grow (of people, animals, plants, hair) (pl. of kọt [L])

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun exhaustion, fatigue

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[LL] noun scar, welt

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[L] verb, transitive choose, select

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[HLH] noun a kind of timber tree, Uapaca guineensis (Dalziel)

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[LHF] noun tree, big/heavy log of wood

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[LLHDH] noun a kind of small white mushroom

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[H.HL] noun sandfly

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[LLL] noun path, narrow place, space, gap

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[LHHLHL] noun butterfly

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LLLH] noun prison, jail, detention

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[LH] verb, transitive open the eyes wide (in surprise because something is in the eye, to scare someone)

[H] ideophone sound of a bell

[HD] adverb also, too

[HF] noun a power spirit generally associated with a particular place or group of people; some of these spirits inhabit the forest, others the water; each Ibibio clan has its own ndem; sacrifices are made to them and to certain festivals attached to them

[HLL] noun sweat (var. ibikpO, ibibiak, adikpO)

[LLH] adjective alive; raw; fresh (of meat, fish, a wound)

[HLHHH] noun effort, struggling; the matrimonial state

[LH] verb, intransitive converse, tell, inform

[L] verb, intransitive become straight; become right, correct

[LH] conjunction so, so that

[LL] noun lies

[HF] noun the gums

[LL] adjective small, few

[HH] noun a women’s society

[HHHLLLHL] noun locust

[HH] verb, transitive fight; struggle; try

[HH] verb, transitive look at

[LH] verb, intransitive become dizzy

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

[L] verb, transitive taste (food, drink)

[L] ideophone describes water falling drop by drop

[HH] ideophone sound of a car (automobile) horn

[LH] verb, transitive stop from happening, thwart, blunt

[HDH] noun tsetse fly

[LHH] noun left (direction)

[LLHH] noun cloaca of a chicken, hindquarters of a chicken (?)

[HF] adjective big, old (of a person)

[L] verb, transitive sacrifice

[L] verb, transitive kill

[LLH] verb, intransitive become peeled off, become faded

[H] verb, transitive having the urge to sleep

[H] verb, transitive wash; rub on, apply (oil, ointment); lick

[HHH] verb, transitive satisfy (with food, information)