Ibibio English

[HHH] noun comb

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] adjective new

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[LL] noun path in the bush

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[LHHH] noun table

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[LLL] noun wasp

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[LHLHL] noun praying mantis

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[LHH] noun needle

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[HHH] noun a stomach ache with diarrhea

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[HH] verb, intransitive fall off, snap off, drop off(ripe or dead fruit), fall out(of hair)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, intransitive become unsalted, unseasoned, become deficient

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[L] verb, transitive expect, hope, anticipate

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HL] noun a metail basin used for storing and carrying food and water(borrowed from English basin)

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[LLH] verb, intransitive; verb, transitive stop, cease, conclude,; tv bring to conclusion; decide

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[HHH] verb, intransitive become disordered, scattered, disheveled, disrupted

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[L] verb, intransitive become rotten (esp. of edible things), spoil (of improperly dried fish, it gets mould on it), sour

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[L] verb, transitive reveal a secret, narrate a story, convey information, inform, relate, (all have derogatory connotation)

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[H] verb, transitive break

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[LH] verb, transitive imitate

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[HL] noun ball

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[H] verb, intransitive stand

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[HHH] verb, intransitive itch

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

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[LH] interrogative adverb how? in what way?

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[HHH] verb, transitive; verb, intransitive shout at, bawl at, scold; shock.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHHL] noun nest.

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[LHHH] noun big, huge.

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[HH] noun phantom, ghost of ancestors. in traditional government, the police arm, now a society (to which nearly all the men belong) which has masquerades at various times of year such as the turning of the year and the harvest of new yam.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun axe.

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[HF] noun shore, harbor, port.

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[LH] verb, intransitive run, run away.

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[LLLH] verb, transitive blow out through the nose, blow the nose, snort (at).

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[L] verb, intransitive become mouldy (of coconut, palm kernel).

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[LH] verb, intransitive put on clothes, wear.

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[LH] a small cloth warn at the waist by mourning widows.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun drum.

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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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[HH] noun fire.

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

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[LH] adjective dwarf, small in size, left over

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[HHF] noun dizziness, faintness

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

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[LLL HL] noun door hinge

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[HHL] noun cooking hearth

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[LHLLL] number six

(Igbo) isii

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[HF] noun bunch of plantain or bananas (general)

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[LLL] noun a leech; a kind of fish with long needle-like mouth

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[LH] noun foot race, running

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[LL] number one

(Igbo) otu

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[HH] verb, intransitive walk on the balls of the feet, walk on tiptoe

[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

[HH] verb, transitive lose ones temper and take some action (decide to do something or become stubborn), act in a fit of anger.

Speaker: itoro ituen

[H] verb, transitive judge a case

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

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[LL] verb, transitive watch, guard, look after

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive hop on one leg, limp.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HHH] verb, transitive walk here and there, zigzag

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive cover (esp obscure from view)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive greet, thank, congragulate, express

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, intransitive bleat (of a goat or sheep), low (of a cow)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] noun banana

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[LHL] noun brain

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[H] adverb here.

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[LH HD] noun ring

[LLHL] noun young men (pl. of akparawa).

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHLLH HL] noun rough skin, tough skin

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[LLL] noun, adjective cold, wet

[LHH] noun yam stake, a stick placed in the ground for the yam plant to climb on

[HHH] noun picture, photo, film, spectacle

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[HLL] noun prickly heat

[HF] noun a kind of white clay from the river, it is eaten, used as a treatment for diarrhea, used as a whitewash, and is rubbed on the body for decortion or against heat rash

[HHH] noun postherd

[LL] noun the area around the ears and under the jaw

[HH] noun a women’s society

[HHH] verb, intransitive become mixed, kneaded, mashed, smashed, run over

[L] verb, intransitive shake (of a drunkards hand, of an old rattly car, of a cloth flapping in the wind; tremble, move about)

[L] verb, transitive intimidate, pressurize

[LH] verb, transitive squeeze (a fruit, a wet cloth). press (oil from ayop), milk

[HHH] verb, transitive scratch the ground (of an animal, of children at play); toss away what is rejected from a sorting process (pl. of sara)

[LLHL] noun a kind of fruit, possibly breadfruit or soursop

[HH] verb, intransitive become tough and coarse in texture due to exposure to the sun or other causes and unable to be softened by cooking

[H] verb, intransitive walk with small quick half running steps as when carrying a heavy load

[HH] verb, intransitive walk in a slow, lazy, sloppy, or stealthy manner

[H] verb, transitive spread, loosen, untie, unlock, unwind, open, melt

[LLH] verb, intransitive become short, squat, and fat (of people or animals)

[LL] verb, transitive polish, scrub; grate (pl. of tʌk)

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

[LH] verb, intransitive become stuck into, pinned

[LHL] noun pigeon

[HH] verb, intransitive become clouded, unclear (in color); become murky, unclear (of liquids); become dusty (of clothes or something that can be shaken out)

[LF] noun the edible kernel of the raffia palm fruit

[LL] noun room

[HF] noun fatness, breadth

[LL] noun grave

[HH] noun sliminess, stickiness, a viscous secretion

[LL] noun dish, plate, bowl

[LL] verb, transitive steal