Ibibio English

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHLL] noun king

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[HHH] adjective new

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[HHHH] noun cold, cattarrh

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[HDH] quantitative other, another, more

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[LLL] noun crocodile

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[HH] noun a fence of shrubbery planted to indicate a boundary and provide privacy

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[HHL] noun sunshine, the suns rays, daylight; weather, season, time, the times

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[H] noun wait, wait for

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[HH] noun hunger

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[H] verb, transitive spread out, lay flat, lay down (mats, tiles, carpet, cloth)

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[HL] noun ball

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[LH] verb, intransitive set off, depart, leave, move away, become wild, troublesome (of a child)

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[HF] noun buttocks, anus; bottom.

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

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[LH] noun the olden days, ancient past; time immemorial.

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[LH] verb, intransitive run, run away.

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

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[HH] verb, transitive bother, harass, worry.

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[HHL] noun women, wives

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[LHH] noun standing; height, stature, position; moment in time, time, time when.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun cricket

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[HF] noun piassava, the fiber from the trunk of ukOt (rafia palm).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHL] noun reasoning power, common sense, intellect.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun whip; cane; belt

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun deafness; deaf man

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HDH] noun bird (generic term)

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[LHL] noun whistling

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[HH] noun face, front, future (also eko iso)

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[HHF] noun year

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[LL] noun a blow with the fist; a charm which enables the wearer to strike powerful blows

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[LLL HL] noun door hinge

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[LHLLL] number six

(Igbo) isii

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[LL] number one

(Igbo) otu

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[LLH] verb, transitive follow, company; help

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[LL] ideophone sound of shoes with heels

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[HH] verb, intransitive rise, puff, swell (of rice in cooking, of bread); become conceited, swell-headed

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[H] verb, transitive pay

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LH] verb, transitive watch, guard, look after.

Speaker: itoro ituen

[HH] verb, transitive soil, dirty.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LLH] verb, transitive alter, change, become different, differ, vary

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] ideophone sound made by a heavy object (a person, coconut, a palm fruit cluster) when it falls to the ground

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] ideophone sound of the fall of a knife or spoon, or of an enamel plate

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[H] verb, transitive loosen, untie, unrap, unfasten, dismantle.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LLH] verb, intransitive; verb, transitive become finished; finished

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

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[LLHD] noun groundnut

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[HHHH] noun kind of plant, where it is found the soil is fertile, its leaves contain an acidic liquid used for cleaning wounds and cleaning snails, its stem is chewed, bush cane, Costus after (Dalziel)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHLH] noun gooseflesh

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[LH HD] noun ring

[HH] noun a kind of tree which blooms in dry season, its leaves are used for afere

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[HH HL] noun outer part of the vagina - labia majora

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[LLLLH HLL] noun a pool of water

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LLHDH] noun a kind of small white mushroom

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[LHLLHLL] noun butterfly

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HHH HL] noun shin

[HHH HL] noun shin

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[HHH HL] noun eyeball

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[LLHD] noun groundnut

[LL] verb, transitive take hold of, grab, catch (in the arms), grope

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[LH] adjective fresh (not cooked, dried or smoked)

[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

[LHH] noun a plant with a fine bark which is scraped off to mae twine, wild hibiscus

[HHH] noun a freshwater swamp where raffia palms grow

[L] verb, intransitive become pleasant, enjoyable, sweet

[HDH] interrogative noun what?

[LL] noun lies

[LLH] verb, transitive peep into (a matter, house); peep out (without being noticed), peep at

[HH] verb, intransitive shine like cat eyes (said of a person’ s eyes when he is excited, or when he should be ashamed but isn’t); shine intensely, brightly

[L] verb, transitive mark property to identify it or to keep people or evil away (eg. put a talisman tied in red string on one’s fruit trees so no one will take the fruit)

[LL] verb, intransitive become black

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

[LLH] verb, intransitive wander around, walk about (pl. of san̄a)

[HH] verb, intransitive to be clean; to acquit, find innocent

[LLH] verb, transitive to make a sign of disgust, impatience, disapproval, contempt; smack the lips over a good taste

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

[LL] verb, transitive hate, dislike

[HHHH] verb, intransitive scream, shout at, often with mkpo (var. tiara)

[HL] noun address form for father, grandfather, old man

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

[LL] verb, transitive hurt a sore place by accident

[LH] verb, intransitive become stuck into, pinned

[LL] noun a pit dug in the ground, a ditch

[LLL] noun room

[HH] noun friend

[HF] noun slavery (var. ufʌn)

[HF] noun a kind of tree with soft wood, probably Alstonia congensis (Dalziel)

[LH] noun loving, likeness

[LF] noun lack, scarcity

[LL] noun covering on the surface of something (skin on soup, tarnish on metal, fungus)

[LL] noun quarrel

[LHH] noun needle

[LLL] noun beauty

[HL] noun guava

[HH] verb, transitive elude, evade (as a solution eludes one)

[H] verb, transitive turn, mix, stir