Ibibio English

[HHL] noun umbilical cord

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun moon, month

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

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[HH] noun the first-born son

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[LHHH] noun table

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[HHH] verb, transitive beg, beg for; plead with, ask for

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[HH] verb, intransitive; verb, transitive resemble, appear to, seem to, seem

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[HHH] verb, transitive ask, ask for

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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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[L] verb, transitive drag, draw; pl make a drawing, draw many lines; massage.

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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 bundle of ten, twenty, fifty, etc..

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[LHLL] noun rice.

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[LL] noun the back (anat).

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[LL] noun flying squirrel.

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[HF] noun a hump on the back.

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[LL] noun axe.

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[HF] noun the liver, heart, chest, inside; mind.

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[LL] noun small; few; a little bit; smallness.

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[H] verb, transitive be sated, make overfull (from eating).

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[HH] verb, intransitive become white.

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[HH] verb, intransitive become jealous, envious often.

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

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[HHF] noun gorilla (Goldie baboon, chimpanzee).

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[LHL] noun thigh; lap.

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[HH] noun deafness; deaf man

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[LL] noun river

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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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[LLH] verb, transitive cross over, step over, step over something high so that one has to lift ones leg; empty

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[HH] verb, intransitive ebb (of the tide)

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[LL] verb, transitive restrain, prohibit, stop; warn; rebuke (pl. of kpan)

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[H] verb, transitive pay

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[L] verb, transitive cut into, slash

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[HH] verb, transitive respect, esteem, honor, worship

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[L] verb, transitive pull out, pluck (hari, feathers); uproot (roots, mushrooms)

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] verb, transitive taunt

Speaker: itoro ituen

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

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[LH] verb, intransitive hang, hang on, snag; become hooked on; become bent; pick at, bicker, harass; become a responsibility

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[H] verb, transitive grind between two stones (small things such as beans, pepper); w pl kọọk cure, heal, perform juju for curing and certain other purposes (implies grinding medicines)

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[LL] verb, transitive slacken; relax the body or part of the body

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[HH] verb, intransitive become accustomed to, familiar with, associated with;

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[HF] noun cockroach

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

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

[L] ideophone sound of nails being driven

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

[HHF] noun eczema

[LLL] noun wickedness, maliciousness

[HLHHH] noun a struggle

[LHH] noun calamity

[LHH] noun calamity

[LHH] noun sperm, semen

[HHHH] noun eternity

[HH] noun a diseased condition of the skin on the legs involving pus filled swellings and cracking of the skin

[LL] noun place

[LLH] verb, transitive smell, sniff (var. n̄uune)

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

[LH] noun folktale, proverb

[HHHH] noun a percussion instrument

[HHH] noun a lump (of meat, a clay), a mass; a nest made by ants

[HHH HLL] noun a low fence around a trap, it has one opening through which animals are driven

[LH] noun the hips, the area from the waist to the thigh

[HF] noun second-born daughter

[LLH] adjective granular, in grains

[H] verb, transitive drink; smoke

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

[HL] conjunction since (time, cause), because

[LH] noun [Eng] cigarette

[HH] verb, transitive devastate, destroy, squander

[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

[HH] verb, transitive grab as much as possible with one hand

[HH] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive hop, jump; jump over; abate, let up (pl. of tamma)

[HH] verb, transitive pluck fruit (esp. pepper) cf kippe (pl. of tet)

[LL] ideophone describes a staggering walk

[LH] verb, intransitive sit, stay; appear, seem

[HH] verb, transitive to exclaim

[H] verb, transitive pay close attention

[HH] verb, transitive eat a little bit at a time, pick up and eat tiny bits of food (such as grains of rice), pick tiny leaves

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

[H] verb, intransitive urinate

[LF] noun your husband

[HH] noun weavil

[HF] noun smell, odor

[HF] noun house

[LL] noun your mother

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

[HF] noun a polite term for itịt, vagina

[LH] noun cssave fufu, it has no smell due to being well soaked before cooking

[HH] noun sand on the shore

[HL] noun wire (English loanword)

[HH] verb, transitive startle, surprise, take unawares (esp of an unexpected visitor)

[H] verb, transitive burn, sting (as pepper, iodine)

[H] verb, transitive having the urge to sleep

[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)

[LL] verb, transitive hit (esp. with a stick, also with hand or fist)

[HH] verb, transitive saw, cut with a sawing motion (an animal’s throat, or in shredding certain leaves such as afan̄)(pl. of jọọk)

[HHH] verb, transitive dance with specific steps, dance a specific dance, generally a leisurely a dance with outstretched arms