Ibibio English

[H.HL] noun central beam of a house, it runs the length of the roof

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[HHH] noun comb

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[LHL] noun priest

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[LHH] noun clan chief

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[LLL] noun wasp

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[LLL] adjective green

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[HHHH] adjective male (used with all animal names except those few which have a special word for the male); yielding little, unproductive

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[LL] verb, transitive be afraid, fear

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[LL] verb, transitive join a society, undergo the initiation for a society

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[LL] verb, transitive count, reckon, esteem

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

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[HL] noun headtie

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[HH] verb, transitive tell

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

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[LL] noun flying squirrel.

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[LH] noun suicide by hanging a tight knot.

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[HH] noun meat, rat.

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[HH] noun war; a society which celebrates past war glories, joining the society was possible at one time only for a man who had taken several heads, now it is done symbolically.

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[L] ideophone sound made by a ripe pawpaw or avocado when it falls to the ground.

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

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[LL] verb, transitive spit, spit out (food, liquid, silaiva)

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[HH] verb, intransitive shrink, become shrunken (of fruits, people).

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[HH] verb, intransitive become hot, warm.

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[L] verb, transitive uncover, strip, take off, peel (with the fingers).

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[L] verb, intransitive become lazy.

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[H] verb, transitive fold, roll up into a cylinder, make narrow.

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

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[HH] noun fire.

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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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[LH] adjective big

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[HH] noun gonorrhea.

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[HH] noun urine.

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[HF] noun walk, journey; gait

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[LL] noun tail

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[HHH] verb, transitive promise, vow (involves an exchange, something given for something done)

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

[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 (pl. of kpat)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: itoro ituen

[HHH] verb, transitive cut (esp many small sticks and brush as when clearing land for farming (pl. of kpIkke)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive soil, dirty

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[HH] ideophone sound of an automobile horn

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive become contrary (es. to show off)

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[H] ideophone sound made by ekOmO drums, the small one goes kpim or kpom or kum, the large one goes kpim or kum.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[L] verb, transitive vomit

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] verb, transitive hit, beat, hollow or flat sounds

Speaker: itoro ituen

[HH] verb, transitive scrape, scrape off, shave

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[LLH] verb, transitive rub off, erase, wipe clean, polish

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[LLL] noun sugar cane, Saccarum officinarum (Dalziel)

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[LL] verb, transitive slow down and walk cautiously as when one sees danger, or because of mud

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[LHLH] noun a kind of plant with similar properties to akpaakpa ikpaaRa (the plants that if pulled out gets its roots back to the ground and grows up again)

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

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[LLHDH] noun a kind of small white mushroom

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[LHLLH HL] noun rough skin, tough skin

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[LHL] interjection no

[HD] adverb also, too

[LLL] noun a kind of small green squash, curcurbita pepo

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Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HL] noun two hundred (from an old monetary system)

[HLHH] adjective unsteady; shiftless

[HHH] noun dirt; a sticky substance (esp. one a person finds on his clothes and doesn’t know where it came from)

[LLH] adverb perhaps

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

[HH] noun a diseased condition of poultry in which little quill feathers begin to grow all over the body

[HH] noun ochre, a kind of clay used for plastering walls, for floor or wall decoration, and for body decoration

[LH HL] noun village crier, he beats a drum and makes announcements

[LLL] noun a small insect found around palm wine

[LLL] noun a kind of small hot red or green pepper, Aframonum melegueta (Dalziel)

[LL] verb, intransitive become greedy

[LLL] noun a kind of insect, a larva

[LF] noun lead (metal)

[HHHH] noun young curled cocyam leaf

[HF] noun second-born daughter

[LLH] adjective granular, in grains

[HH] verb, intransitive become agile, sprightly, lively, smart (in action or dress)

[HH] verb, transitive abuse, humiliate

[L] verb, transitive speak a language esp. a foreign language; speak unintelligibly; translate

[HH] verb, transitive devastate, destroy, squander

[HL] noun sugar (possibly English loanword)

[HHH] verb, transitive disturb, stir

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

[LH] noun a kind of grey rock which is crushed to a powder and used as a cosmetic for the eyes

[HH] preposition, conjunction since, starting from (time only)

[L] verb, transitive warn against; give information, inform

[LH] noun the second-born son

[LHF] noun fourth-born son

[HLL] adverb completely

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

[LHH] adjective many, much

[LLL] numeral four

[LHHL] number nine

(Igbo) eteghiete

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[HF] adverb slow, with care

[LHH] noun a kind of frog

[LLLH] noun a dish of grated cocoyam steamed in leaves

[LHLHL] interjection a sound made to cheer or mock someone

[L] verb, transitive write

[HH] verb, intransitive talk a lot, chatter, become unable to contain anything or keep a secret

[LL] verb, transitive steal

[HH] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive adhere. stick, become sticky; hang; hang oneself; insist, persist; hang on to; pester; persecute; hate

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