Ibibio English

[LHH] noun corpse, cadaver

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[LL] noun path in the bush

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[HHH] noun trap, ordeal

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[HHF] noun chameleon

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[LH] noun fence

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[HH] noun the sediment which sinks to the bottom of the pot when palm oil is boiled after being extracted from the fruit, dregs

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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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[HHH] noun a stomach ache with diarrhea

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[LL] adjective not even, even, none

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[L] verb, transitive break, break open (something round; something made of glass and clay)

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[L] verb, transitive father a child

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[HL] noun bowl(cf. abawIt, bawIt)

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[LL.H] verb, transitive collect, gather, pull down tendrils or other vegetation from a tree or the side of a house; tap on the back to get a persons attention

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive test, examine, measure, weigh

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[LH] verb, intransitive become untidy and wet (of a messy wet animal), become wet, become untidy.

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[LLL] noun world.

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[HHHL] noun sacred place where family heirlooms are kept; archive.

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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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[LL] noun eulogy.

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[HH] noun grey hair; mould (on food, leather)

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

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

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

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[L] verb, transitive blow on (as with the mouth or bellows to cool, or to make a fire flame up), blow (a whistle, a wind instrument), whistle.

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[HF] noun a kind of small crocodile (Goldie monitor lizard) cf afiom, utai.

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

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

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

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

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[HHF] noun year

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[HH] noun the area from the waist to the hips

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[LHLLL] number seven (a sacred number in Ibibio)

(Igbo) asaa

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[LHLLL] number six

(Igbo) isii

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

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[LHH] noun a kind of fish with poisonous spines

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[HHH] noun nose

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

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[H] verb, transitive agree to, be willing to; run errands opt w utom message, errand, work

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

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[HHH] verb, intransitive/verb transitive think, meditate, worry, brood; hope, expect; consider; become concerned with, care

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[H] verb, transitive die perish; become exhausted, overcome; fade; heal

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

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[HH] verb, transitive become big

Speaker: itoro ituen

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

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[H] ideophone sound of abodom being played with bamboo sticks in sending a message

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[HH] verb, transitive cut off the end of a periwinkle ( a kind of mollusk) so the fish can be sucked out.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] verb, transitive clear, sweep remaining bits of afere (soup) from a plate with the hand or a piece of fufu.

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[LH] verb, transitive let fall from the mouth, spit out (food, not liquid)

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[L] verb, transitive choose, select

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[LH HD] noun ring

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[HF HLL] noun small hard balls of excrement

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HHH] adverb a small, hard, round objects, seed, kernel, grain

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[HH HL] noun eyebrow

[LHLLH HL] noun rough skin, tough skin

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[LLLH] noun prison, jail, detention

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[HH] verb, transitive frown, screw up the face, have an unhappy, disgusted, distasteful or disapproving look on the face

[HHHH] noun a dish of ground beans with oil, pepper and other condiment steamed in leaves (Yoruba)

[HL] verb, intransitive become wealthy

[HH] verb, intransitive become stupid

[HHHH] noun a metal, tray

[LH] pronoun there (homographs: ndo ’and’; ndo ’scare’)

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[HHH] adjective new

[LH] verb, intransitive converse, tell, inform

[LHH] noun calamity

[HHL] noun a powdered vegetable mixture used in juju sacrifices

[LH] noun my father

[HF] noun hanger, peg on the wall for hanging things

[LL] verb, transitive push, push over, push aside, shove

[HHLL] noun cornsilk, the tassel at the end of an ear of corn

[HH] verb, intransitive become sour

[L] verb, transitive intimidate, pressurize

[HHHH HL] noun wrist watch

[LLHF] noun a plant with hot peppery fruit and leaves which are chewed esp with palm wine

[HF LL] noun a kind of wire grass, Bahama grass (Adams)

[LLH] adjective granular, in grains

[H] ideophone describes a sudden action

[LHH] noun a shrine

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

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

[LH] verb, intransitive come down, descend

[L] verb, transitive reach, get to, arrive at

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

[LL] verb, transitive put down, set down (a pot on the fire); cook, boil, prepare afere (soup) (pl. of tem)

[LH] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive become slack, loose, reduced; slacks loosen; slacken, loosen, lower, reduce in height

[LH] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive hang down; weigh down, lower (as wet clothes lower a line or heavy fruits on a branch)

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

[L] verb, transitive taste liquid, take a sip, sip

[HDH] noun tsetse fly

[LH] noun calamity

[LH] noun canoe

[LHF] noun third-born son

[HH] noun oppression

[LH] noun loving, likeness

[LHLL] noun radio (English loanword)

[HF] adverb slow, with care

[LL] noun quarrel

[LHH] adjective empty, wasted, devoid of purpose

[HL] adverb yet, then

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

[LL] verb, intransitive slither, move with a gliding movement, move like a snake or rope, move like a jellylike substance