Ibibio English

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H.HL] noun shame

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[LLL] noun crocodile

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[LHL] noun python

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[HF] noun a broom made from oil palm fronds stripped of their leaves and tied in a bunch, it is generally used for sweeping the house

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[HHH] noun a stomach ache with diarrhea

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[H] verb, transitive sharpen

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[L] verb, transitive expect, hope, anticipate

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[L] verb, transitive watch out for; wait to do harm to; watch over, protect, look after

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[HL] noun yam

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[LH] verb, intransitive become buried

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[H] verb, transitive break

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[L] verb, transitive cook by burying in hot ashes

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[HH] verb, transitive feed, nurse, rear a child

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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

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[H] verb, transitive bite

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[HLL] verb, intransitive to fool around.

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[L] verb, intransitive leak, leak out, run out(of liquid)

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[L] verb, transitive weave, knit, spin

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[HF] noun chin.

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[LL] noun the back (anat).

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[LL] noun axe.

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[LH] noun strange, alien.

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[LHF] noun grandfather (paternal or maternal).

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[HLLHL] noun heel of the foot.

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[LHHL] noun rheumatism.

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[LLL] noun a flowing gown, usually worn by women.

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

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

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[HH] verb, transitive uncover, take off.

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[LL] noun extra-marital sex.

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[HH] noun rope.

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[LLL] noun toad

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[LLL] number four

(Igbo) anọ

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[LHH] noun a cripple

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[HF] noun walk, journey; gait

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[LL] noun tail

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[HH] noun someone shorter than normal, a stunted person

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[LHL] noun coal tar

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[LLL HL] noun door hinge

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[LHHH] noun a kind of dance performed in the moonlight

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[H] prep. of time, place, cause, manner

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[LL] number one

(Igbo) otu

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

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

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

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[HH] verb, transitive become puckered (of the mouth from acid, of the hands from immersion in water).

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[HL] ideophone sound made by a flat object when it falls flat to the ground.

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[L] verb, transitive pay attention (used with utON, as in a kpaN utON, listen).

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[LL] verb, transitive slow down and walk carefully (as when one has seen something dangerous).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] ideophone sound of the fallof an enamel cup

Speaker: itoro ituen

[LLH] verb, transitive trim (branches, hair), cut down (a tree)

Speaker: itoro ituen

[HH] verb, transitive peel with hand or knife (as kola, ndiya, cassava); unlock; bleach.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

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

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[H] verb, transitive copulate

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[L] ideophone sound made by a heavy round object such as a coconut or palm fruit cluster when it falls to the ground

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[L] verb, transitive gather, collect (leaves, fish, crayfish)

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

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

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[H] verb, transitive like, love (can be used as a euphemism for sex)

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[LL] noun side, edge

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[HHH] noun hunger

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[LLH] noun banana

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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)

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[LL] noun scar, welt

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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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[LHF] noun tree, big/heavy log of wood

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[HH] noun shout, scream, outcry

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

[H] verb, transitive groan (of a sick person)

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[LL] conjunction with, and

[HHHH] adjective toughness and coarseness in texture due to exposure to the sun or other causes

[HHH] noun something rotten

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[H] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive dance; fawn on

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

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[LH] interrogative what

[LLHL] adjective stunted, blunt, undercooked (var. iteetịp, iteitịp)

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[LLL LLL] adverb unsteadily

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[HHLHDH] noun wart

[HHH] noun crust from burnt food

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[HHF] noun hiccup

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[LLH] adjective granular, in grains

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

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[L] verb, intransitive shine, glitter, sparkle, reflect light (of a metal in the sun)

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

[LLH] verb, intransitive shift, make room, move aside, jerk, make a fuss (pl. of sịkke)

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[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

[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

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[LH] noun the second-born son

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[HF] noun lot, quantity, instance of

[LF LL] noun state of being walleyed, wall-eyes (eyes that turn outward)

[LF] noun lack, scarcity

[LF] noun a kind of fresh water eel

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[L] verb, transitive tear, rend, scratch, tear off, tear up, tear out; pay a debt in installments

[H] verb, transitive soothe, pat, rock a child

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[H] verb, intransitive swim; become loose

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[HH] verb, intransitive shine (of the sun or moon)

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