Ibibio English

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun cross the fingers

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[HF] noun slave

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[LHHH] adjective big, huge

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[HHF] noun chameleon

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[LHH] noun needle

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[L] verb, intransitive be early, arrive early, do something early

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

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[H] verb, intransitive become thickened (e.g. broth thickened by flavor); become dirty (e.g. cloths or water)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, intransitive fall off, snap off, drop off(ripe or dead fruit), fall out(of hair)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, intransitive fall off, snap off, drop off (e.g. a ripe or dead fruit), fall off/out (e.g. hair, teeth)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, intransitive creep, spread, cove (of vines, plants sp. when a yam covers its supporting stick with many leaves and branches)

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[L] verb, transitive father a child

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[L] verb, intransitive become rotten (esp. of edible things), spoil (of improperly dried fish, it gets mould on it), sour

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[HL] noun headtie

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

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[LLH] verb, intransitive become bitter

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[HHH] verb, transitive to lose, throw away

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[H] verb, transitive; verb, intransitive marry

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[L] verb, transitive send, send for, send to (a person or a message), send for a nefarious purpose, pl esp instigate stimulate a desire in, cause longing in

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun hare; a person fond of sleeping.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun a place set aside for something esp a fireplace; a focal place.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun mother.

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[LF] noun message; fame.

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[LHH] noun contribution, contributive society.

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[HHH] verb, intransitive become stuck in, wedge in, fixed between; tv carry under the arm.

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[LL] verb, intransitive become covered; cover oneself (with a cloth or blanket); become sad, mourn.

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

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[LH] noun underpants.

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[HH] noun rope.

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[HH] noun tobacco, snuff.

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[HHF] noun knife, machet (machete)

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[HF] noun walk, journey; gait

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[HHF] noun year

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[HH] noun kernel (esp. oil palm kernel); stone (of a fruit)

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[HHL] noun cooking hearth

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[HHL] noun head; memory; sake, behalf

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] 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.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] ideophone sound of a short blast on the horn of a small automobile.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive become big

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[HH] verb, transitive chop

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[L] ideophone sound of the fall of a very heavy object such as a concrete block or a huge blag of flour, it falls with a thud.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive call, read aloud, invite

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LL] verb, transitive crow, of a cock (plural form of kpọk)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] verb, transitive space out (in planting)

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

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[LL] verb, transitive close; shut in, confine; completely (emphatic)

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[H] verb, transitive copulate

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[HHH] noun dirt, refuse, garbage

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[HHH] noun hunger

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[LLHL] adjective mouldy

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[LLHL] noun young men (pl. of akparawa).

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLLLH HLL] noun a pool of water

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LHH] noun piece (variants: mkprok; nkprok).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] verb, transitive see clearly, discern

[HH] verb, transitive affect, influence (as in influence of alchohol or drug)

[H] verb, transitive injure, wound

[LHLLH] adjective sharp, brave, fierce, potent

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

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Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HLHHH] noun maze; confusing place full of turns and corners

[LLL] noun wickedness, maliciousness

[LH] noun mother, grandmother, old woman (address or referent)

[LHH] noun mockery

[LLH] interrogative noun what?

[LH] noun my father

[HH] noun sand

[HFHF] noun smallpox

[LL] adjective small, few

[HHLLLL] noun a kind of large forest bird, eagle, it can beat the air with its wings and make a great noise

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

[HH] verb, intransitive be itchy, scratchy

[HH] verb, intransitive whine (of a child)

[LHH] adjective wasted, empty, not being put to use, free

[LLL] noun a boil on the finger or toe

[LLHL] noun a kind of edible snail, small with a lightweight shell

[HL] noun shirt

[HL] noun sugar (possibly English loanword)

[HH] verb, intransitive become left over, remain

[H] verb, intransitive walk with small quick half running steps as when carrying a heavy load

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

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

[LF] noun your husband

[HH] noun weight

[LHH] noun left (direction)

[HF] noun a polite term for itịt, vagina

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

[HHHH] noun blood

[LLH] noun earning a living; struggling

[LLL] noun congealed secretions

[LHL] numeral five

[LLL] noun beauty

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

[L] verb, intransitive wilt, melt, dissolve, digest; become lazy, become weak

[HH] verb, transitive pinch

[H] verb, intransitive move about, become restless, fidget

[LL] verb, transitive cook a very small quantity of rich afere (soup) (until it is very hot) (pl. of jọk)