Ibibio English

[LHH] adjective young, not full grown

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHL HF] noun a tattler

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[H.HL] noun shame

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[LLL] noun thunder

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[HHH] noun shoulder

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[LH] noun meeting place

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[LLL] noun crocodile

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[LHL] noun basket

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[HH] noun a kind of black stinging ant which lives in palm trees

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[HH] verb, transitive take, pick up, carry

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

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[HHH] verb, intransitive become disordered, scattered, disheveled, disrupted

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[HH] verb, intransitive become black, become ripe

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[L] noun term of address used betwee men of equal age and status, its use generally implies intimacy, it is occasionally used to address a stranger and is currently used by young girls although this latter is considered improper by men

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[H] verb, intransitive come

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

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[LF] noun comb, crest of a cockerel or certain snakes.

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[LHH] noun denial.

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[LL] noun millipede.

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[LH] verb, intransitive run, run away.

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[HH] verb, transitive turn, twist, twirl, spin; iv turn (of a wheel); repeat (always followed by another verb).

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

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

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[HH] verb, transitive roast; set fire to; distill

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHL] noun crazyness, mad person.

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[LHL] noun electricity

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[LHLL] noun electricity

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[LF] noun; adjective wealth, rich person

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[LHH] noun a kind of fish with a small head, dried and used for soup

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[LL] noun river

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[LHH] noun a cripple

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[LHLH] number eight

(Igbo) asato

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[HH] verb, intransitive show off, become pompous

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

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[LLH] verb, intransitive become called, named, bear a name

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[L] verb, intransitive become suitable, appropriate; fit; measure up to a standard; become complete; become enough

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

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[LLH] verb, transitive gather up, take, pick up (pl. of ben [H] gather, take up, pick up)

[L] verb, transitive try to persuade, urge, importune, dun.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive stand in a certain relative position, as in kpe iso or kp edem.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] verb, transitive become big

Speaker: itoro ituen

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

[H] adverb only

Speaker: itoro ituen

[HH] verb, intransitive exhibit pride

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

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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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[L] verb, transitive retch, vomit gen used w ibọk medicine, udia food

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HL] noun cup (esp. a metal or enamel cup); cigarette tin or other container used as a unit of measure for beans, rice, gari

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] verb, transitive lick, clean out, clean up, scoop out (esp. the flesh of a soft succulent fruit)

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

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[LLH] noun banana

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[LLHL] adjective mouldy

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[HH] verb, transitive contort the face or mouth to show disgust

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[LH HD] noun ring

[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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[HLHLHL] noun armpit

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[LHH HL] noun the kernel of the unripe oil palm fruit, the shell is soft and can be broken with the teeth.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHLH] noun a kind of caterpillar, found at the top of oil palm trees, edible

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HF] noun sandfly

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[LF] noun nasal mucus, phlegm

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[LL] conjunction and, with (variants: ye; ndo; mma)

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[HD] adverb also, too

[LLH] adjective alive; raw; fresh (of meat, fish, a wound)

[HLHH] noun jostling; a kind of game in which children lean against each other

[HLHH] noun little bits of mischief, pranks, crafty, manipulations

[HLL] noun shadow

[LL] conjunction where

[LLL] noun mist, fog

[HH] noun the sour orange

[HH] ideophone sound of plantain frying in oil

[HH] verb, intransitive be itchy, scratchy

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

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

[HH] noun the young of an animal

[LHH] noun clan chief

[HH] verb, intransitive flicker; transitive: flash a light on and off

[H] verb, intransitive laugh

[H] ideophone sound of splashing water

[LH] verb, intransitive become dizzy

[F] noun tea

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

[HH] verb, intransitive weep, cry

[HF] noun trouble

[HF] noun smell, odor

[LF] noun a ditch containing water, a large pit, dam

[HHHH] noun blood

[LLL] numeral four

[HHH] noun feast

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

[HH] noun life, existence, state of being alive, life style, habits

[LH] verb, intransitive sneeze

[HL] adverb yet, then

[H] verb, transitive suck

[HH] verb, intransitive become light in weight

[HH] verb, transitive pinch

[L] verb, transitive cut into large pieces (as tree into logs, a fish into large chunks)

[HH] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive become pregnan, conceive (var. jʌmmo)