Ibibio English

[LLLL] noun wall

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[HF] noun squirrel

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[HHH] noun cold, cattarrh

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[LHHH] adjective big, huge

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[LH] noun lizard

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[LHLL] noun hiccup

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[HHL] noun man, male

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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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[L] verb, transitive find and keep

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

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[H] noun wait, wait for

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[HH] verb, intransitive become black, become ripe

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[H] verb, transitive spread out, lay flat, lay down (mats, tiles, carpet, cloth)

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[LH] verb, transitive imitate

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[HL] noun ball

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[LL] verb, transitive remove from the embers what has been roasting there (plural of dappa)

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[HHH] verb, transitive rev. of dian take away, separate two things that are stuck together, separate out from; change money

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[LH] interrogative adverb how? in what way?

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

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

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[LHL] noun electricity

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[LHLL] noun electricity

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[HF] noun cricket

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[HHH] noun whirlwind.

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[HH] noun rope.

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[HH] noun fire.

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[LL] noun foot

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[HF] noun laughter

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[HDH] noun bird (generic term)

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[LHH] noun a cripple

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[LHH] noun crab

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[LHL] noun coal tar

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[LH] verb, transitive go to, go for

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[HH] verb, transitive pick at, scratch, dig out, bore a hole, curve out, force ones way into (gen some effort is required)

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[HH] verb, transitive hold in the arms or hands; have, keep; owe; use; treat, behave towards

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[LLH] verb, transitive follow, company; help

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[HH] verb, transitive draw water, scoop up liquid (from a stream, well, pot)

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

[LLH] verb, transitive remove palm fruit from the pot with a basin or calabash

[HH] verb, transitive pull up, hoist up, draw in (as in a fishing net)

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[HH] verb, transitive cut with a glancing motion (as in scraping bark from a tree, peeling the rotten part from a yam, shaping a pestle out of wood) (pl. of kpaN)

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

Speaker: itoro ituen

[H] verb, transitive plead, plead with, entreat, beg

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[LLH] verb, transitive become late; take a long time; continue in time

Speaker: itoro ituen

[HH] ideophone sound of raw maize being pounded.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[L] verb, intransitive fail to come about, fail to materialize; fail to carry out

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[H] verb, transitive leave a place, abandon, go away, leave alone

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[HHH] verb, transitive push aside with disdain, postpone, shake off responsibility

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[HHH] verb, intransitive become curved, crooked, not straight (esp of a road or branch of a tree)

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

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

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[LHH] noun limb (of an animal); hoof; nails

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[HHH] noun hunger

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[HLH] noun the process of fattening a woman prior to marriage; the woman who undergoes the process

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[LL] verb, transitive bend, incline (a stick, a part of the body)

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[HHL] noun a kind of edible frog (prob a water frog)

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[LH] noun today

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[H.HL.L] noun a kind small house bat

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[LHHH] noun skull

[LHH] noun wheel (bare without a tire)

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[LH] roar (of thunder)

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[LHHH] adjective secret

[HHHH] noun food

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[HHF] noun eczema

[LHH] noun evening (dusk until midnight)

[LHL LL] noun a kind of plant, its leaf is ground up and used to treat yews

[LLH] adverb perhaps

[LHH] noun calamity

[LH] numeral third, three

[LH] noun a small plant, its leaves are irritating to the skin, Urera mannii

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

[LL] ideophone sound of oil dropped in the fire

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

[LHL] noun a kind of imported fish, herring

[HF] noun second-born daughter

[H] verb, intransitive laugh

[HH] verb, intransitive become tough and coarse in texture due to exposure to the sun or other causes and unable to be softened by cooking

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

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

[HL] noun tailor (English loanword)

[HH] verb, intransitive weep, cry

[HHH] verb, transitive disturb, disorder (the vegetation in passing by, the water entering it)

[L] verb, intransitive fail to mature, fail to develop fully, fall short of expectations; miss out

[L] verb, transitive curse, use abusive words

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

[LH] noun canoe

[HF] noun fatness, breadth

[HF] noun slavery (var. ufʌn)

[LL] noun your mother

[HF] noun a polite term for itịt, vagina

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

[LHH] adjective many, much

[LHL] numeral five

[LL] noun life, destiny, universe, creation

[LHH] noun needle

[HH] noun childhood

[LH] verb, intransitive become beautiful

[LH] verb, intransitive become hot, warm

[HH] verb, intransitive satisfy (with food, information)

[HH] verb, intransitive become sufficient, up to the mark