Ibibio English

[HF] noun a bundle, a bundle of long, stiff objects, a bundle of twenty

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLLL] noun electric fish

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[HLL] noun sweat

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[HHH] noun stew, soup

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[LLL] noun crocodile

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[LHL] noun priest

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[HL] noun priest

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[LHH] noun top, apex

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[HH] noun group, flock, herd

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[HH] verb, intransitive become in need of, get into straits about (refer to a chronic or long term situation or deprivation); straiten, put into straits

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

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[HH] verb, intransitive become unsalted, unseasoned, become deficient

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[LLH] verb, transitive drive away, drive off, send away, follow, go afte, chase, catch up to, join

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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 reveal a secret, narrate a story, convey information, inform, relate, (all have derogatory connotation)

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[L] verb, intransitive call, shout (at), scream (at), cry out

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[HHH] verb, intransitive itch

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[HHH] verb, intransitive tip toe around stealthily, pussy-foot

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[LLH] verb, intransitive become bitter

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[LH] verb, intransitive fall, fall down

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[L] verb, transitive dig up, dig (esp root crops), harvest (root crops)

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

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[HH] noun knee.

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[LL] noun flying squirrel.

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[LF] noun randmother (maternal or paternal).

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[LHH] noun copulation.

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[LHLL] noun hiccup.

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[HF] noun drum.

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[HH] noun body (of a human being, an animal, fruit, nut), self (used as a reflexive). aj (?) emphatic, even, particular, the very.

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[LL] noun foot

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[LH] adjective big

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[HF] noun cocoyam, colocasia esculentum (Dalziel)

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[LLL] noun toad

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[LHLH] number eight

(Igbo) asato

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[LHL] number five

(Igbo) ise

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[HHL] noun garbage pit, refuse pit

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[H] verb, transitive deny, refute, prove innocent

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[H] verb, transitive roast, fry (a food to make it dry or crisp esp groundnuts in sand, gari in a pot); season a new pot by placing it on the fire

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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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[LH] verb, transitive rev. of kpaga: uncross, separate things that are joined together, unbutton, unbuckle.

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[H] verb, transitive talk rubbish; brag; talk lewdly, vulgarly

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LH] verb, transitive lift something very heavy and of huge girth requiring both arms around it; try to carry something heavier than one is capable of, take on more than one can manage

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] verb, transitive; verb, transitive change, become different, differ, vary

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] verb, transitive chop

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[H] verb, transitive copulate

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[LL] noun exhaustion, fatigue

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[HH] verb, transitive; verb, intransitive ignore, delay in responding

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[LH] noun grace, favour

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[LH HDH] noun ring

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[HLLHL] noun armpit

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[LHLHL] noun a kind of insect (similar to millipede)

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[LHLLHLL] noun butterfly

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[LHHH] noun skull

[HD] interj. yes

[LLHLLH] adjective become soft, weak, easy

[HH] noun dream

[LH] noun dew, moisture on leaves

[HLL] noun sweat (var. ibikpO, ibibiak, adikpO)

[LLL] noun children, young animals (used as pl. of ayin, nyịn)

[LHD] noun a kind of fruit tree, its fruits have a brownish cover, firm orange or white flesh, and a big seed, cola rostrata

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

[HHH] adjective new

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

[LHD] noun epilepsy, an epileptic

[L] verb, intransitive become pleasant, enjoyable, sweet

[LH] conjunction so, so that

[LHH] noun scum

[HF] noun the gums

[LLL] noun a small insect found around palm wine

[LLH] verb, transitive smell, sniff (var. n̄uune)

[LHL] noun a kind of imported fish, herring

[LL] verb, intransitive crawl (of a baby, a snake)

[LH] verb, transitive open the eyes wide (to show seriousness and thus make a child comply)

[LHH] noun clan chief

[HHH] noun water

[LL] ideophone sound of dry cloth or paper crumbling

[HH] verb, transitive taunt, sneer at; makean open-eye, make a face, stick out the tongue, to say it serves you right, I told you

[HH] verb, transitive, verb, intransitive poke (with a sharp object, a stick) (esp to find where yams are below the ground) (var. sappa)

[H] verb, intransitive laugh

[L] verb, transitive select, select out, sort out

[HHHH] verb, intransitive make a sound of disgust, disapproval, impatience, contempt (var. siama)

[HH] verb, transitive take out, remove, remove from

[HL] noun shilling

[HH] verb, transitive tickle

[H] verb, transitive pay close attention

[LHF] noun fourth-born son

[LHH] noun fifth-born son

[HHH] noun a whistle

[HF] noun slavery (var. ufʌn)

[LF] noun your grandmother

[HF] adverb slow, with care

[LH] numeral three

[HH] noun sand on the shore

[HH] noun ear

[LHH] adjective empty, wasted, devoid of purpose

[HH] verb, transitive mix, adulterate (as palm wine by adding water)

[L] verb, transitive kill

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

[LH] verb, transitive doubt, surprise