Ibibio English

[LL] noun cross the fingers

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] pronoun you

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[HHL] noun forest

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[HL] noun priest

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[LHD] noun a dye made from the juice of the fruit or seeds of a plant and colored with charcoal, it is used by women for body decoration; the tree from which the dye comes, Indogofera

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[HF] noun practitioner, specialist, expert

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[LLL] noun wasp

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[HHF] adjective cold

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[HHH] noun a stomach ache with diarrhea

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

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[LL] ideophone describes the sudden stopping of noise or action

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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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[LH] verb, transitive scramble for something (as children scramble for coins dropped on the ground)

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[HH] verb, transitive lick (a spoon or the fingers in eating), eat something soft of liquid with a spoon or fingers

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[L] verb, intransitive fall in drops, rain

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[LH] verb, intransitive become untidy and wet (of a messy wet animal), become wet, become untidy.

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[HLL] noun tongue.

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[LHHH] noun big, huge.

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[LL] noun tomach; a bag-like object esp one containing air; a musical instrument of the accordian type; a kind of thumb piano made of wood of calabash with metal keys; a play in which the thumb piano is used.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun axe.

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[HF] noun good, genuine.

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[LH] noun heart, gut.

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[HH] noun grey hair; mould (on food, leather)

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[LHHH] noun a loan

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

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[LL] verb, transitive hold something in the mouth or between the lips without biting down.

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[HH] verb, transitive remove pressure, stop pressing down see fige.

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[LH] noun underpants.

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[HHF] noun divination; a society devoted to divining, fortune telling.

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[HHH] noun partition (in the house made of cloth); section of bush partitioned by boundary markers

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[HH] noun uncultivated land, brush (used with the name of certain flora and fauna to mean wild); plot, plantation; followers, descendants, family, people of a particular place (many place names contain the word iikọt)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun pus

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[HHF] noun bird (generic term)

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[HH] noun face, front, future (also eko iso)

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[LL] noun a blow with the fist; a charm which enables the wearer to strike powerful blows

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[LHL] noun coal tar

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[LL] noun hat, cap

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

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[LHLLL] number six

(Igbo) isii

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[LHH] noun a kind of fish with poisonous spines

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[HH] noun hip joint

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[HHL] noun blood

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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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[LL] verb, transitive prepare, get ready.

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[H] verb, transitive become big

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[HH] verb, intransitive go a long distance on foot; limp

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

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

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

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[HHH] verb, transitive peel with a knife; sharpen to a point (as a stick, an arrow)

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[L] verb, intransitive knock, tap

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[LLLH] noun centipede

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[HH] noun wrestling, wrestling bout

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[HLHLHL] noun armpit

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[HLLHL] noun armpit

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[HLLL] noun armpit

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[LLL] noun path, narrow place, space, gap

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HHH] noun the heavy dregs (yeast) from palm wine which settle at the bottom of the calabash

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HLH] noun trouble, problem, ruckus, commotion

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[HHH] noun stalk, the place where fruits are attached

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LH] adjective thin, lean and sickly (of a person)

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LF] noun nasal mucus, phlegm

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHLLH HL] noun rough skin, tough skin

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[LH] conj. so, so that

[LH] verb, transitive open the eyes wide (in surprise because something is in the eye, to scare someone)

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

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Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun a kind of small fish

[LH] noun flavour, taste (an esp. flavored and elusive one); marrow

[LH] verb, intransitive converse, tell, inform

[LHH] noun calamity

[HHHH] noun eternity

[LH] numeral third, three

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

[LL] noun place

[HH] verb, intransitive become sour

[HHH] noun crust from burnt food

[HHH] verb, intransitive become childish, act childish (pl. of sere)

[LLH] verb, intransitive lament, complain, regret

[LH] verb, intransitive become dizzy

[HHH] verb, intransitive become foolish, stupid (pl. of sịme)

[HH] verb, transitive chop

[LH] verb, transitive place an order

[HHH] verb, transitive cause confusion, disturb

[LL] numeral second

[HDH] noun some

[HH] noun arm and/or hand; handle; power, strength, ability

[LL] noun grave

[LHLL] noun radio (English loanword)

[LHL] numeral five

[HH] noun ear

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

[H] verb, transitive suck

[L] verb, transitive kill

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

[LL] verb, transitive lend; borrow

[H] verb, intransitive swim; become loose

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

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