Ibibio English

[H.HL] noun shame

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun flesh

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[HF] noun horn, trumpet

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun cross the fingers

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[HH] noun bone, stem, the prominent, conspicious or salient part of something

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[LH] noun challenge, dare; resolution

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[LHH] noun top, apex

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[LHH] noun needle

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

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[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

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

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[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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[HH] verb, intransitive become broken, break (of its own accord), usually a long thin object such as a bone or a stick, break up in confusion (of a gathering)

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[L] verb, transitive cook by burying in hot ashes

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[H] verb, intransitive stand

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[LH] verb order the night before in order to have the next day, book overnight, contact to but at a certain time (esp. palm wine, palm wine is generally bought in the morning when it is fresh)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] adverb there, in that place, (near the person spoken to), there

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[H] verb, transitive bite

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[HHH] verb, transitive swoosh, shake, rinse water around in the mouth or bottle.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive make an error, err, miss, offend, do unwittingly, do by chance.

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[LH] noun husband

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HLL] noun tongue.

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[HHF] noun spear.

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[HF] noun sole, palm (of hand or feet).

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[HF] noun leopard or any of the big cats; a mens society so named from the way they use drums to imitate the sound of a leopard.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun heart, gut.

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[LHHH] noun a loan

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[H] verb, intransitive; verb, transitive become heaped up, piled up; tv heap up, pile up.

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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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[LF] noun; adjective wealth, rich person

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[LL] noun tail

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[LHLL] noun a kind of bird, black with a white throat and a large beak (Goldie a small hornbill)

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[LHL] number five

(Igbo) ise

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[LF] noun impotent man

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[HH] verb, transitive cut down, hew down (a large object); cut (a large portion) (pl. of kek)

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] verb, transitive lose ones temper and take some action (decide to do something or become stubborn), act in a fit of anger.

Speaker: itoro ituen

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[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

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

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[HH] verb, transitive respect, esteem, honor, worship

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[L] verb, transitive crow (of a cock).

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] verb, transitive scrape, scrape off, shave

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HL] noun government; white colonial officer; English consul

[HH] verb, transitive cure, heal, perform juju for curing and certain other purposes (implies grinding medicine)

[LLH] verb, transitive swallow (pl. of men)

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[HH] verb, intransitive become accustomed to, familiar with, associated with;

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[LLLLH LLLLH] adjective dry and crisp, rough

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[HH] verb, transitive insult; disobey, disregard

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[LHHLHL] noun butterfly

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LHHH] noun skull

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[LLH] noun warm

[HHH] noun fart

[HH] noun palm wine, strong alcohol

[H] verb, intransitive; verb, transitive undulate, wriggle (in the manner of a maggot); dance with undulating movement

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] adjective fresh (not cooked, dried or smoked)

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

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Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun a kind of white clay from the river, it is eaten, used as a treatment for diarrhea, used as a whitewash, and is rubbed on the body for decortion or against heat rash

[HHH] noun race, competition

[LLLH] noun evening (dusk till dawn) (var. mbubịre)

[HH] noun jest, clowning, embarrassment

[LHH] noun sperm, semen

[LLL] noun a kind of basket used for catching fish or crabs, small ones are made of palm fronds, large ones of cane

[LLL LLL] adverb unsteadily

[LLL] noun mould

[HH] noun the sour orange

[LLH] verb, transitive smell, sniff

[HH] ideophone sound of plantain frying in oil

[LH] verb, transitive singe

[L] verb, transitive intimidate, pressurize

[LHHH] noun crybaby, a person who cries at every little thing

[LLL] noun an insect of the grasshopper type, it is tan, grey or mottled

[HHH] noun a lump (of meat, a clay), a mass; a nest made by ants

[HHH] verb, transitive scratch the ground (of an animal, of children at play); toss away what is rejected from a sorting process (pl. of sara)

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

[L] verb, transitive speak a language esp. a foreign language; speak unintelligibly; translate

[HH] verb, transitive split, tear, cut up, divide; open; reveal, give an answer, give an explanation, mention (var. siak)

[LLL] verb, transitive scatter things that are arranged or piled up, strew things about dishevel, disorder

[LHL] noun [Eng] spirit (used in Christian church services) (var. sịbidịt)

[HD] noun grandfather

[H] verb, transitive eject, hurl, throw, shoot, sting

[HH] verb, intransitive weep, cry

[HH] verb, transitive awaken

[HH] verb, intransitive become clouded, unclear (in color); become murky, unclear (of liquids); become dusty (of clothes or something that can be shaken out)

[HDH] noun some

[LHLL] noun rice

[LHDH] noun fourth-born son

[LF] noun your grandmother

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

[LH] noun fishing spear

[LL] noun covering on the surface of something (skin on soup, tarnish on metal, fungus)

[HH] noun ear

[LHH] adjective empty, wasted, devoid of purpose

[HHL] noun your kinsman

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

[HHH] verb, transitive satisfy (with food, information)

[H] noun child, offspring