Ibibio English

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHL] noun umbilical cord

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[LF] noun a small shrimp, crayfish

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[LHL] noun rice

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[HHH] noun water buffalo

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[HF] noun squirrel

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[LL] noun path in the bush

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

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[LHLL] noun hiccup

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[HH] noun group, flock, herd

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[LLL HLL] noun strong waves, sea currents, tempest

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[HF] noun cluster (of fruit, e.g grapes)

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[H] verb, intransitive be in a place, exist; seem, appear to be

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[HH] verb, intransitive fall off, snap off, drop off(ripe or dead fruit), fall out(of hair)

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

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[H] verb, intransitive; verb, transitive speak, say, tell, mean, intend

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[L] verb, transitive break, break open (something round; something made of glass and clay)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] verb, transitive play

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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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[LL.H] verb, transitive collect, gather, pull down tendrils or other vegetation from a tree or the side of a house; tap on the back to get a persons attention

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[HHH] verb, transitive; verb, intransitive shout at, bawl at, scold; shock.

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[LH] noun husband

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[HF] noun chin.

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[LHH] noun widow, lit. husband died.

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[LL] noun the back (anat).

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[HF] noun pig.

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[LHF] noun grandfather (paternal or maternal).

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[LL] noun small; few; a little bit; smallness.

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[HLLHL] noun heel of the foot.

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[HH] verb, intransitive become hot, warm.

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[L] verb, transitive pluck (feathers, hair, weeds).

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[LLH] verb, transitive forget.

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[HLHL] noun red

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[LL] noun extra-marital sex.

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[HHL] noun men (pl. of owodeen).

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[HF] noun piassava, the fiber from the trunk of ukOt (rafia palm).

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[LH] noun spoon

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[HH] noun a case

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[LF] noun; adjective wealth, rich person

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[HF] noun salt

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[HH] noun the area from the waist to the hips

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

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[LLL LL] one by one, one at a time, each to each (lit. keet e keet)

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[HH] verb, intransitive walk on the balls of the feet, walk on tiptoe

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

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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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[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

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

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[LL] verb, transitive learn; teach

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[LL] ideophone sound made by someone walking in studded shoes.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

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[LLH] verb, transitive become tough, hard (of meat, rubber, wood)

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] verb, transitive eat in tiny bits, nibble at, tear into bits, pick at (a sore).

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[LL] ideophone sound made by someone walking in studded shoes.

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

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[HH] verb, intransitive exhibit pride

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

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[H] verb, transitive copulate

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

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, intransitive bleat (of a goat or sheep), low (of a cow)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHL] noun a kind of plant with small bitter fruits

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[LHH] noun wheel (bare without a tire)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun a power spirit generally associated with a particular place or group of people; some of these spirits inhabit the forest, others the water; each Ibibio clan has its own ndem; sacrifices are made to them and to certain festivals attached to them

[LLLL] noun error, fault; a fine (var. ndude)

[LLHL] adjective leaky (var. ndre ndre, ndidIt, ndidIt)

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

[HHH] noun delicacies, luxury food, little bits of luxury food (nuts, bits of meat) (var. ndien, ndiin)

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

[LH] conjunction so, so that

[HDH] interrogative noun what?

[HF] noun the gums

[HH] noun a diseased condition of the skin on the legs involving pus filled swellings and cracking of the skin

[L] verb, transitive to stretch out, stretch forward, stick out, point; intransitive: stick out, extend

[LLH] verb, transitive peep into (a matter, house); peep out (without being noticed), peep at

[HF] noun leaf; in its narrowest sense the term applies to leaves that are distributed along a stem in such a way that a person can remove several of them at a time by running his hand along the stem

[LL] ideophone sound of dry cloth or paper crumbling

[LH] verb, transitive pour into; empty out; wide

[HH] verb, transitive lick, lick off

[H] ideophone describes a sudden action

[H] verb, transitive drink; smoke

[LLH] verb, intransitive lament, complain, regret

[LH] verb, intransitive come down, descend

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

[HH] verb, intransitive become sandy

[LH] verb, transitive explain, direct, tell how

[HH] verb, transitive make a knot, tie around and knot

[LHL] noun pigeon

[HF] noun strength, force, power

[LHDH] noun fourth-born son

[LL] noun your mother

[HLL] adverb completely

[LHD] noun a kind of fish with a hard skull and whiskers, good to east (Goldie: a species of catfish); (var akpakot)

[HF] noun day, twenty-four hours

[LH] noun guest, visitor

[HH] noun road, way; doorway, door; habit, custom

[LHH] noun needle

[L] verb, transitive tear, rend, scratch, tear off, tear up, tear out; pay a debt in installments

[HH] verb, intransitive become light in weight

[H] noun child, offspring