Ibibio English

[LF] noun a small shrimp, crayfish

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun flesh

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHHL] noun adolescent girl

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun water buffalo

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[LF] noun whisper

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[HHL] noun forest

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[HH] noun expanse e.g. ocean

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[HF] noun square basket woven of cane or rattan

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHL] noun basket

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[LHHHH] noun compound (gen. a large one with people living in it, the term suggests a rich man’s compound)

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[HHHH] adjective male (used with all animal names except those few which have a special word for the male); yielding little, unproductive

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

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[LH] become broken, break(of its own accord)

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[LH] verb, intransitive fierce, brave, valiant, dare, become hot, burn (of pepper), become sarp, function work (of medicine, magic)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, intransitive (copula) be

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[LH] verb, intransitive become quiet, calm, lonely (of a place, of wind or water)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, intransitive become mischievous, wicked

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[HF] noun chin.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun a kind of fish, good to eat.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun tooth.

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[HH] noun knee.

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[LLL] noun world.

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[HH] noun meat, rat.

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[LHH] noun copulation.

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHH] noun contribution, contributive society.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HLLHL] noun heel of the foot.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun dog.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

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[LL] verb, transitive spit, spit out (food, liquid, silaiva)

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[HH] verb, intransitive become hot, warm.

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[H] verb, transitive cover (a person with a blanket, food with a cloth, a house with a roof, a hole with dirt, but not used for cover something with its own cover) cf kup.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, intransitive become narrow, small; tv wrinkle, frown, contract narrow.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive roast; set fire to; distill

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL] noun wall

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[HH] noun sleep.

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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.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun stool (Goldie says this word is a loan from Aqua).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL] number four

(Igbo) anọ

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[LL] noun fishing grounds, fishing area

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHF] noun mouth

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HDH] noun bird (generic term)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun hat, cap

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL] noun a leech; a kind of fish with long needle-like mouth

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] verb, intransitive become old; ancient; look old (of inanimate objects)

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[L] verb, intransitive become suitable, appropriate; fit; measure up to a standard; become complete; become enough

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive restrain, prohibit, stop; warn; rebuke (pl. of kpan)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] verb, transitive resolve not to do a thing.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LL] verb, transitive prepare, get ready.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] verb, intransitive become near, stay near; approach

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] ideophone sound of the fallof an enamel cup

Speaker: itoro ituen

[H] ideophone sound of abodom being played with bamboo sticks in sending a message

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive rev of kup open a cover or lid

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[LLHH] noun European

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[HHL] noun dew dripping from the trees

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[HHHH] noun kind of plant, where it is found the soil is fertile, its leaves contain an acidic liquid used for cleaning wounds and cleaning snails, its stem is chewed, bush cane, Costus after (Dalziel)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHLH] noun gooseflesh

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive contort the face or mouth to show disgust

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHHH] noun a large calabash used as a buoy for nets

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[H.HL] noun sandfly

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun sandfly

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHH] noun yam stake, a stick placed in the ground for the yam plant to climb on

[HHH] noun race, competition

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

[HLLH] noun ant

[HH] noun descendants

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

[LL] noun lies

[HF HL] noun smoke; steamboat, ship

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

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[LLL] noun mist, fog

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

[LH] verb, transitive squeeze (a fruit, a wet cloth). press (oil from ayop), milk

[LF] noun my grandmother

[HH] verb, transitive look at

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

[HHH] verb, intransitive become disordered, disheveled; become smashed to bits

[HH] verb, intransitive become left over, remain

[LH] verb, intransitive faint, lose consciousness; become lowered

[L] verb, transitive reach, get to, arrive at

[LL] ideophone describes a staggering walk

[HL] noun address form for father, grandfather, old man

[H] verb, transitive stick something onto a sharp object (e.g. a piece of meat onto a stick to be hunder over the fire to dry) (var. tot)

[LH] noun right (direction)

[HF] noun strength

[HF] noun lot, quantity, instance of

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

[LF] noun a ditch containing water, a large pit, dam

[HH] noun miser, tight-fisted person

[HF] noun day, twenty-four hours

[LL] noun fufu, anything pounded for fufu, anything cut with the fingers from a mass and swallowed in balls along with afere (soup)

[H] verb, transitive suck

[HH] verb, intransitive talk a lot, chatter, become unable to contain anything or keep a secret

[HH] verb, transitive pinch

[LL] verb, transitive steal

[HH] verb, transitive sharpen on a leather strop