Ibibio English

[LHH] adjective young, not full grown

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF HL] noun pimple

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[LHLL] noun rice

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[LHL] noun rice

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[LLLL] noun wall

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[LL] noun cross the fingers

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[HHH] noun trap, ordeal

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[HF] noun square basket woven of cane or rattan

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[LHH] noun clan chief

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[LH] subj, obj. pronoun he, she, it, him, her, it

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[LLL] noun wasp

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[LH] noun onion

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[H] noun wait, wait for

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[HH] verb, transitive break (a long thin object such as a stick or bone)

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[HL] noun headtie

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

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[H] verb, intransitive become a coward

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[HH] verb, transitive tell

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[HH] verb, transitive become sick, become sick with

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[HH] verb, transitive climb (tree, hill)

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[LL] noun baldness, bald spot.

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[LLL] noun civet cat.

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[L] ideophone sound made by a ripe pawpaw or avocado when it falls to the ground.

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[LL] number two

(Igbo) abụọ

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[HH] noun rope.

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[HHH] noun firewood.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun fire.

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[HF] noun cocoyam, Colocasia esculentum (Dalziel)

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[HF] noun pus

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[HDH] noun bird (generic term)

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[HH] noun someone shorter than normal, a stunted person

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[LHLH] number eight

(Igbo) asato

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[LF] noun impotent man

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[LLH] verb, transitive stir (as in soup)

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[H] verb, intransitive; ideophone blink w anjen eye; describes something that flickers

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[L] verb, transitive perceive, feel, sense, taste, hear; understand; listen to, heed; respond to

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] 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 (pl. of kpat)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive crack (nut, palm kernels) with a stone

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[HH] verb, transitive die, perish; become exhausted, overcome; fade; heal (pl. of kpa)

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LH] verb, transitive bend over so as to expose the buttocks

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] verb, transitive become big

Speaker: itoro ituen

[H] ideophone sound of a short blast of a launch horn

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[HH] verb, transitive cut through, cut off; pl chop.

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[HH] verb, transitive cut palm fruit from the cluster when there are very few remaining

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] verb, transitive hit, beat, hollow or flat sounds

Speaker: itoro ituen

[HH] verb, transitive overlap, cross, heap, pile on top of; arrange, set up, prepare for use

[LL] verb, transitive eat palm fruit, a palm kernel, or a bit of meat by putting it in the mouth and turning it about slowly removing the flesh

[LLH] noun nail (anat), claw

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHL] noun specialist, practitioner (pl. of abia)

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[LH] noun neigbour

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[LL] verb, transitive slow down and walk cautiously as when one sees danger, or because of mud

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[LL] verb, transitive slacken; relax the body or part of the body

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[HH] noun penis

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[LLHDH] noun a creeping plant with tiny leaves, Selaginella scandens

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

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

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[LHLHLL] noun butterfly

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HF] possessive pronoun they, them, their

[HHHH] noun a dish of ground beans with oil, pepper and other condiment steamed in leaves (Yoruba)

[L] ideophone sound of nails being driven

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

[LH] noun mother, grandmother, old woman (address or referent)

[HFHF] noun a kind of small mushroom which grows on dead trees, it can be white, red, or brown

[HH] noun ochre, a kind of clay used for plastering walls, for floor or wall decoration, and for body decoration

[HF] noun the gums

[LH] numeral third, three

[LLL LLL] adverb unsteadily

[LL] noun brass or copper bangles worn around the legs from ankle to thigh by fattened brides

[HH] noun ashes, dust

[LH] verb, intransitive be tilted, bent stiffly over

[HHHH HL] noun wrist watch

[LLL] noun a kind of insect, a larva

[HH] verb, intransitive shine like cat eyes (said of a person’ s eyes when he is excited, or when he should be ashamed but isn’t); shine intensely, brightly

[HH] verb, transitive lick, lick off

[LL] verb, intransitive become black

[L] verb, intransitive become black

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

[LLH] verb, intransitive lament, complain, regret

[HHH] verb, intransitive become alive (if animals and plants); become fresh (of meat, fish), become fresh, become healthy, fine (of a human being)

[HH] verb, intransitive become tough and coarse in texture due to exposure to the sun or other causes and unable to be softened by cooking

[HF] noun silk, any shiny material used for a head tie

[LH] verb, transitive make incantation, call down a curse on

[L] verb, transitive taste (food, drink)

[F] noun tea

[L] verb, transitive grate

[LH] verb, intransitive become stuck into, pinned

[LL] noun a pit dug to catch rainwater

[LL] noun your mother

[LF LL] noun state of being walleyed, wall-eyes (eyes that turn outward)

[LF] noun cassava fufu, it has no smell due to being well soaked before cooking

[HF] adjective big, old (of a person)

[HF] noun soul, spirit (of a living person)

[HD] phrase What day?

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

[HH] noun the sun

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

[H] verb, transitive suck

[LH] verb, intransitive become beautiful

[H] verb, transitive burn, sting (as pepper, iodine)