Ibibio English

[HH] noun flesh

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[HF] noun oil

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[LHLL] noun blessing

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[HLL] noun sweat

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[HHHH] noun cold, cattarrh

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[LLL] noun discrimination

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[HHHH] noun thought, meditation, hope, expectation, consideration, care

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[HF] noun a broom made from oil palm fronds stripped of their leaves and tied in a bunch, it is generally used for sweeping the house

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[H] verb, transitive spread out, lay flat, lay down (mats, tiles, carpet, cloth)

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[LL] verb, transitive scratch, itch

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

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

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[LH] noun husband

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

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[LHLL] noun rice.

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[LL] noun the back (anat).

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[LHLL] noun blessing

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[HH] noun meat, rat.

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[H] verb, transitive overlook, let off, let go, forgive.

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

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[L] verb, intransitive become mouldy (of coconut, palm kernel).

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[LH] verb, intransitive put on clothes, wear.

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[HH] noun lice (pl. of ndaN).

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[HH] noun fire.

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[HF] noun a round basket with a cover and a handle used for drying fish or meat.

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[LH LH] adjective worthless; fruitless; in vain

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[HF] noun cocoyam, Colocasia esculentum (Dalziel)

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[HHF] noun knife, machet (machete)

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[HH] noun deafness; deaf man

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[LHH] noun crab

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[LLH] verb, transitive cross over, step over, step over something high so that one has to lift ones leg; empty

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[H] prep. of time, place, cause, manner

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[H] verb, transitive tell a fable, proverb, riddle

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[HH] verb, transitive draw water, scoop up liquid (from a stream, well, pot)

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[LLH] verb, transitive gather up, take, pick up (pl. of ben [H] gather, take up, pick up)

[LL] ideophone sound made when a person falls flat on his face or back.

Speaker: itoro ituen

[L] verb, transitive cross, overlap, join, twist together, buckle, button.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[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

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

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LL] ideophone sound made by a heavy object (a person, coconut, a palm fruit cluster) when it falls to the ground

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[L] ideophone sound of the fall of a very heavy object such as a concrete block or a huge blag of flour, it falls with a thud.

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[L] ideophone sound made by a bar of steel when it falls to the ground

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[HH] verb, transitive loosen, untie, unwrap, unfasten, dismantle (plural of kpọk)

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[LH] verb, intransitive hang, hang on, snag; become hooked on; become bent; pick at, bicker, harass; become a responsibility

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[H] verb, transitive grind between two stones (small things such as beans, pepper); w pl kọọk cure, heal, perform juju for curing and certain other purposes (implies grinding medicines)

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

[HL] noun cup (esp. a metal or enamel cup); cigarette tin or other container used as a unit of measure for beans, rice, gari

[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

[LL] noun side, edge

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[HHH] noun shreds, particle

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[HH] noun cheek

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

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[HHLHHHL] noun butterfly

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LHHLHL] noun butterfly

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LHLLH HL] noun rough skin, tough skin

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[HHHH] noun a metal, tray

[H] verb, transitive injure, wound

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

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[HF] noun a kind of small fish

[LHH] noun evening (dusk until midnight)

[HLHH] adjective unsteady; shiftless

[HHHH] noun a corner inside a house

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

[LHH] noun scum

[HLLH] noun crawl (of a baby, a snake)

[HHL] noun a powdered vegetable mixture used in juju sacrifices

[HHH] verb, intransitive become mixed, kneaded, mashed, smashed, run over

[HH] verb, intransitive become sour

[HH] noun the young of an animal

[HLF] noun athlete’s foot

[HHH] noun thorn, splinter, nail (fastener), needle

[LH] conj even if, not even if

[LH] noun oyster

[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

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

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

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

[HL] noun shilling

[HH] verb, transitive pluck fruit (esp. pepper) cf kippe (pl. of tet)

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

[LH] verb, intransitive become stuck into, pinned

[HDH] noun some

[LH] noun calamity

[LHH] adjective buying, shopping

[LHH] noun fifth-born son

[LL] noun your mother

[LL] noun a game of struggle

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

[LL] noun life, destiny, universe, creation

[LHH] noun needle

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

[HHH] verb, intransitive become poor

[LL] verb, transitive lend; borrow

[LH] verb, intransitive become beautiful

[HH] verb, transitive deceive

[HH] verb, intransitive satisfy (with food, information)

[HH] verb, intransitive become sufficient, up to the mark

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