Ibibio English

[LLHL] noun cat

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun squirrel

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[LH] noun meeting place

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[LHHH] noun table

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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] noun wait, wait for

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[HHHH] verb, transitive deceive

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[HHH] verb, intransitive become cooked, done(of food)

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

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[H] verb, transitive make round, roundish(rather wet thing esp by putting eg clay, fufu)

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

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[HH] verb, intransitive become black, become ripe

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[L] verb, intransitive stay over-night, spend the night

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[LLH] verb, transitive share, divide among

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[LL] verb, transitive dip, steep, soak

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

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[HLL] verb, intransitive to fool around.

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[H] verb, transitive hide

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[LL] noun the back (anat).

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[LH] noun disease involving swelling of the testes; an insult (if a person called another person efik and make a fist it is a challenge to fight).

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[LHH] noun a single (or double?) pronged metal gong.

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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.

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[HH] noun phantom, ghost of ancestors. in traditional government, the police arm, now a society (to which nearly all the men belong) which has masquerades at various times of year such as the turning of the year and the harvest of new yam.

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[HHH] verb, intransitive become stuck in, wedge in, fixed between; tv carry under the arm.

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[LL] verb, transitive climb a large tree by putting the arms around it and moving up on the belly, shinny up a pole (pl. of fap).

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[HHL] noun women, wives

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[LLLL] noun state of numbness or sleep in the limbs; state of being shrivelled from immersion in water.

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[LHL] noun electricity

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

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[HF] noun salt

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[LH] noun thief; theft

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[LHH] noun crab

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[LHL] number five

(Igbo) ise

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

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[LL] number one

(Igbo) otu

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[LLH] verb, intransitive become called, named, bear a name

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

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

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[LL] verb, transitive become resistant, obstinate (of a person, an animal); become difficult (of work, a person)

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LL] ideophone sound made by a flat object when it falls flat on the ground.

Speaker: itoro ituen

[H] ideophone sound of bottle breaking (on the floor, on a basin, on metal).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive restrain, prohibit, stop; warn; rebuke

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

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

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[HH] verb, transitive taunt

Speaker: itoro ituen

[HH] verb, intransitive ref. hang, hang on oneself, choke

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

[LHH] noun limb (of an animal); hoof; nails

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[HDH] noun piece, half piece

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[HHH] noun race

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[HDH] noun white (pl. of afia)

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[HLLHL] noun armpit

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[HHH] adverb a small, hard, round objects, seed, kernel, grain

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[HH HL] noun eyebrow

[HD] interj. yes

[LLL] noun a kind of palm oil obtained by burning the palm kernel, its uses include pomade for the skin, medicine for boils and wounds, antidote for poison, (taken as an emetic), protection against juju

[LHL] interjection no

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive affect, influence (as in influence of alchohol or drug)

[HHHH] noun a metal, tray

[LH] verb, transitive open the eyes wide (in surprise because something is in the eye, to scare someone)

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

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[HLHHH] noun a struggle

[LLH] adverb perhaps

[HF] noun slander, gossip

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

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

[HF] noun the gums

[LH HL] noun village crier, he beats a drum and makes announcements

[LL] conjunction where

[L] verb, transitive sell

[LF] noun my grandmother

[LLL] noun a kind of insect, a larva

[LH] noun color, many colors (ason cloth, or an animal)

[HD] adverb also

[LLLL] noun a kind of small rodent with a long snout

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

[LLH] adjective granular, in grains

[HH] noun weeds, grass

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

[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, transitive take out, remove, remove from

[HH] verb, intransitive become lost, disappear, cease (of customs)

[HL] noun sugar (possibly English loanword)

[HH] verb, transitive take out, remove, remove from; put forth, bring forth

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

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

[HHH] verb, transitive disturb, disorder (the vegetation in passing by, the water entering it)

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

[LF] noun the edible kernel of the raffia palm fruit

[LH] noun canoe

[LL] noun grave

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

[HHH] noun any insect which pinches

[H] verb, transitive cause a desire in, a craving for, a longing for

[HH] verb, intransitive become light in weight

[HH] verb, transitive pinch

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

[H] verb, transitive attach, put together, fasten, lock, hang (from a point, or curtains, tie on so that it may hang)