Ibibio English

[LH] noun famine; limestone (Calcium Carbonate)

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[LHL] noun basket

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[HHH] noun A sexually transmitted infection (STI) in men, involves painful swellings on the groin area that may impede walking

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[HHL] noun wife, female

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[HD] quantifier other, another, more

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[LL] noun the first wife

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive find and keep

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, intransitive become in need of, get into straits about (refer to a chronic or long term situation or deprivation); straiten, put into straits

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, intransitive become thickened (e.g. broth thickened by flavor); become dirty (e.g. cloths or water)

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[HH] verb, transitive feed, nurse, rear a child

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[H] verb, intransitive become a coward

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

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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 tell

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[LLL] noun a kind of slug found on plantain leaves.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun buttocks, anus; bottom.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun bag, pocket; a piece of woven raffia before or after being sewn into a bag.

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[HHF] noun a kind of large edible snail.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun greeting.

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[HH] noun war; a society which celebrates past war glories, joining the society was possible at one time only for a man who had taken several heads, now it is done symbolically.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LF] noun message; fame.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun dog.

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[LLL] noun wall

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[LHH] noun standing; height, stature, position; moment in time, time, time when.

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

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[HHH] noun firewood.

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[HF] noun word, language, talk; matter, palaver (difficulty, trouble, verbal conflict, gathering for negotiation or decision).

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[HH] noun feces

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[LH] adjective dwarf, small in size, left over

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[LH] noun; adjective farm

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[LL] noun hat, cap

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[HF] noun bunch of plantain or bananas (general)

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[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

[LH] verb, transitive construct a framework

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[H] verb, transitive fold, fold over (arms, paper, cloth, leaves).

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[H] verb, transitive judge a case

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[LL] verb, transitive slow down and walk carefully (as when one has seen something dangerous).

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive vomit

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

Speaker: itoro ituen

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive remove from a hook, unhang (rev. of kọọn̄ [HH])

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[LL] verb, transitive knock

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[HDH] noun piece, half piece

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[LH HD] noun ring

[LH HD] noun ring

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[LLHDH] noun a kind of small white mushroom

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[HHH] noun waste material left after sifting or straining something dry (esp cassava)

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[H.HL.L] noun a kind small house bat

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[LH] noun a kind of yam, fast ripening, it grows in an udder-like formation

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

[H] ideophone sound of a bell

[LHH] noun a kind of small bush rat, the king of rats

[LHH] noun a plant with a fine bark which is scraped off to mae twine, wild hibiscus

[HLHH] noun stain

[HHHH] noun bedbug, cimex rotundata (in Ibibio bugs pinch rather than bite)

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

[LHH] noun sperm, semen

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

[LH] noun my father

[LLHL] adjective stunted, blunt, undercooked (var. iteetịp, iteitịp)

[LL] noun children, young of animals

[HH] ideophone sound of plantain frying in oil

[LLLH] adjective light in weight

[LHL] noun a kind of imported fish, herring

[HH] verb, intransitive become sweet, delicious, tasty, enjoyable (of food or drink only)

[LLL] noun a kind of insect, a larva

[LH] noun the hips, the area from the waist to the thigh

[LLHLLH] noun a spider web

[HH] verb, transitive lick, lick off

[HH] verb, transitive extinguish (a light, a fire) intransitive: go out, become extinguished (of a light, a fire)

[LF] noun market day

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HL] ideophone describes something that passes by very fst (as a car speeds by or an insect flies by)

[HH] verb, intransitive become quick, early, often; become sharp

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

[LH] verb, transitive stop from happening, thwart, blunt

[HH] verb, transitive tickle

[H] verb, transitive swell, rise as dough

[HF] noun strength

[HH] adjective new

[HHH] noun a whistle

[LHH] noun middle

[HF] noun smell, odor

[HLL] adverb completely

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

[HF] noun chicken, fowl

[LHF] noun your grandfather

[LH] numeral three

[LHH] noun a kind of frog

[LH] noun fishhook

[LHH] noun needle

[LHH] adjective empty, wasted, devoid of purpose

[HL] noun wire (English loanword)

[HH] verb, transitive pinch

[H] verb, transitive make an announcement

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

[HHH] verb, transitive spread with the palm of the hand (mud, plaster, water on the wall or floor)