Ibibio English

[H.HL] noun shame

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[HHH] noun shoulder

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[HF] noun square basket woven of cane or rattan

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[LHD] noun a dye made from the juice of the fruit or seeds of a plant and colored with charcoal, it is used by women for body decoration; the tree from which the dye comes, Indogofera

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[LHL] noun python

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[LLL] noun pot

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[HH] noun a kind of black stinging ant which lives in palm trees

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[HHH] noun a kind of large bush rat which tunnels in the ground

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[HH] noun crying, weeping

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[HH] verb, transitive waste

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] verb, intransitive fall off, snap off, drop off(ripe or dead fruit), fall out(of hair)

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[LLH] verb, intransitive; verb, transitive stop, cease, conclude,; tv bring to conclusion; decide

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[LL] ideophone describes the sudden stopping of noise or action

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[L] verb, transitive reveal a secret, narrate a story, convey information, inform, relate, (all have derogatory connotation)

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[L] verb, transitive cook by burying in hot ashes

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[HH] verb, intransitive become black, become ripe

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[HL] noun ball

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[HHH] verb, transitive cause disgust

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[L] verb, intransitive leak, leak out, run out(of liquid)

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[HF] noun sole, palm (of hand or feet).

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[LHH] noun denial.

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

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

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[HF] noun stream.

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[HH] noun tobacco, snuff.

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[LH] noun spoon

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[HDH] noun bird (generic term)

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[HHF] noun year

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[LHH] noun a kind of fish with poisonous spines

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[L] verb, intransitive become able, know how; tv surpass, excel (used in making com- parisons), triumph over, beat (win)

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[LL] number one

(Igbo) otu

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[LLH] verb, transitive remove palm fruit from the pot with a basin or calabash

[HH] transitive verb call, invite, read

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] verb, transitive fold, fold over (arms, paper, cloth, leaves) - plural form of kpan̄

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

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[LH] verb, transitive rev. of kpaga: uncross, separate things that are joined together, unbutton, unbuckle.

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[H] verb, transitive pay

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[HH] verb, transitive respect, esteem, honor, worship

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[HH] verb, transitive become big

Speaker: itoro ituen

[LL] verb, intransitive bark, growl (of a dog); speak in an angry or pompous manner

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] verb, transitive become tough, hard (of meat, rubber, wood)

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] verb, transitive become contrary (es. to show off)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] ideophone sound of the eka ibit (a large drum)

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] ideophone sound of the fall of a knife or spoon, or of an enamel plate

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive greet, thank, congragulate, express

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[L] verb, transitive choose, select

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[LLHL] adjective mouldy

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[LH HD] noun ring

[LH HDH] noun ring

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[LHLH] noun burnt wood; the burnt wood left on the ground after a piece of farmland has been burned for planting

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

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[LH LL] noun regret

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[HHLHHHL] noun butterfly

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HHH] noun a seat without a back

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[LHL] adjective small

[LLLH] noun prison, jail, detention

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[HHH] noun handcuffs, leg cuffs, shackles

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[HHH HL] noun eyeball

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[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

[L] verb, transitive take hold of, grab, catch (in the arms); grope

[LLL] noun, adjective cold, wet

[LHHH] adjective secret

[LLHL] adjective leaky (var. ndre ndre, ndidIt, ndidIt)

[LLLH] noun evening (dusk till dawn) (var. mbubịre)

[LL] noun lies

[HF] noun the gums

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

[LL] noun place

[LH] verb, transitive singe

[H] verb, transitive show teeth

[LL] noun my mother

[HHHH] noun bell, clock, hour

[HHHH HL] noun wrist watch

[LLLL] noun rust

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

[LLHLLH] noun a spider web

[HH] verb, intransitive laugh (plural of sak)

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

[H] verb, transitive choke, cause choking (as water in the windpipe)

[HL] conjunction since (time, cause), because

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

[HH] verb, transitive chop

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

[L] verb, intransitive be small

[HL] noun shilling

[LH] verb, intransitive come down, descend (var. sọijọ)

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

[LL] verb, transitive polish, scrub; grate (pl. of tʌk)

[H] verb, intransitive become stupid, retarded

[L] verb, transitive warn against; give information, inform

[LL] numeral second

[HH] noun rope

[HLL] adverb completely

[HF] noun a polite term for itịt, vagina

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

[LL] noun quarrel

[HH] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive adhere. stick, become sticky; hang; hang oneself; insist, persist; hang on to; pester; persecute; hate