Ibibio English

[HF HL] noun pimple

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHLL] noun blessing

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[LLL] noun crocodile

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[LHHH] adjective big, huge

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[LLL] noun wasp

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[HH] noun a fence of shrubbery planted to indicate a boundary and provide privacy

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL] noun hut, improvised temporary shelter(in the bush or at the fishing ponds)

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[LHH] noun needle

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[HHH] verb, transitive beg, beg for; plead with, ask for

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive watch out for; wait to do harm to; watch over, protect, look after

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, intransitive become rotten (esp. of edible things), spoil (of improperly dried fish, it gets mould on it), sour

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, intransitive become rotten to the semi-liquid state, become decomposed, disintegrated (of an orange, a wet cracker, a dead body), become wet and messy, wet and sloppy, become watery to the point of nearly falling out

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[HL] noun bowl(cf. abawIt, bawIt)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, intransitive become a coward

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[HH] verb, transitive light, kindle

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[HH] verb, intransitive intend, wish.

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[H] verb, transitive enter, go into, join (a society of the modern type that involves only a simple process)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun a tree with small blue skinned fruits, their green flesh is softened before eating by roasting or by immersing in hot water, the softened flesh is similar to avocado but it is slightly sour, it is customarily accompanied by roasted maize, Bush butter tree

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun a kind of fish, good to eat.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

noun copulation

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[HF] noun cattle, bovine.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive uncover, take off.

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[HH] verb, transitive roast; set fire to; distill

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[LH] noun underpants.

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[HF] noun cocoyam, colocasia esculentum (Dalziel)

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[LLL] noun toad

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[HF] noun laughter

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[LHL] noun muteness, dumbness; a mute

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[LF] noun; adjective wealth, rich person

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[LHH] noun a kind of fish with a small head, dried and used for soup

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[LH] noun thief; theft

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[HH] noun kernel (esp. oil palm kernel); stone (of a fruit)

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[LL] noun a blow with the fist; a charm which enables the wearer to strike powerful blows

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[LLL] noun a leech; a kind of fish with long needle-like mouth

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive roast, fry (a food to make it dry or crisp esp groundnuts in sand, gari in a pot); season a new pot by placing it on the fire

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[HH] verb, transitive wrap cloth around someone; fig buy cloth for elderly relations (pl. of kIn)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] verb, intransitive tie or wrap a cloth around ones own loins or waist

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[H] 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.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive chop

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LL] verb, transitive sweep; take the remains of something

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[H] verb, transitive catch sight of (see)

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[LH] verb, transitive let fall from the mouth, spit out (food, not liquid)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

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

[LL] verb, transitive knock

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive like, love (can be used as a euphemism for sex)

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[HDH] noun piece, half piece

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[LLHH] noun European

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[HH] noun thick porridge

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[LLL] noun sugar cane, Saccarum officinarum (Dalziel)

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

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[LH HDH] noun ring

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[LH HDH] noun ring

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LHL] adjective small

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[LLHL] noun young men (pl. of akparawa).

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL HL] noun a secluded area in the water thickly covered with water plants ( a person can go in there to bathe)

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LHF] noun tree, big/heavy log of wood

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLHDH] noun a kind of small white mushroom

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLHD] noun groundnut

[LL] conjunction and, with

[LHHH] adjective secret

[HH] noun weeds (syn. NwIp, mbiot, mbit, mbiet)

[LLH] adverb perhaps

[LH] conjunction so, so that

[LHH] noun calamity

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

[HL] noun knuckle

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

[HH] noun ashes, dust

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

[LH] noun over there, yonder (refers to a narrow area)

[LLL] noun an insect of the grasshopper type, it is tan, grey or mottled

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

[HH] verb, transitive abuse, humiliate

[LH] verb, intransitive come down, descend

[HH] verb, transitive chop

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

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

[HHHH] verb, intransitive scream, shout at, often with mkpo (var. tiara)

[HH] ideophone sound of a car (automobile) horn

[L] verb, transitive taste liquid, take a sip, sip

[LH] verb, intransitive become sluggish

[HH] verb, transitive awaken

[LHF] noun fourth-born son

[LLL] noun fate, luck

[LL] noun second-born daughter

[LL] noun dish, plate, bowl

[LLLH] noun a dish of grated cocoyam steamed in leaves

[LHH] noun needle

[H] verb, transitive suck

[HH] verb, intransitive wander (aimlessly or with a purpose), go here and there (of one who has many places to go and many things to do)

[LL] verb, intransitive slither, move with a gliding movement, move like a snake or rope, move like a jellylike substance

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