Ibibio English

[LHH] adjective black, ripe, mature

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[LLLL] noun electric fish

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[HF] noun horn, trumpet

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[HH] noun the first-born son

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[LH] noun lizard

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[LH] noun circle formation for a game or dance

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[HH] noun the sediment which sinks to the bottom of the pot when palm oil is boiled after being extracted from the fruit, dregs

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

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[HL] noun a metail basin used for storing and carrying food and water(borrowed from English basin)

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[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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[LH] verb, transitive imitate

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[H] verb, intransitive stand

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[HH] verb, intransitive stand, shine (of sun or moon)

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[LH] verb, intransitive set off, depart, leave, move away, become wild, troublesome (of a child)

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[HH] verb, transitive turn a deaf ear towards, not anwer, ignore

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[LL.H] verb, transitive collect, gather, pull down tendrils or other vegetation from a tree or the side of a house; tap on the back to get a persons attention

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[H] verb, transitive bite

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[HH] verb, transitive test, examine, measure, weigh

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[L] verb, transitive drag, draw; pl make a drawing, draw many lines; massage.

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[H] verb, transitive hide

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[L] verb, transitive dig up, dig (esp root crops), harvest (root crops)

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[LF] noun randmother (maternal or paternal).

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[HHHH] noun having few feathers or sparse hair.

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[LH] noun the olden days, ancient past; time immemorial.

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[LHF] noun grandfather (paternal or maternal).

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[HF] noun good, genuine.

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[LH] noun heart, gut.

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[HHHH ] verb, transitive; verb, intransitive turn, twist, twist around, twist together (poss involves a more complete turn or twist than fiak); iv become twisted (of its own accord); turn (of a wheel).

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[LL] verb, transitive remove water with a bowl from where it is not wanted (esp bail out a boat), scoop liquid from one container to another.

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[HHL] noun women, wives

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

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[HF] noun bitter

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[HH] noun a small round leech found in dry mudflows.

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[LHL] noun reasoning power, common sense, intellect.

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[HH] noun feces

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[HH] noun deafness; deaf man

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[HHF] noun year

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

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[LLL] adjective soft, fat, fleshy, tight (of fruit or a person’s flesh)

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[HHH] verb, transitive promise, vow (involves an exchange, something given for something done)

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[H] verb, transitive agree to, be willing to; run errands opt w utom message, errand, work

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[HH] verb, transitive take an enema

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

Speaker: itoro ituen

[LL] verb, transitive learn; teach

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[L] verb, transitive cut into, slash

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[H] ideophone sound of the fallof an enamel cup

Speaker: itoro ituen

[LLH] verb, transitive trim (branches, hair), cut down (a tree)

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

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

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

[HH] verb, transitive become loose, untied, unfastened; fall apart.

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LLH] verb, transitive rub off, erase, wipe clean, polish

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

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[HH] verb, transitive hang (an object on a hook, around a person’s neck, cloth pot to dry)

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

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[HHH] noun weeds, grass

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

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[H] verb, intransitive become patient; hold back, have control

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[HH] noun a kind of tree which blooms in dry season, its leaves are used for afere

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[LHLH] noun a kind of plant with similar properties to akpaakpa ikpaaRa (the plants that if pulled out gets its roots back to the ground and grows up again)

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[LF HL] noun skin of the vagina

[HLH] noun a kind of timber tree, Uapaca guineensis (Dalziel)

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

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[L] ideophone sound of nails being driven

[HLHHHL] noun the pelvic area (var. edidiono)

[LL] conjunction with, and

[HHH] noun dirt; a sticky substance (esp. one a person finds on his clothes and doesn’t know where it came from)

[HF] noun horn of animal

[HH] verb, transitive disappear; sg only dive

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

[HHLHDH] noun wart

[LL] noun brass or copper bangles worn around the legs from ankle to thigh by fattened brides

[LL] noun children, young of animals

[LL] verb, intransitive crawl (of a baby, a snake)

[HHHF] noun kerosine (English loanword)

[HHH HLL] noun a low fence around a trap, it has one opening through which animals are driven

[LLHLLH] noun a spider web

[HH] verb, transitive split, tear, cut up, divide; open; reveal, give an answer, give an explanation, mention (var. siak)

[HHL] noun starch (for laundry)

[LH] verb, intransitive sit, stay; appear, seem

[LH] verb, transitive place an order

[LL] verb, intransitive become supple

[LL] conjunction, adverb, preposition very much, until, so that

[HH] verb, transitive eat a little bit at a time, pick up and eat tiny bits of food (such as grains of rice), pick tiny leaves

[HHH] verb, intransitive kneel

[HHF] noun the small of the back and the area immediately surrounding it

[HH] adjective new

[HF] noun slavery (var. ufʌn)

[HF] noun soul, spirit (of a living person)

[LH] numeral three

[LLL] noun congealed secretions

[HHL] noun a kind of large lizard, land living

[LL] noun quarrel

[HHH] noun any insect which pinches

[LLH] verb, intransitive become peeled off, become faded

[H] verb, transitive having the urge to sleep

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

[HH] verb, transitive saw, cut with a sawing motion (an animal’s throat, or in shredding certain leaves such as afan̄)(pl. of jọọk)

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