Ibibio English

[LHH] adjective young, not full grown

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[HHH] noun cold, cattarrh

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[LL] pronoun you

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[HF] noun slave

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[HF] noun square basket woven of cane or rattan

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[HL] noun priest

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[HHL] noun man, male

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

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[HL] noun yam

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[H] verb, transitive break

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[H] verb, transitive cook, prepare food (usually liquid food)

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[HHH] verb, intransitive itch

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[HH] verb, intransitive intend, wish.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive become sick, become sick with

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[LHLL] noun rice.

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[LL] noun flying squirrel.

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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).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun nest.

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] verb, intransitive run, run away.

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[LL] verb, transitive spit, spit out (food, liquid, silaiva)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, intransitive become lazy.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive fold, roll up into a cylinder, make narrow.

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[HH] noun medicine, cure, poison, talisman, juju.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun arrow.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHL] noun electricity

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[L.LH.HL] adjective bitter

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[HF] noun piassava, the fiber from the trunk of ukOt (rafia palm).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun fire.

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[LL] noun foot

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[HHF] noun mouth

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[LLHL] adjective burnt, scorched

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[HH] noun face, front, future (also eko iso)

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[HF] noun earth, land, ground, floor, country, a council of elders

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

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[LHLLL] number seven (a sacred number in Ibibio)

(Igbo) asaa

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHLH] number eight

(Igbo) asato

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[LLL] noun young men, youths

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] prep. of time, place, cause, manner

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[H] adverb there, over there, yonder

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[HH] verb, intransitive rise, puff, swell (of rice in cooking, of bread); become conceited, swell-headed

[LLH] verb, transitive gather up, take, pick up (pl. of ben [H] gather, take up, pick up)

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive plead, plead with, entreat, beg

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] ideophone sound made by a heavy object (a person, coconut, a palm fruit cluster) when it falls to the ground

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[LH] verb, transitive pull down the lower eye lid to show triumph, to mock

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

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

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[HHH] verb, intransitive become curved, crooked, not straight (esp of a road or branch of a tree)

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[LH] verb, intransitive hang, hang on, snag; become hooked on; become bent; pick at, bicker, harass; become a responsibility

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

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[LLHH] noun European

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[HF] noun cockroach

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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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[HHHL] noun a kind of plant with small bitter fruits

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

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[HHLHHL] noun buttefly

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[HHLHHHL] noun butterfly

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HHH HL] noun eyeball

[HHH] noun delicacies, luxury food, little bits of luxury food (nuts, bits of meat) (var. ndien, ndiin)

[LL] pronoun we, us, our

[HHL] noun a powdered vegetable mixture used in juju sacrifices

[LH] numeral third, three

[LL] adjective small, few

[LL] ideophone sound of oil dropped in the fire

[LLH] verb, transitive peep into (a matter, house); peep out (without being noticed), peep at

[LL] verb, intransitive be tall, long, far, high, deep

[LLL] noun a kind of insect, a larva

[HHHH] noun young curled cocyam leaf

[LL] noun bribe, dishonest business practices

[HH] verb, intransitive become agile, sprightly, lively, smart (in action or dress)

[HH] verb, transitive take out, remove, remove from

[LL] verb, transitive curse (a curse, a person). revile, insult (var. suun̄ọ, suen̄)

[L] ideophone sound of wood being cut

[LL] verb, transitive put down, set down (a pot on the fire); cook, boil, prepare afere (soup) (pl. of tem)

[LL] ideophone describes a staggering walk

[H] verb, transitive eject, hurl, throw, shoot, sting

[HH] verb, intransitive become impaled, skewered, stuck onto a sharp object

[HH] verb, transitive awaken

[LH] noun calamity

[LH] noun canoe

[LHF] noun third-born son

[HH] adjective new

[HH] noun weavil

[LLL HHL] noun fourth-born son

[LHH] noun left (direction)

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

[LLHH] noun cloaca of a chicken, hindquarters of a chicken (?)

[HF] noun a kind of tree with soft wood, probably Alstonia congensis (Dalziel)

[LF] noun a kind of fresh water eel

[HH] noun road, way; doorway, door; habit, custom

[HHH] noun feast

[HH] noun sand on the shore

[LH] noun bread, biscuit

[HH] verb, transitive startle, surprise, take unawares (esp of an unexpected visitor)

[HH] verb, intransitive become light in weight

[HL] ideophone describes something that passes by very fast

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

[HH] verb, transitive cause choking, dizziness