Ibibio English

[LHH] adjective young, not full grown

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHL] noun umbilical cord

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[HHH] noun water buffalo

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[LHL] noun Adam’s apple

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[HL] noun priest

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[LL] noun the first wife

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[LHLHL] noun praying mantis

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[LHDH] noun left-handed person

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[HHH] noun okra, okro

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[LLL HLL] noun strong waves, sea currents, tempest

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[HH] noun person, human being; someone

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[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

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[HH] verb, intransitive; verb, transitive resemble, appear to, seem to, seem

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[H] verb, intransitive; verb, transitive speak, say, tell, mean, intend

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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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[HL] noun headtie

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[HHH] verb, transitive cause disgust

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[L] verb, intransitive live, be alive

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

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[HF] noun monkey

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[LHH] noun a kind of bitter fruit taken like kola, bitter kola, Garcinia kola (Dalziel).

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[HF] noun leopard or any of the big cats; a mens society so named from the way they use drums to imitate the sound of a leopard.

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[LHH] noun mockery.

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[HHH] noun dog.

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[H] verb, transitive be sated, make overfull (from eating).

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[LLLH] verb, transitive blow out through the nose, blow the nose, snort (at).

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[L] verb, intransitive become lazy.

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[LL] verb, transitive hold something in the mouth or between the lips without biting down.

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[LH] a small cloth warn at the waist by mourning widows.

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

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[LHL] noun electricity

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[HHL] noun a sore, septic wound

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[LH] noun foot race, running

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

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

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[HH] verb, transitive take an enema

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[LLL LL] one by one, one at a time, each to each (lit. keet e keet)

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

[LH] verb, transitive lift something very heavy and of huge girth requiring both arms around it; try to carry something heavier than one is capable of, take on more than one can manage

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive prepare, get ready.

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[L] ideophone sound made by ekOmO drums, the small one goes kpim or kpom or kum, the large one goes kpim or kum.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[H] ideophone sound of abodom being played with bamboo sticks in sending a message

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[L] verb, transitive vomit

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[HH] verb, transitive peel with hand or knife, unlock

Speaker: itoro ituen

[HH] verb, intransitive exhibit pride

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[L] verb, transitive retch, vomit gen used w ibọk medicine, udia food

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[HHH] noun shreds, particle

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[HH] verb, transitive; verb, intransitive ignore, delay in responding

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[LH] noun today

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[HH] verb, transitive contort the face or mouth to show disgust

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[HH] verb, transitive insult; disobey, disregard

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

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[HHH] noun the heavy dregs (yeast) from palm wine which settle at the bottom of the calabash

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[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

[LHLHLL] noun butterfly

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LH] adjective thin, lean and sickly (of a person)

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HHH] noun handcuffs, leg cuffs, shackles

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHL] interjection no

[LLL HD] noun plaintain

[HLHH] adjective unsteady; shiftless

[LHL LL] noun a kind of plant, its leaf is ground up and used to treat yews

[H] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive dance; fawn on

[LL] verb, intransitive walk with legs apart (like a person who has a boil, or something between his legs)

[HHH] noun an edible fern found in streams

[LL] noun the area around the ears and under the jaw

[LLL] noun a kind of small hot red or green pepper, Aframonum melegueta (Dalziel)

[HH] noun the sour orange

[LH] verb, intransitive verbal aggression

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

[HLF] noun athlete’s foot

[HH] verb, intransitive become congested; become odorous; smell of fish

[HHL] noun man, male

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, intransitive laugh

[LLHL] noun a kind of fruit, possibly breadfruit or soursop

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

[HHH] verb, transitive throw up to someone what one has done for him or what he has done to one, reproach with past deeds (var. sion̄, sioon̄)

[LL] verb, transitive take fire, carry fire

[L] verb, transitive reach, get to, arrive at

[HF] noun silk, any shiny material used for a head tie

[LH] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive hang down; weigh down, lower (as wet clothes lower a line or heavy fruits on a branch)

[HD] noun grandfather

[HHH] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive whistle

[LH] verb, intransitive become stuck into, pinned

[HH] noun friend

[LH] noun the second-born son

[LHH] noun left (direction)

[LL] noun your mother

[LL] noun a game of struggle

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

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

[HD] phrase What day?

[HH] noun ear

[LHH] noun needle

[LLL] noun beauty

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

[HH] verb, transitive pinch