Ibibio English

[HF] noun oil

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[HLHL] noun lungs

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[LLL] noun thunder

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[HHH] noun moon, month

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[HHL] noun forest

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[LHL] noun basket

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[LH] subj, obj. pronoun he, she, it, him, her, it

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHF] adjective cold

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[HH] noun child, offspring

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[HF] noun cluster (of fruit, e.g grapes)

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[LLH] verb, transitive refer to someone or mention someone’s name in a conversation, criticize, gossip; divide/share items among many people; classify items

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[H] verb, intransitive become thickened (e.g. broth thickened by flavor); become dirty (e.g. cloths or water)

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[LL] noun divulge secrets, inform, tattle, betray

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[LLH] verb, transitive answer a question, answer a call(in the latter case only used negatively, i.e. fail to answer a call)

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[L] noun term of address used betwee men of equal age and status, its use generally implies intimacy, it is occasionally used to address a stranger and is currently used by young girls although this latter is considered improper by men

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[LL] verb, transitive remove from the embers what has been roasting there (plural of dappa)

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[LH] verb order the night before in order to have the next day, book overnight, contact to but at a certain time (esp. palm wine, palm wine is generally bought in the morning when it is fresh)

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[L] verb, intransitive fall in drops, rain

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[H] adverb there, in that place, (near the person spoken to), there

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[LH] verb, intransitive become untidy and wet (of a messy wet animal), become wet, become untidy.

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

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[HH] noun hare; a person fond of sleeping.

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[HLL] noun tongue.

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[LL] noun axe.

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[LL] noun millipede.

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[HH] verb, intransitive become jealous, envious often.

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[HH] verb, transitive remove pressure, stop pressing down see fige.

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[HF] noun hair (on the head or growing densely as on the head).

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[LH] noun witchcraft, witch.

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[HHL] number one hundred.

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[HH] noun a case

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[LH LH] adjective worthless; fruitless; in vain

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[HF] noun pus

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[LHHH] noun a kind of dance performed in the moonlight

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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

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

[L] verb, transitive perceive, feel, sense, taste, hear; understand; listen to, heed; respond to

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive become puckered (of the mouth from acid, of the hands from immersion in water).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] ideophone said to show when one is completely ignored.

Speaker: itoro ituen

[HH] verb, transitive become puckered (of the mouth from acid, of the hands from immersion in water).

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive stand in a certain relative position, as in kpe iso or kp edem.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] verb, transitive soil, dirty.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] verb, transitive chop

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[L] verb, transitive crow (of a cock).

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[L] ideophone sound made by a heavy round object such as a coconut or palm fruit cluster when it falls to the ground

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] verb, transitive remove from a hook, remove what hangs, unentangle (esp. wipe away strands of cobweb) (rev. of kọp [L])

[HH] verb, intransitive bleat (of a goat or sheep), low (of a cow)

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[HH] noun wrestling, wrestling bout

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[HH] noun cheek

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[LH HDH] noun ring

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

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[LL] noun foot

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

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[HHH] noun stalk, the place where fruits are attached

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HHH] noun fart

[LHL] adjective without response

[LH] roar (of thunder)

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[HHHH] noun a metal, tray

[L] verb, transitive blind

[H] verb, transitive injure, wound

[LL] conjunction with, and

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

[HLHHH] noun maze; confusing place full of turns and corners

[LH] noun fear

[HLLH] noun crawl (of a baby, a snake)

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

[LLL] noun a kind of basket used for catching fish or crabs, small ones are made of palm fronds, large ones of cane

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

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

[HH] noun ashes, dust

[LH] verb, intransitive verbal aggression

[HH] verb, transitive shake, bounce a person as on a couch

[LLLL] noun a kind of small rodent with a long snout

[HHHH] noun a percussion instrument

[LH] conj even if, not even if

[H] pronoun what, who which

[LLH] verb, intransitive dawn, enter a new day, remain until the new day, make it through the night

[HHH] verb, intransitive become foolish, stupid (pl. of sịme)

[HHL] noun starch (for laundry)

[LLL] verb, transitive scatter things that are arranged or piled up, strew things about dishevel, disorder

[HH] verb, intransitive become left over, remain

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

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

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

[H] verb, intransitive urinate

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

[LH] noun the second-born son

[HF] noun smell, odor

[LLL] noun fate, luck

[HH] noun leg and/or foot; bottom, base; elongation, extension, movement, means, mode

[LHD] noun a kind of fish with a hard skull and whiskers, good to east (Goldie: a species of catfish); (var akpakot)

[HH] noun silk cotton tree, Ceina pentandra (Deizel)

[LL] noun fufu, anything pounded for fufu, anything cut with the fingers from a mass and swallowed in balls along with afere (soup)

[LL] noun life, destiny, universe, creation

[LH] noun fishhook

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

[HH] verb, transitive pinch

[H] noun child, offspring