Ibibio English

[LHLL] noun rice

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHL] noun a plank, the board for the game of draughts (checkers)

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[LLL] noun thunder

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[LL] noun cloth, clothes

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[LHL] noun basket

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[HF] noun practitioner, specialist, expert

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[LHLL] noun hiccup

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

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[HH] noun crying, weeping

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[H] verb, intransitive become cheap due to oversupply, go aground(of a boat)

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[HHHH] verb, transitive deceive

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[HHH] verb, intransitive become disordered, scattered, disheveled, disrupted

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

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[HH] verb, transitive light, kindle

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[LL] verb, transitive boast

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[HL] verb, transitive strain, filter skim

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

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[HF] noun monkey

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[HLL] noun tongue.

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[HF] noun sole, palm (of hand or feet).

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[HHHL] noun sacred place where family heirlooms are kept; archive.

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[HH] noun meat, rat.

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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).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive bother, harass, worry.

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[LHH] noun a kind of legume used to thicken afere (soup), horse eye bean,, stinging bean, Mucuna urens (Dalziel).

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[HH] noun body (of a human being, an animal, fruit, nut), self (used as a reflexive). aj (?) emphatic, even, particular, the very.

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[LHL] noun thigh; lap.

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[LLHL] adjective burnt, scorched

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[LH] noun debt

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[HHH] noun smallpox

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

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[LHH] noun caterpillar (general term)

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[HH] verb, transitive cut down, hew down (a large object); cut (a large portion) (pl. of kek)

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[LLH] verb, transitive follow, company; help

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[H] verb, intransitive; ideophone blink w anjen eye; describes something that flickers

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[HH] verb, transitive call, invite, read

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[L] verb, transitive pay attention (used with utON, as in a kpaN utON, listen).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HHH] verb, transitive push aside with disdain, postpone, shake off responsibility

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

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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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[H] verb, transitive greet, thank, congratulate, express

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

[HDH] noun piece, half piece

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[HHL] noun wing

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[LLHD] noun groundnut

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[LLL] noun pl people

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[LHLH] noun gooseflesh

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[HH] noun periwinkle

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[LH] noun grace, favour

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

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[LH HDH] noun ring

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[LHLH] noun burnt wood; the burnt wood left on the ground after a piece of farmland has been burned for planting

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[LF HL] noun skin of the vagina

[HHLHL] noun a kind of insect (similar to millipede)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHLHL] noun a kind of insect (similar to millipede)

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[HL] verb, intransitive become wealthy

[LLH] verb, transitive see clearly, discern

[HH] verb, transitive affect, influence (as in influence of alchohol or drug)

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

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

[LLL] noun a kind of small green squash, curcurbita pepo

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Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLLH] noun business

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

[LL] noun sore, septic wound

[L] verb, intransitive become pleasant, enjoyable, sweet

[HH] noun a diseased condition of poultry in which little quill feathers begin to grow all over the body

[LH] noun a rattle, musical instrument filled with seeds or pebbles which is shaken; strings of seeds worn around ankles and wrists to make noise when dancing

[LH] noun my father

[HHH] verb, intransitive become melted

[HHLL] noun cornsilk, the tassel at the end of an ear of corn

[HH] verb, transitive, verb, intransitive have; intransitive: sg only have to, must; appear to be, exist

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

[LH] verb, intransitive bend a part of the body, bend all the way over; become bent

[LLH] noun basket

[HH] verb, transitive lick, lick off

[LL] verb, intransitive become black

[L] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive to be able to, know how to, master

[HHH] verb, transitive scratch the ground (of an animal, of children at play); toss away what is rejected from a sorting process (pl. of sara)

[HHH] verb, intransitive become childish, act childish

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

[HH] verb, transitive remove a plug, an obstacle, unblock;

[LH] verb, intransitive come down, descend (var. sọijọ)

[HH] verb, transitive pluck fruit (esp. pepper) cf kippe (pl. of tet)

[LL] verb, transitive polish, scrub; grate (pl. of tʌk)

[H] verb, intransitive become stupid, retarded

[L] verb, transitive warn against; give information, inform

[LHH] noun left (direction)

[LHH] noun byword, slang phrase, scandal

[LH] noun cssave fufu, it has no smell due to being well soaked before cooking

[HF] adjective big, old (of a person)

[LF] noun a kind of fresh water eel

[LHL] noun rice

[HH] verb, intransitive become light in weight

[LL] verb, transitive steal

[H] verb, intransitive move about, become restless, fidget

[H] verb, transitive turn, mix, stir