Ibibio English

[LLL] noun God, god

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun meeting place

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[LHHH] noun table

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[LHH] noun clan chief

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[HHH] noun bee

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[HH] noun group, flock, herd

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[HHH] noun okra, okro

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[L] verb, intransitive become cruel, mean, mischievous, destructive

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[HL] noun yam

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[L] verb, transitive break, break open (something round; something made of glass and clay)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb shine (of sun or moon)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[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)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive dip, steep, soak

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[HH] verb, transitive add, put together, stick, glue

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[LH] verb, intransitive become quiet, calm, lonely (of a place, of wind or water)

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[LL] verb, transitive make an error, err, miss, offend, do unwittingly, do by chance.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HLL] verb, intransitive move about here and there doing many things at once, look busy, become busy

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive enter, go into, join (a society of the modern type that involves only a simple process)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun rain.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHF] noun a kind of large edible snail.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun rectum, piles (also used as a curse).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHHH] noun having few feathers or sparse hair.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHHL] noun rheumatism.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive blow on (as with the mouth or bellows to cool, or to make a fire flame up), blow (a whistle, a wind instrument), whistle.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun whirlwind.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL] noun; adjective; adverb aloneness, lack of relations

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[HHF] noun knife, machet (machete)

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[HH] noun urine.

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[HHF] noun bird (generic term)

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[HF] noun salt

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

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[HHL] noun head; memory; sake, behalf

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] verb, intransitive become old; ancient; look old (of inanimate objects)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive deny, refute, prove innocent

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] ideophone sound of shoes with heels

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

[HH] verb, transitive pull up, hoist up, draw in (as in a fishing net)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

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[H] verb, transitive die perish; become exhausted, overcome; fade; heal

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LLH] verb, transitive resolve not to do a thing.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[L] verb, transitive restrain, prohibit, stop; warn; rebuke

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[H] verb, transitive judge a case

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive watch, guard, look after

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive soil, dirty

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[LL] verb, intransitive bark, growl (of a dog); speak in an angry or pompous manner

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLHHH] noun [Efik] a creature (fish? serpent?) which stretches the whole length of a river or sea

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive close; shut in, confine; completely (emphatic)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive make way, step aside

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[HL] noun government; white colonial officer; English consul

[HH] verb, intransitive cough

[LLHD] noun groundnut

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[HHH] noun shreds, particle

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[HHH] noun weeds, grass

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[HHH] noun dirt, refuse, garbage

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun engagement (before marriage)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLHDH] noun a creeping plant with tiny leaves, Selaginella scandens

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHH] noun wheel (bare without a tire)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHLLH HL] noun rough skin, tough skin

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun palm wine, strong alcohol

[LH] noun dew, moisture on leaves

[LLLL] noun error, fault; a fine (var. ndude)

[HLHH] noun jostling; a kind of game in which children lean against each other

[HHHH] noun bedbug, cimex rotundata (in Ibibio bugs pinch rather than bite)

[LHH] noun scum

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

[LH HL] noun village crier, he beats a drum and makes announcements

[HH] verb, intransitive be itchy, scratchy

[LLLL] noun rust

[HHF] noun hiccup

[HLL] noun welts from a beating

[HHH] noun water

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

[LLH] verb, intransitive wander around, walk about (pl. of san̄a)

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

[HH] verb, transitive grab as much as possible with one hand

[HL] noun tailor (English loanword)

[L] ideophone describes water falling drop by drop

[HL] noun address form for father, grandfather, old man

[LLH] verb, intransitive become short, squat, and fat (of people or animals)

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

[LHH] adjective buying, shopping

[LL] noun grave

[HF] noun strength, force, power

[LH] noun the second-born son

[LLL HHL] noun fourth-born son

[HF] noun smell, odor

[LF] noun your grandmother

[LLL] noun fate, luck

[LLH] noun ability

[LH] noun loving, likeness

[LLL] noun universe

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

[HH] verb, transitive mix, adulterate (as palm wine by adding water)

[L] verb, transitive tear, rend, scratch, tear off, tear up, tear out; pay a debt in installments

[H] verb, transitive make an announcement

[LH] verb, transitive doubt, surprise