Ibibio English

[HHH] noun kind, sort, type, lineage

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[LHHH] noun table

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[HHH] noun bee

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[LLL] noun wasp

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[HHF] adjective cold

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[LLL] adjective green

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[HF] noun a kind of reed; a sleeping mat woven from reed

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[LLHH] noun a strong wind

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[HH] noun crying, weeping

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

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[HH] verb, transitive take, pick up, carry

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[H] noun wait, wait for

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[LH] verb, transitive pass, pass by, cross

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[HH] verb, intransitive become black, become ripe

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

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[L] verb, transitive imitate

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[LH] verb, intransitive set off, depart, leave, move away, become wild, troublesome (of a child)

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[HHH] verb, transitive to lose, throw away

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

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[HF] noun a place set aside for something esp a fireplace; a focal place.

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[HHHL] noun nest.

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[LL] noun tomach; a bag-like object esp one containing air; a musical instrument of the accordian type; a kind of thumb piano made of wood of calabash with metal keys; a play in which the thumb piano is used.

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[HHH] noun kidney, heart.

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[HH] verb, transitive stick into a narrow space, wedge in, put between.

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[HHH] verb, transitive argue, argue with, disagree with.

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[LL] verb, intransitive become covered; cover oneself (with a cloth or blanket); become sad, mourn.

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[HHL] noun men (pl. of owodeen).

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[LHL] noun thigh; lap.

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[LH] noun witchcraft, witch.

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[LHL] noun coal tar

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[HF] noun bunch of plantain or bananas (general)

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[HHH] noun nose

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[HH] verb, transitive wrap cloth around someone; fig buy cloth for elderly relations (pl. of kIn)

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[HH] verb, intransitive stand on tiptoe, stretch to see something high; become high, raised up (esp. of the ground or of something which should be flat)

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

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[LLH, LL] verb, transitive become flat (of something that should swell or be rounded).

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[L] verb, transitive try to persuade, urge, importune, dun.

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[LL] ideophone sound made by a flat object when it falls flat on the ground.

Speaker: itoro ituen

[H] verb, transitive talk rubbish; brag; talk lewdly, vulgarly

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LL] verb, transitive prepare, get ready.

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[HHH] verb, transitive cut (esp many small sticks and brush as when clearing land for farming (pl. of kpIkke)

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

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[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 walk here and there, zigzag

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[HH] verb, transitive cure, heal, perform juju for curing and certain other purposes (implies grinding medicine)

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

[HHL] noun wing

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[LLLH] noun centipede

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[HH] verb, transitive hit, strike, beat

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[HLHLHL] noun armpit

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[LF] noun scar

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[LLHL] noun young men (pl. of akparawa).

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

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[LHF] noun tree, big/heavy log of wood

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[HHF] noun a kind of white yam

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[LHLLHLL] noun butterfly

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[LH] noun a short skirt of multi-colored raffia strung on a rope, it used to be worn in the fattening house because the body of the woman being fattening was smeared with oil and iduot and a dress would be ruined, now worn as an ordinary skirt; petticoat (NkpIn).

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[HH] noun palm wine, strong alcohol

[HH] verb, transitive frown, screw up the face, have an unhappy, disgusted, distasteful or disapproving look on the face

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

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

[LH] conjunction so, so that

[LHH] noun mockery

[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

[LHH] noun sperm, semen

[HF] adjective good, genuine

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

[LH] verb, transitive singe

[LH] verb, intransitive be tilted, bent stiffly over

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

[LH] verb, transitive open the eyes wide (to show seriousness and thus make a child comply)

[HHL] adjective ancient, former; old (of inanimate objects)

[LHH] adjective wasted, empty, not being put to use, free

[LLL] noun a kind of insect, a larva

[LLL] noun a boil on the finger or toe

[LH] verb, transitive strike on the head with the knuckles made in a fist

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

[H] ideophone sound of splashing water

[HH] verb, transitive chop

[HH] verb, transitive cluck at to show annoyace or disgust

[HD] noun grandfather

[HH] verb, transitive make a knot, tie around and knot

[HH] preposition, conjunction since, starting from (time only)

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

[H] verb, transitive hit, hit the mark; knock against, knock down; throw down; drop

[H] verb, intransitive increase

[LF] noun your husband

[HF] noun strength

[HHH] noun a whistle

[LF] noun your grandmother

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

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

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

[LLL] noun beauty

[LH] noun bread, biscuit

[LH] verb, intransitive warm oneself in the sun or by the fire, bask

[H] verb, transitive wash; rub on, apply (oil, ointment); lick

[HH] verb, transitive pinch

[H] noun child, offspring

[LL] verb, intransitive slither, move with a gliding movement, move like a snake or rope, move like a jellylike substance