Ibibio English

[LHL] adjective whole, complete

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHL] noun wife, female

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[HH] noun a kind of black stinging ant which lives in palm trees

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHL] noun bitter leaf, gall bladder; bile

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun jar, jug for storage of water

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

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

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[HHHH] verb, transitive deceive

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[LLH] verb, intransitive; verb, transitive stop, cease, conclude,; tv bring to conclusion; decide

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

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[L] verb, transitive father a child

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, intransitive become black, become ripe

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

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[HH] verb, transitive light, kindle

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[L] verb, transitive dig up, dig (esp root crops), harvest (root crops)

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[HF] noun a tree with small blue skinned fruits, their green flesh is softened before eating by roasting or by immersing in hot water, the softened flesh is similar to avocado but it is slightly sour, it is customarily accompanied by roasted maize, Bush butter tree

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun monkey

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[LL] noun the back (anat).

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[HF] noun pig.

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[LLL] noun side whiskers, side burns.

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

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

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

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[HHH] verb, transitive remove from the mouth what one has been sucking or holding there.

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[HHL] noun women, wives

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[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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[HHF] noun gorilla (Goldie baboon, chimpanzee).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL] noun toad

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[HH] noun deafness; deaf man

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[LL] noun hat, cap

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[HHL] noun cooking hearth

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[LH] noun neck, throat; desire, greed

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[L] verb, intransitive become able, know how; tv surpass, excel (used in making com- parisons), triumph over, beat (win)

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[HHH] verb, intransitive tie or wrap a cloth around ones own loins or waist

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

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[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

[LH] verb, intransitive become near, stay near; approach

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[H] ideophone sound of a short blast on the horn of a small automobile.

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[HH] ideophone sound of raw maize being pounded.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive copulate

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[LH] noun the side of the face from temple to jaw

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[LL] noun scar, welt

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[LH HD] noun ring

[LH HDH] noun ring

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H.HL.L] noun a kind small house bat

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHDHHF] noun butterfly

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LHH] noun piece

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LLL] noun, adjective cold, wet

[HLL] noun sweat (var. ibikpO, ibibiak, adikpO)

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

[HHH] noun dirt; a sticky substance (esp. one a person finds on his clothes and doesn’t know where it came from)

[HF] noun horn of animal

[LH] noun fear

[HH] noun jest, clowning, embarrassment

[LLL] noun intestines

[HHH] noun postherd

[LLH] interrogative noun what?

[HH] noun sand

[HF] adjective good, genuine

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

[LL] noun place

[HH] noun ashes, dust

[LL] verb, transitive push, push over, push aside, shove

[HHH] verb, intransitive become mixed, kneaded, mashed, smashed, run over

[LL] ideophone sound of oil dropped in the fire

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

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

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

[HH] verb, intransitive become sweet, delicious, tasty, enjoyable (of food or drink only)

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

[HF] noun leaf; in its narrowest sense the term applies to leaves that are distributed along a stem in such a way that a person can remove several of them at a time by running his hand along the stem

[LL] ideophone sound of dry cloth or paper crumbling

[HH] verb, intransitive shine like cat eyes (said of a person’ s eyes when he is excited, or when he should be ashamed but isn’t); shine intensely, brightly

[L] verb, transitive help; contribute (money, food, labor)

[H] verb, intransitive laugh

[H] verb, transitive choke, cause choking (as water in the windpipe)

[HHL] noun starch (for laundry)

[HH] verb, transitive devastate, destroy, squander

[H] verb, intransitive become gently, mild (of disposition, weather); adverb: quietly, safely

[HH] verb, intransitive become sandy

[LH] verb, transitive dip out, ladle out (with a spoon or the hand); beckon with the hand, touch slightly to get someone’s attention

[HH] verb, transitive awaken

[HH] verb, transitive tickle

[H] verb, transitive to contribute

[LL] verb, transitive curse, use abusive words (pl. of tọk)

[HF] noun fatness, breadth

[LF] noun lack, scarcity

[LLL] numeral four

[HF] noun chicken, fowl

[LHF] noun your grandfather

[LH] numeral three

[LHH] noun needle

[HH] noun life, existence, state of being alive, life style, habits

[LHH] noun needle

[L] verb, transitive write

[H] verb, transitive suck