Ibibio English

[HHL HF] noun town, village

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHL] noun umbilical cord

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[LLLL] noun electric fish

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[LLL] noun thunder

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[HHH] noun stew, soup

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLHL] noun a young man

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[LH] noun circle formation for a game or dance

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[HH] noun the sediment which sinks to the bottom of the pot when palm oil is boiled after being extracted from the fruit, dregs

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[LHH] adjective real, genuine, important, very (emphatic)

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[LL] verb, transitive fail to show appreciation, criticize what has been done for one

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[LLH] verb, transitive rev. of biom put down what one has been carrying on the head

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[HH] verb, intransitive become broken, break (of its own accord), usually a long thin object such as a bone or a stick, break up in confusion (of a gathering)

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[HL] noun headtie

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[LL] verb, transitive scratch, itch

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[L] verb, intransitive fall in drops, rain

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[LL] verb, transitive not know, doubt, have doub about, refuse to recognize

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[HH] verb, transitive shout at, bawl at, scold; shock.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LF] noun randmother (maternal or paternal).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun phantom, ghost of ancestors. in traditional government, the police arm, now a society (to which nearly all the men belong) which has masquerades at various times of year such as the turning of the year and the harvest of new yam.

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[HH] noun meat, rat.

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[HH] noun saliva.

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[H] verb, transitive eat up a large quantity of food.

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[LL] verb, transitive spit, spit out (food, liquid, silaiva)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive suck, suck out (marrow from a bone, flesh from a periwinkle shell) pl suck, pull hard with the mouth (esp when one makes a sound while doing it) sip through a straw.

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[LLH] verb, transitive forget.

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[HHL] noun crazyness, mad person.

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[HF] noun cricket

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[HH] noun fire.

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[HF] noun word, language, talk; matter, palaver (difficulty, trouble, verbal conflict, gathering for negotiation or decision).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun skin, leather, anything worn around the waist, a belt (esp. a covering of beads around the waist (many strings of beads worn together)); a razor strop

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[HDH] noun bird (generic term)

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[LL] noun tail

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[HLHL] noun heel of the foot

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

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[H] adverb there, over there, yonder

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[H] verb, transitive cost

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[HLL] adverb never ever.

Speaker: itoro ituen

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] ideophone describes a quick action; describes a completed action or state.

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[HH] verb, transitive push a heavy object for a distance; shove away from a distance (as an insect with a long stick); wheel, roll, push something on wheels.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive prepare, get ready.

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[HH] verb, transitive plead, plead with, entreat, beg.

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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

[HH] verb, transitive cover (esp obscure from view)

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[HH] verb, intransitive ref. hang, hang on oneself, choke

[LLLH] noun centipede

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[HHL] noun specialist, practitioner (pl. of abia)

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[HH] noun thick porridge

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[LLH] verb, transitive swallow (pl. of men)

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[LLHL] adjective mouldy

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[HH] noun penis

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

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

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[LH LL] noun regret

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[LHDHHF] noun butterfly

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH HL] noun eyebrow

[LHLLH HL] noun rough skin, tough skin

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[LF] noun nasal mucus, phlegm

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[LF LL] noun a childrens game in which sticks are passed around quickly and players try not to accumulate them

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun handcuffs, leg cuffs, shackles

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHH] noun wheel (bare without a tire)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun palm wine, strong alcohol

[LL] conjunction and, with

[L] verb, transitive blind

[LLL] noun, adjective cold, wet

[LLL] adverb not even

[LH] noun flavour, taste (an esp. flavored and elusive one); marrow

[HHH] noun something rotten

[HH] noun jest, clowning, embarrassment

[LLL] noun intestines

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

[HHLHDH] noun wart

[LLL] noun mist, fog

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

[H] verb, transitive show teeth

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

[LH] noun color, many colors (ason cloth, or an animal)

[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

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

[LH] verb, intransitive become clear, light, bright; fig become clear, understandable; become large, wide; expand; transitive: clear (as a road); expand, enlarge

[LLH] adjective granular, in grains

[HH] verb, intransitive become agile, sprightly, lively, smart (in action or dress)

[HHH] verb, intransitive become childish, act childish (pl. of sere)

[HH] verb, transitive look at

[HH] verb, transitive split, tear, cut up, divide; open; reveal, give an answer, give an explanation, mention (var. siak)

[HHHH] verb, intransitive make a sound of disgust, disapproval, impatience, contempt (var. siama)

[LH] noun [Eng] cigarette

[LH] verb, intransitive come down, descend

[LH] noun canoe

[HH] noun friend

[LHF] noun third-born son

[LLL] noun fate, luck

[LF] noun a ditch containing water, a large pit, dam

[LHL] noun rice

[LH] noun fishhook

[HHH] verb, intransitive become poor

[HH] verb, transitive deceive

[H] verb, transitive burn, sting (as pepper, iodine)