Ibibio English

[LF] noun a small shrimp, crayfish

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[HLHL] noun lungs

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[HF] noun root

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[HHH] noun stew, soup

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[HL] noun priest

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[LH] adjective stranger, visitor, sojourner, immigrant

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[LLL HLL] noun strong waves, sea currents, tempest

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[HFHF] noun measles

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[HH] verb, intransitive become unsalted, unseasoned, become deficient

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[L] verb, transitive lean something against, place against

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[LL] verb, transitive carry on the head, carry about (a worry)

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[HH] verb, transitive break (a long thin object such as a stick or bone)

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[L] verb, transitive receive, take back, accept; endure

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[LL] verb, transitive to put underneath (a hand for support, a pot to catch dripping liquid, new mats under the old ones to patch a thatch roof)

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[HHH] verb, intransitive tip toe around stealthily, pussy-foot

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[LLL] noun world.

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[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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[HLLHL] noun heel of the foot.

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[LLL] noun a flowing gown, usually worn by women.

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

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[HHH] verb, intransitive become thin, light in weight, lightened (of a load); become light on the feet, sprightly.

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[HH] verb, transitive turn, twist, twirl, spin; iv turn (of a wheel); repeat (always followed by another verb).

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[LHL] noun electricity

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[HF] noun bitter

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[HH] noun rope.

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[LH] noun belly

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[HHF] noun knife, machet (machete)

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[LHH] noun a kind of fish with a small head, dried and used for soup

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[LL] noun fishing grounds, fishing area

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[HHF] noun bird (generic term)

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[HF] noun salt

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[LH] noun thief; theft

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[LLHL] adjective burnt, scorched

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[LH] noun debt

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[LL] noun hat, cap

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[LHLH] number eight

(Igbo) asato

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[LH] noun neck, throat; desire, greed

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[LH] verb, transitive go to, go for

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

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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 (pl. of kpat)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HL] ideophone sound of wood breaking (ideophone)

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[L] verb, transitive even, even if, unless, not even.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LLH] verb, transitive become late; take a long time; continue in time

Speaker: itoro ituen

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

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

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[H] ideophone sound of a short blast of a launch horn

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

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[HH] verb, transitive make way, step aside

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[LH] verb, transitive remove from a hook, remove what hangs, unentangle (esp. wipe awy strands of cobweb) (rev. of kọp [L])

[HH] verb, intransitive bleat (of a goat or sheep), low (of a cow)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHHH] noun kind of plant, where it is found the soil is fertile, its leaves contain an acidic liquid used for cleaning wounds and cleaning snails, its stem is chewed, bush cane, Costus after (Dalziel)

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[LH HD] noun ring

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[HLHLHL] noun armpit

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[LHL] noun a shoot (esp. referes to the shoot of a a yam stored in the yam marn prior to planting)

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LHH] noun piece

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HHH HL] noun eyeball

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[HHH] noun button

[LL] pronoun my

[HH] noun palm wine, strong alcohol

[HHH] noun water

[H] verb, intransitive; verb, transitive undulate, wriggle (in the manner of a maggot); dance with undulating movement

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] verb, transitive see clearly, discern

[LLH] adjective alive; raw; fresh (of meat, fish, a wound)

[HHF] noun eczema

[LHD] noun a kind of fruit tree, its fruits have a brownish cover, firm orange or white flesh, and a big seed, cola rostrata

[HL] noun two hundred (from an old monetary system)

[HHH] noun race, competition

[LLLH] noun business

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

[LL] pronoun we, us, our

[HLLH] noun crawl (of a baby, a snake)

[HH] noun ochre, a kind of clay used for plastering walls, for floor or wall decoration, and for body decoration

[LH] noun my father

[HHLLLL] noun a kind of large forest bird, eagle, it can beat the air with its wings and make a great noise

[H] verb, transitive show teeth

[LH] noun folktale, proverb

[LF] noun lead (metal)

[LH] noun the hips, the area from the waist to the thigh

[LL] ideophone sound of dry cloth or paper crumbling

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

[HH] verb, transitive devastate, destroy, squander

[L] verb, intransitive become enough, sufficient, complete

[HL] noun shilling

[H] verb, transitive speak to, talk to, say, tell; rebuke, reprove often

[LL] verb, transitive put down, set down (a pot on the fire); cook, boil, prepare afere (soup) (pl. of tem)

[LH] verb, transitive place an order

[HHH] verb, transitive disturb, disorder (the vegetation in passing by, the water entering it)

[H] verb, intransitive urinate

[HH] noun weavil

[LL] noun a game of struggle

[HH] noun silk cotton tree, Ceina pentandra (Deizel)

[LF] noun lack, scarcity

[LLL] noun universe

[HF] noun voice, order, edict

[H] verb, intransitive become many, become much

[H] verb, transitive soothe, pat, rock a child

[L] verb, intransitive do patiently, stay patiently, become patient

[L] verb, transitive kill

[L] verb, transitive cut into large pieces (as tree into logs, a fish into large chunks)

[HH] verb, intransitive satisfy (with food, information)