Ibibio English

[LLL] noun thunder

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun moon, month

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[HF] noun square basket woven of cane or rattan

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[LHHH] noun table

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[HH] noun bone, stem, the prominent, conspicious or salient part of something

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[HHL] noun wife, female

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[LH] adjective stranger, visitor, sojourner, immigrant

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[LLL] noun wasp

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[HH] noun crying, weeping

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[L] verb, transitive count, reckon, esteem

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[HL] noun yam

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[HH] verb, intransitive ripen, become ripe, red (plural of dat)

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[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)

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[LL] verb, intransitive; verb, transitive sink

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[LL.H] verb, transitive collect, gather, pull down tendrils or other vegetation from a tree or the side of a house; tap on the back to get a persons attention

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

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[LL] number ten

(Igbo) iri

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[LLH] verb, intransitive spill

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[HHH] verb, transitive to lose, throw away

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[LL] noun kind of large edible white termite which makes huge hills.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHLL] noun rice.

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[HF] noun a kind of fish, good to eat.

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noun copulation

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[HF] noun cattle, bovine.

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[HH] noun walking stick.

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[HHH] verb, intransitive become stuck in, wedge in, fixed between; tv carry under the arm.

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[L] ideophone sound made by a ripe pawpaw or avocado when it falls to the ground.

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[HH] verb, transitive uncover, take off.

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[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

[HH] noun rope.

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[LH] noun spoon

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[HHF] noun knife, machet (machete)

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[LHL] noun muteness, dumbness; a mute

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[HF] noun pus

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[LH] noun; adjective farm

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[LLH] verb, transitive cross over, step over, step over something high so that one has to lift ones leg; empty

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[H] verb, transitive agree to, be willing to; run errands opt w utom message, errand, work

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

[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 slow down and walk carefully (as when one has seen something dangerous).

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[L] verb, transitive cajole, entice, lure.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive catch in the hands

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] ideophone sound of abodom being played with bamboo sticks in sending a message

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive cut through, cut off; pl chop.

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[HHH] verb, intransitive become curved, crooked, not straight (esp of a road or branch of a tree)

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[HHH] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive (iv) become set (of a trap), become piled up, heaped up; (tv) cary piled up (a stack of bulky things such as books or firewood, walking is impeded)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

[L] verb, transitive finish; following another verb ma indicates completed actions

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[LLL] noun pl people

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[HHH] noun hunger

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[HH] noun thick porridge

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[HH] noun wrestling, wrestling bout

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[HH] verb, transitive; verb, intransitive ignore, delay in responding

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[LHL] noun brain

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[HH] noun a kind of tree which blooms in dry season, its leaves are used for afere

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

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun stalk, the place where fruits are attached

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LHHH] noun skull

[HHH] noun handcuffs, leg cuffs, shackles

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] conjunction and, with

[HF] possessive pronoun they, them, their

[HHH] noun delicacies, luxury food, little bits of luxury food (nuts, bits of meat) (var. ndien, ndiin)

[HLHH] noun little bits of mischief, pranks, crafty, manipulations

[LLH] adverb perhaps

[HF] noun slander, gossip

[HH] noun descendants

[HH] noun a diseased condition of poultry in which little quill feathers begin to grow all over the body

[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

[LL] noun lies

[LL] noun the area around the ears and under the jaw

[HF] noun hanger, peg on the wall for hanging things

[LH] verb, intransitive verbal aggression

[LL] verb, intransitive become greedy

[LHL] noun a kind of imported fish, herring

[LF] noun lead (metal)

[LL] ideophone sound of dry cloth or paper crumbling

[HH] verb, transitive lick, lick off

[HH] verb, transitive extinguish (a light, a fire) intransitive: go out, become extinguished (of a light, a fire)

[HH] verb, transitive take out, remove, remove from

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

[HH] verb, intransitive become left over, remain

[LH] verb, intransitive lie

[HH] verb, intransitive become quick, early, often; become sharp

[LL] verb, intransitive tiptoe, walk on tiptoe

[LL] ideophone describes a staggering walk

[H] verb, intransitive beat, pound (esp food in a mortar, clothes on a log)

[LL] noun room

[LLH] adjective steeped, soaked

[HF] noun soul, spirit (of a living person)

[LF] noun a kind of fresh water eel

[HF] adverb slow, with care

[LL] noun fufu, anything pounded for fufu, anything cut with the fingers from a mass and swallowed in balls along with afere (soup)

[LH] noun fishhook

[L] verb, transitive write

[HH] verb, transitive startle, surprise, take unawares (esp of an unexpected visitor)

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

[HH] verb, transitive pinch

[H] verb, transitive attach, put together, fasten, lock, hang (from a point, or curtains, tie on so that it may hang)