Ibibio English

[LHH] adjective young, not full grown

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL] noun valley, abyss, chasm, gorge

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[HHL] adjective old

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[LH] noun fence

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[LHLHL] noun praying mantis

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[LLL] adjective green

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[LH] noun onion

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[HH] verb, transitive pain, hurt; sicken

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[LLH] verb, transitive drive away, drive off, send away, follow, go afte, chase, catch up to, join

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[LL] ideophone describes the sudden stopping of noise or action

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

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

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[HH] noun hunger

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[H] verb, intransitive; verb, transitive speak, say, tell, mean, intend

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

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[LLH] verb, transitive answer a question, answer a call(in the latter case only used negatively, i.e. fail to answer a call)

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[HH] verb, transitive turn a deaf ear towards, not anwer, ignore

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[L] verb, intransitive live, be alive

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

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive tell

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[HH] verb, transitive become sick, become sick with

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[LL] noun the back (anat).

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[HF] noun shore, harbor, port.

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[HF] noun the liver, heart, chest, inside; mind.

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[HHH] noun dog.

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[HHH] verb, transitive torture.

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[HH] verb, intransitive become hot, warm.

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[LH] verb, intransitive put on clothes, wear.

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[LH] a small cloth warn at the waist by mourning widows.

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[LHLL] noun electricity

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

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[HF] noun piassava, the fiber from the trunk of ukOt (rafia palm).

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[HH] noun tobacco, snuff.

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[LH] noun spoon

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[HDH] noun bird (generic term)

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[LL] noun river

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[LLHL] adjective burnt, scorched

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[HHF] noun a kind tuber with mushrooms growing on it, usked in preparing ikpan

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[HHH] noun smallpox

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[LH] noun foot race, running

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[LLH] verb, transitive gather up, take, pick up (pl. of ben [H] gather, take up, pick up)

[HH] verb, transitive draw water, scoop up liquid (not using hands)

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] 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

[HH] verb, transitive respect, esteem, honor, worship

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[HH] verb, transitive catch in the hands

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LL] verb, intransitive bark, growl (of a dog); speak in an angry or pompous manner

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, intransitive go a long distance on foot; limp

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[HH] verb, transitive eat in tiny bits, nibble at, tear into bits, pick at (a sore).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] verb, transitive space out (in planting)

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[L] ideophone sound made by a heavy round object such as a coconut or palm fruit cluster when it falls to the ground

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive gather, collect (leaves, fish, crayfish)

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

[LLLH] noun centipede

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[HF] noun leaf (gen term esp for leaves which are not eaten)

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[LHL] noun brain

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[HLHLHL] noun armpit

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[HLLL] noun armpit

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[LHH] noun piece (variants: mkprok; nkprok).

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[LHDHHF] noun butterfly

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LHL] adjective small

[LF] noun nasal mucus, phlegm

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHH] noun handcuffs, leg cuffs, shackles

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HHH] noun button

[H] verb, transitive injure, wound

[H] ideophone sound of a bell

[HH] noun dream

[LHLLH] adjective sharp, brave, fierce, potent

[LHH] noun evening (dusk until midnight)

[LLH] adverb perhaps

[LH] verb, intransitive converse, tell, inform

[LHH] noun calamity

[LHH] noun scum

[HHH] noun an edible fern found in streams

[HL] noun knuckle

[HF] noun the gums

[HDH] interrogative noun what?

[LH] noun a small plant, its leaves are irritating to the skin, Urera mannii

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[LLH] verb, transitive smell, sniff

[LL] ideophone sound of oil dropped in the fire

[LH] verb, transitive squeeze (a fruit, a wet cloth). press (oil from ayop), milk

[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 mark property to identify it or to keep people or evil away (eg. put a talisman tied in red string on one’s fruit trees so no one will take the fruit)

[H] verb, intransitive laugh

[H] pronoun what, who which

[HL] conjunction since (time, cause), because

[HH] verb, transitive take out, remove, remove from; put forth, bring forth

[H] verb, transitive scrub, rub briskly (teeth, the body, a pot), rub off, rub together, erase, wipe, rub with a slow motion, massage

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

[HH] verb, intransitive become sandy

[H] verb, transitive to contribute

[LHH] noun right (direction)

[LH] noun fishing spear

[HF] adverb slow, with care

[HF] noun noise

[L] verb, intransitive wilt, melt, dissolve, digest; become lazy, become weak

[HH] verb, transitive make an announcement in several places

[HH] verb, intransitive become sufficient, up to the mark