Ibibio English

[LLH] noun mens robes

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[HHH] noun hunger

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[LLHF] noun world

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[HLHL] noun lungs

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[HF] noun horn, trumpet

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[LH] adjective all, every

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[LH] noun famine; limestone (Calcium Carbonate)

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[HHH] noun bee

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[LHL] noun python

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[HHL] noun sunshine, the suns rays, daylight; weather, season, time, the times

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[L] verb, transitive find and keep

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[HHH] verb, intransitive become cooked, done(of food)

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[HHH] verb, transitive ask, ask for

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[L] verb, transitive break, break open (something round; something made of glass and clay)

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[LL] verb, transitive bury

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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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[HHH] verb, intransitive rejoice, become happy

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[HHH] verb, intransitive itch

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[H] verb, transitive bite

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[HF] noun buttocks, anus; bottom.

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[LHH] noun copulation.

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[HHL] noun elephant.

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[HH] noun tree, any plant with a woody stem, wood.

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[LL] noun small; few; a little bit; smallness.

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

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[LH] adjective dwarf, small in size, left over

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[LF] noun; adjective wealth, rich person

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[HHF] noun bird (generic term)

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[HF] noun salt

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[LL] noun tail

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[HF] noun earth, land, ground, floor, country, a council of elders

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[LL] noun a blow with the fist; a charm which enables the wearer to strike powerful blows

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[LLL HL] noun door hinge

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[LL] noun hat, cap

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[HH] noun vagina

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[LH] noun foot race, running

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[HHH] noun nose

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[HH] noun fish (general)

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[HHL] noun blood

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[LH] verb, transitive go to, go for

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[LLH] verb, transitive stir (as in soup)

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[H] verb, intransitive; ideophone blink w anjen eye; describes something that flickers

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[H] verb, transitive cut with a glancing motion (as in scraping bark from a tree, peeling the rotten part from a yam, shaping a pestle out of wood).

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[L] verb, transitive pay attention (used with utON, as in a kpaN utON, listen).

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[HL] interjection expression of concern, regret, apology

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[H] verb, transitive plead, plead with, entreat, beg

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[HH] verb, transitive soil, dirty.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] ideophone sound of raw maize being pounded.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[H] ideophone sound of the fallof an enamel cup

Speaker: itoro ituen

[HH] ideophone sound of an automobile horn

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

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

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

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[L] ideophone sound made by a bar of steel when it falls to the ground

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[LLH] verb, transitive hit, beat, hollow or flat sounds

Speaker: itoro ituen

[HHH] verb, transitive walk here and there, zigzag

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[L] verb, transitive hang (on a hook, peg, line), spread out to dry; hook, link, lock, entangle (pl. of kọp)

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[LLLH] noun cowrie shell

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[LLHD] noun groundnut

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[LLH] noun nail (anat), claw

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[LLL] noun pl people

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[HH] noun itch, rash, crawcraw

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[HH] noun periwinkle

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[LH] noun grace, favour

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[HLLL] noun armpit

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[LHL] adjective small

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[LLH] noun a creeping plant with tiny leaves, Selaginella scandens

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

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[LHLLHLL] noun butterfly

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HHH] noun handcuffs, leg cuffs, shackles

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[LLL HD] noun plaintain

[HH] verb, intransitive become stupid

[LLL] noun a kind of small green squash, curcurbita pepo

Example: Photo by Prof. Tolu Odugbemi, Medicinal Plants in Nigeria via via medicinalplantsinnigeria.com

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun race, competition

[LLL] noun wickedness, maliciousness

[LHH] noun sperm, semen

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

Example: Photo by Prof. Tolu Odugbemi, Medicinal Plants in Nigeria via via medicinalplantsinnigeria.com

[HH] noun the sour orange

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

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

[HHHF] noun kerosine (English loanword)

[HHH] noun crust from burnt food

[HHHH] noun young curled cocyam leaf

[LLHLLH] noun a spider web

[LH] conj even if, not even if

[LH] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive become slack, loose, reduced; slacks loosen; slacken, loosen, lower, reduce in height

[L] verb, transitive taste liquid, take a sip, sip

[LH] verb, transitive place an order

[HHH] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive whistle

[LLH] verb, intransitive become short, squat, and fat (of people or animals)

[HH] verb, transitive touch; fig affect

[LHH] noun left (direction)

[LH] noun loving, likeness

[LLH] noun spider web

[LH] noun fishhook

[HH] verb, transitive mix, adulterate (as palm wine by adding water)

[H] verb, transitive suck

[LL] verb, transitive warm food, reheat afere (soup) (until it is very hot) (pl. of jọk)