Ibibio English

[LHLL] noun cannon

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[HHH] noun kind, sort, type, lineage

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[HHH] noun shoulder

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[LH] noun meeting place

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[HHHH] noun thought, meditation, hope, expectation, consideration, care

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[LHL] noun basket

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[LHL] noun bitter leaf, gall bladder; bile

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[LL] noun jar, jug for storage of water

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[LLL] adjective green

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[HF] noun a broom made from oil palm fronds stripped of their leaves and tied in a bunch, it is generally used for sweeping the house

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[L] verb, intransitive be early, arrive early, do something early

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[HH] verb, intransitive fall off, snap off, drop off(ripe or dead fruit), fall out(of hair)

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[LL] verb, transitive watch out for; wait to do harm to; watch over, protect, look after

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[HHH] verb, intransitive become disordered, scattered, disheveled, disrupted

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[HHH] verb, intransitive itch

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[H] verb, transitive hide

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[HH] noun tree trunk (the oart between the roots and the crown); a log left by the side of the river to wash clothes on.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun greeting.

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[HH] verb, intransitive become white.

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[HLHL] noun red

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[HHF] noun divination; a society devoted to divining, fortune telling.

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[LLL] noun; adjective; adverb aloneness, lack of relations

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[HH] noun gonorrhea.

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[HF] noun pus

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[LF; HF] noun yam barn (a place where yams are stored for the next planting season)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHF] noun year

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[LL] noun tail

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[LLL HL] noun door hinge

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[HH] verb, transitive/ verb, intransitive close the eyes and turn the head aside in a gesture of disapproval

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[L] verb, transitive turn around, turn back, turn around and go back (used with edem, asin a kpa edem).

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

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[L] verb, transitive stand in a certain relative position, as in kpe iso or kp edem.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

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[LLH] verb, intransitive become tough, hard (of meat, rubber, wood); become difficult (of a task)

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[L] verb, transitive crow (of a cock).

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LLH] verb, transitive rub off, erase, wipe clean, polish

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[LH] verb, intransitive hang, hang on, snag; become hooked on; become bent; pick at, bicker, harass; become a responsibility

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive knock

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[HL] noun cup (esp. a metal or enamel cup); cigarette tin or other container used as a unit of measure for beans, rice, gari

[LL] verb, transitive eat palm fruit, a palm kernel, or a bit of meat by putting it in the mouth and turning it about slowly removing the flesh

[HHL] noun dew dripping from the trees

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] noun nail (anat), claw

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[HD] interjection please

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[HH] noun periwinkle

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[LHL] noun brain

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[LH HD] noun ring

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[HHH] noun the heavy dregs (yeast) from palm wine which settle at the bottom of the calabash

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH HL] noun eyebrow

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LHLLH HL] noun rough skin, tough skin

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive groan (of a sick person)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHHH] noun a dish of ground beans with oil, pepper and other condiment steamed in leaves (Yoruba)

[LH] noun dew, moisture on leaves

[LHH] noun a plant with a fine bark which is scraped off to mae twine, wild hibiscus

[HHHH] adjective toughness and coarseness in texture due to exposure to the sun or other causes

[LHH] noun evening (dusk until midnight)

[LHD] noun epilepsy, an epileptic

[LH] noun mother, grandmother, old woman (address or referent)

[HL] noun knuckle

[LH] noun my father

[HH] noun sand

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

[LL] verb, intransitive crawl (of a baby, a snake)

[LH] noun folktale, proverb

[HD] adverb also

[LLLL] noun a kind of small rodent with a long snout

[HHH] noun vision, trance, revelation

[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

[HHH] verb, transitive scratch the ground (of an animal, of children at play); toss away what is rejected from a sorting process (pl. of sara)

[LH] verb, intransitive become dizzy

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

[LLH] verb, intransitive dawn, enter a new day, remain until the new day, make it through the night

[HHH] verb, intransitive become alive (if animals and plants); become fresh (of meat, fish), become fresh, become healthy, fine (of a human being)

[H] verb, intransitive become lost, disappear, cease (of customs)

[LH] verb, intransitive lie

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

[L] verb, transitive taste (food, drink)

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

[H] verb, intransitive originate, come from

[HH] verb, transitive praise, flatter, play up to

[LL] verb, intransitive become supple

[HH] verb, transitive awaken

[LH] verb, transitive tortute, torment, punish

[LL] conjunction, adverb, preposition very much, until, so that

[HHH] verb, transitive cause confusion, disturb

[LH] noun canoe

[LLH] adjective steeped, soaked

[HHH] noun a whistle

[LF] noun cassava fufu, it has no smell due to being well soaked before cooking

[HF] noun animal (gen term), meat

[HH] noun ear

[LLL] noun beauty

[L] verb, transitive sacrifice

[L] verb, transitive kill

[H] verb, transitive suck

[HH] verb, intransitive talk a lot, chatter, become unable to contain anything or keep a secret