Ibibio English

[HH] noun flesh

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HLL] noun sweat

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[HHH] noun comb

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun squirrel

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HDH] quantitative other, another, more

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[HHH] noun A sexually transmitted infection (STI) in men, involves painful swellings on the groin area that may impede walking

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[HF] noun a kind of reed; a sleeping mat woven from reed

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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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLHH] noun a strong wind

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] become broken, break(of its own accord)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive break

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[H] verb, transitive spread out, lay flat, lay down (mats, tiles, carpet, cloth)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb shine (of sun or moon)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, intransitive stand, shine (of sun or moon)

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[LL] verb, transitive make an error, err, miss, offend, do unwittingly, do by chance.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

verb, transitive become smooth

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[LHLL] noun blessing

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun leopard or any of the big cats; a mens society so named from the way they use drums to imitate the sound of a leopard.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

noun copulation

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[L] verb, intransitive dodge, duck, move aside, move away, move out of the way; tv dodge.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive suck, suck out (marrow from a bone, flesh from a periwinkle shell) pl suck, pull hard with the mouth (esp when one makes a sound while doing it) sip through a straw.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, intransitive become mouldy (of coconut, palm kernel).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHH] noun a kind of legume used to thicken afere (soup), horse eye bean,, stinging bean, Mucuna urens (Dalziel).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun drum.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun rope.

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[HH] noun tobacco, snuff.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun foot

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[LLL] noun toad

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[HHH] noun stone, mile

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

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[LLL LL] one by one, one at a time, each to each (lit. keet e keet)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

[HH] verb, intransitive become high, tall, elevated

[H] verb, intransitive die, perish; become exhausted, overcome; fade; heal

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HLL] adverb never ever.

Speaker: itoro ituen

[LH] verb, transitive construct a framework

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[H] ideophone sound of a short blast on the horn of a small automobile.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] ideophone sound made by someone walking in studded shoes.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LL] ideophone sound of something very light falling on the ground

Speaker: itoro ituen

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive rev of kup open a cover or lid

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[H] verb, transitive greet, thank, congratulate, express

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, intransitive ref. hang, hang on oneself, choke

[LLHH] noun European

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[L] verb, transitive swallow

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[LHL] noun brain

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[LLHDH] noun a kind of small white mushroom

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[HHH] noun small sticks used to support young yam shoots

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HHL] noun a kind of plant with small bitter fruits

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH HL] noun shin

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[LL] conjunction and, with

[LH] roar (of thunder)

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[LH] verb, transitive open the eyes wide (in surprise because something is in the eye, to scare someone)

[L] ideophone sound of nails being driven

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

[HH] noun weeds (syn. NwIp, mbiot, mbit, mbiet)

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

[HLLH] noun ant

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

[LLL] noun intestines

[LH HL] noun village crier, he beats a drum and makes announcements

[LL] conjunction where

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

[LLLH] adjective light in weight

[LF] noun my grandmother

[LLH] noun basket

[LLHL] noun a kind of edible snail, small with a lightweight shell

[LLH] adjective granular, in grains

[HH] verb, transitive taunt, sneer at; makean open-eye, make a face, stick out the tongue, to say it serves you right, I told you

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

[HHH] verb, intransitive become childish, act childish

[LLH] verb, intransitive shift, make room, move aside, jerk, make a fuss (pl. of sịkke)

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

[H] verb, transitive chew, eat something hard or chewable (meat, nuts, coconut). chew, eat away (of diseases that destroy tissue); burn

[H] verb, transitive spread, loosen, untie, unlock, unwind, open, melt

[LH] verb, transitive place an order

[H] verb, intransitive become stupid, retarded

[LL] numeral second

[LLH] adjective steeped, soaked

[HF] noun strength

[LH] noun the second-born son

[HLL] adverb completely

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

[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)

[LHF] noun your grandfather

[HHH] noun beach; sandbar

[LLH] noun spider web

[LL] noun quarrel

[LH] noun fishhook

[LHH] noun needle

[HF] noun voice, order, edict

[HH] verb, transitive deceive

[HH] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive move about, become restless, fidget; move about, wriggle

[H] verb, transitive make an announcement