Ibibio English

[HF] noun a bundle, a bundle of long, stiff objects, a bundle of twenty

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LF] noun a small shrimp, crayfish

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHLL] noun blessing

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[HHH] noun shoulder

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[LH] noun meeting place

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[HHH] noun stew, soup

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] subj, obj. pronoun he, she, it, him, her, it

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun the sediment which sinks to the bottom of the pot when palm oil is boiled after being extracted from the fruit, dregs

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHL] noun bitter leaf, gall bladder; bile

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[H] noun wait, wait for

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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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] verb, transitive rev. of biom put down what one has been carrying on the head

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

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

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[HH] verb, intransitive become rotten to the semi-liquid state, become decomposed, disintegrated (of an orange, a wet cracker, a dead body), become wet and messy, wet and sloppy, become watery to the point of nearly falling out

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] verb, transitive scramble for something (as children scramble for coins dropped on the ground)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive scratch, itch

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, intransitive fall in drops, rain

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive not know, doubt, have doub about, refuse to recognize

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, intransitive hide, hide oneself, become hidden

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH ] verb, transitive wipe up, dab, take a bit(of food to taste, of cream on the finger) pl cleam up, clean away; wipe up a liquid or semiliquid substance(water, faeces)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun tooth.

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[HH] number twenty.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LF] noun comb, crest of a cockerel or certain snakes.

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive fold, roll up into a cylinder, make narrow.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, intransitive become good.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HLHL] noun red

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[HH] noun a small round leech found in dry mudflows.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun a wooden musical instrument of the xylophone type.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL] noun toad

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[LHL] noun whistling

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[LHLH] number eight

(Igbo) asato

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

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[L] verb, intransitive become able, know how; tv surpass, excel (used in making com- parisons), triumph over, beat (win)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive wrap cloth around someone; fig buy cloth for elderly relations (pl. of kIn)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

[HH] verb, intransitive stand on tiptoe, stretch to see something high; become high, raised up (esp. of the ground or of something which should be flat)

[HH] verb, transitive pull up, hoist up, draw in (as in a fishing net)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive perceive, feel, sense, taste, hear; understand; listen to, heed; respond to

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] verb, transitive cross, overlap, join, twist together, buckle, button.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive lose ones temper and take some action (decide to do something or become stubborn), act in a fit of anger.

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).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive die, perish; become exhausted, overcome; fade; heal (pl. of kpa)

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] verb, transitive trim (branches, hair), cut down (a tree)

Speaker: itoro ituen

[HH] verb, transitive become contrary (es. to show off)

[HH] verb, transitive taunt

Speaker: itoro ituen

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

[LLHH] noun European

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[HHH] noun race

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[HD] interjection please

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[LLHL] adjective mouldy

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[LH HD] noun ring

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[LLL HL] noun a secluded area in the water thickly covered with water plants ( a person can go in there to bathe)

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HHH HL] noun shin

[LL] conjunction and, with

[LLH] question where?

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun water

[HL] verb, intransitive become wealthy

[H] ideophone sound of a bell

[LHH] noun yam stake, a stick placed in the ground for the yam plant to climb on

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

[HHHH] noun eternity

[HHH] noun postherd

[LH] noun my father

[LLL LLL] adverb unsteadily

[HHLLLL] noun a kind of large forest bird, eagle, it can beat the air with its wings and make a great noise

[LLH] verb, transitive smell, sniff (var. n̄uune)

[HH] verb, intransitive be itchy, scratchy

[L] verb, transitive to stretch out, stretch forward, stick out, point; intransitive: stick out, extend

[L] verb, transitive intimidate, pressurize

[LL] ideophone sound of dry cloth or paper crumbling

[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

[LL] noun bribe, dishonest business practices

[HH] verb, transitive abuse, humiliate

[LH] verb, intransitive become dizzy

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

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

[LL] verb, transitive curse (a curse, a person). revile, insult (var. suun̄ọ, suen̄)

[LH] verb, intransitive lie

[HH] verb, transitive pluck fruit (esp. pepper) cf kippe (pl. of tet)

[H] verb, intransitive urinate

[HF] noun fatness, breadth

[LH] noun right (direction)

[HF] noun mortar

[HF] noun strength, force, power

[LLH] noun ability

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

[HH] noun silk cotton tree, Ceina pentandra (Deizel)

[LH] noun loving, likeness

[HF HF] adverb slowly, carefully

[LH] noun your father

[LL] noun quarrel

[LLLH] noun a dish of grated cocoyam steamed in leaves

[LH] verb, intransitive sneeze

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