Ibibio English

[HLL] noun sweat

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[HHH] noun comb

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[LLL] noun thunder

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[HDH] quantitative other, another, more

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[LH] noun famine; limestone (Calcium Carbonate)

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

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[HHL] noun wife, female

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[LLHH] noun a strong wind

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[LL] verb, transitive join a society, undergo the initiation for a society

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[LL] adjective not even, even, none

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[LLH] verb, intransitive; verb, transitive stop, cease, conclude,; tv bring to conclusion; decide

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[HH] verb, intransitive; verb, transitive resemble, appear to, seem to, seem

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[HH] verb, transitive break (a long thin object such as a stick or bone)

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[L] verb, transitive reveal a secret, narrate a story, convey information, inform, relate, (all have derogatory connotation)

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

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[L] verb, intransitive call, shout (at), scream (at), cry out

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[LH] verb, transitive imitate

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[H] verb, intransitive stand

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[LL] verb, transitive remove from the embers what has been roasting there (plural of dappa)

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[LL] verb, intransitive; verb, transitive sink

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[H] verb, intransitive come

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[H] verb, intransitive (copula) be

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[H] adverb there, in that place, (near the person spoken to), there

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[HHH] verb, transitive swoosh, shake, rinse water around in the mouth or bottle.

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[LHHH] noun big, huge.

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[LHH] noun denial.

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[HHHL] noun sacred place where family heirlooms are kept; archive.

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[HHL] noun elephant.

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[LH] noun father, old man, respectful address or reference to a man.

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[HLLHL] noun heel of the foot.

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

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[LHL] noun reasoning power, common sense, intellect.

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[HHH] noun partition (in the house made of cloth); section of bush partitioned by boundary markers

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[LLHL] adjective burnt, scorched

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[HH] noun the area from the waist to the hips

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[HH] noun someone shorter than normal, a stunted person

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[HHH] noun smallpox

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[HH] noun base, foundation of esp. base of a tree trunk

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[HH] verb, transitive hold in the arms or hands; have, keep; owe; use; treat, behave towards

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

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LL] ideophone said to show when one is completely ignored.

Speaker: itoro ituen

[LL] verb, transitive prepare, get ready.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive gather together with the hands something that is in grains or particles (gari, rice, sand); collect into a bulk or heap

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

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive like, love (can be used as a euphemism for sex)

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[LH] noun neigbour

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[LL] verb, transitive bend, incline (a stick, a part of the body)

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[LL] verb, transitive slow down and walk cautiously as when one sees danger, or because of mud

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[LLH] verb, transitive swallow (pl. of men)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

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[HDH] noun white (pl. of afia)

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

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[LHHH] noun skull

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[LHHH] noun skull

[LLHLLH] adjective become soft, weak, easy

[HD] adverb also, too

[HLHHHL] noun the pelvic area (var. edidiono)

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

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[LLH] adjective alive; raw; fresh (of meat, fish, a wound)

[HLHHH] noun effort, struggling; the matrimonial state

[LLH] adverb perhaps

[HH] noun a diseased condition of poultry in which little quill feathers begin to grow all over the body

[LLH] interrogative noun what?

[LH] numeral third, three

[HLL] noun a children’s running and hiding game played by moonlight

[HHLHDH] noun wart

[LL] noun my mother

[LHH] adjective wasted, empty, not being put to use, free

[H] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive bear fruit

[LH] verb, transitive tickle

[HHH] verb, intransitive become childish, act childish (pl. of sere)

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

[HHH] verb, intransitive become foolish, stupid (pl. of sịme)

[HHL] noun starch (for laundry)

[HH] verb, transitive devastate, destroy, squander

[LH] verb, intransitive come down, descend

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

[H] verb, intransitive walk with small quick half running steps as when carrying a heavy load

[HL] noun tailor (English loanword)

[HD] noun grandfather

[HH] preposition, conjunction since, starting from (time only)

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

[L] verb, transitive grate

[LHL] noun pigeon

[L] verb, transitive warn against; give information, inform

[HDH] noun tsetse fly

[LLH] noun ability

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

[LHH] adjective many, much

[HH] noun the sun

[LHH] noun needle

[LLL] noun beauty

[HHL] noun your kinsman

[HF] noun voice, order, edict

[L] verb, transitive write

[H] verb, transitive cause a desire in, a craving for, a longing for

[HL] noun guava

[H] verb, intransitive move about, become restless, fidget