Ibibio English

[HHH] noun hunger

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHHL] noun adolescent girl

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[HDH] quantitative other, another, more

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[HHH] noun trap, ordeal

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[LLL] noun crocodile

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[LHL] adjective whole, complete

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[HHH] noun moon, month

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[LHL] noun python

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[HH] noun a fence of shrubbery planted to indicate a boundary and provide privacy

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[LLL] noun hut, improvised temporary shelter(in the bush or at the fishing ponds)

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[LL] noun jar, jug for storage of water

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[LHH] noun needle

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

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[HF] noun cluster (of fruit, e.g grapes)

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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 (e.g. a ripe or dead fruit), fall off/out (e.g. hair, teeth)

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[HHH] verb, transitive ask, ask for

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[LL] verb, intransitive creep, spread, cove (of vines, plants sp. when a yam covers its supporting stick with many leaves and branches)

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[LH] noun pawpaw

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[H] verb, transitive cook, prepare food (usually liquid food)

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[LH] verb, transitive imitate

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[HH] verb, transitive feed, nurse, rear a child

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[LLH] verb, transitive answer a question, answer a call(in the latter case only used negatively, i.e. fail to answer a call)

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[HHH] verb, transitive rev. of dian take away, separate two things that are stuck together, separate out from; change money

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[LH] verb, intransitive become untidy and wet (of a messy wet animal), become wet, become untidy.

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[LH] noun husband

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[HHF] noun spear.

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[LH] noun strange, alien.

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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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[HH] verb, transitive stick into a narrow space, wedge in, put between.

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

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[L] verb, transitive blow on (as with the mouth or bellows to cool, or to make a fire flame up), blow (a whistle, a wind instrument), whistle.

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[HHL] noun men (pl. of owodeen).

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[L.LH.HL] adjective bitter

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[LH LH] adjective worthless; fruitless; in vain

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[HH] noun urine.

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[LHHH] noun a kind of dance performed in the moonlight

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[HF] noun bunch of plantain or bananas (general)

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LLH, LL] verb, transitive become flat (of something that should swell or be rounded).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive crack (nut, palm kernels) with a stone

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[HH] ideophone sound of raw maize being pounded.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] verb, transitive become big

Speaker: itoro ituen

[L] verb, intransitive fail to come about, fail to materialize; fail to carry out

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

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[H] adverb only

Speaker: itoro ituen

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

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[HH] verb, intransitive exhibit pride

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[HHH] verb, transitive peel with a knife; sharpen to a point (as a stick, an arrow)

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[L] verb, transitive gather, collect (leaves, fish, crayfish)

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[H] verb, transitive grind between two stones (small things such as beans, pepper); w pl kọọk cure, heal, perform juju for curing and certain other purposes (implies grinding medicines)

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[HH] verb, transitive greet, thank, congragulate, express

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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] noun side, edge

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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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[LHLH] noun burnt wood; the burnt wood left on the ground after a piece of farmland has been burned for planting

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[HLHL] noun armpit

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[HF HLL] noun small hard balls of excrement

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LL] noun foot

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[HHLHL] noun a kind of insect (similar to millipede)

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[HHH] noun a seat without a back

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[LH] adjective thin, lean and sickly (of a person)

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[L] verb, transitive take hold of, grab, catch (in the arms); grope

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

[LLH] verb, transitive see clearly, discern

[LLL] noun, adjective cold, wet

[LH] adjective fresh (not cooked, dried or smoked)

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

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Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun a kind of small fish

[LL] conjunction with, and

[HFHF] noun a kind of small mushroom which grows on dead trees, it can be white, red, or brown

[LL] noun lies

[HFHF] noun smallpox

[LLHL] adjective stunted, blunt, undercooked (var. iteetịp, iteitịp)

[LL] adjective small, few

[HHH] noun crust from burnt food

[LL] verb, intransitive become black

[HH] verb, transitive abuse, humiliate

[L] verb, intransitive shine, glitter, sparkle, reflect light (of a metal in the sun)

[HL] noun shilling

[LH] verb, transitive dip out, ladle out (with a spoon or the hand); beckon with the hand, touch slightly to get someone’s attention

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

[HH] verb, transitive pierce through, make a hole, carve out (pl. of tịp)

[HH] verb, intransitive become impaled, skewered, stuck onto a sharp object

[H] verb, transitive swell, rise as dough

[LHH] adjective buying, shopping

[HH] noun sliminess, stickiness, a viscous secretion

[LHH] noun left (direction)

[HH] noun leg and/or foot; bottom, base; elongation, extension, movement, means, mode

[HF] noun a kind of tree with soft wood, probably Alstonia congensis (Dalziel)

[H] verb, transitive suck

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

[H] verb, transitive burn, sting (as pepper, iodine)

[H] verb, transitive having the urge to sleep

[LH] verb, intransitive become hot, warm

[LL] verb, transitive steal

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

[HL] ideophone describes something that passes by very fast

[H] noun child, offspring