Ibibio English

[HHL HF] noun a tattler

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[HF HL] noun pimple

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[LHLL] noun rice

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[LLL] noun thunder

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[LH] noun meeting place

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[HHH] noun moon, month

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[HH] noun the first-born son

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[LHH] noun top, apex

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[HHF] adjective cold

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[L] verb, transitive break, break open (something round; something made of glass and clay)

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

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[LL] verb, intransitive; verb, transitive sink

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[LL] verb, transitive boast

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[HH] verb, transitive shout at, bawl at, scold; shock.

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[H] verb, transitive enter, go into, join (a society of the modern type that involves only a simple process)

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[HH] verb, transitive tell

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[LHH] noun widow, lit. husband died.

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[LHLL] noun rice.

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[HH] noun a kind of tree bearing an edible nut, Coula edulis (Dalziel).

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[HH] noun walking stick.

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

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[HH] verb, transitive bother, harass, worry.

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[HH] noun sleep.

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[HH] noun body (of a human being, an animal, fruit, nut), self (used as a reflexive). aj (?) emphatic, even, particular, the very.

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[HH] noun country, nation, tribe, clan, group of people esp foreigners; a group who follow a leader; household; humanity, human nature.

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[HHH] noun firewood.

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[LH] noun someone shorter than normal. a stunted person

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[HH] noun tortoise.

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[HF] noun word, language, talk; matter, palaver (difficulty, trouble, verbal conflict, gathering for negotiation or decision).

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[HF] noun laughter

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[LLL] noun; adjective greed; greedy person

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[HH] noun face, front, future (also eko iso)

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[HHL] noun garbage pit, refuse pit

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[LLH] verb, transitive follow, company; help

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

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

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[LL] verb, transitive learn; teach

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[HH] verb, transitive soil, dirty

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[L] verb, transitive pull out, pluck (hari, feathers); uproot (roots, mushrooms)

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[L] ideophone sound of the fall of a very heavy object such as a concrete block or a huge blag of flour, it falls with a thud.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive leave a place, abandon, go away, leave alone

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[H] adverb only

Speaker: itoro ituen

[LLH] verb, transitive space out (in planting)

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] verb, intransitive exhibit pride

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] verb, intransitive preach, repeat over and over, moralize, advise

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[H] verb, transitive catch sight of (see)

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

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[HHH] verb, transitive lick, clean out, clean up, scoop out (esp. the flesh of a soft succulent fruit)

[HH] verb, intransitive bleat (of a goat or sheep), low (of a cow)

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[HHH] noun race

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[HD] interjection please

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[L] verb, transitive swallow

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[LLHL] adjective mouldy

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[HH] verb, transitive hit, strike, beat

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[HLHL] noun armpit

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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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[LHF] noun tree, big/heavy log of wood

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[HHH] noun a construction of palm fronds gen. near a house or against a fence, used for storing yam or cocoyam

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LH] noun a short skirt of multi-colored raffia strung on a rope, it used to be worn in the fattening house because the body of the woman being fattening was smeared with oil and iduot and a dress would be ruined, now worn as an ordinary skirt; petticoat (NkpIn).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL] noun prison, jail, detention

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[LLHD] noun groundnut

[HHH] noun fart

[HHH] verb, intransitive become watery, thin and soft

[LL] noun common red and black lizard

[HF] noun horn of animal

[L] verb, intransitive become pleasant, enjoyable, sweet

[HF] noun the gums

[LH] noun a small plant, its leaves are irritating to the skin, Urera mannii

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[LH] noun my father

[HH] noun ashes, dust

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

[HHL] adjective ancient, former; old (of inanimate objects)

[LLLL] noun a large bird with long colorful feathers, it lives near the river; a play connected with ekpe society, by the old men of the society, many drums are used

[LF LL] noun dorsal fin of a fish

[HHHH] noun a percussion instrument

[HHH] noun water

[H] verb, transitive drink; smoke

[H] verb, transitive choke, cause choking (as water in the windpipe)

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

[HL] noun shirt

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

[L] verb, transitive reach, get to, arrive at

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

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

[LH] verb, intransitive become sluggish

[HHH] verb, transitive cause confusion, disturb

[HHF] noun the small of the back and the area immediately surrounding it

[HH] noun friend

[LHH] noun fifth-born son

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

[HH] noun miser, tight-fisted person

[LLH] noun spider web

[LL] noun quarrel

[LL] noun life, destiny, universe, creation

[LHLHL] interjection a sound made to cheer or mock someone

[LLL] noun beauty

[HH] verb, transitive make an announcement in several places

[H] noun child, offspring

[LL] verb, intransitive slither, move with a gliding movement, move like a snake or rope, move like a jellylike substance