Ibibio English

[LLH] noun a wooden gong, usually made from a section of a tree trunk

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[LLHL] noun cat

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[HF] noun squirrel

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[HHL] noun forest

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[HHF] noun chameleon

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[LHD] noun a dye made from the juice of the fruit or seeds of a plant and colored with charcoal, it is used by women for body decoration; the tree from which the dye comes, Indogofera

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

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[LHLHL] noun praying mantis

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[HHH] noun a stomach ache with diarrhea

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[LLHH] noun a strong wind

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[LL] verb, transitive watch out for; wait to do harm to; watch over, protect, look after

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[LH] verb, intransitive lean against, lean on(for help)

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[LLLH] verb, intransitive become ruined, spoiled, destroyed(pl of biara)

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[LH] verb, intransitive become buried

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[L] verb, transitive imitate

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[LH] verb, transitive imitate

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[L] verb, intransitive stay over-night, spend the night

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[LH] interrogative adverb how? in what way?

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[HLL] verb, intransitive to fool around.

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[HHH] verb, transitive to lose, throw away

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[L] verb, transitive dig up, dig (esp root crops), harvest (root crops)

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[LHH] noun widow, lit. husband died.

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[HH] noun hare; a person fond of sleeping.

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[LL] noun the back (anat).

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[HF] noun rain.

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

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[LH] verb, intransitive get off balance (as when something which was balanced or supported slips or slants down), become slanted.

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[HH] verb, intransitive become white.

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[LLH] verb, transitive forget.

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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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[HHF] noun divination; a society devoted to divining, fortune telling.

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[HF] noun piassava, the fiber from the trunk of ukOt (rafia palm).

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[LHL] noun thigh; lap.

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[HH] noun fire.

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[HH] noun tobacco, snuff.

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

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[HH] noun a case

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[HF] noun cocoyam, colocasia esculentum (Dalziel)

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[LL] noun time

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[HHL] noun a sore, septic wound

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[HF] noun walk, journey; gait

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[LHLLL] number seven (a sacred number in Ibibio)

(Igbo) asaa

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[HH] verb, intransitive show off, become pompous

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

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

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] verb, transitive become puckered (of the mouth from acid, of the hands from immersion in water).

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] verb, transitive pull down the lower eye lid to show triumph, to mock

[L] ideophone sound of the eka ibit (a large drum)

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[L] verb, transitive crow (of a cock).

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[L] verb, transitive vomit

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[H] adverb only

Speaker: itoro ituen

[LL] verb, transitive crow, of a cock (plural form of kpọk)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

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[HH] verb, transitive cure, heal, perform juju for curing and certain other purposes (implies grinding medicine)

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

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[LL] noun exhaustion, fatigue

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[HHH] noun hunger

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[LH HD] noun ring

[LH HDH] noun ring

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[LH HD] noun ring

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[HH HL] noun outer part of the vagina - labia majora

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[HLH] noun trouble, problem, ruckus, commotion

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

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[LHH] noun piece

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LHHH] noun singlet, sleeveless underwear

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[HHH HL] noun eyeball

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

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[LL] conjunction with, and

[HL] noun two hundred (from an old monetary system)

[HF] noun the gums

[LL] noun children, young of animals

[HH] noun ashes, dust

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

[LLH] verb, transitive peep into (a matter, house); peep out (without being noticed), peep at

[HLF] noun athlete’s foot

[LLLL] noun a kind of small rodent with a long snout

[HF LL] noun a kind of wire grass, Bahama grass (Adams)

[LLH] adjective granular, in grains

[LHH] noun a shrine

[HH] verb, transitive grab as much as possible with one hand

[HH] verb, transitive chop

[HH] verb, intransitive become left over, remain

[HH] verb, transitive remove a plug, an obstacle, unblock;

[HH] verb, intransitive become quick, early, often; become sharp

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

[LLL] verb, transitive crumble

[HHH] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive whistle

[HH] verb, transitive awaken

[L] verb, transitive taste liquid, take a sip, sip

[LLL] noun fate, luck

[HF] noun chicken, fowl

[HF HF] adverb slowly, carefully

[LLL] noun congealed secretions

[LLH] noun spider web

[HH] verb, transitive mix, adulterate (as palm wine by adding water)

[HH] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive become pregnan, conceive (var. jʌmmo)

[H] verb, transitive attach, put together, fasten, lock, hang (from a point, or curtains, tie on so that it may hang)