Ibibio English

[HHH] adjective new

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[LH] noun lizard

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[HH] noun fight

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

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[LHLHL] noun praying mantis

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[HHF] adjective cold

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[LH] noun onion

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[HH] verb, intransitive become in need of, get into straits about (refer to a chronic or long term situation or deprivation); straiten, put into straits

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[LL] verb, transitive fail to show appreciation, criticize what has been done for one

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[HHH] verb, transitive ask, ask for

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[L] verb, transitive receive, take back, accept; endure

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[LH] noun pawpaw

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[LH] verb order the night before in order to have the next day, book overnight, contact to but at a certain time (esp. palm wine, palm wine is generally bought in the morning when it is fresh)

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[H] verb, intransitive become a coward

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[L] verb, intransitive fall in drops, rain

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[LL.H] verb, transitive collect, gather, pull down tendrils or other vegetation from a tree or the side of a house; tap on the back to get a persons attention

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

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

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[LH] verb, intransitive fall, fall down

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[H] verb, transitive hide

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[HH] noun goat; a stupid person.

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[LL] noun axe.

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[HHF] noun a kind of large bat found in the bush, fruit bat.

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[HHL] noun elephant.

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[LH] noun strange, alien.

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

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[HHH] verb, intransitive become stuck in, wedge in, fixed between; tv carry under the arm.

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[LH] verb, intransitive run, run away.

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[H] verb, intransitive; verb, transitive become heaped up, piled up; tv heap up, pile up.

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[HF] noun arrow.

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[LH] noun belly

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

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[HF] noun cocoyam, colocasia esculentum (Dalziel)

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[LLL] noun; adjective; adverb aloneness, lack of relations

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[LHL] noun muteness, dumbness; a mute

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[LHH] noun a cripple

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

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[LHLL] noun a kind of bird, black with a white throat and a large beak (Goldie a small hornbill)

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[LLL] adjective soft, fat, fleshy, tight (of fruit or a person’s flesh)

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[LHLLL] number six

(Igbo) isii

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[LLH] verb, transitive cross over, step over, step over something high so that one has to lift ones leg; empty

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[HH] verb, transitive pick at, scratch, dig out, bore a hole, curve out, force ones way into (gen some effort is required)

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[HH] verb, transitive cut down, hew down (a large object); cut (a large portion) (pl. of kek)

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[HH] verb, transitive/ verb, intransitive close the eyes and turn the head aside in a gesture of disapproval

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

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

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

Speaker: itoro ituen

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

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[L] ideophone describes a quick action; describes a completed action or state.

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[LL] ideophone sound made by a flat object when it falls flat on the ground.

Speaker: itoro ituen

[HL] ideophone sound of wood breaking (ideophone)

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[L] verb, transitive pay attention (used with utON, as in a kpaN utON, listen).

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[LL] verb, transitive stand in a relative position.

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[LL] verb, transitive prepare, get ready.

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[HHH] verb, transitive cut (esp many small sticks and brush as when clearing land for farming (pl. of kpIkke)

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[LH] verb, transitive change, become different, differ, vary

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[LLH] verb, intransitive; verb, transitive become finished; finished

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[L] verb, intransitive knock, tap

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[LH] verb, intransitive become born

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[LLL] noun pl people

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[LH] noun neigbour

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[LL] verb, transitive choose, select (pl. of mek)

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[HH] noun itch, rash, crawcraw

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[HDH] noun white (pl. of afia)

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[HH] noun a natural covering, skin scab

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[LHL] adjective small

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[LLHDH] noun a kind of small white mushroom

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[HF] noun sandfly

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[HHH HL] noun eyeball

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

[HLHH] noun jostling; a kind of game in which children lean against each other

[HLHHH] noun effort, struggling; the matrimonial state

[HHL] noun a powdered vegetable mixture used in juju sacrifices

[LH HL] noun village crier, he beats a drum and makes announcements

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

[LLL] noun a small insect found around palm wine

[HHH] verb, intransitive become mixed, kneaded, mashed, smashed, run over

[HHLL] noun cornsilk, the tassel at the end of an ear of corn

[HH] verb, transitive shake, bounce a person as on a couch

[H] verb, transitive drink; smoke

[LLH] verb, transitive give (pl. of nọ)

[HHL] noun man, male

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[HH] verb, intransitive become agile, sprightly, lively, smart (in action or dress)

[HHH] verb, intransitive become childish, act childish

[LH] verb, intransitive lie

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

[LL] verb, intransitive tiptoe, walk on tiptoe

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

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

[HF] noun fatness, breadth

[LHH] noun right (direction)

[LLHH] noun cloaca of a chicken, hindquarters of a chicken (?)

[LLH] noun earning a living; struggling

[LH] noun fishing spear

[HHL] noun a kind of large lizard, land living

[HH] noun the sun

[LLL] noun beauty

[HH] verb, intransitive become light in weight

[HH] verb, transitive pinch

[LH] verb, transitive doubt, surprise