Ibibio English

[HHH] noun hunger

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[HH] noun mosquito

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[LLHF] noun world

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[LHH] noun settler

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[LF] noun whisper

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[HF] noun root

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[HHL] noun forest

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[LHH] noun clan chief

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[HHH] noun bee

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[LHH] adjective real, genuine, important, very (emphatic)

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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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[H] verb, intransitive become cheap due to oversupply, go aground(of a boat)

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[L] verb, intransitive become cruel, mean, mischievous, destructive

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[LLH] verb, transitive prepare, prepare for, get ready for

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[L] verb, transitive cook by burying in hot ashes

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[LH] noun pawpaw

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[L] noun term of address used betwee men of equal age and status, its use generally implies intimacy, it is occasionally used to address a stranger and is currently used by young girls although this latter is considered improper by men

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[HH] verb, transitive lick (a spoon or the fingers in eating), eat something soft of liquid with a spoon or fingers

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[HHH] verb, intransitive itch

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[H] verb, intransitive become a coward

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

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[HF] noun nest.

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noun copulation

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[HHL] noun elephant.

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[HH] noun grey hair; mould (on food, leather)

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[H] verb, transitive eat up a large quantity of food.

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[HH] verb, transitive turn, twist, twirl, spin; iv turn (of a wheel); repeat (always followed by another verb).

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[HH] verb, transitive uncover, take off.

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

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[LHL] noun thigh; lap.

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[LH] noun a tiny fragrant leaf used to season soup.

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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, intransitive become high, tall, elevated

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] ideophone sound made when a person falls flat on his face or back.

Speaker: itoro ituen

[LL] verb, transitive prepare, get ready.

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[L] verb, transitive cut into, slash

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] ideophone sound of an automobile horn

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] verb, transitive make jittery movements as though one had ants in ones clothing; move very fast on ones toes in a jittery way (i.e. walk like a European); swagger, strut to show off

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[H] verb, transitive loosen, untie, unrap, unfasten, dismantle.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[H] verb, transitive copulate

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, intransitive knock, tap

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[HH] verb, transitive remove from a hook, unhang (rev. of kọọn̄ [HH])

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

[LL] verb, intransitive grow (of people, animals, plants, hair) (pl. of kọt [L])

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHHH] noun kind of plant, where it is found the soil is fertile, its leaves contain an acidic liquid used for cleaning wounds and cleaning snails, its stem is chewed, bush cane, Costus after (Dalziel)

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[LHLH] noun gooseflesh

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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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[LLHL] adjective mouldy

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[HH] noun a kind of tree which blooms in dry season, its leaves are used for afere

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[LH HDH] noun ring

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[LH HDH] noun ring

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[LHHH] noun a long narrow lightweight knife used for cutting grass; the flat part of a knife; a knife without a handle

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHLHHHL] noun butterfly

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LHDHHF] noun butterfly

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LH] noun a kind of yam, fast ripening, it grows in an udder-like formation

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHHH] noun skull

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun yesterday (in a context of past), tomorrow (in a context of future), (loosely) two or three days in the past or future.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LLHLLH] adjective become soft, weak, easy

[LHL] adjective without response

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

[LL] noun common red and black lizard

[HD] adverb also, too

[HF] noun a power spirit generally associated with a particular place or group of people; some of these spirits inhabit the forest, others the water; each Ibibio clan has its own ndem; sacrifices are made to them and to certain festivals attached to them

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

[HHH] noun race, competition

[LLH] adverb perhaps

[HHHH] noun a corner inside a house

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

[LHH] noun mockery

[LH] interrogative what

[LLL] noun a kind of basket used for catching fish or crabs, small ones are made of palm fronds, large ones of cane

[HH] noun face, front, future

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

[LHHH] noun crybaby, a person who cries at every little thing

[HF] noun second-born daughter

[L] verb, transitive help; contribute (money, food, labor)

[LLHL] noun a kind of fruit, possibly breadfruit or soursop

[LH] verb, intransitive faint, lose consciousness; become lowered

[LHL] noun [Eng] spirit (used in Christian church services) (var. sịbidịt)

[LH] verb, transitive make incantation, call down a curse on

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

[L] ideophone sound of wood being cut

[HH] verb, transitive pluck fruit (esp. pepper) cf kippe (pl. of tet)

[LH] verb, transitive explain, direct, tell how

[LHL] noun pigeon

[LHLL] noun rice

[LHH] adjective buying, shopping

[HF] adjective big, old (of a person)

[HH] noun the sun

[HH] noun ear

[LLLH] noun a dish of grated cocoyam steamed in leaves

[L] verb, transitive sacrifice

[LL] verb, transitive tear, rend, scratch, tear off, tear up, tear out; pay a debt in installments

[L] verb, intransitive wilt, melt, dissolve, digest; become lazy, become weak

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

[HH] verb, intransitive become sufficient, up to the mark

[HHH] verb, transitive shake liquid in a bowl to distribute it evenly over the surface