Ibibio English

[HHH] noun hunger

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HLL] noun sweat

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[LHH] noun corpse, cadaver

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun shoulder

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[LHL] adjective whole, complete

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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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] subj, obj. pronoun he, she, it, him, her, it

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun fight

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[HFHF] noun measles

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[H] verb, intransitive become thickened (e.g. broth thickened by flavor); become dirty (e.g. cloths or water)

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[LLH] verb, transitive rev. of biom put down what one has been carrying on the head

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive bury

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[HH] verb, transitive break (a long thin object such as a stick or bone)

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[LL] verb, transitive dip, steep, soak

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[HHH] verb, intransitive tip toe around stealthily, pussy-foot

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, intransitive leak, leak out, run out(of liquid)

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[HF] noun a kind of large antelope.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun bag, pocket; a piece of woven raffia before or after being sewn into a bag.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHF] noun grandfather (paternal or maternal).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] verb, intransitive become thin, light in weight, lightened (of a load); become light on the feet, sprightly.

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

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[HH] verb, transitive roast; set fire to; distill

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[HH] noun lice (pl. of ndaN).

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[LHLL] noun electricity

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[HF] noun stream.

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[LH] noun belly

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

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[HF] noun advice

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[HLHL] noun heel of the foot

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[LLL] noun a leech; a kind of fish with long needle-like mouth

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, intransitive show off, become pompous

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[HH] verb, intransitive become high, tall, elevated

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive fold, fold over (arms, paper, cloth, leaves) - plural form of kpan̄

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[HH] ideophone sound of a palm kernel or ekOm nut when it is cracked with a stone; sound made by snapping the fingers; sound made in a gun when it fails to fire because the powder is wet.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive lose ones temper and take some action (decide to do something or become stubborn), act in a fit of anger.

Speaker: itoro ituen

[LH] verb, transitive rev. of kpaga: uncross, separate things that are joined together, unbutton, unbuckle.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive push a heavy object for a distance; shove away from a distance (as an insect with a long stick); wheel, roll, push something on wheels.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive pay

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[HH] ideophone sound of abodom being played with bamboo sticks in sending a message

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

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

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] verb, intransitive become born

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[LLHH] noun European

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[LH] noun the side of the face from temple to jaw

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[HHL] noun specialist, practitioner (pl. of abia)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun engagement (before marriage)

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[LL] verb, transitive bend, incline (a stick, a part of the body)

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[LHL] noun brain

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[HH] verb, transitive contort the face or mouth to show disgust

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHHL] noun a kind of plant with small bitter fruits

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLHL] noun young men (pl. of akparawa).

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LHLLHLL] noun butterfly

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] noun thing, something; matter event. This is one of the most productive words in Ibibio, it serves as any unspecified subject or object

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LLLH] noun prison, jail, detention

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHL] adjective without response

[HH] noun palm wine, strong alcohol

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

[HL] verb, intransitive become wealthy

[HD] adverb also, too

[LL] conjunction with, and

[HHH] noun delicacies, luxury food, little bits of luxury food (nuts, bits of meat) (var. ndien, ndiin)

[LLLH] noun business

[L] verb, intransitive become straight; become right, correct

[LH] noun a rattle, musical instrument filled with seeds or pebbles which is shaken; strings of seeds worn around ankles and wrists to make noise when dancing

[LLH] interrogative noun what?

[LLL] noun mould

[LLL] noun a kind of small hot red or green pepper, Aframonum melegueta (Dalziel)

[LL] ideophone sound of oil dropped in the fire

[LL] noun my mother

[LH] conj even if, not even if

[H] ideophone sound of splashing water

[HH] verb, transitive look at

[LH] noun [Eng] cigarette

[L] verb, intransitive become enough, sufficient, complete

[LL] verb, transitive curse (a curse, a person). revile, insult (var. suun̄ọ, suen̄)

[HF] noun silk, any shiny material used for a head tie

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

[HH] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive hop, jump; jump over; abate, let up (pl. of tamma)

[H] verb, intransitive become stupid, retarded

[H] verb, intransitive beat, pound (esp food in a mortar, clothes on a log)

[HHH] verb, intransitive kneel

[HF] noun trouble

[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)

[LL] noun covering on the surface of something (skin on soup, tarnish on metal, fungus)

[HHH] noun any insect which pinches

[HHL] noun voice, order, edict

[LH] verb, intransitive warm oneself in the sun or by the fire, bask

[LH] verb, transitive doubt, surprise

[LL] verb, transitive cook a very small quantity of rich afere (soup) (until it is very hot) (pl. of jọk)