Ibibio English

[HF HL] noun pimple

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[HHH] noun cold, cattarrh

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[HHH] noun kind, sort, type, lineage

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[HF] noun slave

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[HHL] adjective old

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[HH] noun bone, stem, the prominent, conspicious or salient part of something

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[HHF] noun chameleon

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[LHH] noun clan chief

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[HHH] noun a stomach ache with diarrhea

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[L] verb, transitive find and keep

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

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[HH] verb, transitive pain, hurt; sicken

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[H] verb, transitive make round, roundish(rather wet thing esp by putting eg clay, fufu)

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[LH] become broken, break(of its own accord)

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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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[LL] verb, transitive scratch, itch

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

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

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[LHH] noun widow, lit. husband died.

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[HF] noun a tree with small blue skinned fruits, their green flesh is softened before eating by roasting or by immersing in hot water, the softened flesh is similar to avocado but it is slightly sour, it is customarily accompanied by roasted maize, Bush butter tree

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun the area of the lower abdomen around the bladder.

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[LHLL] noun blessing

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[LHH] noun denial.

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[LHH] noun a single (or double?) pronged metal gong.

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[HHL] noun elephant.

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[LLL] noun a flowing gown, usually worn by women.

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[LLLH] verb, transitive blow out through the nose, blow the nose, snort (at).

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

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[L] verb, transitive blow on (as with the mouth or bellows to cool, or to make a fire flame up), blow (a whistle, a wind instrument), whistle.

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[LH] noun belly

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[HH] noun stool (Goldie says this word is a loan from Aqua).

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[HF] noun pus

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[LF] noun; adjective wealth, rich person

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[LLLL] noun hippopotamus

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[HH] noun kernel (esp. oil palm kernel); stone (of a fruit)

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[HHL] noun head; memory; sake, behalf

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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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[LLH, LL] verb, transitive become flat (of something that should swell or be rounded).

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[H] verb, transitive cut with a glancing motion (as in scraping bark from a tree, peeling the rotten part from a yam, shaping a pestle out of wood).

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

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[HL] interjection expression of concern, regret, apology

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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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[L] ideophone sound made by ekOmO drums, the small one goes kpim or kpom or kum, the large one goes kpim or kum.

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

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[HH] verb, transitive become contrary (es. to show off)

[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] noun side, edge

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[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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[LH] noun neigbour

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[HH] noun itch, rash, crawcraw

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[HH] noun penis

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[HH] noun a natural covering, skin scab

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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

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[HLF] noun a kind of timber tree, Uapaca guineensis (Dalziel)

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[HHF] noun a kind of white yam

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[LLHDH] noun a kind of small white mushroom

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[LHH] noun piece (variants: mkprok; nkprok).

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[LLL] noun path, narrow place, space, gap

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[HF] noun sandfly

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[HL] interj. what

[LH] adjective fresh (not cooked, dried or smoked)

[HF] noun a kind of small fish

[LHH] noun scum

[HH] noun ochre, a kind of clay used for plastering walls, for floor or wall decoration, and for body decoration

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

[L] verb, intransitive shake (of a drunkards hand, of an old rattly car, of a cloth flapping in the wind; tremble, move about)

[LHH] adjective wasted, empty, not being put to use, free

[HHHF] noun kerosine (English loanword)

[LH] noun folktale, proverb

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

[LLHLLH] noun a spider web

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

[H] verb, intransitive laugh

[L] verb, transitive select, select out, sort out

[HHH] verb, transitive throw up to someone what one has done for him or what he has done to one, reproach with past deeds (var. sion̄, sioon̄)

[HH] verb, transitive devastate, destroy, squander

[HH] verb, transitive chop

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

[LH] verb, intransitive come down, descend (var. sọijọ)

[LL] verb, intransitive tiptoe, walk on tiptoe

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

[LH] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive become slack, loose, reduced; slacks loosen; slacken, loosen, lower, reduce in height

[L] ideophone describes water falling drop by drop

[LL] ideophone describes a staggering walk

[HD] noun grandfather

[LH] verb, transitive tortute, torment, punish

[H] verb, transitive hollow out

[HH] verb, transitive touch; fig affect

[L] verb, transitive grate

[HH] verb, transitive to exclaim

[HF] noun strength

[HH] adjective new

[LF] noun a ditch containing water, a large pit, dam

[HF] noun day, twenty-four hours

[LHH] noun a kind of frog

[HH] noun childhood

[H] verb, transitive suck

[H] verb, transitive suck

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

[HHH] verb, transitive dance with specific steps, dance a specific dance, generally a leisurely a dance with outstretched arms