Ibibio English

[HHH] noun hunger

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[LHLL] noun cannon

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[LLLL] noun wall

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[LL] noun cross the fingers

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[HHH] noun stew, soup

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[HF] noun square basket woven of cane or rattan

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[LH] noun lizard

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[HH] noun fight

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[LH] adjective stranger, visitor, sojourner, immigrant

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[HH] noun a kind of black stinging ant which lives in palm trees

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[LHLHL] noun praying mantis

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[HHL] noun man, male

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[HHL] noun man, male

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[HHH] noun a stomach ache with diarrhea

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[HH] noun child, offspring

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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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[HH] verb, transitive waste

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LL] verb, transitive cut through with a single stroke

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

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[H] verb, intransitive stand

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

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[HHH] verb, transitive cause disgust

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[HH] verb, transitive test, examine, measure, weigh

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[LLL] noun civet cat.

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[HH] noun a kind of tree bearing an edible nut, Coula edulis (Dalziel).

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[HF] noun cattle, bovine.

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

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[HHH] noun dog.

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[H] verb, transitive be sated, make overfull (from eating).

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[H] verb, intransitive become good.

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

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[HH] noun a case

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

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[HH] noun urine.

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[HH] noun a set of five yams

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[HH] noun someone shorter than normal, a stunted person

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[LH] noun foot race, running

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[HH] noun fish (general)

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[LH] verb, transitive go to, go for

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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 show off, become pompous

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[HH] verb, transitive hold in the arms or hands; have, keep; owe; use; treat, behave towards

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[LLF] noun [Eng] cigarette

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[LLH] verb, transitive gather up, take, pick up (pl. of ben [H] gather, take up, pick up)

[HH] verb, transitive call, invite, read

[HH] verb, transitive draw water, scoop up liquid (not using hands)

[H] ideophone sound of firewood breaking; sound of corn cracking as it roasts.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive slow down and walk carefully (as when one has seen something dangerous).

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[H] ideophone sound of a short blast of a launch horn

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[H] adverb only

Speaker: itoro ituen

[H] verb, transitive cover, close with a cover or lid; heap up

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[HHH] verb, transitive lick, clean out, clean up, scoop out (esp. the flesh of a soft succulent fruit)

[L] verb, transitive finish; following another verb ma indicates completed actions

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[HDH] noun piece, half piece

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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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[LL] verb, transitive slow down and walk cautiously as when one sees danger, or because of mud

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[HH] noun itch, rash, crawcraw

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[LH] noun penis, some speakers say that this is a polite term, others that it is slang, still others that it is a childs word

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[HHH] noun the heavy dregs (yeast) from palm wine which settle at the bottom of the calabash

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[HL] interj. what

[LHL] interjection no

[HH] verb, transitive frown, screw up the face, have an unhappy, disgusted, distasteful or disapproving look on the face

[LLH] verb, transitive see clearly, discern

[H] ideophone sound of a bell

[HH] noun dream

[LHH] noun a kind of small bush rat, the king of rats

[LLLL] noun error, fault; a fine (var. ndude)

[LLL] noun a kind of small green squash, curcurbita pepo

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Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun picture, photo, film, spectacle

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[LLH] adjective alive; raw; fresh (of meat, fish, a wound)

[HHHH] adjective toughness and coarseness in texture due to exposure to the sun or other causes

[HHHH] noun bedbug, cimex rotundata (in Ibibio bugs pinch rather than bite)

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

[HDH] interrogative noun what?

[HF] noun the gums

[HH] noun sand

[LH] verb, transitive singe

[L] verb, transitive to stretch out, stretch forward, stick out, point; intransitive: stick out, extend

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

[LH] verb, intransitive bend a part of the body, bend all the way over; become bent

[HHL] adjective ancient, former; old (of inanimate objects)

[LLL] noun a boil on the finger or toe

[HH] verb, intransitive become congested; become odorous; smell of fish

[L] verb, intransitive become black

[LH] verb, intransitive make faces to scare a child

[H] ideophone sound of splashing water

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

[HH] verb, transitive chop

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

[HH] preposition, conjunction since, starting from (time only)

[LH] verb, intransitive become sluggish

[L] verb, transitive warn against; give information, inform

[HF] noun mortar

[LF] noun cassava fufu, it has no smell due to being well soaked before cooking

[HHH] noun feast

[LH] noun bread, biscuit

[HL] adverb yet, then

[LL] verb, transitive warm food, reheat afere (soup) (until it is very hot) (pl. of jọk)

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