Ibibio English

[HF] noun root

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HDH] quantitative other, another, more

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[HHL] adjective old

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[HHL] noun wife, female

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[HHH] noun a stomach ache with diarrhea

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[HH] verb, intransitive fall off, snap off, drop off (e.g. a ripe or dead fruit), fall off/out (e.g. hair, teeth)

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[LH] verb, intransitive become buried

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[HH] verb, intransitive become broken, break (of its own accord), usually a long thin object such as a bone or a stick, break up in confusion (of a gathering)

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[HH] verb, intransitive become black, become ripe

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[L] verb, intransitive call, shout (at), scream (at), cry out

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] verb, intransitive set off, depart, leave, move away, become wild, troublesome (of a child)

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[LH] verb, intransitive fall, fall down

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[H] verb, transitive hide

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[L] verb, transitive weave, knit, spin

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[LHH] noun denial.

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[HH] noun tree trunk (the oart between the roots and the crown); a log left by the side of the river to wash clothes on.

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[LH] noun strange, alien.

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHH] noun a kind of legume used to thicken afere (soup), horse eye bean,, stinging bean, Mucuna urens (Dalziel).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL] noun wall

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[HF] noun a round basket with a cover and a handle used for drying fish or meat.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun partition (in the house made of cloth); section of bush partitioned by boundary markers

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[LF] noun; adjective wealth, rich person

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[HHF] noun mouth

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[HF] noun walk, journey; gait

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[LL] noun a blow with the fist; a charm which enables the wearer to strike powerful blows

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHL] number five

(Igbo) ise

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[LHH] noun a kind of fish with poisonous spines

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHL] noun head; memory; sake, behalf

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[H] verb, intransitive wander, go around, come and go; pl come and go and linger at a place

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[H] verb, transitive roast, fry (a food to make it dry or crisp esp groundnuts in sand, gari in a pot); season a new pot by placing it on the fire

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive die, perish; become exhausted, overcome; fade; heal (pl. of kpa)

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[H] verb, transitive plead, plead with, entreat, beg

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive become restless; make rapid, jittery movements, fire crackling, wood breaking; describes the action of starting up in fright

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] verb, transitive taunt

Speaker: itoro ituen

[HHH] verb, intransitive become curved, crooked, not straight (esp of a road or branch of a tree)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive copulate

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[HL] noun government; white colonial officer; English consul

[L] verb, intransitive knock, tap

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

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[HHH] noun weeds, grass

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[HHH] noun race

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[HF] noun cockroach

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[LHHH] noun a large calabash used as a buoy for nets

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HHH] adverb a small, hard, round objects, seed, kernel, grain

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[LHL] noun a shoot (esp. referes to the shoot of a a yam stored in the yam marn prior to planting)

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

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

[LLL] adverb not even

[HF] noun vein (esp. in the arm)

[HF] noun slander, gossip

[LH] conjunction so, so that

[LL] pronoun we, us, our

[HHHH] noun eternity

[LLH] interrogative noun what?

[LLL] noun mould

[HF] noun hanger, peg on the wall for hanging things

[HHLLLL] noun a kind of large forest bird, eagle, it can beat the air with its wings and make a great noise

[LHL] noun a kind of imported fish, herring

[LH] verb, transitive open the eyes wide (to show seriousness and thus make a child comply)

[HHH] noun crust from burnt food

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

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

[LLH] adjective granular, in grains

[LF] noun market day

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

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

[L] verb, transitive speak a language esp. a foreign language; speak unintelligibly; translate

[HH] verb, transitive split, tear, cut up, divide; open; reveal, give an answer, give an explanation, mention (var. siak)

[HHH] verb, transitive disturb, stir

[LH] verb, intransitive lie

[L] verb, transitive reach, get to, arrive at

[H] verb, transitive scrub, rub briskly (teeth, the body, a pot), rub off, rub together, erase, wipe, rub with a slow motion, massage

[H] verb, intransitive walk with small quick half running steps as when carrying a heavy load

[LH] verb, intransitive sit, stay; appear, seem

[L] verb, intransitive fail to mature, fail to develop fully, fall short of expectations; miss out

[H] verb, intransitive urinate

[LF] noun the edible kernel of the raffia palm fruit

[HH] noun arm and/or hand; handle; power, strength, ability

[HF] noun strength

[HH] adjective new

[LHH] noun left (direction)

[LL] noun your mother

[HHHH] noun blood

[HH] noun ear

[LL] noun life, destiny, universe, creation

[LH] noun fishhook

[L] verb, transitive sacrifice

[HHH] verb, intransitive become poor

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

[LH] verb, transitive lose feathers

[HH] verb, intransitive talk a lot, chatter, become unable to contain anything or keep a secret

[LLH] verb, intransitive digest

[H] verb, transitive turn, mix, stir

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