Ibibio English

[LLL] noun discrimination

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[LH] adjective all, every

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[LHL] noun basket

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[HHH] noun A sexually transmitted infection (STI) in men, involves painful swellings on the groin area that may impede walking

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[LHLHL] noun praying mantis

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[LL] verb, transitive count, reckon, esteem

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[HH] verb, transitive take, pick up, carry

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[HHH] verb, transitive beg, beg for; plead with, ask for

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[H] verb, transitive spread out, lay flat, lay down (mats, tiles, carpet, cloth)

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[L] verb, transitive receive, take back, accept; endure

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[LH] noun pawpaw

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[HL] noun headtie

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[L] verb, transitive imitate

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[LL] number ten

(Igbo) iri

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[HH] verb, intransitive hide, hide oneself, become hidden

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

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[L] verb, transitive dig up, dig (esp root crops), harvest (root crops)

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[HF] noun a bundle of ten, twenty, fifty, etc..

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

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[LL] noun flying squirrel.

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[HF] noun nest.

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[LH] noun suicide by hanging a tight knot.

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[HH] noun meat, rat.

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[HHF] noun a kind of large edible snail.

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[LL] noun rectum, piles (also used as a curse).

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[HH] verb, intransitive become white.

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[HH] verb, intransitive shrink, become shrunken (of fruits, people).

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[L] verb, intransitive become lazy.

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[LL] verb, intransitive become covered; cover oneself (with a cloth or blanket); become sad, mourn.

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[HHF] noun gorilla (Goldie baboon, chimpanzee).

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

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[LL] noun river

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[HH] noun a set of five yams

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

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[LHLH] number eight

(Igbo) asato

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[LHLLL] number six

(Igbo) isii

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[LHL] number five

(Igbo) ise

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[HH] noun fish (general)

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[LLH] verb, intransitive become old; ancient; look old (of inanimate objects)

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[LLH] verb, intransitive become called, named, bear a name

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[HHH] verb, intransitive/verb transitive think, meditate, worry, brood; hope, expect; consider; become concerned with, care

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[HH] verb, transitive wrap cloth around someone; fig buy cloth for elderly relations (pl. of kIn)

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[H] verb, intransitive die, perish; become exhausted, overcome; fade; heal

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[L] verb, transitive try to persuade, urge, importune, dun.

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[LL] ideophone sound made by a flat object when it falls flat on the ground.

Speaker: itoro ituen

[HH] verb, transitive soil, dirty.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive hop on one leg, limp.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[H] verb, transitive leave a place, abandon, go away, leave alone

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[HH] verb, transitive scrape, scrape off, shave

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[HH] verb, transitive cover (esp obscure from view)

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[H] verb, transitive grind between two stones (small things such as beans, pepper); w pl kọọk cure, heal, perform juju for curing and certain other purposes (implies grinding medicines)

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[LLH] verb, transitive remove from a hook, remove what hangs; unentangle (esp. wipe away strands of cobweb) (rev. of kọp [L])

[LLH] noun banana

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[LL] verb, transitive slacken; relax the body or part of the body

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[HH] verb, transitive; verb, intransitive ignore, delay in responding

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[LLH] verb, transitive swallow (pl. of men)

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[LH] noun grace, favour

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[HLHLHL] noun armpit

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[LF] noun scar

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

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[LLL HL] noun a secluded area in the water thickly covered with water plants ( a person can go in there to bathe)

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HD] interj. yes

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

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

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[LHD] noun a kind of fruit tree, its fruits have a brownish cover, firm orange or white flesh, and a big seed, cola rostrata

[HLHH] noun jostling; a kind of game in which children lean against each other

[HHH] adjective new

[HLL] noun shadow

[LL] verb, intransitive walk with legs apart (like a person who has a boil, or something between his legs)

[LLL] noun a small insect found around palm wine

[LH] verb, transitive singe

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

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

[LLH] noun jest, joke, a story that pokes fun, clowning

[HHHH HL] noun wrist watch

[HHHLLLHL] noun locust

[HH] verb, transitive lick, lick off

[HHH] verb, transitive scratch the ground (of an animal, of children at play); toss away what is rejected from a sorting process (pl. of sara)

[H] ideophone sound of splashing water

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

[LL] verb, transitive hate, dislike

[HH] verb, transitive chop

[HHH] verb, transitive disturb, stir

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

[HL] noun address form for father, grandfather, old man

[H] verb, intransitive urinate

[LLL] noun room

[LH] noun right (direction)

[HH] noun weavil

[HH] noun leg and/or foot; bottom, base; elongation, extension, movement, means, mode

[LH] noun loving, likeness

[HH] noun miser, tight-fisted person

[LHH] noun needle

[L] verb, transitive sacrifice

[LH] verb, transitive lose feathers

[HH] verb, intransitive shine (of the sun or moon)

[HHH] verb, transitive satisfy (with food, information)