Ibibio English

[HHHH] noun cold, cattarrh

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[LL] noun cross the fingers

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[LH] noun challenge, dare; resolution

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[LHDH] noun left-handed person

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[LLL HLL] noun strong waves, sea currents, tempest

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[LL] verb, transitive be afraid, fear

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[L] verb, intransitive be early, arrive early, do something early

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[HH] verb, intransitive become rotten to the semi-liquid state, become decomposed, disintegrated (of an orange, a wet cracker, a dead body), become wet and messy, wet and sloppy, become watery to the point of nearly falling out

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

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[HH] verb, transitive lick (a spoon or the fingers in eating), eat something soft of liquid with a spoon or fingers

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[LLH] verb, transitive share, divide among

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[HH] verb, transitive eat

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[LLL] verb, transitive pour, pour out, spill, pl. of duọk

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[HH] verb, transitive tell

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[LL] noun kind of large edible white termite which makes huge hills.

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[HH] noun tooth.

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[HH] number twenty.

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[HF] noun nest.

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[LF] noun randmother (maternal or paternal).

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

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

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[HH] verb, transitive stick into a narrow space, wedge in, put between.

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[LL] verb, transitive climb a large tree by putting the arms around it and moving up on the belly, shinny up a pole (pl. of fap).

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[H] verb, transitive eat up a large quantity of food.

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

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[HF] noun a kind of small crocodile (Goldie monitor lizard) cf afiom, utai.

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[HHF] noun divination; a society devoted to divining, fortune telling.

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[LLL] number four

(Igbo) anọ

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[LL] noun tail

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[LHLH] number eight

(Igbo) asato

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

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[HH] noun fish (general)

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[LH] verb, transitive go to, go for

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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 deny, refute, prove innocent

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[LLL LL] one by one, one at a time, each to each (lit. keet e keet)

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

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[HH] transitive verb call, invite, read

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[LL] verb, transitive restrain, prohibit, stop; warn; rebuke (pl. of kpan)

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[LL] ideophone said to show when one is completely ignored.

Speaker: itoro ituen

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

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[LH] verb, transitive lift something very heavy and of huge girth requiring both arms around it; try to carry something heavier than one is capable of, take on more than one can manage

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[HL] interjection expression of concern, regret, apology

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[HH] verb, transitive soil, dirty.

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[HH] verb, transitive taunt

Speaker: itoro ituen

[L] verb, transitive vomit

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[HH] verb, transitive loosen, untie, unwrap, unfasten, dismantle (plural of kpọk)

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[HH] verb, transitive greet, thank, congragulate, express

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[LHH] noun limb (of an animal); hoof; nails

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[LLH] noun nail (anat), claw

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[LLH] noun banana

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[HLHLHL] noun armpit

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LLLLH HLL] noun a pool of water

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LHF] noun tree, big/heavy log of wood

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[LLHDH] noun a kind of small white mushroom

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[LHLLH HL] noun rough skin, tough skin

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[LHHH] noun skull

[HH] noun palm wine, strong alcohol

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

[HLL] noun sweat (var. ibikpO, ibibiak, adikpO)

[LHL LL] noun a kind of plant, its leaf is ground up and used to treat yews

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

[H] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive dance; fawn on

[HH] noun descendants

[LH HL] noun village crier, he beats a drum and makes announcements

[HFHF] noun smallpox

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

[HHHH] noun bell, clock, hour

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

[HHH] noun a lump (of meat, a clay), a mass; a nest made by ants

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

[LLH] adjective granular, in grains

[HH] verb, transitive extinguish (a light, a fire) intransitive: go out, become extinguished (of a light, a fire)

[HH] verb, intransitive laugh (plural of sak)

[HH] verb, transitive, verb, intransitive poke (with a sharp object, a stick) (esp to find where yams are below the ground) (var. sappa)

[HL] conjunction since (time, cause), because

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

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

[HD] noun grandfather

[HHH] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive whistle

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

[LL] noun a pit dug in the ground, a ditch

[HF] noun fatness, breadth

[LL] noun grave

[LHH] noun fifth-born son

[LHH] noun left (direction)

[LF LL] noun state of being walleyed, wall-eyes (eyes that turn outward)

[LHL] noun rice

[LHLL] noun radio (English loanword)

[LHF] noun your grandfather

[LHH] noun a kind of frog

[HH] noun ear

[LHLHL] interjection a sound made to cheer or mock someone

[L] verb, transitive sacrifice

[L] verb, transitive tear, rend, scratch, tear off, tear up, tear out; pay a debt in installments

[HH] verb, intransitive become light in weight

[HH] verb, transitive elude, evade (as a solution eludes one)

[HH] verb, transitive pinch

[H] verb, transitive make an announcement