Ibibio English

[LHH] adjective young, not full grown

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[LLHF] noun world

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[LHLL] noun king

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[LLL] noun thunder

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[HF] noun slave

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[LHHH] adjective big, huge

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[HH] noun expanse e.g. ocean

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

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[LHL] noun Adam’s apple

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[HF] noun cluster (of fruit, e.g grapes)

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[LLH] verb, transitive prepare, prepare for, get ready for

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[LL] verb, transitive fail to show appreciation, criticize what has been done for one

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[HHH] verb, transitive ask, ask for

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[LL] verb, transitive bury

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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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[LH] verb, transitive play

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[HHH] verb, intransitive rejoice, become happy

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[HH] verb, transitive turn a deaf ear towards, not anwer, ignore

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[HHH] verb, transitive cause disgust

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[HH] verb, transitive light, kindle

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[LH] verb, intransitive become untidy and wet (of a messy wet animal), become wet, become untidy.

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[HH] verb, transitive tell

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[LHLL] noun blessing

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[HH] number twenty.

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[HHH] noun kidney, heart.

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[HHL] noun elephant.

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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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[LH] adjective big

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[HHF] noun knife, machet (machete)

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[HH] noun uncultivated land, brush (used with the name of certain flora and fauna to mean wild); plot, plantation; followers, descendants, family, people of a particular place (many place names contain the word iikọt)

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[LLL] number four

(Igbo) anọ

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[LLHL] adjective burnt, scorched

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[HH] noun vagina

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[LH] noun foot race, running

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[LL] ideophone sound made when a person falls flat on his face or back.

Speaker: itoro ituen

[L] verb, transitive cross, overlap, join, twist together, buckle, button.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[H] verb, transitive talk rubbish; brag; talk lewdly, vulgarly

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

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[L] verb, transitive crow (of a cock).

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[H] verb, transitive loosen, untie, unrap, unfasten, dismantle.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[L] verb, intransitive become dark, black

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[H] verb, transitive catch sight of (see)

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[HH] verb, intransitive ref. hang, hang on oneself, choke

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

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

[LLL] noun pl people

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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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[H] verb, intransitive become patient; hold back, have control

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[LL] verb, transitive choose, select (pl. of mek)

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[L] verb, transitive choose, select

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[HH] noun penis

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[HHHL] noun a kind of plant with small bitter fruits

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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

[HH] noun shout, scream, outcry

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[HHLHHHL] noun butterfly

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HD] interj. yes

[HHH] noun fart

[LLH] verb, transitive see clearly, discern

[HH] verb, intransitive become stupid

[HHHH] noun food

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

[LLH] interrogative noun what?

[LL] conjunction where

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

[LL] noun brass or copper bangles worn around the legs from ankle to thigh by fattened brides

[HH] noun ashes, dust

[LL] verb, intransitive become greedy

[HH] verb, intransitive become sour

[HHHF] noun kerosine (English loanword)

[LH] noun folktale, proverb

[HHF] noun hiccup

[HLL] noun welts from a beating

[HHH] noun vision, trance, revelation

[H] verb, transitive drink; smoke

[LH] verb, intransitive become dizzy

[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)

[HL] noun shirt

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

[H] ideophone describes the action of cutting something all the way through

[HH] ideophone sound of a car (automobile) horn

[HH] verb, intransitive weep, cry

[LLH] verb, intransitive become short, squat, and fat (of people or animals)

[LL] verb, intransitive become supple

[LH] verb, intransitive become sluggish

[L] verb, transitive curse, use abusive words

[H] verb, intransitive urinate

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

[LHF] noun fourth-born son

[LL] noun your mother

[LLL] noun fate, luck

[HF] adjective big, old (of a person)

[HF] adverb slow, with care

[HF] noun skill, talent

[LLLH] noun a dish of grated cocoyam steamed in leaves

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

[HH] verb, transitive mix; adulterate (as palm wine by adding water)

[HL] noun guava

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

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

[H] verb, transitive burn, sting (as pepper, iodine)