Ibibio English

[HHL HF] noun town, village

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun flesh

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[HHH] noun moon, month

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[HF] noun square basket woven of cane or rattan

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHD] noun a dye made from the juice of the fruit or seeds of a plant and colored with charcoal, it is used by women for body decoration; the tree from which the dye comes, Indogofera

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHH] noun clan chief

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] verb, transitive refer to someone or mention someone’s name in a conversation, criticize, gossip; divide/share items among many people; classify items

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, intransitive become thickened (e.g. broth thickened by flavor); become dirty (e.g. cloths or water)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive watch out for; wait to do harm to; watch over, protect, look after

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] adjective not even, even, none

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[H] verb, transitive cook, prepare food (usually liquid food)

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[LLH] verb, transitive rinse

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[LL] verb, transitive dip, steep, soak

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

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[LL] verb, transitive boast

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[LL] verb, transitive make an error, err, miss, offend, do unwittingly, do by chance.

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[LH] verb, intransitive fall, fall down

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun husband

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHLL] noun rice.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHLL] noun blessing

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[LHH] noun a kind of bitter fruit taken like kola, bitter kola, Garcinia kola (Dalziel).

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[HHHL] noun nest.

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[HF] noun sole, palm (of hand or feet).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LF] noun randmother (maternal or paternal).

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[LHH] noun copulation.

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[HHL] noun elephant.

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[HHHH] noun having few feathers or sparse hair.

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[LF] noun message; fame.

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[HHH] noun dog.

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[HH] verb, transitive uncover, take off.

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[HH] verb, intransitive become narrow, small; tv wrinkle, frown, contract narrow.

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[LL] number two

(Igbo) abụọ

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[HHL] noun women, wives

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[HHL] noun crazyness, mad person.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun a small round leech found in dry mudflows.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun spoon

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[HH] noun skin, leather, anything worn around the waist, a belt (esp. a covering of beads around the waist (many strings of beads worn together)); a razor strop

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[LHH] noun a kind of fish with a small head, dried and used for soup

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[HH] noun base, foundation of esp. base of a tree trunk

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[LHHH] noun a kind of dance performed in the moonlight

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[HHH] noun stone, mile

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHL] noun head; memory; sake, behalf

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

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[LLH] verb, transitive cross over, step over, step over something high so that one has to lift ones leg; empty

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[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

[HHH] verb, intransitive tie or wrap a cloth around ones own loins or waist

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive turn around, turn back, turn around and go back (used with edem, asin a kpa edem).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] verb, transitive rev. of kpaga: uncross, separate things that are joined together, unbutton, unbuckle.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive soil, dirty.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[L] verb, transitive cut into, slash

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[LLH] verb, transitive trim (branches, hair), cut down (a tree)

Speaker: itoro ituen

[LL] verb, intransitive bark, growl (of a dog); speak in an angry or pompous manner

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] ideophone sound of the fall of a very heavy object such as a concrete block or a huge bag of flour, it falls with a thud

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive cut palm fruit from the cluster when there are very few remaining

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

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[H] verb, intransitive cough

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[LL] verb, intransitive grow (of people, animals, plants, hair) (pl. of kọt [L])

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[HDH] noun piece, half piece

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[HF] noun cockroach

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[LH] noun today

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[LHLLHLL] noun butterfly

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[HF] noun sandfly

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[LLHLLH] adjective become soft, weak, easy

[LHL] interjection no

[HHF] noun eczema

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

[HHH] noun race, competition

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

[HLHHH] noun disorder

[LLH] noun, adjective corpse (esp. one that is dried up and distasteful); adjective: dead; worthless, good for nothing; vile, evil

[LL] verb, transitive doubt, argue, dispute

[LHH] noun calamity

[HD] noun young woman (address or referent), a term of endearment for a young woman

[HLLH] noun ant

[HH] noun sand

[LLL LLL] adverb unsteadily

[LLH] verb, transitive smell, sniff (var. n̄uune)

[HH] verb, intransitive be itchy, scratchy

[HH] verb, intransitive whine (of a child)

[HH] verb, intransitive become lost, disappear, cease (of customs)

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

[HH] verb, transitive remove a plug, an obstacle, unblock;

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

[HH] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive hop, jump; jump over; abate, let up (pl. of tamma)

[LHLL] noun rice

[HF] noun trouble

[HH] noun weight

[HF] noun strength

[LHF] noun third-born son

[LHHL] number nine

(Igbo) eteghiete

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] noun spider web

[HH] noun the sun

[HH] noun life, existence, state of being alive, life style, habits

[HL] noun wire (English loanword)

[LH] verb, intransitive become beautiful

[L] verb, transitive doubt, surprise

[HHH] verb, transitive dance with specific steps, dance a specific dance, generally a leisurely a dance with outstretched arms