Ibibio English

[HHL] noun umbilical cord

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[HF] noun oil

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[LLHF] noun world

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[HHH] noun water buffalo

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[LHHHH] noun compound (gen. a large one with people living in it, the term suggests a rich man’s compound)

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[LHH] adjective real, genuine, important, very (emphatic)

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[LHLHL] noun praying mantis

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[HHH] noun okra, okro

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[L] verb, transitive break, break open (something round; something made of glass and clay)

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[H] verb, transitive tie, bind

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

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[H] verb, intransitive become a coward

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[LL.H] verb, transitive collect, gather, pull down tendrils or other vegetation from a tree or the side of a house; tap on the back to get a persons attention

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[HHH] verb, transitive cause disgust

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[HH] noun goat; a stupid person.

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[HF] noun good, genuine.

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[LHHL] noun rheumatism.

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[LH] verb, intransitive get off balance (as when something which was balanced or supported slips or slants down), become slanted.

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[HH] verb, transitive uncover, take off.

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[L] verb, transitive pluck (feathers, hair, weeds).

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[LF] adjective become unsalted, unseasoned; become deficient.

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

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[LH] adjective big

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[LHH] noun crab

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[HHH] noun stone, mile

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[HH] verb, transitive hold in the arms or hands; have, keep; owe; use; treat, behave towards

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[H] verb, transitive deny, refute, prove innocent

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[HH] verb, transitive/ verb, intransitive close the eyes and turn the head aside in a gesture of disapproval

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[L] verb, transitive stand on tiptoe, stretch to see something high; become high, raised up (esp of the ground or of something which should be flat)

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[HH] verb, transitive cut with a glancing motion (as in scraping bark from a tree, peeling the rotten part from a yam, shaping a pestle out of wood) (pl. of kpaN)

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[LLH] verb, transitive resolve not to do a thing.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: itoro ituen

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[L] verb, transitive restrain, prohibit, stop; warn; rebuke

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] verb, transitive soil, dirty

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[HH] ideophone sound of an automobile horn

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] verb, transitive make jittery movements as though one had ants in ones clothing; move very fast on ones toes in a jittery way (i.e. walk like a European); swagger, strut to show off

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] verb, transitive peel with hand or knife (as kola, ndiya, cassava); unlock; bleach.

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 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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[LH] verb, transitive let fall from the mouth, spit out (food, not liquid)

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

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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])

[HHH] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive (iv) become set (of a trap), become piled up, heaped up; (tv) cary piled up (a stack of bulky things such as books or firewood, walking is impeded)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive eat palm fruit, a palm kernel, or a bit of meat by putting it in the mouth and turning it about slowly removing the flesh

[L] verb, transitive finish; following another verb ma indicates completed actions

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[HHL] noun specialist, practitioner (pl. of abia)

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[HD] interjection please

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[LL] noun scar, welt

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

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

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[L] verb, transitive swallow

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[HH] noun itch, rash, crawcraw

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[HH] noun periwinkle

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[LHL] noun brain

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[LHL] adjective small

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

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[HHLHHHL] noun butterfly

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LLL] noun path, narrow place, space, gap

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[LLLH] noun prison, jail, detention

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[LLH] noun warm

[LL] noun common red and black lizard

[LLL] noun, adjective cold, wet

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

[HHH] noun delicacies, luxury food, little bits of luxury food (nuts, bits of meat) (var. ndien, ndiin)

[L] verb, intransitive become straight; become right, correct

[LHH] noun calamity

[LHH] noun mockery

[LH] interrogative what

[LLL LLL] adverb unsteadily

[LLLH] adjective light in weight

[LH] verb, intransitive be tilted, bent stiffly over

[LHL] noun a kind of imported fish, herring

[HHH HLL] noun a low fence around a trap, it has one opening through which animals are driven

[HF] noun leaf; in its narrowest sense the term applies to leaves that are distributed along a stem in such a way that a person can remove several of them at a time by running his hand along the stem

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

[HH] verb, intransitive shine like cat eyes (said of a person’ s eyes when he is excited, or when he should be ashamed but isn’t); shine intensely, brightly

[HH] verb, intransitive talk in an angry, high-piched voice; ideophone: sound of a frightened, wounded dog

[HHL] noun man, male

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

[L] verb, intransitive shine, glitter, sparkle, reflect light (of a metal in the sun)

[LLH] verb, intransitive shift, make room, move aside, jerk, make a fuss (pl. of sịkke)

[HH] verb, transitive block, plug, stop up, obstruct

[LHL] noun [Eng] spirit (used in Christian church services) (var. sịbidịt)

[HL] noun shilling

[LH] verb, transitive place an order

[H] verb, transitive hollow out

[H] verb, transitive hit, hit the mark; knock against, knock down; throw down; drop

[HHH] verb, intransitive kneel

[LL] noun a pit dug to catch rainwater

[HH] noun rope

[LF] noun lack, scarcity

[LL] noun dish, plate, bowl

[HF HF] adverb slowly, carefully

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

[LHH] noun needle

[HHH] verb, intransitive become poor

[H] verb, transitive make an announcement

[H] verb, intransitive become full; swell