Ibibio English

[HDH] noun chief, lord (traditional or religious)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHH] noun settler

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[LHF] noun yawn

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[HF] noun square basket woven of cane or rattan

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[LHL] noun basket

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[HF] noun a kind of reed; a sleeping mat woven from reed

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[L] verb, transitive join a society, undergo the initiation for a society

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[HH] verb, intransitive become black, become ripe

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[LLH] verb, transitive answer a question, answer a call(in the latter case only used negatively, i.e. fail to answer a call)

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[HH] verb, transitive add, put together, stick, glue

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[HH] verb, intransitive become mischievous, wicked

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[HH] verb, transitive climb (tree, hill)

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[HHF] noun porcupine.

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[LH] noun an uncircumcised man or woman.

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[HF] noun shore, harbor, port.

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[HH] noun saliva.

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[HHH] verb, intransitive become thin, light in weight, lightened (of a load); become light on the feet, sprightly.

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[L] ideophone sound made by a ripe pawpaw or avocado when it falls to the ground.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive remove water with a bowl from where it is not wanted (esp bail out a boat), scoop liquid from one container to another.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive cover (a person with a blanket, food with a cloth, a house with a roof, a hole with dirt, but not used for cover something with its own cover) cf kup.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HLHL] noun red

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[HF] noun arrow.

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[HH] noun gonorrhea.

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[HF] noun pus

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[HH] noun the area from the waist to the hips

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[HF] noun earth, land, ground, floor, country, a council of elders

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] number three

(Igbo) atọ

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[HF] noun advice

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[LH] noun cassava (the term includes varieties of Manihot utilissima and Dioscorea dumetorum

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[HH] noun hip joint

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[HHL] noun blood

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[L] verb, intransitive become able, know how; tv surpass, excel (used in making com- parisons), triumph over, beat (win)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, intransitive rise, puff, swell (of rice in cooking, of bread); become conceited, swell-headed

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] transitive verb call, invite, read

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

Speaker: itoro ituen

[HH] verb, transitive become puckered (of the mouth from acid, of the hands from immersion in water).

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HL] ideophone sound of wood breaking (ideophone)

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[LH] verb, transitive construct a framework

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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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive stand in a relative position.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] verb, transitive become late; take a long time; continue in time

Speaker: itoro ituen

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] ideophone sound of an automatic horn.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] verb, transitive become restless; make rapid, jittery movements, fire crackling, wood breaking; describes the action of starting up in fright

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LL] verb, transitive crow, of a cock (plural form of kpọk)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] ideophone sound made by a heavy round object such as a coconut or palm fruit cluster when it falls to the ground

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, intransitive cough

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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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[LL] verb, transitive slow down and walk cautiously as when one sees danger, or because of mud

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[HH] noun itch, rash, crawcraw

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[HH] verb, transitive contort the face or mouth to show disgust

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[LH HD] noun ring

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[HHH] noun small sticks used to support young yam shoots

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LF HL] noun skin of the vagina

[HH HL] noun outer part of the vagina - labia majora

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHL] adjective small

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun thing, something; matter event. This is one of the most productive words in Ibibio, it serves as any unspecified subject or object

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LH] noun yesterday (in a context of past), tomorrow (in a context of future), (loosely) two or three days in the past or future.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] verb, transitive frown, screw up the face, have an unhappy, disgusted, distasteful or disapproving look on the face

[LH] roar (of thunder)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] verb, transitive open the eyes wide (in surprise because something is in the eye, to scare someone)

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

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Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHHH] adjective toughness and coarseness in texture due to exposure to the sun or other causes

[HLL] noun prickly heat

[LLL] noun wickedness, maliciousness

[HLHHH] noun a struggle

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

[HH] verb, transitive disappear; sg only dive

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

[LHH] noun sperm, semen

[LL] adjective small, few

[LLL] noun a kind of small hot red or green pepper, Aframonum melegueta (Dalziel)

[LLHF] noun a plant with hot peppery fruit and leaves which are chewed esp with palm wine

[LLH] noun basket

[LF LL] noun dorsal fin of a fish

[HHH] noun crust from burnt food

[L] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive to be able to, know how to, master

[LH] verb, transitive strike on the head with the knuckles made in a fist

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

[HH] verb, intransitive to be clean; to acquit, find innocent

[H] ideophone sound of splashing water

[HH] verb, intransitive become tough and coarse in texture due to exposure to the sun or other causes and unable to be softened by cooking

[HHH] verb, intransitive become disordered, disheveled; become smashed to bits

[LH] verb, intransitive lie

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

[L] verb, transitive taste (food, drink)

[L] ideophone describes water falling drop by drop

[H] verb, intransitive increase

[HH] noun weight

[HF] noun strength

[LLL] noun fate, luck

[HF] noun animal (gen term), meat

[LH] numeral three

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

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

[H] verb, transitive suck

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

[LL] verb, transitive warm food, reheat afere (soup) (until it is very hot) (pl. of jọk)