Ibibio English

[HHH] adjective new

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL] noun thunder

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[LHL] adjective whole, complete

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[HHL] noun forest

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[LHHH] adjective big, huge

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[HHHH] noun thought, meditation, hope, expectation, consideration, care

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[HL] noun priest

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[LL] noun the first wife

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[HHL] noun man, male

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[H] verb, intransitive become cheap due to oversupply, go aground(of a boat)

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[HH] verb, intransitive fall off, snap off, drop off (e.g. a ripe or dead fruit), fall off/out (e.g. hair, teeth)

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[H] verb, transitive make round, roundish(rather wet thing esp by putting eg clay, fufu)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, intransitive become rotten (esp. of edible things), spoil (of improperly dried fish, it gets mould on it), sour

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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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[L] verb, transitive receive, take back, accept; endure

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[HHH] verb, intransitive tip toe around stealthily, pussy-foot

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[LH] verb, intransitive fall, fall down

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[LLH] verb, intransitive spill

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[L] verb, transitive send, send for, send to (a person or a message), send for a nefarious purpose, pl esp instigate stimulate a desire in, cause longing in

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH ] verb, transitive wipe up, dab, take a bit(of food to taste, of cream on the finger) pl cleam up, clean away; wipe up a liquid or semiliquid substance(water, faeces)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHLL] noun blessing

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[HH] noun knee.

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[LL] noun mother.

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[LL] noun bag, pocket; a piece of woven raffia before or after being sewn into a bag.

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noun copulation

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[LL] noun small; few; a little bit; smallness.

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[LL] noun millipede.

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[HHL] noun women, wives

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[HH] noun sleep.

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[L.LH.HL] adjective bitter

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[LHL] noun reasoning power, common sense, intellect.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun laughter

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[LHL] noun muteness, dumbness; a mute

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LF; HF] noun yam barn (a place where yams are stored for the next planting season)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

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[HH] verb, intransitive ebb (of the tide)

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[H] verb, intransitive; ideophone blink w anjen eye; describes something that flickers

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[L] verb, transitive perceive, feel, sense, taste, hear; understand; listen to, heed; respond to

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

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[H] 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).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] verb, transitive push a heavy object for a distance; shove away from a distance (as an insect with a long stick); wheel, roll, push something on wheels.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive plead, plead with, entreat, beg

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] ideophone sound of abodom being played with bamboo sticks in sending a message

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[HH] verb, transitive cut through, cut off; pl chop.

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[LL] ideophone sound made by someone walking in studded shoes.

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[HH] verb, transitive clear, sweep remaining bits of afere (soup) from a plate with the hand or a piece of fufu.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive call, read aloud, invite

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] verb, intransitive exhibit pride

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

[HH] verb, intransitive bleat (of a goat or sheep), low (of a cow)

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[LH] verb, intransitive become born

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[LH] noun the side of the face from temple to jaw

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[HHL] noun dew dripping from the trees

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[LL] noun scar, welt

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[HH] verb, transitive hit, strike, beat

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HHLHL] noun a kind of insect (similar to millipede)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun a seat without a back

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HL] interj. what

[HHH] noun button

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

[L] ideophone sound of nails being driven

[LHHH] adjective secret

[LH] noun dew, moisture on leaves

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

[LLL] noun children, young animals (used as pl. of ayin, nyịn)

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

[HL] noun two hundred (from an old monetary system)

[LLLH] noun evening (dusk till dawn) (var. mbubịre)

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

[LL] verb, transitive doubt, argue, dispute

[LH] verb, intransitive bend a part of the body, bend all the way over; become bent

[HH] verb, intransitive become sweet, delicious, tasty, enjoyable (of food or drink only)

[HHH] noun crust from burnt food

[LLLL] noun a kind of small rodent with a long snout

[HHHH] noun young curled cocyam leaf

[LLH] adjective granular, in grains

[HH] verb, transitive look at

[HH] verb, transitive cluck at to show annoyace or disgust

[LH] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive hang down; weigh down, lower (as wet clothes lower a line or heavy fruits on a branch)

[LH] noun a kind of grey rock which is crushed to a powder and used as a cosmetic for the eyes

[HH] verb, transitive make a knot, tie around and knot

[LL] verb, intransitive become supple

[HHH] verb, transitive disturb, disorder (the vegetation in passing by, the water entering it)

[H] verb, transitive swell, rise as dough

[LL] verb, transitive curse, use abusive words (pl. of tọk)

[LLH] noun ability

[HH] noun miser, tight-fisted person

[HH] noun sand on the shore

[LLH] noun spider web

[HHH] noun any insect which pinches

[HH] verb, transitive startle, surprise, take unawares (esp of an unexpected visitor)

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

[L] verb, intransitive wilt, melt, dissolve, digest; become lazy, become weak

[HHH] verb, transitive satisfy (with food, information)

[HH] verb, intransitive satisfy (with food, information)

[LH] verb, transitive doubt, surprise