Ibibio English

[HHL HF] noun a tattler

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[HHH] noun shoulder

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[HDH] quantitative other, another, more

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[LLL] noun crocodile

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[HL] noun priest

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[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

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[HH] noun group, flock, herd

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[HH] noun child, offspring

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[H] verb, transitive sharpen

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[LL] adjective not even, even, none

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[LH] verb, transitive pass, pass by, cross

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[LH] verb, transitive imitate

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[LL] verb, transitive remove from the embers what has been roasting there (plural of dappa)

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[HHH] verb, intransitive rejoice, become happy

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[HH] verb, intransitive ripen, become ripe, red (plural of dat)

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[L] verb, intransitive stay over-night, spend the night

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[HHH] verb, transitive swoosh, shake, rinse water around in the mouth or bottle.

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[H] verb, transitive; verb, intransitive marry

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[HF] noun pig.

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[HH] noun meat, rat.

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[HF] noun cattle, bovine.

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[HHL] noun elephant.

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[LHH] noun mockery.

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[LH] noun the olden days, ancient past; time immemorial.

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[LL] verb, transitive climb a large tree by putting the arms around it and moving up on the belly, shinny up a pole (pl. of fap).

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[HHHH ] verb, transitive; verb, intransitive turn, twist, twist around, twist together (poss involves a more complete turn or twist than fiak); iv become twisted (of its own accord); turn (of a wheel).

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[HH] noun rope.

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

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[HHF] noun bird (generic term)

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[HF] noun walk, journey; gait

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

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[HHL] noun garbage pit, refuse pit

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[LH] noun neck, throat; desire, greed

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[HH] noun hip joint

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[LLF] noun [Eng] cigarette

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[LLH, LL] verb, transitive become flat (of something that should swell or be rounded).

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

Speaker: itoro ituen

[LH] verb, transitive construct a framework

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[LL] verb, transitive prepare, get ready.

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[L] ideophone sound made by ekOmO drums, the small one goes kpim or kpom or kum, the large one goes kpim or kum.

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[H] verb, transitive become big

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[HH] verb, transitive become contrary (es. to show off)

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[H] adverb only

Speaker: itoro ituen

[HHH] verb, transitive push aside with disdain, postpone, shake off responsibility

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[HHH] verb, intransitive become curved, crooked, not straight (esp of a road or branch of a tree)

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[LH] verb, intransitive snap, break from too much strain (of a rope); sg only break away, leave a place and rush to another

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[HL] noun cup (esp. a metal or enamel cup); cigarette tin or other container used as a unit of measure for beans, rice, gari

[HHL] noun wing

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[HHH] noun dirt, refuse, garbage

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[HF] noun engagement (before marriage)

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[HD] interjection please

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[LL] noun scar, welt

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[HH] noun itch, rash, crawcraw

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[HH] noun penis

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[LH] noun grace, favour

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[LH HD] noun ring

[HH] noun a natural covering, skin scab

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[LF] noun scar

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[HHF] noun a kind of white yam

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[LH] noun a kind of yam, fast ripening, it grows in an udder-like formation

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[LH] roar (of thunder)

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[HL] verb, intransitive become wealthy

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

[LLLL] noun error, fault; a fine (var. ndude)

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

[LHH] noun yam stake, a stick placed in the ground for the yam plant to climb on

[HHH] noun picture, photo, film, spectacle

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[HHF] noun eczema

[HHHH] noun bedbug, cimex rotundata (in Ibibio bugs pinch rather than bite)

[HFHF] noun a kind of small mushroom which grows on dead trees, it can be white, red, or brown

[HH] noun descendants

[LHH] noun mockery

[HHL] noun a powdered vegetable mixture used in juju sacrifices

[HH] noun face, front, future

[LLL] noun mist, fog

[LL] noun children, young of animals

[HH] noun the young of an animal

[LL] verb, intransitive crawl (of a baby, a snake)

[HH] verb, intransitive become dry (pl. of sat)

[HHHH] verb, intransitive make a sound of disgust, disapproval, impatience, contempt (var. siama)

[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 sixpence

[HH] verb, transitive chop

[H] verb, intransitive walk with small quick half running steps as when carrying a heavy load

[H] verb, transitive chew, eat something hard or chewable (meat, nuts, coconut). chew, eat away (of diseases that destroy tissue); burn

[LH] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive become slack, loose, reduced; slacks loosen; slacken, loosen, lower, reduce in height

[L] verb, transitive put down, set down (a pot on the fire); cook, boil

[H] verb, transitive eject, hurl, throw, shoot, sting

[LH] verb, transitive stop from happening, thwart, blunt

[HH] noun rope

[HF] noun mortar

[LHH] noun right (direction)

[LL] noun your mother

[HHH] noun feast

[LLL] noun congealed secretions

[HH] verb, transitive pinch

[HH] verb, intransitive wander (aimlessly or with a purpose), go here and there (of one who has many places to go and many things to do)

[HH] verb, transitive make an announcement in several places

[H] verb, transitive make an announcement

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