Ibibio English

[HF] noun a bundle, a bundle of long, stiff objects, a bundle of twenty

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun mosquito

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[HHL] noun man, male

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[HHH] noun comb

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[HHH] noun trap, ordeal

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[LHL] adjective whole, complete

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[HH] noun a fence of shrubbery planted to indicate a boundary and provide privacy

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[HHH] noun okra, okro

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[LLL HLL] noun strong waves, sea currents, tempest

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[LHH] noun needle

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[HF] noun cluster (of fruit, e.g grapes)

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

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[HH] verb, intransitive become unsalted, unseasoned, become deficient

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

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[L] verb shine (of sun or moon)

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[HH] verb, intransitive sleep

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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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[H] adverb there, in that place, (near the person spoken to), there

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

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[HH] verb, transitive become sick, become sick with

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[HF] noun the area of the lower abdomen around the bladder.

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[LHLL] noun rice.

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[HF] noun leopard or any of the big cats; a mens society so named from the way they use drums to imitate the sound of a leopard.

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[HHH] noun kidney, heart.

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[HHF] noun a kind of large edible snail.

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[LHF] noun grandfather (paternal or maternal).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun millipede.

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[HHH] verb, intransitive become stuck in, wedge in, fixed between; tv carry under the arm.

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[HH] verb, intransitive become jealous, envious often.

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[LL] verb, transitive hold something in the mouth or between the lips without biting down.

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[LHH] noun standing; height, stature, position; moment in time, time, time when.

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[LHL] noun electricity

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[LHLL] noun electricity

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[HHF] noun gorilla (Goldie baboon, chimpanzee).

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[LLLL] noun hippopotamus

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[LF] noun impotent man

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[HHH] noun nose

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

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[LLH] verb, transitive gather up, take, pick up (pl. of ben [H] gather, take up, pick up)

[LH] verb, transitive construct a framework

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[H] verb, transitive judge a case

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[HHH] verb, transitive cut (esp many small sticks and brush as when clearing land for farming (pl. of kpIkke)

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[H] ideophone sound of a short blast on the horn of a small automobile.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: itoro ituen

[LLH] verb, transitive become tough, hard (of meat, rubber, wood)

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] adverb only

Speaker: itoro ituen

[HH] verb, transitive cover (esp obscure from view)

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[H] verb, intransitive cough

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[LL] verb, transitive knock

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[LLH] noun banana

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[HF] noun engagement (before marriage)

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[LL] verb, transitive slacken; relax the body or part of the body

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[HF] noun leaf (gen term esp for leaves which are not eaten)

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[HH] noun penis

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[HH] verb, transitive hit, strike, beat

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

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[LLHDH] noun a kind of small white mushroom

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[HH] noun shout, scream, outcry

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[HHLHHL] noun buttefly

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[HHH HL] noun shin

[LHHH] noun skull

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[LHH] noun handcuffs, leg cuffs, shackles

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HHHH] noun a dish of ground beans with oil, pepper and other condiment steamed in leaves (Yoruba)

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

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[HLL] noun prickly heat

[LLH] adverb perhaps

[LL] verb, intransitive walk with legs apart (like a person who has a boil, or something between his legs)

[HHH] noun an edible fern found in streams

[LH] noun a rattle, musical instrument filled with seeds or pebbles which is shaken; strings of seeds worn around ankles and wrists to make noise when dancing

[HF HL] noun smoke; steamboat, ship

[LH] numeral third, three

[HH] noun a women’s society

[LL] verb, transitive push, push over, push aside, shove

[HH] verb, transitive, verb, intransitive have; intransitive: sg only have to, must; appear to be, exist

[LF] noun my grandmother

[LLLL] noun a large bird with long colorful feathers, it lives near the river; a play connected with ekpe society, by the old men of the society, many drums are used

[HHHLLLHL] noun locust

[LLHL] noun a kind of edible snail, small with a lightweight shell

[HHH] noun water

[HH] noun weeds, grass

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

[LLH] verb, intransitive lament, complain, regret

[LH] verb, intransitive faint, lose consciousness; become lowered

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

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

[H] verb, transitive spread, loosen, untie, unlock, unwind, open, melt

[H] verb, transitive cut bush, clear bush

[LH] verb, intransitive sit, stay; appear, seem

[LH] verb, intransitive become sluggish

[HHH] verb, transitive cause confusion, disturb

[LHH] adjective buying, shopping

[HH] noun sliminess, stickiness, a viscous secretion

[HH] noun weavil

[LF] noun a kind of fresh water eel

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

[LH] verb, transitive lose feathers

[H] verb, intransitive swim; become loose