Ibibio English

[LLL] noun God, god

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHL] noun man, male

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[LHL] adjective whole, complete

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[LH] noun circle formation for a game or dance

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[LH] noun fence

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[HH] noun fight

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[LLL] noun pot

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

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[HH] verb, intransitive fall off, snap off, drop off(ripe or dead fruit), fall out(of hair)

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[LL] adjective not even, even, none

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb shine (of sun or moon)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] verb, intransitive become bitter

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[HF] noun chin.

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[LHHH] noun big, huge.

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[HHHL] noun sacred place where family heirlooms are kept; archive.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun a kind of tree bearing an edible nut, Coula edulis (Dalziel).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun war; a society which celebrates past war glories, joining the society was possible at one time only for a man who had taken several heads, now it is done symbolically.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[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).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, intransitive become mouldy (of coconut, palm kernel).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun foot

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun a case

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[HH] noun uncultivated land, brush (used with the name of certain flora and fauna to mean wild); plot, plantation; followers, descendants, family, people of a particular place (many place names contain the word iikọt)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun thief; theft

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLHL] adjective burnt, scorched

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHF] noun a kind tuber with mushrooms growing on it, usked in preparing ikpan

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHLH] number eight

(Igbo) asato

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LF] noun impotent man

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[LH] noun foot race, running

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[LLL] noun young men, youths

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[H] prep. of time, place, cause, manner

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[HH] verb, transitive take an enema

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[HHH] verb, intransitive tie or wrap a cloth around ones own loins or waist

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive draw water, scoop up liquid (from a stream, well, pot)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[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)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive stand in a certain relative position, as in kpe iso or kp edem.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] verb, transitive plead, plead with, entreat, beg.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive watch, guard, look after

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] ideophone sound of the eka ibit (a large drum)

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LL] ideophone sound made by a heavy object (a person, coconut, a palm fruit cluster) when it falls to the ground

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive cut off the end of a periwinkle ( a kind of mollusk) so the fish can be sucked out.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[L] verb, transitive crow (of a cock).

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive choose, select

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HDH] noun white (pl. of afia)

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[LH] noun today

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[LH] noun grace, favour

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[LLHDH] noun a kind of small white mushroom

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HLHLHL] noun armpit

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[LLLLH HLL] noun a pool of water

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LHH] noun piece (variants: mkprok; nkprok).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHLLH HL] noun rough skin, tough skin

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HL] interj. what

[H] verb, transitive injure, wound

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

[HH] noun dream

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

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Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

[HLHHH] noun effort, struggling; the matrimonial state

[HHH] adjective new

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

[HHH] noun postherd

[LL] noun brass or copper bangles worn around the legs from ankle to thigh by fattened brides

[HH] noun a diseased condition of the skin on the legs involving pus filled swellings and cracking of the skin

[HH] noun a women’s society

[LL] noun children, young of animals

[LLH] verb, transitive smell, sniff (var. n̄uune)

[HH] verb, intransitive become sour

[HHH] noun a lump (of meat, a clay), a mass; a nest made by ants

[HHH] noun thorn, splinter, nail (fastener), needle

[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

[L] verb, intransitive become black

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

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

[HL] noun shilling

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

[F] noun tea

[LHL] noun pigeon

[LL] noun a pit dug in the ground, a ditch

[LLL] noun room

[HF] noun strength, force, power

[LLL HHL] noun fourth-born son

[HHH] noun a whistle

[LLHH] noun cloaca of a chicken, hindquarters of a chicken (?)

[LH] noun guest, visitor

[HD] phrase What day?

[LHH] noun needle

[HHH] noun any insect which pinches

[LH] verb, intransitive sneeze

[L] verb, transitive write

[HH] verb, transitive pinch

[LL] verb, transitive steal

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

[HH] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive adhere. stick, become sticky; hang; hang oneself; insist, persist; hang on to; pester; persecute; hate