Ibibio English

[LL] number forty

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[LHH] adjective young, not full grown

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[HH] noun mosquito

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[LLHF] noun world

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[LHL] noun rice

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[LLLL] noun wall

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[LLL] noun discrimination

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[HHH] noun stew, soup

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[HHF] noun chameleon

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[LLL] noun hut, improvised temporary shelter(in the bush or at the fishing ponds)

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[LHH] noun top, apex

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[HHHH] adjective male (used with all animal names except those few which have a special word for the male); yielding little, unproductive

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

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[LH] verb, intransitive lean against, lean on(for help)

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[LL] verb, transitive bury

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[HL] noun headtie

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[HH] verb, transitive lick (a spoon or the fingers in eating), eat something soft of liquid with a spoon or fingers

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[HHH] verb, intransitive itch

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[LL] verb, transitive scratch, itch

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[HHH] verb, transitive; verb, intransitive shout at, bawl at, scold; shock.

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[HLL] verb, intransitive move about here and there doing many things at once, look busy, become busy

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[HF] noun a bundle of ten, twenty, fifty, etc..

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[LHLL] noun rice.

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[HHF] noun spear.

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[LLL] noun world.

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[LL] noun tomach; a bag-like object esp one containing air; a musical instrument of the accordian type; a kind of thumb piano made of wood of calabash with metal keys; a play in which the thumb piano is used.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHF] noun a kind of large edible snail.

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[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.

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[L] verb, intransitive dodge, duck, move aside, move away, move out of the way; tv dodge.

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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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[HHF] noun divination; a society devoted to divining, fortune telling.

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[HH] noun country, nation, tribe, clan, group of people esp foreigners; a group who follow a leader; household; humanity, human nature.

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[HH] noun a small round leech found in dry mudflows.

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[HH] noun fire.

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[LH] adjective big

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[HF] noun cocoyam, colocasia esculentum (Dalziel)

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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)

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[HF] noun salt

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[HH] verb, transitive hold in the arms or hands; have, keep; owe; use; treat, behave towards

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[LLH] transitive verb remove palm fruit from the pot with a basin or calabash

[HH] verb, intransitive become high, tall, elevated

[HH] transitive verb call, invite, read

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[HLL] adverb never ever.

Speaker: itoro ituen

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

Speaker: itoro ituen

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LL] verb, transitive prepare, get ready.

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] ideophone sound of raw maize being pounded.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] verb, transitive catch in the hands

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[L] verb, intransitive fail to come about, fail to materialize; fail to carry out

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

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[HL] noun government; white colonial officer; English consul

[LHH] noun limb (of an animal); hoof; nails

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[L] verb, transitive swallow

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[HHHL] noun a kind of plant with small bitter fruits

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

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

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[LL] noun foot

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[LLHDH] noun a kind of small white mushroom

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

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

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[LF LL] noun a childrens game in which sticks are passed around quickly and players try not to accumulate them

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[LHLLH HL] noun rough skin, tough skin

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[LL] pronoun my

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

[LL] conjunction with, and

[HLHH] noun little bits of mischief, pranks, crafty, manipulations

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

[LHH] noun calamity

[HF HL] noun smoke; steamboat, ship

[LH] noun a small plant, its leaves are irritating to the skin, Urera mannii

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[LL] noun the area around the ears and under the jaw

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

[HHH] verb, intransitive become mixed, kneaded, mashed, smashed, run over

[LH] verb, transitive squeeze (a fruit, a wet cloth). press (oil from ayop), milk

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

[HHH] noun crust from burnt food

[LL] ideophone sound of dry cloth or paper crumbling

[HH] verb, transitive look at

[LLH] verb, intransitive dawn, enter a new day, remain until the new day, make it through the night

[HHH] verb, transitive disturb, stir

[LL] verb, transitive take fire, carry fire

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

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

[HH] verb, intransitive weep, cry

[LH] noun calamity

[LH] noun birth mark

[HH] adjective new

[HHH] noun a whistle

[HF] noun slavery (var. ufʌn)

[HF] noun lot, quantity, instance of

[LLL] noun universe

[HF] adverb slow, with care

[HHH] noun beach; sandbar

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

[H] verb, transitive soothe, pat, rock a child

[HH] verb, transitive mix; adulterate (as palm wine by adding water)

[H] verb, transitive cause a desire in, a craving for, a longing for

[HH] verb, transitive, verb, intransitive see at an unexpected time or place, occur unexpectedly, do unexpectedly

[H] verb, transitive turn, mix, stir