Ibibio English

[HF] noun dust

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[H.HL] noun shame

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[HH] noun mosquito

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[HHL] noun sexual organ of snail

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[HHH] noun comb

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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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[LL] noun jar, jug for storage of water

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

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[LH] verb, transitive play

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[L] verb shine (of sun or moon)

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[LH] verb, intransitive set off, depart, leave, move away, become wild, troublesome (of a child)

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[HHH] verb, intransitive itch

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[LH] verb, intransitive fierce, brave, valiant, dare, become hot, burn (of pepper), become sarp, function work (of medicine, magic)

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[H] verb, intransitive (copula) be

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[HH] verb, intransitive intend, wish.

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[H] verb, transitive hide

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[L] verb, transitive weave, knit, spin

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

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[LH] noun disease involving swelling of the testes; an insult (if a person called another person efik and make a fist it is a challenge to fight).

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[LHHH] noun big, huge.

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[HH] noun tree trunk (the oart between the roots and the crown); a log left by the side of the river to wash clothes on.

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[HF] noun cattle, bovine.

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

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[HH] noun grey hair; mould (on food, leather)

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[HH] verb, transitive turn, twist, twirl, spin; iv turn (of a wheel); repeat (always followed by another verb).

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[HH] verb, intransitive shrink, become shrunken (of fruits, people).

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[HHH] verb, transitive torture.

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[HF] noun a kind of small crocodile (Goldie monitor lizard) cf afiom, utai.

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[HHL] noun men (pl. of owodeen).

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[HHH] noun whirlwind.

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[HH] noun fire.

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[HH] noun a case

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[HH] noun skin, leather, anything worn around the waist, a belt (esp. a covering of beads around the waist (many strings of beads worn together)); a razor strop

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[LHL] noun muteness, dumbness; a mute

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[LH] noun parrot

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[HHL] noun cooking hearth

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[LF] noun impotent man

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[LH] verb, transitive go to, go for

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[L] verb, intransitive become able, know how; tv surpass, excel (used in making com- parisons), triumph over, beat (win)

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

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[LH] verb, transitive construct a framework

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[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.

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[HH] ideophone sound of an automobile horn

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: itoro ituen

[L] ideophone sound of the fall of a very heavy object such as a concrete block or a huge bag of flour, it falls with a thud

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] verb, transitive peel with hand or knife, unlock

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

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[LH] verb, transitive remove from a hook, remove what hangs, unentangle (esp. wipe awy strands of cobweb) (rev. of kọp [L])

[LLH] verb, transitive remove from a hook, remove what hangs, unentangle (esp. wipe away strands of cobweb) (rev. of kọp [L])

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

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[HH] noun penis

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[LH HD] noun ring

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[LHHH] noun a large calabash used as a buoy for nets

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[LL] noun foot

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[LLH] noun a creeping plant with tiny leaves, Selaginella scandens

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[LLLLH HLL] noun a pool of water

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LHLHLL] noun butterfly

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LHHLHL] noun butterfly

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[H] verb, transitive groan (of a sick person)

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[LLL] noun, adjective cold, wet

[HF] noun a kind of small fish

[LLLH] noun business

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

[HHH] adjective new

[HLLH] noun ant

[LHH] noun scum

[HHH] noun an edible fern found in streams

[HH] noun descendants

[HH] noun face, front, future

[LL] noun children, young of animals

[LLH] adjective granular, in grains

[HH] verb, intransitive become tough and coarse in texture due to exposure to the sun or other causes and unable to be softened by cooking

[L] verb, intransitive become enough, sufficient, complete

[HH] verb, transitive grab as much as possible with one hand

[HH] verb, transitive take out, remove, remove from; put forth, bring forth

[HH] verb, transitive remove a plug, an obstacle, unblock;

[LL] verb, intransitive tiptoe, walk on tiptoe

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

[LL] verb, intransitive become supple

[HH] verb, transitive awaken

[HF] noun strength

[HF] noun mortar

[HH] noun oppression

[HHHH] noun a creature (fish? serpent?) which stretches the whole length of a river or sea

[LLH] noun ability

[LF] noun cassava fufu, it has no smell due to being well soaked before cooking

[LH] noun cssave fufu, it has no smell due to being well soaked before cooking

[LLL] noun universe

[HF] noun chicken, fowl

[LHL] noun rice

[LL] noun dish, plate, bowl

[HF HF] adverb slowly, carefully

[HHH] noun feast

[HH] noun childhood

[LH] verb, transitive lose feathers

[H] noun child, offspring

[HH] verb, intransitive become sufficient, up to the mark