Ibibio English

[HF] noun dust

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HDH] noun chief, lord (traditional or religious)

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[LHLL] noun king

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[LLL] noun discrimination

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[HF] noun square basket woven of cane or rattan

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[LH] noun fence

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[HHH] noun a stomach ache with diarrhea

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[L] verb, transitive find and keep

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[HHH] verb, transitive ask, ask for

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[H] verb, intransitive stand

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[LH] verb order the night before in order to have the next day, book overnight, contact to but at a certain time (esp. palm wine, palm wine is generally bought in the morning when it is fresh)

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[HHH] verb, intransitive tip toe around stealthily, pussy-foot

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[HH] verb, transitive light, kindle

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[L] verb, intransitive live, be alive

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[HH] verb, transitive tell

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[HF] noun chin.

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[HF] noun a tree with small blue skinned fruits, their green flesh is softened before eating by roasting or by immersing in hot water, the softened flesh is similar to avocado but it is slightly sour, it is customarily accompanied by roasted maize, Bush butter tree

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHLL] noun blessing

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noun copulation

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[HHF] noun a kind of large edible snail.

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[HH] noun saliva.

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[H] verb, transitive be sated, make overfull (from eating).

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive remove pressure, stop pressing down see fige.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] verb, transitive forget.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive roast; set fire to; distill

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHLL] noun electricity

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[HH] noun rope.

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[LH] noun belly

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[HH] noun urine.

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[LH] noun thief; theft

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[HHF] noun dizziness, faintness

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[HHF] noun year

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[LL] noun a blow with the fist; a charm which enables the wearer to strike powerful blows

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[LH] number three

(Igbo) atọ

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[LLL HL] noun door hinge

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHH] noun caterpillar (general term)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

[L] verb, transitive turn around, turn back, turn around and go back (used with edem, asin a kpa edem).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive try to persuade, urge, importune, dun.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LH] verb, transitive; verb, transitive change, become different, differ, vary

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] ideophone sound of raw maize being pounded.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[L] verb, transitive hop on one leg, limp.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[H] verb, transitive loosen, untie, unrap, unfasten, dismantle.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[L] ideophone sound made by a bar of steel when it falls to the ground

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive crow, of a cock (plural form of kpọk)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] ideophone sound of something very light falling on the ground

Speaker: itoro ituen

[H] verb, transitive grind between two stones (small things such as beans, pepper); w pl kọọk cure, heal, perform juju for curing and certain other purposes (implies grinding medicines)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, intransitive knock, tap

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive (iv) become set (of a trap), become piled up, heaped up; (tv) cary piled up (a stack of bulky things such as books or firewood, walking is impeded)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHL] noun wing

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[LLLH] noun centipede

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[HDH] noun white (pl. of afia)

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[LH HDH] noun ring

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[LLHDH] noun a kind of small white mushroom

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[LHL] adjective small

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[LLHL] noun young men (pl. of akparawa).

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HLH] noun a kind of timber tree, Uapaca guineensis (Dalziel)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] noun a kind of timber tree, Uapaca guineensis (Dalziel)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHLHLL] noun butterfly

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH HL] noun eyebrow

[LLHD] noun groundnut

[HH] noun palm wine, strong alcohol

[HH] verb, transitive affect, influence (as in influence of alchohol or drug)

[LH] adjective fresh (not cooked, dried or smoked)

[HHH] noun a freshwater swamp where raffia palms grow

[HHH] noun race, competition

[HLHHH] noun effort, struggling; the matrimonial state

[HHH] noun an edible fern found in streams

[HH] noun sand

[LLL] noun a kind of small hot red or green pepper, Aframonum melegueta (Dalziel)

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

[LL] noun children, young of animals

[HH] noun the sour orange

[HHH] verb, intransitive become melted

[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

[HF LL] noun a kind of wire grass, Bahama grass (Adams)

[HH] verb, transitive abuse, humiliate

[H] verb, transitive choke, cause choking (as water in the windpipe)

[HH] verb, transitive block, plug, stop up, obstruct

[LH] verb, intransitive come down, descend

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

[HH] verb, intransitive walk in a slow, lazy, sloppy, or stealthy manner

[HH] verb, transitive touch; fig affect

[L] verb, transitive taste liquid, take a sip, sip

[H] verb, intransitive become stupid, retarded

[H] verb, transitive to contribute

[L] verb, transitive warn against; give information, inform

[HHF] noun the small of the back and the area immediately surrounding it

[LH] noun right (direction)

[HF] noun house

[HHHH] noun blood

[LH] noun guest, visitor

[HF] adverb slow, with care

[HF HF] adverb slowly, carefully

[LHH] noun needle

[HH] verb, transitive startle, surprise, take unawares (esp of an unexpected visitor)

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