Ibibio English

[LHLL] noun rice

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL] noun thunder

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[LLHL] noun a young man

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[LH] noun lizard

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[LHL] noun Adam’s apple

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[HD] quantifier other, another, more

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[LH] adjective stranger, visitor, sojourner, immigrant

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[HH] noun child, offspring

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[H] verb, intransitive be in a place, exist; seem, appear to be

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive lean something against, place against

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[LL] noun divulge secrets, inform, tattle, betray

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] verb, transitive pass, pass by, cross

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[L] verb, transitive reveal a secret, narrate a story, convey information, inform, relate, (all have derogatory connotation)

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[HH] verb, intransitive become rotten to the semi-liquid state, become decomposed, disintegrated (of an orange, a wet cracker, a dead body), become wet and messy, wet and sloppy, become watery to the point of nearly falling out

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[LL] verb, transitive remove from the embers what has been roasting there (plural of dappa)

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

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[LL] verb, transitive not know, doubt, have doub about, refuse to recognize

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[HH] verb, intransitive intend, wish.

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verb, transitive become smooth

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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

[HF] noun a kind of large antelope.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHF] noun spear.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun knee.

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[LHH] noun a kind of bitter fruit taken like kola, bitter kola, Garcinia kola (Dalziel).

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[LH] noun strange, alien.

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[LL] noun small; few; a little bit; smallness.

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[H] verb, transitive eat up a large quantity of food.

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[LL] number two

(Igbo) abụọ

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[HF] noun drum.

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[HF] noun arrow.

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[HH] noun lice (pl. of ndaN).

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[L.LH.HL] adjective bitter

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[HH] noun gonorrhea.

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[HH] noun deafness; deaf man

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[HDH] noun bird (generic term)

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[LHL] noun whistling

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[HF] noun earth, land, ground, floor, country, a council of elders

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[LHLL] noun a kind of bird, black with a white throat and a large beak (Goldie a small hornbill)

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[LL] noun hat, cap

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[HH] noun hip joint

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[HH] verb, intransitive ebb (of the tide)

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[HH] verb, transitive/ verb, intransitive close the eyes and turn the head aside in a gesture of disapproval

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive die perish; become exhausted, overcome; fade; heal

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[H] ideophone sound of bottle breaking (on the floor, on a basin, on metal).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HL] ideophone sound of wood breaking (ideophone)

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[L] verb, transitive restrain, prohibit, stop; warn; rebuke

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LL] verb, transitive stand in a relative position.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive slow down and walk carefully (as when one has seen something dangerous).

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] verb, transitive respect, esteem, honor, worship

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] verb, transitive become loose, untied, unfastened; fall apart

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LLH] noun banana

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[H] verb, intransitive become patient; hold back, have control

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[H] adverb here.

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[LH HDH] noun ring

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[LHL] adjective small

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

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[LHH] noun piece

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LHL] adjective without response

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

[HF] noun a power spirit generally associated with a particular place or group of people; some of these spirits inhabit the forest, others the water; each Ibibio clan has its own ndem; sacrifices are made to them and to certain festivals attached to them

[LLH] adjective alive; raw; fresh (of meat, fish, a wound)

[HHF] noun eczema

[LLL] adverb not even

[HLHHH] noun effort, struggling; the matrimonial state

[HH] noun descendants

[HHL] noun a powdered vegetable mixture used in juju sacrifices

[HHH] noun postherd

[LLL LLL] adverb unsteadily

[LH] verb, transitive singe

[LLLH] adjective light in weight

[L] verb, transitive intimidate, pressurize

[LHH] adjective wasted, empty, not being put to use, free

[HHHF] noun kerosine (English loanword)

[LF LL] noun dorsal fin of a fish

[LLLL] noun a kind of small rodent with a long snout

[LHH] noun a shrine

[LH] verb, intransitive make faces to scare a child

[H] verb, transitive drink; smoke

[LLH] verb, transitive give (pl. of nọ)

[HH] verb, transitive, verb, intransitive poke (with a sharp object, a stick) (esp to find where yams are below the ground) (var. sappa)

[HH] verb, transitive take out, remove, remove from

[HHH] verb, intransitive become disordered, disheveled; become smashed to bits

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

[LH] verb, transitive dip out, ladle out (with a spoon or the hand); beckon with the hand, touch slightly to get someone’s attention

[LL] ideophone describes a staggering walk

[LL] verb, transitive hurt a sore place by accident

[H] verb, intransitive urinate

[LHL] noun pigeon

[HHH] verb, intransitive kneel

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

[LL] noun second-born daughter

[LHL] noun rice

[LHH] noun needle

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

[H] verb, intransitive become many, become much

[L] verb, transitive cut into large pieces (as tree into logs, a fish into large chunks)

[HHH] verb, transitive satisfy (with food, information)