Ibibio English

[HHL HF] noun a tattler

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHL HF] noun town, village

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[HHH] noun cold, cattarrh

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[LHL] noun Adam’s apple

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[HH] noun the sediment which sinks to the bottom of the pot when palm oil is boiled after being extracted from the fruit, dregs

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[HH] noun group, flock, herd

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[HH] noun person, human being; someone

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[LH] verb, intransitive belch

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[H] verb, transitive tie, bind

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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] adverb there, in that place, (near the person spoken to), there

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[HHH] verb, transitive swoosh, shake, rinse water around in the mouth or bottle.

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

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noun copulation

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[HHL] noun the first shoost of a plant to come up.

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[LF] noun message; fame.

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[LLLH] verb, transitive blow out through the nose, blow the nose, snort (at).

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[LL] noun extra-marital sex.

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[HF] noun piassava, the fiber from the trunk of ukOt (rafia palm).

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[LH] noun a tiny fragrant leaf used to season soup.

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[HF] noun laughter

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[HH] noun deafness; deaf man

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[LH] noun parrot

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[LLLL] noun hippopotamus

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[LL] ideophone sound of shoes with heels

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[HH] transitive verb call, invite, read

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[HH] verb, transitive pull up, hoist up, draw in (as in a fishing net)

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[HLL] adverb never ever.

Speaker: itoro ituen

[HH] verb, transitive fold, fold over (arms, paper, cloth, leaves) - plural form of kpan̄

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[H] verb, transitive plead, plead with, entreat, beg

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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 soil, dirty.

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[LLH] verb, intransitive become tough, hard (of meat, rubber, wood); become difficult (of a task)

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[HH] verb, transitive become contrary (es. to show off)

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

Speaker: itoro ituen

[LLH] verb, transitive hit, beat, hollow or flat sounds

Speaker: itoro ituen

[H] verb, transitive catch sight of (see)

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[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)

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[HH] verb, transitive hang (on a hook, peg, line); spread out to dry; hook, link, lock, entangle (pl. of kọp [L])

[HHL] noun specialist, practitioner (pl. of abia)

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[LLH] noun banana

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[HF] noun engagement (before marriage)

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[HHHH] noun kind of plant, where it is found the soil is fertile, its leaves contain an acidic liquid used for cleaning wounds and cleaning snails, its stem is chewed, bush cane, Costus after (Dalziel)

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[LLL] noun sugar cane, Saccarum officinarum (Dalziel)

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

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[HH] noun cheek

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LHF] noun tree, big/heavy log of wood

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[HF] noun sandfly

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[LHH] noun wheel (bare without a tire)

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[LLL] noun a kind of palm oil obtained by burning the palm kernel, its uses include pomade for the skin, medicine for boils and wounds, antidote for poison, (taken as an emetic), protection against juju

[LLL HD] noun plaintain

[LL] conjunction and, with

[LH] roar (of thunder)

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[HHH] verb, intransitive become watery, thin and soft

[H] ideophone sound of a bell

[LLL] noun children, young animals (used as pl. of ayin, nyịn)

[HHH] noun something rotten

[L] verb, intransitive become pleasant, enjoyable, sweet

[HFHF] noun a kind of small mushroom which grows on dead trees, it can be white, red, or brown

[LLH] interrogative noun what?

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

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[HH] noun sand

[LL] conjunction where

[LLH] verb, transitive smell, sniff

[LH] verb, intransitive verbal aggression

[LHL] noun a kind of imported fish, herring

[HHHH HL] noun wrist watch

[HHHF] noun kerosine (English loanword)

[HHF] noun hiccup

[LLL] noun an insect of the grasshopper type, it is tan, grey or mottled

[HHHLLLHL] noun locust

[LLHL] noun a kind of edible snail, small with a lightweight shell

[HHH] verb, transitive scratch the ground (of an animal, of children at play); toss away what is rejected from a sorting process (pl. of sara)

[HL] ideophone describes something that passes by very fst (as a car speeds by or an insect flies by)

[H] pronoun what, who which

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

[HHH] verb, intransitive become foolish, stupid (pl. of sịme)

[LH] noun [Eng] cigarette

[LL] verb, transitive take fire, carry fire

[LL] verb, transitive put down, set down (a pot on the fire); cook, boil, prepare afere (soup) (pl. of tem)

[F] noun tea

[HHHH] verb, intransitive scream, shout at, often with mkpo (var. tiara)

[LL] verb, intransitive become supple

[LL] verb, transitive polish, scrub; grate (pl. of tʌk)

[H] verb, transitive to contribute

[H] verb, intransitive increase

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

[HH] noun leg and/or foot; bottom, base; elongation, extension, movement, means, mode

[LHD] noun a kind of fish with a hard skull and whiskers, good to east (Goldie: a species of catfish); (var akpakot)

[LLL] noun universe

[LH] noun guest, visitor

[LL] noun fufu, anything pounded for fufu, anything cut with the fingers from a mass and swallowed in balls along with afere (soup)

[HHH] noun feast

[LHH] noun a kind of frog

[LL] noun quarrel

[LL] verb, transitive lend; borrow

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

[H] noun child, offspring

[LL] verb, transitive warm food, reheat afere (soup) (until it is very hot) (pl. of jọk)