Ibibio English

[LLL] noun valley, abyss, chasm, gorge

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[HHH] noun comb

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[HHH] noun cold, cattarrh

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[HHH] noun stew, soup

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[HHF] noun chameleon

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[LH] subj, obj. pronoun he, she, it, him, her, it

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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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[LHLL] noun hiccup

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[HHL] noun sunshine, the suns rays, daylight; weather, season, time, the times

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[HH] verb, intransitive become black, become ripe

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[HL] noun headtie

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[H] verb, intransitive stand

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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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[H] verb, transitive hide

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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

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[HF] noun a hump on the back.

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[HH] noun a kind of tree bearing an edible nut, Coula edulis (Dalziel).

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[HHF] noun a kind of large bat found in the bush, fruit bat.

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[HHH] verb, intransitive become stuck in, wedge in, fixed between; tv carry under the arm.

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[HH] verb, intransitive become hot, warm.

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[LL] verb, transitive remove water with a bowl from where it is not wanted (esp bail out a boat), scoop liquid from one container to another.

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

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[LLL] noun wall

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[HH] noun medicine, cure, poison, talisman, juju.

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[HHL] noun crazyness, mad person.

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

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[LH LH] adjective worthless; fruitless; in vain

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[LL] noun river

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[LHL] noun coal tar

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[LHLH] number eight

(Igbo) asato

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[HH] noun vagina

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[HHH] noun nose

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[HH] noun fish (general)

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[H] verb, transitive deny, refute, prove innocent

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

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[HH] verb, transitive wrap cloth around someone; fig buy cloth for elderly relations (pl. of kIn)

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

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[HLL] adverb never ever.

Speaker: itoro ituen

[HL] ideophone sound of wood breaking (ideophone)

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[HH] verb, transitive die, perish; become exhausted, overcome; fade; heal (pl. of kpa)

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LLH] verb, transitive alter, change, become different, differ, vary

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] verb, transitive peel with hand or knife (as kola, ndiya, cassava); unlock; bleach.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[H] verb, transitive leave a place, abandon, go away, leave alone

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: itoro ituen

[LL] verb, transitive close; shut in, confine; completely (emphatic)

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[L] verb, transitive retch, vomit gen used w ibọk medicine, udia food

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[HH] verb, intransitive ref. hang, hang on oneself, choke

[LL] verb, transitive eat palm fruit, a palm kernel, or a bit of meat by putting it in the mouth and turning it about slowly removing the flesh

[HDH] noun piece, half piece

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[HHL] noun wing

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[HF] noun engagement (before marriage)

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[L] verb, transitive swallow

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[LLL] noun path, narrow place, space, gap

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LL] noun foot

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[H.HL] noun sandfly

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[LHLLHLL] noun butterfly

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LHHH] noun skull

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[LHH] noun handcuffs, leg cuffs, shackles

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LHLLH HL] noun rough skin, tough skin

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[H] verb, intransitive; verb, transitive undulate, wriggle (in the manner of a maggot); dance with undulating movement

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[L] verb, transitive blind

[HHHH] adjective toughness and coarseness in texture due to exposure to the sun or other causes

[LLL] adverb not even

[HLHHH] noun effort, struggling; the matrimonial state

[HHH] noun an edible fern found in streams

[LH] noun a rattle, musical instrument filled with seeds or pebbles which is shaken; strings of seeds worn around ankles and wrists to make noise when dancing

[HDH] interrogative noun what?

[LLL] noun mould

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

[LH] verb, intransitive verbal aggression

[LLH] verb, transitive peep into (a matter, house); peep out (without being noticed), peep at

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

[LH] noun over there, yonder (refers to a narrow area)

[LH] noun oyster

[LLH] adjective granular, in grains

[LLH] verb, intransitive wander around, walk about (pl. of san̄a)

[LLH] verb, intransitive lament, complain, regret

[LL] verb, transitive hate, dislike

[HL] noun sugar (possibly English loanword)

[HH] verb, intransitive become left over, remain

[H] verb, transitive scrub, rub briskly (teeth, the body, a pot), rub off, rub together, erase, wipe, rub with a slow motion, massage

[LH] verb, transitive make incantation, call down a curse on

[H] verb, transitive cut bush, clear bush

[LH] verb, transitive explain, direct, tell how

[LLL] verb, transitive crumble

[LLH] verb, intransitive become short, squat, and fat (of people or animals)

[HHH] verb, transitive disturb, disorder (the vegetation in passing by, the water entering it)

[HH] verb, transitive tickle

[LLH] adjective steeped, soaked

[HF] noun strength, force, power

[LHH] noun left (direction)

[LL] noun a game of struggle

[HF] noun chicken, fowl

[LHL] noun rice

[LHLHL] interjection a sound made to cheer or mock someone

[HHH] noun any insect which pinches

[HH] verb, transitive elude, evade (as a solution eludes one)

[H] verb, transitive having the urge to sleep