Ibibio English

[LLL] noun a kind of yam formerly only planted by women, water yam

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHHL] noun adolescent girl

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[LHH] noun settler

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[LL] noun path in the bush

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[HHH] noun stew, soup

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[LL] pronoun you

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[HHH] noun A sexually transmitted infection (STI) in men, involves painful swellings on the groin area that may impede walking

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive expect, hope, anticipate

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[HL] noun a metail basin used for storing and carrying food and water(borrowed from English basin)

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[LL] verb, transitive carry on the head, carry about (a worry)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive tie, bind

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[HL] noun ball

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[HH] verb, intransitive intend, wish.

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[LL] verb, transitive make an error, err, miss, offend, do unwittingly, do by chance.

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[H] verb, transitive hide

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

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[LHH] noun widow, lit. husband died.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[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 place set aside for something esp a fireplace; a focal place.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHLL] noun rice.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun sole, palm (of hand or feet).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun bag, pocket; a piece of woven raffia before or after being sewn into a bag.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHL] noun elephant.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LF] noun message; fame.

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[HLLHL] noun heel of the foot.

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[HHHH ] verb, transitive; verb, intransitive turn, twist, twist around, twist together (poss involves a more complete turn or twist than fiak); iv become twisted (of its own accord); turn (of a wheel).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive fold, roll up into a cylinder, make narrow.

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[HH] noun rope.

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[LHL] noun reasoning power, common sense, intellect.

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[HH] noun a case

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[HH] noun feces

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[LHL] noun muteness, dumbness; a mute

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[LH] noun; adjective farm

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[LH] noun parrot

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[HH] noun the area from the waist to the hips

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[HH] noun someone shorter than normal, a stunted person

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[LL] noun hat, cap

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[LHLLL] number six

(Igbo) isii

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[LHL] number five

(Igbo) ise

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[LLL] noun a leech; a kind of fish with long needle-like mouth

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun hip joint

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] transitive verb call, invite, read

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive lose ones temper and take some action (decide to do something or become stubborn), act in a fit of anger.

Speaker: itoro ituen

[HL] ideophone sound of wood breaking (ideophone)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive fold, fold over (arms, paper, cloth, leaves).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive push a heavy object for a distance; shove away from a distance (as an insect with a long stick); wheel, roll, push something on wheels.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive soil, dirty.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive catch in the hands

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[L] verb, intransitive fail to come about, fail to materialize; fail to carry out

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] verb, transitive space out (in planting)

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HHH] verb, transitive walk here and there, zigzag

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

[LL] verb, transitive knock

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[LL] verb, transitive slow down and walk cautiously as when one sees danger, or because of mud

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun cockroach

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HDH] noun white (pl. of afia)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH HD] noun ring

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

[LHHH] adjective secret

[LLHL] adjective leaky (var. ndre ndre, ndidIt, ndidIt)

[LLL] noun a kind of small green squash, curcurbita pepo

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Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun slander, gossip

[LL] verb, intransitive become greedy

[LH] verb, intransitive be tilted, bent stiffly over

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

[LHH] noun clan chief

[LH] verb, transitive strike on the head with the knuckles made in a fist

[LLHL] noun a kind of fruit, possibly breadfruit or soursop

[HHH] verb, intransitive become childish, act childish

[HHH] verb, transitive throw up to someone what one has done for him or what he has done to one, reproach with past deeds (var. sion̄, sioon̄)

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

[H] verb, transitive spread, loosen, untie, unlock, unwind, open, melt

[HH] verb, transitive praise, flatter, play up to

[H] verb, transitive eject, hurl, throw, shoot, sting

[HH] preposition, conjunction since, starting from (time only)

[HH] verb, transitive tickle

[LH] verb, intransitive become stuck into, pinned

[H] verb, intransitive urinate

[LL] verb, transitive curse, use abusive words (pl. of tọk)

[LL] numeral second

[HF] noun fatness, breadth

[LH] noun birth mark

[LL] noun a pit dug to catch rainwater

[LL] noun your mother

[HLL] adverb completely

[LF] noun a ditch containing water, a large pit, dam

[LL] noun second-born daughter

[HF] noun day, twenty-four hours

[HF HF] adverb slowly, carefully

[LHL] numeral five

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

[HH] verb, intransitive wander (aimlessly or with a purpose), go here and there (of one who has many places to go and many things to do)

[H] noun child, offspring