Ibibio English

[LHH] adjective young, not full grown

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHLL] noun cannon

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[LHH] noun settler

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[HHH] noun shoulder

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[LH] noun circle formation for a game or dance

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[HL] noun ball

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

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[HHH] verb, transitive cause disgust

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[LH] verb, intransitive become quiet, calm, lonely (of a place, of wind or water)

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[HH] verb, transitive light, kindle

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[HLL] verb, intransitive to fool around.

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[HH] verb, transitive climb (tree, hill)

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[LLL] noun a kind of slug found on plantain leaves.

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[HH] number twenty.

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

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[LHH] noun mockery.

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[HH] noun tree, any plant with a woody stem, wood.

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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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[LL] verb, transitive hold something in the mouth or between the lips without biting down.

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

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[LH] noun underpants.

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[HHF] noun gorilla (Goldie baboon, chimpanzee).

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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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[HHF] noun bird (generic term)

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[HH] noun a set of five yams

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[HH] noun face, front, future (also eko iso)

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[HHH] noun smallpox

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[LHL] noun coal tar

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[LHL] number five

(Igbo) ise

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[LHH] noun caterpillar (general term)

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[H] verb, transitive roast, fry (a food to make it dry or crisp esp groundnuts in sand, gari in a pot); season a new pot by placing it on the fire

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[HHH] verb, intransitive/verb transitive think, meditate, worry, brood; hope, expect; consider; become concerned with, care

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[HH] verb, intransitive rise, puff, swell (of rice in cooking, of bread); become conceited, swell-headed

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH, LL] verb, transitive become flat (of something that should swell or be rounded).

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[HH] verb, transitive become puckered (of the mouth from acid, of the hands from immersion in water).

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive catch in the hands

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LL] verb, transitive call, read aloud, invite

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: itoro ituen

[LLH] verb, intransitive; verb, transitive become finished; finished

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] verb, transitive let fall from the mouth, spit out (food, not liquid)

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

[HH] verb, transitive overlap, cross, heap, pile on top of; arrange, set up, prepare for use

[HL] noun cup (esp. a metal or enamel cup); cigarette tin or other container used as a unit of measure for beans, rice, gari

[HHL] noun wing

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[L] verb, transitive choose, select

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[H] adverb here.

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[LH HD] noun ring

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[HH HL] noun outer part of the vagina - labia majora

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[LHL] adjective small

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

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[HHH HL] noun shin

[LHLLH HL] noun rough skin, tough skin

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[LLLH] noun prison, jail, detention

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[HHH] noun fart

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

[L] verb, transitive blind

[H] ideophone sound of a bell

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

[HH] noun weeds (syn. NwIp, mbiot, mbit, mbiet)

[HHH] noun race, competition

[LLLH] noun evening (dusk till dawn) (var. mbubịre)

[HF] noun slander, gossip

[LHH] noun calamity

[LHH] noun mockery

[LL] noun lies

[LL] adjective small, few

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

[LL] ideophone sound of oil dropped in the fire

[HH] verb, intransitive become sweet, delicious, tasty, enjoyable (of food or drink only)

[LLLL] noun rust

[LH] noun the hips, the area from the waist to the thigh

[HF] noun second-born daughter

[HH] noun weeds, grass

[HH] verb, intransitive to be clean; to acquit, find innocent

[HL] noun shirt

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

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

[H] verb, intransitive originate, come from

[HL] noun address form for father, grandfather, old man

[L] verb, transitive grate

[H] verb, intransitive become stupid, retarded

[HH] verb, transitive tickle

[LHH] adjective buying, shopping

[LL] noun a pit dug to catch rainwater

[LF] noun your grandmother

[HF] noun soul, spirit (of a living person)

[LL] noun dish, plate, bowl

[HD] phrase What day?

[LHH] noun a kind of frog

[LH] noun fishhook

[HH] noun life, existence, state of being alive, life style, habits

[LL] verb, transitive lend; borrow

[HH] verb, transitive deceive

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

[HL] ideophone describes something that passes by very fast