Ibibio English

[LHLL] noun cannon

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHLL] noun king

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[HHH] noun comb

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[HF] noun squirrel

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HLHL] noun lungs

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[HHH] noun cold, cattarrh

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[HHHH] adjective male (used with all animal names except those few which have a special word for the male); yielding little, unproductive

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[L] verb, intransitive become cruel, mean, mischievous, destructive

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive count, reckon, esteem

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[HH] noun hunger

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive cook, prepare food (usually liquid food)

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[L] noun term of address used betwee men of equal age and status, its use generally implies intimacy, it is occasionally used to address a stranger and is currently used by young girls although this latter is considered improper by men

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun husband

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHF] noun spear.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] number twenty.

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[HF] noun buttocks, anus; bottom.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun kidney, heart.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHL] noun elephant.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive be sated, make overfull (from eating).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, intransitive become lazy.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive blow on (as with the mouth or bellows to cool, or to make a fire flame up), blow (a whistle, a wind instrument), whistle.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun a wooden musical instrument of the xylophone type.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun foot

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[LH] adjective big

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[HF] noun word, language, talk; matter, palaver (difficulty, trouble, verbal conflict, gathering for negotiation or decision).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun laughter

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[HF] noun pus

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[LF] noun; adjective wealth, rich person

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[LH] noun parrot

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[LHLLL] number seven (a sacred number in Ibibio)

(Igbo) asaa

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHL] number five

(Igbo) ise

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LF] noun impotent man

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[H] verb, transitive agree to, be willing to; run errands opt w utom message, errand, work

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] verb, intransitive tie or wrap a cloth around ones own loins or waist

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive call, invite, read

[H] verb, transitive cost

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[LL] ideophone said to show when one is completely ignored.

Speaker: itoro ituen

[L] ideophone describes a quick action; describes a completed action or state.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] ideophone sound of firewood breaking; sound of corn cracking as it roasts.

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[H] verb, transitive pay

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[HH] verb, transitive cut off the end of a periwinkle ( a kind of mollusk) so the fish can be sucked out.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[H] verb, transitive copulate

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive greet, thank, congratulate, express

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive remove from a hook, unhang (rev. of kọọn̄ [HH])

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[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

[HHH] verb, transitive lick, clean out, clean up, scoop out (esp. the flesh of a soft succulent fruit)

[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

[HH] noun wrestling, wrestling bout

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive bend, incline (a stick, a part of the body)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun grace, favour

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[LH HD] noun ring

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[LLHDH] noun a kind of small white mushroom

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[LHLH] noun burnt wood; the burnt wood left on the ground after a piece of farmland has been burned for planting

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HLHL] noun armpit

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLLLH HLL] noun a pool of water

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[H.HL.L] noun a kind small house bat

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHLLH HL] noun rough skin, tough skin

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHH] noun handcuffs, leg cuffs, shackles

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] verb, intransitive become stupid

[HLL] noun prickly heat

[HHF] noun eczema

[HF] noun a kind of small fish

[HF] noun a kind of white clay from the river, it is eaten, used as a treatment for diarrhea, used as a whitewash, and is rubbed on the body for decortion or against heat rash

[L] verb, intransitive become straight; become right, correct

[LL] adjective small, few

[HH] noun a women’s society

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

[LHH] noun a shrine

[HH] noun weeds, grass

[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)

[HH] verb, intransitive become agile, sprightly, lively, smart (in action or dress)

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

[LLH] verb, transitive to make a sign of disgust, impatience, disapproval, contempt; smack the lips over a good taste

[HH] verb, intransitive become lost, disappear, cease (of customs)

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

[HHH] verb, transitive disturb, stir

[H] verb, transitive speak to, talk to, say, tell; rebuke, reprove often

[HD] noun grandfather

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

[HH] verb, transitive awaken

[LL] conjunction, adverb, preposition very much, until, so that

[L] verb, transitive taste liquid, take a sip, sip

[H] verb, intransitive beat, pound (esp food in a mortar, clothes on a log)

[LH] verb, intransitive become stuck into, pinned

[LH] verb, intransitive become sluggish

[LH] noun birth mark

[LLH] adjective steeped, soaked

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

[LHF] noun your grandfather

[LH] numeral three

[H] verb, transitive suck

[LH] verb, intransitive sneeze

[LL] verb, transitive steal

[H] noun child, offspring

[HHH] verb, transitive shake liquid in a bowl to distribute it evenly over the surface