Ibibio English

[LLH] noun mens robes

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[LLH] noun a wooden gong, usually made from a section of a tree trunk

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[H.HL] noun central beam of a house, it runs the length of the roof

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[HF HL] noun pimple

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[LLL] noun thunder

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[HF] noun root

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[LL] noun cloth, clothes

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[HF] noun square basket woven of cane or rattan

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[HF] noun practitioner, specialist, expert

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[LHLHL] noun praying mantis

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[HLF] noun sneeze

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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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[HHH] noun a stomach ache with diarrhea

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun cluster (of fruit, e.g grapes)

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[LLH] verb, transitive prepare, prepare for, get ready for

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[L] verb, transitive expect, hope, anticipate

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[LL] adjective not even, even, none

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[LH] noun pawpaw

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[LLH] verb, transitive answer a question, answer a call(in the latter case only used negatively, i.e. fail to answer a call)

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[LLH] verb, transitive share, divide among

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

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[H] verb, transitive hide

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[HH] verb, transitive tell

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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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHF] noun porcupine.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HLL] noun tongue.

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[HH] number twenty.

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[LF] noun comb, crest of a cockerel or certain snakes.

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[LL] noun mother.

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[LLL] noun side whiskers, side burns.

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[HH] noun tree trunk (the oart between the roots and the crown); a log left by the side of the river to wash clothes on.

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noun copulation

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[HF] noun the liver, heart, chest, inside; mind.

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[HH] verb, intransitive become white.

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[L] verb, transitive uncover, strip, take off, peel (with the fingers).

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[HH] verb, transitive uncover, take off.

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

[HHL] noun women, wives

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[LH] noun calabash (gen term), Lagenaria vulgaris (Dalziel); a calabash container; any small container to drink from; a standard measure (about a cup) for gari, rice, beans.

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

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[LLL] noun; adjective; adverb aloneness, lack of relations

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

(Igbo) asaa

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[LF] noun impotent man

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[LH] noun neck, throat; desire, greed

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[L] verb, intransitive become able, know how; tv surpass, excel (used in making com- parisons), triumph over, beat (win)

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

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[HH] verb, transitive draw water, scoop up liquid (from a stream, well, pot)

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[H] verb, transitive cost

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

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[LH] verb, transitive lift something very heavy and of huge girth requiring both arms around it; try to carry something heavier than one is capable of, take on more than one can manage

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[H] verb, transitive judge a case

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[LL] verb, transitive prepare, get ready.

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[LH] verb, transitive watch, guard, look after.

Speaker: itoro ituen

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

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[HH] ideophone sound of abodom being played with bamboo sticks in sending a message

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[LL] verb, transitive gather together with the hands something that is in grains or particles (gari, rice, sand); collect into a bulk or heap

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[L] verb, transitive crow (of a cock).

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun exhaustion, fatigue

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] noun nail (anat), claw

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[LL] noun scar, welt

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

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[HLHL] noun armpit

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[LLH] noun a creeping plant with tiny leaves, Selaginella scandens

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[LHDHHF] noun butterfly

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HHH HL] noun shin

[HHH] noun handcuffs, leg cuffs, shackles

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH HL] noun eyeball

[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

[LL] conjunction with, and

[LLLH] noun business

[HF] noun horn of animal

[LH] conjunction so, so that

[LL] noun lies

[HF] adjective good, genuine

[LLL] noun mould

[HF] noun hanger, peg on the wall for hanging things

[HH] noun ashes, dust

[LL] verb, intransitive become greedy

[LLLL] noun a large bird with long colorful feathers, it lives near the river; a play connected with ekpe society, by the old men of the society, many drums are used

[LLL] noun a kind of insect, a larva

[LL] noun bribe, dishonest business practices

[L] verb, intransitive shine, glitter, sparkle, reflect light (of a metal in the sun)

[LH] verb, intransitive become dizzy

[HH] verb, transitive take out, remove, remove from

[LL] verb, transitive curse (a curse, a person). revile, insult (var. suun̄ọ, suen̄)

[LHL] noun [Eng] spirit (used in Christian church services) (var. sịbidịt)

[L] verb, intransitive be small

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

[LH] noun a kind of grey rock which is crushed to a powder and used as a cosmetic for the eyes

[HH] verb, transitive touch; fig affect

[H] verb, intransitive increase

[HDH] noun some

[LHF] noun fourth-born son

[LH] noun your father

[HHH] verb, intransitive become poor

[LLH] verb, intransitive digest

[HH] verb, transitive make an announcement in several places

[H] verb, transitive turn, mix, stir