Ibibio English

[HHH] noun hunger

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHHH] noun cold, cattarrh

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[LLL] noun thunder

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[LLL] adjective green

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[HHL] noun man, male

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[HFHF] noun measles

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

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[LH] noun onion

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[H] verb, intransitive become thickened (e.g. broth thickened by flavor); become dirty (e.g. cloths or water)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HL] noun yam

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive lick (a spoon or the fingers in eating), eat something soft of liquid with a spoon or fingers

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[LL] verb, transitive scratch, itch

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, intransitive fall in drops, rain

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[LL] verb, transitive not know, doubt, have doub about, refuse to recognize

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive weave, knit, spin

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[HF] noun a kind of fish, good to eat.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun a day before business; Sunday; church service, church used in the names of certain market days (days of the week)

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[HF] noun nest.

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[HH] noun phantom, ghost of ancestors. in traditional government, the police arm, now a society (to which nearly all the men belong) which has masquerades at various times of year such as the turning of the year and the harvest of new yam.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun rat, mouse (gen term).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, intransitive dodge, duck, move aside, move away, move out of the way; tv dodge.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive spit, spit out (food, liquid, silaiva)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[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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[H] verb, intransitive; verb, transitive become heaped up, piled up; tv heap up, pile up.

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[LH] noun underpants.

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[HF] noun drum.

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[HHF] noun divination; a society devoted to divining, fortune telling.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

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[HH] noun urine.

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[HH] noun tortoise.

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[LH] noun a tiny fragrant leaf used to season soup.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

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[LH] adjective dwarf, small in size, left over

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[LL] verb, transitive restrain, prohibit, stop; warn; rebuke (pl. of kpan)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive become resistant, obstinate (of a person, an animal); become difficult (of work, a person)

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HL] interjection expression of concern, regret, apology

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[LL] verb, transitive slow down and walk carefully (as when one has seen something dangerous).

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LH] verb, transitive; verb, transitive change, become different, differ, vary

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LLH] verb, transitive trim (branches, hair), cut down (a tree)

Speaker: itoro ituen

[HH] verb, transitive catch in the hands

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LLH] verb, intransitive become tough, hard (of meat, rubber, wood); become difficult (of a task)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: itoro ituen

[LLH] verb, transitive rub off, erase, wipe clean, polish

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[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

[HLH] noun the process of fattening a woman prior to marriage; the woman who undergoes the process

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, intransitive become accustomed to, familiar with, associated with;

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[HH] noun penis

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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

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[HLHLHL] noun armpit

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LHHH] noun a long narrow lightweight knife used for cutting grass; the flat part of a knife; a knife without a handle

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHHH] noun skull

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[LHH] noun wheel (bare without a tire)

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[HD] interj. yes

[LLH] noun warm

[HH] noun palm wine, strong alcohol

[LH] noun flavour, taste (an esp. flavored and elusive one); marrow

[HHH] noun race, competition

[LHD] noun epilepsy, an epileptic

[LL] verb, intransitive walk with legs apart (like a person who has a boil, or something between his legs)

[LH] conjunction so, so that

[HL] noun knuckle

[LL] noun place

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

[L] verb, transitive sell

[LLLH] adjective light in weight

[LH] verb, intransitive bend a part of the body, bend all the way over; become bent

[HHHH] noun bell, clock, hour

[LH] noun folktale, proverb

[HHH HLL] noun a low fence around a trap, it has one opening through which animals are driven

[HF LL] noun a kind of wire grass, Bahama grass (Adams)

[LLHLLH] noun a spider web

[LLL] noun a boil on the finger or toe

[HF] noun second-born daughter

[H] verb, transitive drink; smoke

[L] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive to be able to, know how to, master

[LF] noun market day

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHHH] verb, intransitive make a sound of disgust, disapproval, impatience, contempt (var. siama)

[HHH] verb, intransitive become foolish, stupid (pl. of sịme)

[HHL] noun starch (for laundry)

[HH] verb, transitive grab as much as possible with one hand

[HHH] verb, transitive disturb, stir

[H] verb, intransitive become quick, early, often; become sharp

[LL] verb, intransitive tiptoe, walk on tiptoe

[L] verb, transitive put down, set down (a pot on the fire); cook, boil

[HHH] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive whistle

[H] verb, intransitive become stupid, retarded

[LL] noun a pit dug in the ground, a ditch

[LLL] noun room

[LL] noun room

[HF] noun strength

[LHH] noun slap

[LF] noun cassava fufu, it has no smell due to being well soaked before cooking

[LH] noun guest, visitor

[HH] noun the sun

[LL] verb, transitive lend; borrow

[H] verb, transitive turn, mix, stir