Ibibio English

[HHL HF] noun a tattler

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLHL] noun cat

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[LHLL] noun cannon

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[LHLL] noun king

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[HD] quantifier other, another, more

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[HF] noun vein, artery, tendon

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[LHH] adjective real, genuine, important, very (emphatic)

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[LHH] noun top, apex

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[HHH] noun okra, okro

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun a kind of large bush rat which tunnels in the ground

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] verb, intransitive belch

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[H] verb, intransitive; verb, transitive speak, say, tell, mean, intend

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive make round, roundish(rather wet thing esp by putting eg clay, fufu)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, intransitive become rotten (esp. of edible things), spoil (of improperly dried fish, it gets mould on it), sour

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[H] verb, transitive spread out, lay flat, lay down (mats, tiles, carpet, cloth)

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[HH] verb, transitive feed, nurse, rear a child

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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

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[LH] interrogative adverb how? in what way?

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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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[LL] number ten

(Igbo) iri

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive weave, knit, spin

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL] noun side whiskers, side burns.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun cattle, bovine.

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[HHF] noun a kind of large bat found in the bush, fruit bat.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun father, old man, respectful address or reference to a man.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun small; few; a little bit; smallness.

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[LHHH] noun a loan

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[L] ideophone sound made by a ripe pawpaw or avocado when it falls to the ground.

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[L] verb, transitive fan, wave, swing; iv hover, float in the air.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive bother, harass, worry.

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[LHH] noun a cripple

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHF] noun year

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

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[LLL] noun young men, youths

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[H] verb, transitive tell a fable, proverb, riddle

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[LLH] verb, transitive remove palm fruit from the pot with a basin or calabash

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

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[LH] verb, transitive rev. of kpaga: uncross, separate things that are joined together, unbutton, unbuckle.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] ideophone sound of bottle breaking (on the floor, on a basin, on metal).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] verb, transitive bend over so as to expose the buttocks

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LL] verb, transitive crow, of a cock (plural form of kpọk)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive grind between two stones (small things such as beans, pepper); w pl kọọk cure, heal, perform juju for curing and certain other purposes (implies grinding medicines)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, intransitive knock, tap

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] verb, transitive remove from a hook, remove what hangs; unentangle (esp. wipe away strands of cobweb) (rev. of kọp [L])

[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

[LF] noun scar

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[HHLHHL] noun buttefly

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun yesterday (in a context of past), tomorrow (in a context of future), (loosely) two or three days in the past or future.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LH] adjective fresh (not cooked, dried or smoked)

[HF] noun a power spirit generally associated with a particular place or group of people; some of these spirits inhabit the forest, others the water; each Ibibio clan has its own ndem; sacrifices are made to them and to certain festivals attached to them

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

[LH] noun fear

[HHH] noun an edible fern found in streams

[LHH] noun mockery

[LH] noun my father

[HH] noun sand

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

[HH] ideophone sound of plantain frying in oil

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

[HH] verb, intransitive shine like cat eyes (said of a person’ s eyes when he is excited, or when he should be ashamed but isn’t); shine intensely, brightly

[L] verb, transitive mark property to identify it or to keep people or evil away (eg. put a talisman tied in red string on one’s fruit trees so no one will take the fruit)

[L] verb, intransitive become black

[L] verb, transitive speak a language esp. a foreign language; speak unintelligibly; translate

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

[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)

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

[LL] verb, transitive take fire, carry fire

[H] verb, intransitive become gently, mild (of disposition, weather); adverb: quietly, safely

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

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

[LH] verb, transitive make incantation, call down a curse on

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

[LL] verb, transitive polish, scrub; grate (pl. of tʌk)

[H] verb, transitive pay close attention

[HH] verb, transitive awaken

[LLL] noun room

[LHH] adjective buying, shopping

[HH] noun sliminess, stickiness, a viscous secretion

[LLH] noun ability

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

[LLL] noun universe

[LH] noun fishing spear

[HD] phrase What day?

[LL] noun fufu, anything pounded for fufu, anything cut with the fingers from a mass and swallowed in balls along with afere (soup)

[HF] noun skill, talent

[HH] verb, transitive mix, adulterate (as palm wine by adding water)

[H] verb, intransitive become many, become much

[H] verb, intransitive swim; become loose

[LLH] verb, intransitive digest

[LL] verb, transitive hit (esp. with a stick, also with hand or fist)

[H] verb, intransitive become full; swell

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

[HHH] verb, transitive dance with specific steps, dance a specific dance, generally a leisurely a dance with outstretched arms