Ibibio English

[LLL] noun a kind of yam formerly only planted by women, water yam

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun oil

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[HHH] adjective new

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[LHH] noun corpse, cadaver

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[HDH] quantitative other, another, more

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[LHHH] adjective big, huge

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[HHH] noun A sexually transmitted infection (STI) in men, involves painful swellings on the groin area that may impede walking

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[LH] noun lizard

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

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[H] verb, transitive sharpen

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[LL] verb, transitive watch out for; wait to do harm to; watch over, protect, look after

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive lean something against, place against

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[HHH] verb, intransitive become cooked, done(of food)

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[LLH] verb, transitive drive away, drive off, send away, follow, go afte, chase, catch up to, join

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[L] verb, transitive father a child

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[HH] verb, intransitive ripen, become ripe, red (plural of dat)

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[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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[LLH] verb, transitive share, divide among

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[HHH] verb, transitive swoosh, shake, rinse water around in the mouth or bottle.

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[HLL] verb, intransitive to fool around.

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[HF] noun a bundle of ten, twenty, fifty, etc..

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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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[LLL] noun world.

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[HH] noun war; a society which celebrates past war glories, joining the society was possible at one time only for a man who had taken several heads, now it is done symbolically.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun cattle, bovine.

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[HHHH] noun having few feathers or sparse hair.

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[HF] noun good, genuine.

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

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[LLL] noun a flowing gown, usually worn by women.

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[HHH] verb, transitive torture.

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[H] verb, intransitive become good.

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[HH] noun body (of a human being, an animal, fruit, nut), self (used as a reflexive). aj (?) emphatic, even, particular, the very.

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

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[HHH] noun firewood.

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[HH] noun stool (Goldie says this word is a loan from Aqua).

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[LH] noun witchcraft, witch.

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[HH] noun feces

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[LF] noun; adjective wealth, rich person

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[LHH] noun crab

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[LH] noun foot race, running

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[LLH] verb, transitive follow, company; help

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[HH] verb, transitive wrap cloth around someone; fig buy cloth for elderly relations (pl. of kIn)

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

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[L] verb, transitive perceive, feel, sense, taste, hear; understand; listen to, heed; respond to

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: itoro ituen

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

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive soil, dirty.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[L] ideophone sound made by ekOmO drums, the small one goes kpim or kpom or kum, the large one goes kpim or kum.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] ideophone sound of the fallof an enamel cup

Speaker: itoro ituen

[L] ideophone sound of the fall of a very heavy object such as a concrete block or a huge bag of flour, it falls with a thud

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

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[L] verb, transitive gather, collect (leaves, fish, crayfish)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[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

[HH] verb, transitive hang (an object on a hook, around a person’s neck, cloth pot to dry)

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[LL] verb, transitive knock

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

[L] verb, transitive choose, select

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[LH] noun today

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[HH] verb, transitive hit, strike, beat

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[HHH] noun small sticks used to support young yam shoots

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[LHH HL] noun the kernel of the unripe oil palm fruit, the shell is soft and can be broken with the teeth.

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

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[HHH] noun a seat without a back

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[LHLLHLL] noun butterfly

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[HHH] noun fart

[HH] verb, transitive frown, screw up the face, have an unhappy, disgusted, distasteful or disapproving look on the face

[LH] verb, transitive open the eyes wide (in surprise because something is in the eye, to scare someone)

[HH] noun dream

[LHLLH] adjective sharp, brave, fierce, potent

[HHHH] adjective toughness and coarseness in texture due to exposure to the sun or other causes

[HHHH] noun bedbug, cimex rotundata (in Ibibio bugs pinch rather than bite)

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

[HD] noun young woman (address or referent), a term of endearment for a young woman

[HH] noun a diseased condition of poultry in which little quill feathers begin to grow all over the body

[LH] noun a rattle, musical instrument filled with seeds or pebbles which is shaken; strings of seeds worn around ankles and wrists to make noise when dancing

[LH] interrogative what

[LH] numeral third, three

[HFHF] noun smallpox

[LLHF] noun a plant with hot peppery fruit and leaves which are chewed esp with palm wine

[HHH] noun a lump (of meat, a clay), a mass; a nest made by ants

[LH] verb, transitive strike on the head with the knuckles made in a fist

[HH] verb, intransitive laugh (plural of sak)

[HHH] verb, intransitive become childish, act childish (pl. of sere)

[LLH] verb, intransitive shift, make room, move aside, jerk, make a fuss (pl. of sịkke)

[LL] verb, transitive take fire, carry fire

[H] verb, intransitive push as in childbirth

[LH] verb, intransitive come down, descend (var. sọijọ)

[HH] verb, intransitive walk in a slow, lazy, sloppy, or stealthy manner

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

[HH] verb, transitive touch; fig affect

[LL] verb, transitive hurt a sore place by accident

[H] verb, transitive swell, rise as dough

[LLL HHL] noun fourth-born son

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

[HH] noun silk cotton tree, Ceina pentandra (Deizel)

[LLH] noun earning a living; struggling

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

[LL] verb, transitive cook a very small quantity of rich afere (soup) (until it is very hot) (pl. of jọk)