Ibibio English

[LL] number forty

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[LLLL] noun wall

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[LHLL] noun blessing

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[LLL] noun thunder

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[LLL] noun crocodile

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[HH] noun a fence of shrubbery planted to indicate a boundary and provide privacy

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[LHL] noun bitter leaf, gall bladder; bile

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

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[HL] noun a metail basin used for storing and carrying food and water(borrowed from English basin)

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[LL] ideophone describes the sudden stopping of noise or action

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[LH] verb, transitive imitate

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[HL] noun ball

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[HHH] verb, intransitive itch

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[HH] verb, transitive turn a deaf ear towards, not anwer, ignore

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[H] verb, transitive bite

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[L] verb, intransitive live, be alive

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[LLH] verb, intransitive spill

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[L] verb, transitive send, send for, send to (a person or a message), send for a nefarious purpose, pl esp instigate stimulate a desire in, cause longing in

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[HH] verb, transitive become sick, become sick with

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[HF] noun monkey

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[LHH] noun denial.

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

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[LH] verb, intransitive run, run away.

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

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[HH] verb, transitive roast; set fire to; distill

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[HHL] noun men (pl. of owodeen).

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[LH] noun belly

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[LH] noun witchcraft, witch.

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[HF] noun a round basket with a cover and a handle used for drying fish or meat.

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

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[LLL] noun toad

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[HH] noun tortoise.

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[HH] noun face, front, future (also eko iso)

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

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[HHL] noun head; memory; sake, behalf

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[LLH] verb, intransitive become old; ancient; look old (of inanimate objects)

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[HH] verb, transitive pull up, hoist up, draw in (as in a fishing net)

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[LLH, LL] verb, transitive become flat (of something that should swell or be rounded).

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[HLL] adverb never ever.

Speaker: itoro ituen

[HH] verb, transitive lose ones temper and take some action (decide to do something or become stubborn), act in a fit of anger.

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[LH] verb, transitive construct a framework

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[HL] interjection expression of concern, regret, apology

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[HH] verb, transitive soil, dirty.

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[HH] verb, transitive plead, plead with, entreat, beg.

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[HH] verb, transitive soil, dirty

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[LL] ideophone sound made by someone walking in studded shoes.

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[LLH] verb, transitive alter, change, become different, differ, vary

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[LH] verb, transitive pull down the lower eye lid to show triumph, to mock

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[HH] verb, transitive cut through, cut off; pl chop.

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

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[HH] verb, transitive cut palm fruit from the cluster when there are very few remaining

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[HH] verb, transitive scrape, scrape off, shave

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[HL] noun government; white colonial officer; English consul

[HL] noun cup (esp. a metal or enamel cup); cigarette tin or other container used as a unit of measure for beans, rice, gari

[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

[H] verb, transitive like, love (can be used as a euphemism for sex)

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[HF] noun engagement (before marriage)

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[HHH] noun waste material left after sifting or straining something dry (esp cassava)

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[LLL HL] noun a secluded area in the water thickly covered with water plants ( a person can go in there to bathe)

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH HL] noun eyebrow

[LH] conj. so, so that

[HH] verb, transitive affect, influence (as in influence of alchohol or drug)

[HH] verb, intransitive become stupid

[LHLLH] adjective sharp, brave, fierce, potent

[HHF] noun eczema

[LLL] adverb not even

[HLHH] noun jostling; a kind of game in which children lean against each other

[HLHH] adjective unsteady; shiftless

[LH] verb, intransitive converse, tell, inform

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

[HF] noun the gums

[HFHF] noun smallpox

[LL] noun brass or copper bangles worn around the legs from ankle to thigh by fattened brides

[LH] verb, transitive singe

[LH] noun folktale, proverb

[HLF] noun athlete’s foot

[L] verb, transitive help; contribute (money, food, labor)

[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)

[LLH] adjective granular, in grains

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

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

[L] verb, intransitive become enough, sufficient, complete

[LH] verb, intransitive come down, descend

[H] verb, transitive chew, eat something hard or chewable (meat, nuts, coconut). chew, eat away (of diseases that destroy tissue); burn

[HH] verb, intransitive become sandy

[LL] ideophone describes a staggering walk

[LH] verb, transitive place an order

[H] verb, transitive eject, hurl, throw, shoot, sting

[LH] verb, intransitive become sluggish

[LLL] noun room

[HH] noun arm and/or hand; handle; power, strength, ability

[LL] noun a pit dug to catch rainwater

[HF] noun strength, force, power

[HH] noun leg and/or foot; bottom, base; elongation, extension, movement, means, mode

[LLL] numeral four

[HF] noun skill, talent

[L] verb, intransitive do patiently, stay patiently, become patient

[LL] verb, transitive lend; borrow

[HH] verb, intransitive wander (aimlessly or with a purpose), go here and there (of one who has many places to go and many things to do)

[L] verb, transitive doubt, surprise