Ibibio English

[HHL] noun umbilical cord

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[HHL] noun sexual organ of snail

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[HF] noun oil

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[LHLL] noun rice

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[HHHH] noun cold, cattarrh

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[LHD] noun a dye made from the juice of the fruit or seeds of a plant and colored with charcoal, it is used by women for body decoration; the tree from which the dye comes, Indogofera

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[HHH] noun bee

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[LH] adjective stranger, visitor, sojourner, immigrant

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[LL] noun the first wife

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[LLL HLL] noun strong waves, sea currents, tempest

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[H] verb, intransitive be in a place, exist; seem, appear to be

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[LL] verb, transitive be afraid, fear

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

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[LH] verb, intransitive belch

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[LL] adjective not even, even, none

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[LH] verb, intransitive lean against, lean on(for help)

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[HHH] verb, intransitive become disordered, scattered, disheveled, disrupted

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

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[H] verb, intransitive (copula) be

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[LL] verb, transitive boast

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[LH] verb, intransitive become untidy and wet (of a messy wet animal), become wet, become untidy.

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verb, transitive become smooth

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

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[LL] noun baldness, bald spot.

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

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[LHH] noun a kind of bitter fruit taken like kola, bitter kola, Garcinia kola (Dalziel).

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[HF] noun cattle, bovine.

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[HHL] noun the first shoost of a plant to come up.

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

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

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[HHL] noun women, wives

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[HF] noun drum.

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[HH] noun tobacco, snuff.

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

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[HHH] noun partition (in the house made of cloth); section of bush partitioned by boundary markers

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[LH] noun someone shorter than normal. a stunted person

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[HF] noun cocoyam, Colocasia esculentum (Dalziel)

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[LH] noun parrot

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[LL] noun a blow with the fist; a charm which enables the wearer to strike powerful blows

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[HHH] noun stone, mile

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[LHLLL] number six

(Igbo) isii

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[HH] verb, transitive hold in the arms or hands; have, keep; owe; use; treat, behave towards

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[H] verb, transitive talk rubbish; brag; talk lewdly, vulgarly

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] verb, transitive cut off the end of a periwinkle ( a kind of mollusk) so the fish can be sucked out.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[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

[HHL] noun dew dripping from the trees

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[HHH] noun shreds, particle

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[HHH] noun weeds, grass

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[HD] interjection please

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[L] verb, transitive swallow

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[LLHL] adjective mouldy

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[LLLLH LLLLH] adjective dry and crisp, rough

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[HLF] noun a kind of timber tree, Uapaca guineensis (Dalziel)

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[LLHDH] noun a kind of small white mushroom

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[HHLHHHL] noun butterfly

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LHLLHLL] noun butterfly

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[LHH] noun piece

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HHH] noun button

[LL] pronoun my

[LL] conjunction and, with

[LL] verb, transitive take hold of, grab, catch (in the arms), grope

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[HHHH] noun a metal, tray

[HH] noun dream

[HD] adverb also, too

[LHH] noun a kind of small bush rat, the king of rats

[LLL] noun a kind of small green squash, curcurbita pepo

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

[LLH] adverb perhaps

[HLLH] noun ant

[LLH] interrogative noun what?

[LLL] noun a small insect found around palm wine

[LHH] adjective wasted, empty, not being put to use, free

[LHHH] noun crybaby, a person who cries at every little thing

[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)

[LH] verb, intransitive make faces to scare a child

[LH] verb, transitive tickle

[LLH] verb, transitive to make a sign of disgust, impatience, disapproval, contempt; smack the lips over a good taste

[L] ideophone sound of wood being cut

[HH] verb, transitive pluck fruit (esp. pepper) cf kippe (pl. of tet)

[HHH] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive whistle

[LLH] verb, intransitive become short, squat, and fat (of people or animals)

[H] verb, intransitive beat, pound (esp food in a mortar, clothes on a log)

[LH] verb, intransitive become sluggish

[H] verb, intransitive urinate

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

[HF] noun strength

[HF] noun slavery (var. ufʌn)

[HLL] adverb completely

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

[LH] noun fishing spear

[LH] noun guest, visitor

[HHH] noun feast

[HH] noun sand on the shore

[HHH] verb, intransitive become poor

[HH] verb, intransitive shine (of the sun or moon)

[LLH] verb, intransitive digest

[HH] verb, intransitive satisfy (with food, information)

[HH] verb, transitive cause choking, dizziness