Ibibio English

[LLLL] noun electric fish

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[HLHL] noun lungs

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[LF] noun whisper

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[LL] noun path in the bush

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[HDH] quantitative other, another, more

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[LL] pronoun you

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[HHF] noun chameleon

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

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[LL] verb, intransitive creep, spread, cove (of vines, plants sp. when a yam covers its supporting stick with many leaves and branches)

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[L] verb, transitive imitate

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[HHH] verb, intransitive tip toe around stealthily, pussy-foot

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[HHH] verb, transitive rev. of dian take away, separate two things that are stuck together, separate out from; change money

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[HHH] verb, transitive; verb, intransitive shout at, bawl at, scold; shock.

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[LH] verb, intransitive fall, fall down

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[LLH] verb, intransitive spill

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[HL] verb, transitive strain, filter skim

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[LHLL] noun blessing

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[HH] noun tree trunk (the oart between the roots and the crown); a log left by the side of the river to wash clothes on.

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[LHH] noun mockery.

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[HH] noun walking stick.

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[LH] noun the olden days, ancient past; time immemorial.

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

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[LF] noun message; fame.

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[HHH] noun dog.

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[HHH] verb, transitive argue, argue with, disagree with.

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[LLH] verb, transitive forget.

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[LHL] noun electricity

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[LHL] noun a calabash for serving palm wine, it has a filter at its mouth to hold back the dregs.

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[LLL] noun; adjective; adverb aloneness, lack of relations

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[LHH] noun a cripple

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[LH] noun thief; theft

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[HF] noun walk, journey; gait

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

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[LHLLL] number seven (a sacred number in Ibibio)

(Igbo) asaa

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[HF] noun bunch of plantain or bananas (general)

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[HH] verb, transitive pick at, scratch, dig out, bore a hole, curve out, force ones way into (gen some effort is required)

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[LLL LL] one by one, one at a time, each to each (lit. keet e keet)

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[H] verb, transitive pierce, stab, sew

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[HH] verb, intransitive become high, tall, elevated

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

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[HH] verb, transitive push a heavy object for a distance; shove away from a distance (as an insect with a long stick); wheel, roll, push something on wheels (pl. of kpat)

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

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[L] verb, transitive restrain, prohibit, stop; warn; rebuke

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[L] verb, intransitive fail to come about, fail to materialize; fail to carry out

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[LL] verb, transitive gather together with the hands something that is in grains or particles (gari, rice, sand); collect into a bulk or heap

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[HH] verb, transitive eat in tiny bits, nibble at, tear into bits, pick at (a sore).

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[HH] verb, transitive loosen, untie, unwrap, unfasten, dismantle (plural of kpọk)

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[LLH] verb, transitive hit, beat, hollow or flat sounds

Speaker: itoro ituen

[HHH] verb, transitive peel with a knife; sharpen to a point (as a stick, an arrow)

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[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)

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[L] verb, intransitive knock, tap

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[LLLH] noun cowrie shell

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[HHHH] noun kind of plant, where it is found the soil is fertile, its leaves contain an acidic liquid used for cleaning wounds and cleaning snails, its stem is chewed, bush cane, Costus after (Dalziel)

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[HF] noun cockroach

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[HDH] noun white (pl. of afia)

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[LH HD] noun ring

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[HLHL] noun armpit

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[HLLL] noun armpit

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[LF HL] noun skin of the vagina

[HHH] noun stalk, the place where fruits are attached

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LHLHL] noun a kind of insect (similar to millipede)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHLHHL] noun buttefly

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[HHH] noun a construction of palm fronds gen. near a house or against a fence, used for storing yam or cocoyam

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LHLHLL] noun butterfly

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LHHLHL] noun butterfly

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] noun palm wine, strong alcohol

[HF] possessive pronoun they, them, their

[LLHL] adjective leaky (var. ndre ndre, ndidIt, ndidIt)

[HLL] noun sweat (var. ibikpO, ibibiak, adikpO)

[LHH] noun evening (dusk until midnight)

[HF] noun slander, gossip

[LL] pronoun we, us, our

[LHH] noun sperm, semen

[HH] noun face, front, future

[HDH] interrogative noun what?

[LH] noun my father

[HH] noun the young of an animal

[LL] verb, intransitive be tall, long, far, high, deep

[HHHF] noun kerosine (English loanword)

[HH] verb, intransitive talk in an angry, high-piched voice; ideophone: sound of a frightened, wounded dog

[LL] verb, intransitive become black

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

[HH] verb, transitive, verb, intransitive poke (with a sharp object, a stick) (esp to find where yams are below the ground) (var. sappa)

[HL] conjunction since (time, cause), because

[LL] verb, intransitive tiptoe, walk on tiptoe

[H] verb, transitive swell, rise as dough

[HDH] noun some

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

[HF] noun strength, force, power

[LHH] noun fifth-born son

[LLHH] noun cloaca of a chicken, hindquarters of a chicken (?)

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

[HHHH] noun blood

[LL] noun second-born daughter

[HH] noun road, way; doorway, door; habit, custom

[LH] numeral three

[LH] noun fishhook

[LL] verb, transitive lend; borrow

[HH] verb, transitive sharpen on a leather strop

[HHH] verb, transitive spread with the palm of the hand (mud, plaster, water on the wall or floor)