Ibibio English

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun crying, weeping

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[LL] verb, transitive be afraid, fear

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[HH] verb, intransitive fall off, snap off, drop off (e.g. a ripe or dead fruit), fall off/out (e.g. hair, teeth)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLLH] verb, intransitive become ruined, spoiled, destroyed(pl of biara)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun pawpaw

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[L] verb, intransitive call, shout (at), scream (at), cry out

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] verb, intransitive become bitter

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

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, intransitive hide, hide oneself, become hidden

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[LL] noun kind of large edible white termite which makes huge hills.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHH] noun a single (or double?) pronged metal gong.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL] noun world.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun kidney, heart.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHL] noun elephant.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, intransitive shrink, become shrunken (of fruits, people).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, intransitive become covered; cover oneself (with a cloth or blanket); become sad, mourn.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive fold, roll up into a cylinder, make narrow.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun a kind of small crocodile (Goldie monitor lizard) cf afiom, utai.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL] noun wall

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[LHL] noun thigh; lap.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHF] noun bird (generic term)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHL] noun whistling

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LF; HF] noun yam barn (a place where yams are stored for the next planting season)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HLHL] noun heel of the foot

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[LHLH] number eight

(Igbo) asato

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHLLL] number six

(Igbo) isii

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun vagina

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[LLH] verb, transitive stir (as in soup)

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[HHH] verb, transitive promise, vow (involves an exchange, something given for something done)

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive call, invite, read

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[L] verb, transitive cross, overlap, join, twist together, buckle, button.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LH] verb, transitive construct a framework

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] 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.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive prepare, get ready.

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[HHH] verb, transitive cut (esp many small sticks and brush as when clearing land for farming (pl. of kpIkke)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] ideophone sound of the fallof an enamel cup

Speaker: itoro ituen

[HH] verb, intransitive go a long distance on foot; limp

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive pull out, pluck (hari, feathers); uproot (roots, mushrooms)

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive peel with hand or knife (as kola, ndiya, cassava); unlock; bleach.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HHH] verb, transitive push aside with disdain, postpone, shake off responsibility

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

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[L] verb, intransitive become dark, black

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[LH] verb, intransitive hang, hang on, snag; become hooked on; become bent; pick at, bicker, harass; become a responsibility

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[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)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun neigbour

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[L] verb, transitive choose, select

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[LLLLH LLLLH] adjective dry and crisp, rough

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[LF HL] noun skin of the vagina

[HF HLL] noun small hard balls of excrement

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHLLHLL] noun butterfly

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLLH] noun prison, jail, detention

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] conjunction and, with (variants: ye; ndo; mma)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive groan (of a sick person)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[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

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

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Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHF] noun eczema

[LH] pronoun there (homographs: ndo ’and’; ndo ’scare’)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HLHHH] noun a struggle

[LL] verb, transitive doubt, argue, dispute

[HHL] noun a powdered vegetable mixture used in juju sacrifices

[LL] conjunction where

[HF] adjective good, genuine

[HH] noun a women’s society

[HH] noun the sour orange

[LH] verb, transitive open the eyes wide (to show seriousness and thus make a child comply)

[LLLL] noun a large bird with long colorful feathers, it lives near the river; a play connected with ekpe society, by the old men of the society, many drums are used

[HHHH] noun bell, clock, hour

[LH] noun over there, yonder (refers to a narrow area)

[HF] noun leaf; in its narrowest sense the term applies to leaves that are distributed along a stem in such a way that a person can remove several of them at a time by running his hand along the stem

[LLH] adjective granular, in grains

[HH] verb, intransitive become dry (pl. of sat)

[HHH] verb, intransitive become foolish, stupid (pl. of sịme)

[LH] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive become slack, loose, reduced; slacks loosen; slacken, loosen, lower, reduce in height

[L] verb, transitive taste liquid, take a sip, sip

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

[LL] noun room

[HDH] noun tsetse fly

[HF] noun fatness, breadth

[LHLL] noun rice

[HH] noun rope

[LHF] noun third-born son

[LHH] noun middle

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

[LH] noun loving, likeness

[LH] noun guest, visitor

[LL] verb, transitive tear, rend, scratch, tear off, tear up, tear out; pay a debt in installments

[H] verb, transitive soothe, pat, rock a child

[HH] verb, transitive startle, surprise, take unawares (esp of an unexpected visitor)

[HHH] verb, transitive satisfy (with food, information)

[HH] verb, intransitive become sufficient, up to the mark