Ibibio English

[LF] noun a small shrimp, crayfish

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[HF] noun dust

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[HHHH] noun cold, cattarrh

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[HHH] noun trap, ordeal

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[HD] quantifier other, another, more

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[LHDH] noun left-handed person

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[LLL] adjective green

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[HHL] noun man, male

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[LL] verb, transitive be afraid, fear

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[HH] verb, intransitive become in need of, get into straits about (refer to a chronic or long term situation or deprivation); straiten, put into straits

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[L] verb, transitive count, reckon, esteem

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[LH] verb, transitive scramble for something (as children scramble for coins dropped on the ground)

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[L] verb, transitive imitate

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[HH ] verb, transitive wipe up, dab, take a bit(of food to taste, of cream on the finger) pl cleam up, clean away; wipe up a liquid or semiliquid substance(water, faeces)

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[HHHL] noun nest.

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[LH] noun strange, alien.

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[HF] noun the liver, heart, chest, inside; mind.

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[HLLHL] noun heel of the foot.

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

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[LLLH] verb, transitive blow out through the nose, blow the nose, snort (at).

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[L] verb, transitive uncover, strip, take off, peel (with the fingers).

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[HHH] verb, transitive remove from the mouth what one has been sucking or holding there.

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[LLH] verb, transitive forget.

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[LHH] noun a kind of legume used to thicken afere (soup), horse eye bean,, stinging bean, Mucuna urens (Dalziel).

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[HHL] noun crazyness, mad person.

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[HF] noun arrow.

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[LHL] noun reasoning power, common sense, intellect.

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[LH] adjective big

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[LLL] number four

(Igbo) anọ

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[LL] noun fishing grounds, fishing area

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

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[LHHH] noun a kind of dance performed in the moonlight

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[HHL] noun cooking hearth

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[LHL] number five

(Igbo) ise

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[HH] verb, intransitive walk on the balls of the feet, walk on tiptoe

[H] verb, intransitive die, perish; become exhausted, overcome; fade; heal

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

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[HL] interjection expression of concern, regret, apology

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[L] verb, transitive cajole, entice, lure.

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

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[LLH] verb, intransitive become tough, hard (of meat, rubber, wood); become difficult (of a task)

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

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[L] ideophone sound of the eka ibit (a large drum)

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[H] adverb only

Speaker: itoro ituen

[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)

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[LLHD] noun groundnut

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

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[HHH HL] noun shin

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[LHH] noun wheel (bare without a tire)

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[HD] interj. yes

[LLL] noun a kind of palm oil obtained by burning the palm kernel, its uses include pomade for the skin, medicine for boils and wounds, antidote for poison, (taken as an emetic), protection against juju

[HH] noun dream

[LHH] noun a plant with a fine bark which is scraped off to mae twine, wild hibiscus

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

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[HHH] noun dirt; a sticky substance (esp. one a person finds on his clothes and doesn’t know where it came from)

[LLH] noun, adjective corpse (esp. one that is dried up and distasteful); adjective: dead; worthless, good for nothing; vile, evil

[HFHF] noun a kind of small mushroom which grows on dead trees, it can be white, red, or brown

[HL] noun knuckle

[HH] noun face, front, future

[LH] numeral third, three

[HHLLLL] noun a kind of large forest bird, eagle, it can beat the air with its wings and make a great noise

[LLH] verb, transitive smell, sniff (var. n̄uune)

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

[HHL] adjective ancient, former; old (of inanimate objects)

[HHHF] noun kerosine (English loanword)

[LF] noun lead (metal)

[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

[LLHL] noun a kind of edible snail, small with a lightweight shell

[HHH] noun water

[HH] verb, intransitive shine like cat eyes (said of a person’ s eyes when he is excited, or when he should be ashamed but isn’t); shine intensely, brightly

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

[HH] verb, transitive take out, remove, remove from

[H] verb, intransitive become lost, disappear, cease (of customs)

[H] verb, transitive scrub, rub briskly (teeth, the body, a pot), rub off, rub together, erase, wipe, rub with a slow motion, massage

[HH] verb, transitive cluck at to show annoyace or disgust

[HL] noun tailor (English loanword)

[L] ideophone describes water falling drop by drop

[HL] noun address form for father, grandfather, old man

[H] verb, intransitive urinate

[H] verb, intransitive increase

[LLH] adjective steeped, soaked

[LHDH] noun fourth-born son

[HF] noun smell, odor

[HF] noun slavery (var. ufʌn)

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

[LLL] numeral four

[LL] noun dish, plate, bowl

[HD] phrase What day?

[HF] adverb slow, with care

[LLLH] noun a dish of grated cocoyam steamed in leaves

[LLL] noun beauty

[HHH] verb, intransitive become poor

[L] verb, transitive write

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

[LH] verb, intransitive warm oneself in the sun or by the fire, bask

[H] verb, transitive cause a desire in, a craving for, a longing for

[HL] noun guava

[H] verb, transitive turn, mix, stir

[LH] verb, transitive doubt, surprise

[L] verb, transitive doubt, surprise