Ibibio English

[HH] noun mosquito

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[LLLL] noun electric fish

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[HHH] noun water buffalo

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[LLL] noun thunder

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[HHH] noun stew, soup

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[LD] adjective first

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[HL] noun priest

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[HH] noun the sediment which sinks to the bottom of the pot when palm oil is boiled after being extracted from the fruit, dregs

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[HHF] adjective cold

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

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[LH] noun onion

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

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

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[LLH] verb, intransitive; verb, transitive stop, cease, conclude,; tv bring to conclusion; decide

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

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[HH] verb, intransitive ripen, become ripe, red (plural of dat)

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[HH] verb, intransitive sleep

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[H] verb, transitive bite

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[L] verb, transitive weave, knit, spin

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[HF] noun the area of the lower abdomen around the bladder.

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[HF] noun a kind of fish, good to eat.

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[HH] number twenty.

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[HF] noun buttocks, anus; bottom.

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[LH] noun disease involving swelling of the testes; an insult (if a person called another person efik and make a fist it is a challenge to fight).

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[HF] noun leopard or any of the big cats; a mens society so named from the way they use drums to imitate the sound of a leopard.

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

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[LHLL] noun hiccup.

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[LL] noun millipede.

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[LHHH] noun a loan

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[HHH] verb, intransitive become thin, light in weight, lightened (of a load); become light on the feet, sprightly.

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[H] verb, intransitive become good.

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

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[HF] noun drum.

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[HF] noun hair (on the head or growing densely as on the head).

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[LH] noun spoon

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[LH LH] adjective worthless; fruitless; in vain

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[HHF] noun year

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[HHF] noun a kind tuber with mushrooms growing on it, usked in preparing ikpan

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[LHH] noun caterpillar (general term)

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[HH] verb, transitive cut down, hew down (a large object); cut (a large portion) (pl. of kek)

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[H] adverb there, over there, yonder

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[HH] verb, transitive fold, fold over (arms, paper, cloth, leaves) - plural form of kpan̄

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[L] verb, transitive pay attention (used with utON, as in a kpaN utON, listen).

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[HL] interjection expression of concern, regret, apology

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[LL] verb, transitive prepare, get ready.

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[H] ideophone sound of the fallof an enamel cup

Speaker: itoro ituen

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[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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[HH] verb, transitive hang (on a hook, peg, line); spread out to dry; hook, link, lock, entangle (pl. of kọp [L])

[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

[HDH] noun piece, half piece

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[LLHD] noun groundnut

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[HHL] noun specialist, practitioner (pl. of abia)

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[HLH] noun the process of fattening a woman prior to marriage; the woman who undergoes the process

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[HH] noun thick porridge

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[HD] interjection please

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[LL] verb, transitive choose, select (pl. of mek)

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[LL] verb, transitive slow down and walk cautiously as when one sees danger, or because of mud

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[LH] noun today

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[HLHL] noun armpit

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[LF HL] noun skin of the vagina

[HH HL] noun outer part of the vagina - labia majora

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[HHH] noun the heavy dregs (yeast) from palm wine which settle at the bottom of the calabash

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[HH] noun shout, scream, outcry

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[LHHLHL] noun butterfly

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LHLLHLL] noun butterfly

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[LHLLH] adjective sharp, brave, fierce, potent

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

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL] noun wickedness, maliciousness

[HH] verb, transitive shake, bounce a person as on a couch

[H] verb, transitive show teeth

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

[HHHH] noun bell, clock, hour

[LLH] adjective granular, in grains

[HHH] verb, intransitive become childish, act childish

[HH] verb, transitive devastate, destroy, squander

[HH] verb, transitive grab as much as possible with one hand

[HH] verb, transitive chop

[LH] verb, intransitive lie

[H] verb, intransitive walk with small quick half running steps as when carrying a heavy load

[H] verb, transitive spread, loosen, untie, unlock, unwind, open, melt

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

[HD] noun grandfather

[HH] preposition, conjunction since, starting from (time only)

[LL] verb, intransitive become supple

[LHF] noun fourth-born son

[LHF] noun third-born son

[HF] noun house

[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

[HF] noun animal (gen term), meat

[LLH] noun earning a living; struggling

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

[HHH] noun beach; sandbar

[H] verb, transitive having the urge to sleep

[HH] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive move about, become restless, fidget; move about, wriggle

[HH] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive become pregnan, conceive (var. jʌmmo)

[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)