Ibibio English

[HF HL] noun pimple

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[HDH] noun chief, lord (traditional or religious)

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[HF] noun root

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[LL] noun cross the fingers

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[LD] adjective first

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[LLL] noun hut, improvised temporary shelter(in the bush or at the fishing ponds)

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[LHH] noun needle

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[HFHF] noun measles

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[HHL] noun sunshine, the suns rays, daylight; weather, season, time, the times

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[L] verb, transitive expect, hope, anticipate

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[HHH] verb, intransitive become cooked, done(of food)

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[L] verb, intransitive become rotten (esp. of edible things), spoil (of improperly dried fish, it gets mould on it), sour

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[LH] verb, intransitive become buried

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[HH] verb, transitive break (a long thin object such as a stick or bone)

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[LLH] verb, transitive answer a question, answer a call(in the latter case only used negatively, i.e. fail to answer a call)

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[LH] verb, intransitive become quiet, calm, lonely (of a place, of wind or water)

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[HL] verb, transitive strain, filter skim

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[L] verb, transitive dig up, dig (esp root crops), harvest (root crops)

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[HF] noun a kind of large antelope.

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[LH] noun rat, mouse (gen term).

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[LH] noun greeting.

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[HHF] noun a kind of large bat found in the bush, fruit bat.

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

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[HH] noun grey hair; mould (on food, leather)

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[H] verb, intransitive; verb, transitive become heaped up, piled up; tv heap up, pile up.

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[L] verb, intransitive become mouldy (of coconut, palm kernel).

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

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[HH] noun lice (pl. of ndaN).

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[HHH] noun whirlwind.

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[HF] noun bitter

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[HF] noun laughter

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[LLLL] noun hippopotamus

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[LH] noun debt

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[HH] noun a set of five yams

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[HF] noun advice

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[LLL] noun a leech; a kind of fish with long needle-like mouth

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[HHL] noun head; memory; sake, behalf

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[HHL] noun blood

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[L] verb, intransitive become able, know how; tv surpass, excel (used in making com- parisons), triumph over, beat (win)

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[LLF] noun [Eng] cigarette

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[HH] verb, transitive lose ones temper and take some action (decide to do something or become stubborn), act in a fit of anger.

Speaker: itoro ituen

[LH] verb, transitive lift something very heavy and of huge girth requiring both arms around it; try to carry something heavier than one is capable of, take on more than one can manage

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[L] verb, transitive crow (of a cock).

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

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[LH] verb, intransitive snap, break from too much strain (of a rope); sg only break away, leave a place and rush to another

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[HH] verb, transitive hang (an object on a hook, around a person’s neck, cloth pot to dry)

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

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[HH] noun thick porridge

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[LHLH] noun gooseflesh

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[HF] noun cockroach

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[LH HD] noun ring

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[HLLHL] noun armpit

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[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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[HHLHHHL] noun butterfly

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[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

[HHH] noun water

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

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[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

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

[HHH] noun delicacies, luxury food, little bits of luxury food (nuts, bits of meat) (var. ndien, ndiin)

[LHH] noun yam stake, a stick placed in the ground for the yam plant to climb on

[LHD] noun a kind of fruit tree, its fruits have a brownish cover, firm orange or white flesh, and a big seed, cola rostrata

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

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[HLHHH] noun disorder

[LHH] noun calamity

[HF HL] noun smoke; steamboat, ship

[LH] noun a small plant, its leaves are irritating to the skin, Urera mannii

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[LL] conjunction where

[LLHL] adjective stunted, blunt, undercooked (var. iteetịp, iteitịp)

[LLL] noun a small insect found around palm wine

[LL] noun children, young of animals

[LL] noun place

[HH] noun ashes, dust

[L] verb, transitive to stretch out, stretch forward, stick out, point; intransitive: stick out, extend

[HH] noun the young of an animal

[LHL] noun a kind of imported fish, herring

[LLH] noun jest, joke, a story that pokes fun, clowning

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

[LH] noun folktale, proverb

[HD] adverb also

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

[LH] verb, transitive explain, direct, tell how

[LL] ideophone describes a staggering walk

[HH] verb, transitive pierce through, make a hole, carve out (pl. of tịp)

[L] verb, intransitive fail to mature, fail to develop fully, fall short of expectations; miss out

[H] verb, transitive hit, hit the mark; knock against, knock down; throw down; drop

[LH] noun calamity

[LHLL] noun rice

[LF] noun a ditch containing water, a large pit, dam

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

[LL] noun dish, plate, bowl

[HF] adverb slow, with care

[HF HF] adverb slowly, carefully

[LHL] numeral five

[LH] noun fishhook

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

[LH] verb, intransitive become beautiful

[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)