Ibibio English

[LF] noun a small shrimp, crayfish

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHH] adjective black, ripe, mature

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[H.HL] noun shame

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[HF] noun oil

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[LHH] noun settler

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[LHL] adjective whole, complete

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[HD] quantifier other, another, more

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[LHH] noun needle

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[HHHH] adjective male (used with all animal names except those few which have a special word for the male); yielding little, unproductive

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[H] verb, intransitive be in a place, exist; seem, appear to be

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[LLH] verb, transitive drive away, drive off, send away, follow, go afte, chase, catch up to, join

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[LH] verb, transitive pass, pass by, cross

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[H] verb, transitive break

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

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verb, transitive become smooth

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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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[HH] verb, transitive climb (tree, hill)

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

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[LL] noun mother.

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[HH] noun phantom, ghost of ancestors. in traditional government, the police arm, now a society (to which nearly all the men belong) which has masquerades at various times of year such as the turning of the year and the harvest of new yam.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LF] noun message; fame.

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[HLLHL] noun heel of the foot.

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[LH] verb, intransitive get off balance (as when something which was balanced or supported slips or slants down), become slanted.

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[HH] verb, transitive turn, twist, twirl, spin; iv turn (of a wheel); repeat (always followed by another verb).

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

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

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[HH] verb, transitive bother, harass, worry.

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[L] verb, transitive pluck (feathers, hair, weeds).

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[HF] noun arrow.

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[HF] noun piassava, the fiber from the trunk of ukOt (rafia palm).

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[HF] noun word, language, talk; matter, palaver (difficulty, trouble, verbal conflict, gathering for negotiation or decision).

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[LHL] noun whistling

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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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[LL] noun a blow with the fist; a charm which enables the wearer to strike powerful blows

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[LL] noun hat, cap

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

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[LHL] number five

(Igbo) ise

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

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[LH] noun neck, throat; desire, greed

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[LLH] verb, intransitive become old; ancient; look old (of inanimate objects)

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[LL] ideophone sound made by a flat object when it falls flat on the ground.

Speaker: itoro ituen

[LL] verb, transitive learn; teach

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[HH] verb, transitive respect, esteem, honor, worship

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LH] verb, transitive pull down the lower eye lid to show triumph, to mock

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive peel with hand or knife, unlock

Speaker: itoro ituen

[HH] verb, transitive cover (esp obscure from view)

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[L] verb, transitive gather, collect (leaves, fish, crayfish)

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[HH] verb, intransitive ref. hang, hang on oneself, choke

[HH] verb, transitive greet, thank, congragulate, express

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] verb, transitive remove from a hook, remove what hangs, unentangle (esp. wipe away strands of cobweb) (rev. of kọp [L])

[HL] noun cup (esp. a metal or enamel cup); cigarette tin or other container used as a unit of measure for beans, rice, gari

[HH] noun a natural covering, skin scab

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LF] noun scar

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[LLHL] noun young men (pl. of akparawa).

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HHH] noun handcuffs, leg cuffs, shackles

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[LLHD] noun groundnut

[LLH] noun warm

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

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[HLHHHL] noun the pelvic area (var. edidiono)

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

[HHHH] adjective toughness and coarseness in texture due to exposure to the sun or other causes

[LLLH] noun business

[HF] noun horn of animal

[HF] noun vein (esp. in the arm)

[HD] noun young woman (address or referent), a term of endearment for a young woman

[LLL] noun a kind of basket used for catching fish or crabs, small ones are made of palm fronds, large ones of cane

[LLH] interrogative noun what?

[LL] noun lies

[HF] noun hanger, peg on the wall for hanging things

[LL] noun place

[HHH] verb, intransitive become mixed, kneaded, mashed, smashed, run over

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

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

[HLF] noun athlete’s foot

[HHH] noun water

[LH] verb, transitive pour into; empty out; wide

[HL] ideophone describes something that passes by very fst (as a car speeds by or an insect flies by)

[H] verb, intransitive laugh

[L] verb, transitive select, select out, sort out

[LLH] verb, intransitive lament, complain, regret

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

[F] noun tea

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

[HF] noun trouble

[HLL] adverb completely

[LL] noun a game of struggle

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

[HHHH] noun blood

[LF] noun lack, scarcity

[LLL] numeral four

[LHL] noun rice

[LHHL] number nine

(Igbo) eteghiete

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHL] noun your kinsman

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

[H] verb, transitive suck

[H] verb, transitive having the urge to sleep

[LL] verb, transitive steal