Ibibio English

[LLLL] noun electric fish

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[LLL] noun thunder

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[LL] noun path in the bush

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[LL] pronoun you

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[LL] noun jar, jug for storage of water

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

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[LHH] noun needle

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[HHL] noun man, male

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[HHH] noun a stomach ache with diarrhea

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[H] verb, intransitive become thickened (e.g. broth thickened by flavor); become dirty (e.g. cloths or water)

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[LL] verb, transitive fail to show appreciation, criticize what has been done for one

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

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[HH] verb, intransitive become rotten to the semi-liquid state, become decomposed, disintegrated (of an orange, a wet cracker, a dead body), become wet and messy, wet and sloppy, become watery to the point of nearly falling out

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[L] verb, transitive cook by burying in hot ashes

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[LL] verb, transitive to put underneath (a hand for support, a pot to catch dripping liquid, new mats under the old ones to patch a thatch roof)

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[LH] verb, intransitive set off, depart, leave, move away, become wild, troublesome (of a child)

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[HHH] verb, intransitive tip toe around stealthily, pussy-foot

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[H] verb, transitive bite

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[L] verb, intransitive live, be alive

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[LL] number ten

(Igbo) iri

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

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[HF] noun sole, palm (of hand or feet).

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[LH] noun suicide by hanging a tight knot.

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

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[HH] noun meat, rat.

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

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[LL] noun eulogy.

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[LL] noun court, council meeting.

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[L] verb, intransitive dodge, duck, move aside, move away, move out of the way; tv dodge.

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

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[H] verb, transitive cover (a person with a blanket, food with a cloth, a house with a roof, a hole with dirt, but not used for cover something with its own cover) cf kup.

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[HH] verb, intransitive become jealous, envious often.

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

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

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[HH] noun the area from the waist to the hips

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[HH] noun base, foundation of esp. base of a tree trunk

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[LHH] noun a kind of fish with poisonous spines

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

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[H] verb, transitive deny, refute, prove innocent

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[LL] number one

(Igbo) otu

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[H] verb, transitive cost

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[HLL] adverb never ever.

Speaker: itoro ituen

[HH] verb, transitive plead, plead with, entreat.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[H] ideophone sound of abodom being played with bamboo sticks in sending a message

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[L] verb, transitive vomit

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[LH] verb, transitive hit, beat, hollow or flat sounds

Speaker: itoro ituen

[HHH] verb, transitive walk here and there, zigzag

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[LLHHH] noun [Efik] a creature (fish? serpent?) which stretches the whole length of a river or sea

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[HH] verb, transitive rev of kup open a cover or lid

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[H] verb, transitive catch sight of (see)

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[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

[LLH] noun nail (anat), claw

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[HF] noun cockroach

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[LH HDH] noun ring

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

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[HHH] adverb a small, hard, round objects, seed, kernel, grain

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[HHF] noun a kind of white yam

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[HHL] noun a kind of plant with small bitter fruits

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[LHLLHLL] noun butterfly

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[L] verb, transitive blind

[H] ideophone sound of a bell

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

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

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

[LLLH] noun business

[HLHH] noun jostling; a kind of game in which children lean against each other

[HF] noun horn of animal

[LH] verb, intransitive converse, tell, inform

[HL] noun knuckle

[HF HL] noun smoke; steamboat, ship

[HF] noun the gums

[LL] noun place

[LLLH] adjective light in weight

[LLHF] noun a plant with hot peppery fruit and leaves which are chewed esp with palm wine

[H] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive bear fruit

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

[HH] verb, intransitive to be clean; to acquit, find innocent

[HHHH] verb, intransitive make a sound of disgust, disapproval, impatience, contempt (var. siama)

[HH] verb, transitive devastate, destroy, squander

[LL] verb, transitive hate, dislike

[HHH] verb, transitive disturb, stir

[LHL] noun [Eng] spirit (used in Christian church services) (var. sịbidịt)

[LL] verb, transitive put down, set down (a pot on the fire); cook, boil, prepare afere (soup) (pl. of tem)

[LH] verb, intransitive sit, stay; appear, seem

[LL] verb, transitive hurt a sore place by accident

[LL] noun room

[LF] noun your husband

[LLH] adjective steeped, soaked

[LHDH] noun fourth-born son

[LHH] noun left (direction)

[LHH] adjective many, much

[LHLHL] interjection a sound made to cheer or mock someone

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

[LL] verb, transitive steal

[L] verb, transitive cut into large pieces (as tree into logs, a fish into large chunks)

[LL] verb, transitive hit (esp. with a stick, also with hand or fist)

[HH] verb, transitive sharpen on a leather strop