Ibibio English

[HF] noun a bundle, a bundle of long, stiff objects, a bundle of twenty

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLHF] noun world

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[LLL] noun thunder

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[HHH] noun stew, soup

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[LLL] noun pot

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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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[HF] noun a broom made from oil palm fronds stripped of their leaves and tied in a bunch, it is generally used for sweeping the house

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

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[LL] verb, transitive join a society, undergo the initiation for a society

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[LLH] verb, transitive prepare, prepare for, get ready for

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[LL] verb, transitive cut through with a single stroke

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[L] verb, transitive reveal a secret, narrate a story, convey information, inform, relate, (all have derogatory connotation)

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[HHH] verb, transitive rev. of dian take away, separate two things that are stuck together, separate out from; change money

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[L] verb, intransitive live, be alive

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[LH] verb, intransitive become untidy and wet (of a messy wet animal), become wet, become untidy.

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[HH] verb, transitive tell

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[LH] noun husband

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[LL] noun baldness, bald spot.

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[LL] noun tomach; a bag-like object esp one containing air; a musical instrument of the accordian type; a kind of thumb piano made of wood of calabash with metal keys; a play in which the thumb piano is used.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun tree trunk (the oart between the roots and the crown); a log left by the side of the river to wash clothes on.

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[LL] noun axe.

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

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[LH] noun father, old man, respectful address or reference to a man.

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[HH] verb, transitive stick into a narrow space, wedge in, put between.

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[LL] verb, transitive remove water with a bowl from where it is not wanted (esp bail out a boat), scoop liquid from one container to another.

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[HHF] noun gorilla (Goldie baboon, chimpanzee).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

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[LH] noun a wooden musical instrument of the xylophone type.

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[LH] adjective big

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[HF] noun cocoyam, colocasia esculentum (Dalziel)

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[HF] noun laughter

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[HHL] noun a sore, septic wound

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

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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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[H] verb, transitive tell a fable, proverb, riddle

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] transitive verb remove palm fruit from the pot with a basin or calabash

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

[HH] verb, intransitive stand on tiptoe, stretch to see something high; become high, raised up (esp. of the ground or of something which should be flat)

[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, intransitive become near, stay near; approach

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] ideophone sound of raw maize being pounded.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[H] verb, transitive become big

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[H] ideophone sound of a short blast of a launch horn

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[LLH] verb, transitive alter, change, become different, differ, vary

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

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[HH] verb, transitive become loose, untied, unfastened; fall apart.

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[LL] ideophone sound made by someone walking in studded shoes.

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[LLH] verb, transitive space out (in planting)

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)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHL] noun dew dripping from the trees

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[HHH] noun race

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[HH] verb, intransitive become accustomed to, familiar with, associated with;

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[LLHL] adjective mouldy

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[LH HD] noun ring

[LF HL] noun skin of the vagina

[LH LL] noun regret

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[HHH] noun stalk, the place where fruits are attached

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH HL] noun eyebrow

[LH] conj. so, so that

[HH] verb, intransitive become stupid

[HD] adverb also, too

[LLL] noun, adjective cold, wet

[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

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

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Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HLHHH] noun disorder

[HHHH] noun bedbug, cimex rotundata (in Ibibio bugs pinch rather than bite)

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

[LH HL] noun village crier, he beats a drum and makes announcements

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

[L] verb, intransitive shake (of a drunkards hand, of an old rattly car, of a cloth flapping in the wind; tremble, move about)

[LH] verb, intransitive be tilted, bent stiffly over

[HH] verb, intransitive become sour

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

[HHH] noun crust from burnt food

[LH] noun over there, yonder (refers to a narrow area)

[HLF] noun athlete’s foot

[HHHH] noun a percussion instrument

[HLL] noun welts from a beating

[LL] ideophone sound of dry cloth or paper crumbling

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

[LH] verb, intransitive make faces to scare a child

[L] verb, intransitive become enough, sufficient, complete

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

[LLL] verb, transitive scatter things that are arranged or piled up, strew things about dishevel, disorder

[HH] verb, intransitive walk in a slow, lazy, sloppy, or stealthy manner

[LH] verb, transitive make incantation, call down a curse on

[H] verb, transitive cut bush, clear bush

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

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

[HH] verb, transitive touch; fig affect

[H] verb, intransitive become stupid, retarded

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

[HHH] verb, intransitive kneel

[LHH] adjective buying, shopping

[HHH] noun a whistle

[HF] noun lot, quantity, instance of

[LF] noun a kind of fresh water eel

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

[HH] verb, transitive sharpen on a leather strop