Ibibio English

[LHH] adjective young, not full grown

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[HHH] noun hunger

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[LLH] noun a wooden gong, usually made from a section of a tree trunk

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[LHH] adjective black, ripe, mature

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[HH] noun flesh

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[LLLL] noun electric fish

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[LLL] noun thunder

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[LHHH] noun table

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[HHL] noun man, male

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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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[LH] noun onion

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[HL] noun yam

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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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[HH] noun hunger

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

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

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[LH] verb, transitive scramble for something (as children scramble for coins dropped on the ground)

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[HHH] verb, intransitive itch

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[LL] verb, transitive not know, doubt, have doub about, refuse to recognize

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[HH] verb, transitive light, kindle

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[LLL] verb, transitive pour, pour out, spill, pl. of duọk

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[HH] verb, intransitive hide, hide oneself, become hidden

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[HH] verb, transitive become sick, become sick with

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[LHHH] noun big, huge.

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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.

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[HHF] noun a kind of large edible snail.

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[HH] noun walking stick.

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

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[HLLHL] noun heel of the foot.

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

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

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[LH] verb, intransitive run, run away.

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[LL] verb, transitive spit, spit out (food, liquid, silaiva)

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

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[LL] verb, intransitive become covered; cover oneself (with a cloth or blanket); become sad, mourn.

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[HH] verb, transitive uncover, take off.

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[HF] noun a kind of small crocodile (Goldie monitor lizard) cf afiom, utai.

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[HHF] noun divination; a society devoted to divining, fortune telling.

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

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[HH] noun uncultivated land, brush (used with the name of certain flora and fauna to mean wild); plot, plantation; followers, descendants, family, people of a particular place (many place names contain the word iikọt)

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[HHH] noun smallpox

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[HH] noun fish (general)

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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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[HH] verb, intransitive ebb (of the tide)

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[LLH] verb, intransitive become called, named, bear a name

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[L] verb, intransitive become suitable, appropriate; fit; measure up to a standard; become complete; become enough

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

[LL] ideophone sound made when a person falls flat on his face or back.

Speaker: itoro ituen

[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

[L] verb, transitive restrain, prohibit, stop; warn; rebuke

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[LLH] verb, transitive become late; take a long time; continue in time

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[H] ideophone sound of the fallof an enamel cup

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

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[HH] verb, transitive taunt

Speaker: itoro ituen

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

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[H] adverb only

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

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[HH] verb, intransitive exhibit pride

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

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[LLL] noun pl people

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

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[HF] noun leaf (gen term esp for leaves which are not eaten)

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[LHL] noun brain

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[H] adverb here.

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[HH] noun a natural covering, skin scab

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[LH HD] noun ring

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[HH] noun shout, scream, outcry

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[HL] verb, intransitive become wealthy

[LHH] noun a plant with a fine bark which is scraped off to mae twine, wild hibiscus

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

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[LLH] adverb perhaps

[LL] noun sore, septic wound

[LHH] noun calamity

[LLL] noun intestines

[LH] noun my father

[LLL] noun mist, fog

[LLH] verb, transitive smell, sniff

[HH] verb, intransitive be itchy, scratchy

[LLLH] adjective light in weight

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

[LLLL] noun a large bird with long colorful feathers, it lives near the river; a play connected with ekpe society, by the old men of the society, many drums are used

[HHF] noun hiccup

[LLHLLH] noun a spider web

[L] verb, transitive help; contribute (money, food, labor)

[LL] noun bribe, dishonest business practices

[HH] verb, transitive block, plug, stop up, obstruct

[HHH] verb, intransitive become alive (if animals and plants); become fresh (of meat, fish), become fresh, become healthy, fine (of a human being)

[HHL] noun starch (for laundry)

[HH] verb, transitive remove a plug, an obstacle, unblock;

[LH] noun a kind of grey rock which is crushed to a powder and used as a cosmetic for the eyes

[LH] verb, transitive place an order

[HF] noun strength, force, power

[HH] noun leg and/or foot; bottom, base; elongation, extension, movement, means, mode

[LHD] noun a kind of fish with a hard skull and whiskers, good to east (Goldie: a species of catfish); (var akpakot)

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

[HF] noun day, twenty-four hours

[HF] noun skill, talent

[LLL] noun congealed secretions

[LL] noun quarrel

[LH] noun bread, biscuit