Ibibio English

[HHL] noun man, male

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHL] noun rice

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[LLL] noun thunder

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[LLL] noun thunder

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[HH] noun expanse e.g. ocean

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[LHHH] noun table

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[HL] noun priest

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[LHL] noun bitter leaf, gall bladder; bile

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun a stomach ache with diarrhea

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun a kind of large bush rat which tunnels in the ground

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive count, reckon, esteem

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, intransitive become unsalted, unseasoned, become deficient

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[LLLH] verb, intransitive become ruined, spoiled, destroyed(pl of biara)

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

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[L] verb, transitive receive, take back, accept; endure

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[L] verb, intransitive call, shout (at), scream (at), cry out

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[HL] noun bowl(cf. abawIt, bawIt)

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[HH] verb, transitive feed, nurse, rear a child

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[HH] verb, intransitive sleep

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[H] verb, intransitive become a coward

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

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[H] verb, transitive enter, go into, join (a society of the modern type that involves only a simple process)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive weave, knit, spin

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[L] verb, transitive send, send for, send to (a person or a message), send for a nefarious purpose, pl esp instigate stimulate a desire in, cause longing in

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

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[HHHL] noun sacred place where family heirlooms are kept; archive.

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noun copulation

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[LL] verb, transitive climb a large tree by putting the arms around it and moving up on the belly, shinny up a pole (pl. of fap).

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[L] ideophone sound made by a ripe pawpaw or avocado when it falls to the ground.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHL] noun women, wives

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLLL] noun state of numbness or sleep in the limbs; state of being shrivelled from immersion in water.

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[LL] noun fishing grounds, fishing area

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[LL] noun river

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[HH] noun someone shorter than normal, a stunted person

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHLL] noun a kind of bird, black with a white throat and a large beak (Goldie a small hornbill)

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[LL] noun hat, cap

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[HH] verb, intransitive show off, become pompous

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

[HH] verb, transitive draw water, scoop up liquid (not using hands)

[H] verb, transitive die perish; become exhausted, overcome; fade; heal

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[H] verb, intransitive die, perish; become exhausted, overcome; fade; heal

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive become puckered (of the mouth from acid, of the hands from immersion in water).

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LL] verb, transitive prepare, get ready.

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

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

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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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] ideophone sound of the fall of a knife or spoon, or of an enamel plate

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

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

[HH] verb, transitive overlap, cross, heap, pile on top of; arrange, set up, prepare for use

[H] verb, transitive like, love (can be used as a euphemism for sex)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHLH] noun gooseflesh

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[LH HDH] noun ring

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

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

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[LLL] noun prison, jail, detention

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[LHLLH HL] noun rough skin, tough skin

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[HHH] noun fart

[HD] adverb also, too

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

[HLL] noun prickly heat

[HLHH] noun little bits of mischief, pranks, crafty, manipulations

[HLHHH] noun a struggle

[HF] noun horn of animal

[LHH] noun scum

[LHH] noun mockery

[LHH] noun sperm, semen

[LLL] noun a kind of small hot red or green pepper, Aframonum melegueta (Dalziel)

[HH] noun a women’s society

[LL] noun place

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

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

[LF] noun my grandmother

[HHHH HL] noun wrist watch

[LF LL] noun dorsal fin of a fish

[HD] adverb also

[LLLL] noun a kind of small rodent with a long snout

[HF] noun second-born daughter

[HH] verb, intransitive talk in an angry, high-piched voice; ideophone: sound of a frightened, wounded dog

[HH] verb, transitive fight; struggle; try

[LLH] verb, intransitive lament, complain, regret

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

[LH] verb, intransitive lie

[L] ideophone describes water falling drop by drop

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

[HH] preposition, conjunction since, starting from (time only)

[HHH] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive whistle

[H] verb, intransitive beat, pound (esp food in a mortar, clothes on a log)

[HH] verb, intransitive become clouded, unclear (in color); become murky, unclear (of liquids); become dusty (of clothes or something that can be shaken out)

[LL] noun grave

[LHF] noun fourth-born son

[LHF] noun third-born son

[LL] noun dish, plate, bowl

[LHH] noun needle

[HH] verb, transitive mix; adulterate (as palm wine by adding water)

[LLH] verb, intransitive become peeled off, become faded