Ibibio English

[LHH] noun corpse, cadaver

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[HHL] noun forest

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[LHHH] adjective big, huge

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[HHH] noun okra, okro

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[H] verb, transitive tie, bind

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[LLH] verb, transitive rinse

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[HH] verb, transitive lick (a spoon or the fingers in eating), eat something soft of liquid with a spoon or fingers

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[HHH] verb, intransitive itch

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[LH] interrogative adverb how? in what way?

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[HHH] verb, transitive; verb, intransitive shout at, bawl at, scold; shock.

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verb, transitive become smooth

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[HF] noun a place set aside for something esp a fireplace; a focal place.

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[LL] noun the back (anat).

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[HLL] noun tongue.

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[LL] noun flying squirrel.

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[LH] noun suicide by hanging a tight knot.

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[HHF] noun a kind of large edible snail.

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[HHL] noun elephant.

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[LHHH] noun a loan

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[LH] verb, intransitive run, run away.

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[HH] verb, transitive remove pressure, stop pressing down see fige.

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[LL] noun extra-marital sex.

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[HH] noun sleep.

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHL] noun reasoning power, common sense, intellect.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun calabash (gen term), Lagenaria vulgaris (Dalziel); a calabash container; any small container to drink from; a standard measure (about a cup) for gari, rice, beans.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH LH] adjective worthless; fruitless; in vain

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[LLL] noun; adjective; adverb aloneness, lack of relations

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[HH] noun skin, leather, anything worn around the waist, a belt (esp. a covering of beads around the waist (many strings of beads worn together)); a razor strop

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HDH] noun bird (generic term)

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[LH] noun thief; theft

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[LLHL] adjective burnt, scorched

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[LLL HL] noun door hinge

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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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[LL] number one

(Igbo) otu

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[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

[H] ideophone sound of firewood breaking; sound of corn cracking as it roasts.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive stand in a relative position.

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[LH] verb, transitive; verb, transitive change, become different, differ, vary

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[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 retch, vomit gen used w ibọk medicine, udia food

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] verb, transitive lick, clean out, clean up, scoop out (esp. the flesh of a soft succulent fruit)

[LL] verb, intransitive grow (of people, animals, plants, hair) (pl. of kọt [L])

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] verb, intransitive become born

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[LLHD] noun groundnut

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[LLH] noun nail (anat), claw

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[L] verb, transitive swallow

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[LH HDH] noun ring

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[HLHLHL] noun armpit

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[H.HL.L] noun a kind small house bat

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[LLH] noun a kind of timber tree, Uapaca guineensis (Dalziel)

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[LHF] noun tree, big/heavy log of wood

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[HLH] noun trouble, problem, ruckus, commotion

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[HH] noun shout, scream, outcry

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[HH HL] noun eyebrow

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LHLLHLL] noun butterfly

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[LH] adjective thin, lean and sickly (of a person)

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HHH] noun handcuffs, leg cuffs, shackles

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLHD] noun groundnut

[HL] verb, intransitive become wealthy

[HH] verb, intransitive become stupid

[LLL] noun, adjective cold, wet

[LHHH] adjective secret

[HHH] noun delicacies, luxury food, little bits of luxury food (nuts, bits of meat) (var. ndien, ndiin)

[HHH] noun race, competition

[H] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive dance; fawn on

[HH] noun ochre, a kind of clay used for plastering walls, for floor or wall decoration, and for body decoration

[HHL] noun a powdered vegetable mixture used in juju sacrifices

[HH] verb, intransitive whine (of a child)

[HH] verb, intransitive become sweet, delicious, tasty, enjoyable (of food or drink only)

[LL] noun my mother

[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

[LH] noun folktale, proverb

[LHHH] noun crybaby, a person who cries at every little thing

[LH] verb, intransitive become clear, light, bright; fig become clear, understandable; become large, wide; expand; transitive: clear (as a road); expand, enlarge

[LF] noun market day

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, intransitive become agile, sprightly, lively, smart (in action or dress)

[H] pronoun what, who which

[LLH] verb, intransitive shift, make room, move aside, jerk, make a fuss (pl. of sịkke)

[HHH] verb, transitive disturb, stir

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

[H] verb, transitive chew, eat something hard or chewable (meat, nuts, coconut). chew, eat away (of diseases that destroy tissue); burn

[LH] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive hang down; weigh down, lower (as wet clothes lower a line or heavy fruits on a branch)

[HH] verb, intransitive weep, cry

[HHH] verb, transitive cause confusion, disturb

[HH] noun sliminess, stickiness, a viscous secretion

[LLL HHL] noun fourth-born son

[LHH] noun byword, slang phrase, scandal

[HF] noun smell, odor

[HF] noun a polite term for itịt, vagina

[LL] noun second-born daughter

[HHH] noun feast

[LLL] noun congealed secretions

[HH] verb, intransitive talk a lot, chatter, become unable to contain anything or keep a secret

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

[HHH] verb, transitive dance with specific steps, dance a specific dance, generally a leisurely a dance with outstretched arms