Ibibio English

[LLL] noun a kind of yam formerly only planted by women, water yam

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun horn, trumpet

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[HF] noun slave

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[HH] noun the first-born son

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[LHD] noun a dye made from the juice of the fruit or seeds of a plant and colored with charcoal, it is used by women for body decoration; the tree from which the dye comes, Indogofera

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[LH] noun fence

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[LLHH] noun a strong wind

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[L] verb, intransitive be early, arrive early, do something early

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[L] verb, transitive lean something against, place against

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

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[H] verb, transitive break

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

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

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

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[LL] verb, transitive dip, steep, soak

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

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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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verb, transitive become smooth

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[HH ] verb, transitive wipe up, dab, take a bit(of food to taste, of cream on the finger) pl cleam up, clean away; wipe up a liquid or semiliquid substance(water, faeces)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun a tree with small blue skinned fruits, their green flesh is softened before eating by roasting or by immersing in hot water, the softened flesh is similar to avocado but it is slightly sour, it is customarily accompanied by roasted maize, Bush butter tree

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun monkey

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[HHF] noun a kind of large edible snail.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun axe.

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

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[LH] noun heart, gut.

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

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

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[LH] a small cloth warn at the waist by mourning widows.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHLL] noun electricity

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[HHH] noun firewood.

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[LH] noun; adjective farm

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[LH] noun parrot

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[LLL] noun; adjective greed; greedy person

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[H] prep. of time, place, cause, manner

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, intransitive rise, puff, swell (of rice in cooking, of bread); become conceited, swell-headed

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

[HH] transitive verb call, invite, read

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[H] verb, transitive cost

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[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] verb, transitive cut with a glancing motion (as in scraping bark from a tree, peeling the rotten part from a yam, shaping a pestle out of wood).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] verb, transitive watch, guard, look after.

Speaker: itoro ituen

[H] verb, transitive become big

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

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[HH] verb, transitive cut off the end of a periwinkle ( a kind of mollusk) so the fish can be sucked out.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

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[HH] verb, transitive hang (an object on a hook, around a person’s neck, cloth pot to dry)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[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

[L] verb, transitive finish; following another verb ma indicates completed actions

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL] noun pl people

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[H] verb, intransitive become patient; hold back, have control

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[LL] verb, transitive bend, incline (a stick, a part of the body)

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[HH] verb, transitive contort the face or mouth to show disgust

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[LLHDH] noun a kind of small white mushroom

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[LLL] noun path, narrow place, space, gap

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LHH HL] noun the kernel of the unripe oil palm fruit, the shell is soft and can be broken with the teeth.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun foot

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHLHL] noun a kind of insect (similar to millipede)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun a seat without a back

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHLHLL] noun butterfly

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LHL] noun a shoot (esp. referes to the shoot of a a yam stored in the yam marn prior to planting)

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LHL] adjective small

[LHH] noun handcuffs, leg cuffs, shackles

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HHH] noun water

[H] verb, intransitive; verb, transitive undulate, wriggle (in the manner of a maggot); dance with undulating movement

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] verb, transitive smell, sniff

[LH] verb, intransitive verbal aggression

[H] verb, transitive show teeth

[LLH] noun jest, joke, a story that pokes fun, clowning

[LLL] noun a kind of insect, a larva

[LLH] noun basket

[LF] noun lead (metal)

[HH] verb, transitive fight; struggle; try

[HHHH] verb, transitive irritate the throat and back of the mouth (as raw of insufficiently cooked yam or coco yam) (var. sian)

[LLH] verb, intransitive dawn, enter a new day, remain until the new day, make it through the night

[HH] verb, intransitive become tough and coarse in texture due to exposure to the sun or other causes and unable to be softened by cooking

[HH] verb, transitive cluck at to show annoyace or disgust

[L] verb, transitive entice, lure, bribe, cajole

[LH] verb, transitive place an order

[HHH] verb, transitive disturb, disorder (the vegetation in passing by, the water entering it)

[LH] verb, intransitive become sluggish

[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 a pit dug in the ground, a ditch

[LLH] adjective steeped, soaked

[HHF] noun the small of the back and the area immediately surrounding it

[LHH] noun fifth-born son

[HHH] noun a whistle

[LL] noun a game of struggle

[HF] noun a kind of tree with soft wood, probably Alstonia congensis (Dalziel)

[LF] noun a kind of fresh water eel

[LHL] noun rice

[LH] noun your father

[LHL] numeral five

[HH] noun ear

[LH] noun bread, biscuit

[HF] noun noise

[L] verb, transitive tear, rend, scratch, tear off, tear up, tear out; pay a debt in installments

[HH] verb, intransitive become sufficient, up to the mark