Ibibio English

[LLL] noun valley, abyss, chasm, gorge

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

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[HH] noun mosquito

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[LHLL] noun blessing

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[LHHH] adjective big, huge

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[LH] adjective stranger, visitor, sojourner, immigrant

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[LLL] noun pot

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[LHLHL] noun praying mantis

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[HLF] noun sneeze

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[HH] verb, transitive waste

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] verb, intransitive fall off, snap off, drop off(ripe or dead fruit), fall out(of hair)

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[L] verb, transitive watch out for; wait to do harm to; watch over, protect, look after

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

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[HHH] verb, intransitive become cooked, done(of food)

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[LH] verb, transitive pass, pass by, cross

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[HH] verb, intransitive become rotten to the semi-liquid state, become decomposed, disintegrated (of an orange, a wet cracker, a dead body), become wet and messy, wet and sloppy, become watery to the point of nearly falling out

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[LLH] verb, transitive rinse

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[HH] verb, intransitive ripen, become ripe, red (plural of dat)

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[LH] verb, intransitive fierce, brave, valiant, dare, become hot, burn (of pepper), become sarp, function work (of medicine, magic)

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[HHH] noun a day before business; Sunday; church service, church used in the names of certain market days (days of the week)

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[LLL] noun small drum, two or three tuned to different pitches are played at once with the hands.

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[HHF] noun a kind of large bat found in the bush, fruit bat.

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[HHHH] noun having few feathers or sparse hair.

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[LH] noun strange, alien.

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[LH] noun the olden days, ancient past; time immemorial.

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[LL] noun court, council meeting.

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

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

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[L] verb, intransitive dodge, duck, move aside, move away, move out of the way; tv dodge.

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[HF] noun arrow.

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[HHL] noun men (pl. of owodeen).

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[LHLL] noun electricity

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[HF] noun a round basket with a cover and a handle used for drying fish or meat.

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[HHH] noun partition (in the house made of cloth); section of bush partitioned by boundary markers

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[HH] noun gonorrhea.

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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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[HF] noun laughter

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[HF] noun pus

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[HHL] noun a sore, septic wound

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[LH] noun; adjective farm

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[LLHL] adjective burnt, scorched

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[LLLL] noun hippopotamus

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[LLL HL] noun door hinge

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[LHH] noun a kind of fish with poisonous spines

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[HHH] noun nose

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[LLH] verb, transitive stir (as in soup)

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[HH] verb, transitive hold in the arms or hands; have, keep; owe; use; treat, behave towards

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LH] verb, transitive construct a framework

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

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[LL] verb, transitive prepare, get ready.

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

Speaker: itoro ituen

[L] ideophone sound made by ekOmO drums, the small one goes kpim or kpom or kum, the large one goes kpim or kum.

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[H] verb, transitive become big

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[HH] verb, transitive become contrary (es. to show off)

[H] verb, transitive leave a place, abandon, go away, leave alone

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[HH] verb, intransitive exhibit pride

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[LL] verb, transitive sweep; take the remains of something

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[L] ideophone sound made by a heavy round object such as a coconut or palm fruit cluster when it falls to the ground

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[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)

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[HH] verb, transitive cure, heal, perform juju for curing and certain other purposes (implies grinding medicine)

[LL] noun exhaustion, fatigue

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[LLH] noun nail (anat), claw

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[LH] noun today

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[HHF] noun a kind of white yam

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[H.HL] noun sandfly

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[HH HL] noun eyebrow

[HF] noun sandfly

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[HL] verb, intransitive become wealthy

[HHHH] noun food

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[HHF] noun eczema

[HF] noun a kind of small fish

[HF] noun slander, gossip

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

[HLLH] noun ant

[HL] noun knuckle

[LLL] noun a kind of basket used for catching fish or crabs, small ones are made of palm fronds, large ones of cane

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

[LLLH] adjective light in weight

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

[LF] noun lead (metal)

[HH] verb, transitive lick, lick off

[H] ideophone describes a sudden action

[LL] noun bribe, dishonest business practices

[L] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive to be able to, know how to, master

[HH] verb, intransitive become left over, remain

[L] verb, transitive reach, get to, arrive at

[LLH] verb, intransitive tattered, threadbare (pl. of tara)

[H] verb, transitive spread, loosen, untie, unlock, unwind, open, melt

[HHH] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive whistle

[LHH] noun middle

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

[LHHL] number nine

(Igbo) eteghiete

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] noun spider web

[LHH] noun needle

[HHH] noun any insect which pinches

[HF] noun voice, order, edict

[LH] verb, intransitive warm oneself in the sun or by the fire, bask

[LH] verb, transitive doubt, surprise

[H] verb, transitive attach, put together, fasten, lock, hang (from a point, or curtains, tie on so that it may hang)