Ibibio English

[LLL] noun valley, abyss, chasm, gorge

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHL HF] noun a tattler

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[LLHL] noun cat

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHHL] noun adolescent girl

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[LLL] noun thunder

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[LHF] noun yawn

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[LL] noun cross the fingers

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[LH] adjective all, every

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[LH] noun challenge, dare; resolution

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun the first wife

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun a fence of shrubbery planted to indicate a boundary and provide privacy

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive find and keep

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] noun wait, wait for

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[HHH] verb, intransitive become disordered, scattered, disheveled, disrupted

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[HH] noun hunger

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

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[HH] verb, intransitive sleep

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[HH] verb, intransitive become mischievous, wicked

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[LLH] verb, intransitive become bitter

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[HH] verb, intransitive intend, wish.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] number ten

(Igbo) iri

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[HL] verb, transitive strain, filter skim

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[LLL] noun a kind of slug found on plantain leaves.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun the back (anat).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun tooth.

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[LHLL] noun blessing

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[HHH] noun kidney, heart.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HLLHL] noun heel of the foot.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] verb, transitive torture.

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[L] verb, intransitive become lazy.

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive blow on (as with the mouth or bellows to cool, or to make a fire flame up), blow (a whistle, a wind instrument), whistle.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHL] noun electricity

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[HH] noun body (of a human being, an animal, fruit, nut), self (used as a reflexive). aj (?) emphatic, even, particular, the very.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun fire.

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[LH] noun spoon

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[LL] noun fishing grounds, fishing area

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[HH] noun a set of five yams

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[HF] noun earth, land, ground, floor, country, a council of elders

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun a blow with the fist; a charm which enables the wearer to strike powerful blows

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun fish (general)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive pull up, hoist up, draw in (as in a fishing net)

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[L] verb, transitive turn around, turn back, turn around and go back (used with edem, asin a kpa edem).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive plead, plead with, entreat, beg

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive prepare, get ready.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] verb, intransitive become near, stay near; approach

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[HH] verb, transitive become big

Speaker: itoro ituen

[H] ideophone sound of a short blast of a launch horn

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] verb, intransitive become tough, hard (of meat, rubber, wood); become difficult (of a task)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] ideophone sound of abodom being played with bamboo sticks in sending a message

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive become restless; make rapid, jittery movements, fire crackling, wood breaking; describes the action of starting up in fright

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LLH] verb, transitive rub off, erase, wipe clean, polish

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, intransitive exhibit pride

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[H] verb, transitive cover, close with a cover or lid; heap up

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive gather, collect (leaves, fish, crayfish)

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

[LLHD] noun groundnut

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHL] noun dew dripping from the trees

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun cheek

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[HH] verb, transitive hit, strike, beat

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHLLHLL] noun butterfly

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LHLLH HL] noun rough skin, tough skin

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LF] noun nasal mucus, phlegm

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun handcuffs, leg cuffs, shackles

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun dream

[LHD] noun a kind of fruit tree, its fruits have a brownish cover, firm orange or white flesh, and a big seed, cola rostrata

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

[LH] numeral third, three

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

[HHH] verb, intransitive become mixed, kneaded, mashed, smashed, run over

[LLH] verb, transitive smell, sniff (var. n̄uune)

[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 color, many colors (ason cloth, or an animal)

[HHH] noun a lump (of meat, a clay), a mass; a nest made by ants

[LH] conj even if, not even if

[HF] noun second-born daughter

[HH] verb, transitive fight; struggle; try

[L] verb, intransitive become black

[LLH] verb, intransitive wander around, walk about (pl. of san̄a)

[LH] verb, intransitive come down, descend (var. sọijọ)

[L] verb, transitive taste (food, drink)

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

[LLH] verb, intransitive become short, squat, and fat (of people or animals)

[LL] verb, transitive polish, scrub; grate (pl. of tʌk)

[LHH] noun fifth-born son

[HF] noun house

[LLHH] noun cloaca of a chicken, hindquarters of a chicken (?)

[LH] noun loving, likeness

[LF] noun lack, scarcity

[HF HF] adverb slowly, carefully

[HHH] noun feast

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

[H] verb, transitive soothe, pat, rock a child

[H] verb, transitive make an announcement

[HL] ideophone describes something that passes by very fast

[H] verb, transitive turn, mix, stir

[HHH] verb, transitive shake liquid in a bowl to distribute it evenly over the surface