Ibibio English

[HHL HF] noun town, village

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHL] noun sexual organ of snail

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[LLLL] noun wall

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[HLHL] noun lungs

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[LF] noun whisper

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[HDH] quantitative other, another, more

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[HHL] adjective old

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[HF] noun square basket woven of cane or rattan

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[HH] noun fight

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[LLH] verb, intransitive; verb, transitive stop, cease, conclude,; tv bring to conclusion; decide

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[LH] noun pawpaw

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[HHH] verb, intransitive rejoice, become happy

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[LL] verb, intransitive; verb, transitive sink

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[LH] verb, intransitive become quiet, calm, lonely (of a place, of wind or water)

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[HH] verb, intransitive become mischievous, wicked

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[HH] verb, intransitive intend, wish.

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[HF] noun the area of the lower abdomen around the bladder.

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[HF] noun a kind of large antelope.

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[LHH] noun denial.

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[HH] noun tree trunk (the oart between the roots and the crown); a log left by the side of the river to wash clothes on.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun war; a society which celebrates past war glories, joining the society was possible at one time only for a man who had taken several heads, now it is done symbolically.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun rectum, piles (also used as a curse).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun walking stick.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHH] noun contribution, contributive society.

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[HH] verb, transitive turn, twist, twirl, spin; iv turn (of a wheel); repeat (always followed by another verb).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

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[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

[HHL] noun women, wives

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun fire.

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[LH] adjective big

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[HHF] noun knife, machet (machete)

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[LHL] noun muteness, dumbness; a mute

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[LH] noun debt

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[HF] noun walk, journey; gait

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[LHH] noun crab

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[HH] noun kernel (esp. oil palm kernel); stone (of a fruit)

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[HHH] noun smallpox

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

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[HLHL] noun heel of the foot

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[LHH] noun caterpillar (general term)

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[H] verb, transitive roast, fry (a food to make it dry or crisp esp groundnuts in sand, gari in a pot); season a new pot by placing it on the fire

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[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

[LLH] verb, transitive gather up, take, pick up (pl. of ben [H] gather, take up, pick up)

[L] verb, transitive restrain, prohibit, stop; warn; rebuke

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[L] verb, transitive pay attention (used with utON, as in a kpaN utON, listen).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HL] interjection expression of concern, regret, apology

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[H] verb, transitive pay

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[HH] verb, transitive soil, dirty.

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[HHH] verb, transitive cut (esp many small sticks and brush as when clearing land for farming (pl. of kpIkke)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: itoro ituen

[HH] verb, transitive soil, dirty

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

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LH] verb, transitive hit, beat, hollow or flat sounds

Speaker: itoro ituen

[H] adverb only

Speaker: itoro ituen

[HH] verb, transitive loosen, untie, unwrap, unfasten, dismantle (plural of kpọk)

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[LL] verb, transitive close; shut in, confine; completely (emphatic)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] verb, intransitive snap, break from too much strain (of a rope); sg only break away, leave a place and rush to another

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

[LL] noun exhaustion, fatigue

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[LLH] noun banana

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[LH] noun neigbour

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[LH] noun grace, favour

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[LF] noun scar

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[LLHL] noun young men (pl. of akparawa).

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LL] noun foot

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[LLH] noun a creeping plant with tiny leaves, Selaginella scandens

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive take hold of, grab, catch (in the arms); grope

[HH] noun dream

[LLHL] adjective leaky (var. ndre ndre, ndidIt, ndidIt)

[LH] noun flavour, taste (an esp. flavored and elusive one); marrow

[LHL LL] noun a kind of plant, its leaf is ground up and used to treat yews

[HHHH] noun a corner inside a house

[HF] noun the gums

[LH] noun my father

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

[LH] verb, intransitive make faces to scare a child

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

[LLHL] noun a kind of fruit, possibly breadfruit or soursop

[LLH] verb, intransitive lament, complain, regret

[H] verb, transitive choke, cause choking (as water in the windpipe)

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

[LLL] verb, transitive scatter things that are arranged or piled up, strew things about dishevel, disorder

[HHH] verb, intransitive become disordered, disheveled; become smashed to bits

[LH] verb, intransitive become sluggish

[LL] noun a pit dug in the ground, a ditch

[HHHH] noun blood

[HHL] noun a kind of large lizard, land living

[HH] noun the sun

[LHH] noun needle

[LHH] adjective empty, wasted, devoid of purpose

[LLL] noun beauty

[H] verb, intransitive become many, become much

[H] verb, transitive suck

[HL] noun wire (English loanword)

[HH] verb, intransitive shine (of the sun or moon)

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