Ibibio English

[LF] noun a small shrimp, crayfish

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[LLHL] noun cat

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[LLHF] noun world

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[LLL] noun thunder

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[HHL] noun forest

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[LLL] noun pot

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[LLL] adjective green

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[HHHH] adjective male (used with all animal names except those few which have a special word for the male); yielding little, unproductive

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[HHH] noun a kind of large bush rat which tunnels in the ground

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[L] verb, intransitive become cruel, mean, mischievous, destructive

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[HHHH] verb, transitive deceive

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[LL] verb, transitive bury

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

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[L] verb, transitive receive, take back, accept; endure

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[H] verb, transitive bite

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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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[LL] noun kind of large edible white termite which makes huge hills.

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[HH] noun a kind of tree bearing an edible nut, Coula edulis (Dalziel).

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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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[LHH] noun mockery.

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

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[LL] noun small; few; a little bit; smallness.

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[HHHH ] verb, transitive; verb, intransitive turn, twist, twist around, twist together (poss involves a more complete turn or twist than fiak); iv become twisted (of its own accord); turn (of a wheel).

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[LLH] verb, transitive forget.

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[LL] number two

(Igbo) abụọ

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[LHH] noun standing; height, stature, position; moment in time, time, time when.

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[HF] noun arrow.

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[HH] noun sleep.

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[HH] noun country, nation, tribe, clan, group of people esp foreigners; a group who follow a leader; household; humanity, human nature.

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[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.

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[LH] noun someone shorter than normal. a stunted person

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[HF] noun cocoyam, Colocasia esculentum (Dalziel)

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[HF] noun pus

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[LF] noun; adjective wealth, rich person

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[LH] noun debt

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[LLH] verb, intransitive become old; ancient; look old (of inanimate objects)

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[HHH] verb, transitive promise, vow (involves an exchange, something given for something done)

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[HH] verb, transitive cut down, hew down (a large object); cut (a large portion) (pl. of kek)

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[HHH] verb, intransitive/verb transitive think, meditate, worry, brood; hope, expect; consider; become concerned with, care

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[H] verb, intransitive; ideophone blink w anjen eye; describes something that flickers

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[HH] verb, transitive draw water, scoop up liquid (from a stream, well, pot)

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

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[HH] verb, transitive push a heavy object for a distance; shove away from a distance (as an insect with a long stick); wheel, roll, push something on wheels (pl. of kpat)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] verb, transitive construct a framework

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[LL] verb, transitive slow down and walk carefully (as when one has seen something dangerous).

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LL] verb, transitive slow down and walk carefully (as when one has seen something dangerous).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: itoro ituen

[L] verb, transitive cut into, slash

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[LH] verb, transitive bend over so as to expose the buttocks

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LLH] verb, transitive alter, change, become different, differ, vary

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] verb, transitive cut through, cut off; pl chop.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] ideophone sound of the eka ibit (a large drum)

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LL] ideophone sound made by someone walking in studded shoes.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] adverb only

Speaker: itoro ituen

[HHH] verb, transitive push aside with disdain, postpone, shake off responsibility

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[LLHHH] noun [Efik] a creature (fish? serpent?) which stretches the whole length of a river or sea

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, intransitive cough

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[HDH] noun piece, half piece

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[LLLH] noun cowrie shell

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[HD] interjection please

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[LL] noun scar, welt

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[L] verb, transitive choose, select

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[LH] noun grace, favour

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[LH HDH] noun ring

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[HHH] noun a construction of palm fronds gen. near a house or against a fence, used for storing yam or cocoyam

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[H] verb, transitive injure, wound

[HLL] noun prickly heat

[HF] noun a kind of white clay from the river, it is eaten, used as a treatment for diarrhea, used as a whitewash, and is rubbed on the body for decortion or against heat rash

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

[HHHH] noun a corner inside a house

[HF] noun horn of animal

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

[HF HL] noun smoke; steamboat, ship

[LH HL] noun village crier, he beats a drum and makes announcements

[HLL] noun a children’s running and hiding game played by moonlight

[HF] adjective good, genuine

[LLL] noun mould

[LL] ideophone sound of oil dropped in the fire

[HH] verb, intransitive be itchy, scratchy

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

[HHL] noun man, male

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[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

[HH] verb, transitive praise, flatter, play up to

[HH] verb, transitive make a knot, tie around and knot

[HHH] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive whistle

[L] verb, intransitive fail to mature, fail to develop fully, fall short of expectations; miss out

[LHH] noun middle

[HH] noun leg and/or foot; bottom, base; elongation, extension, movement, means, mode

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

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

[LH] numeral three

[HHL] noun your kinsman

[H] verb, transitive suck

[HH] verb, transitive pinch

[HH] verb, transitive, verb, intransitive see at an unexpected time or place, occur unexpectedly, do unexpectedly

[HHH] verb, transitive satisfy (with food, information)

[HH] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive adhere. stick, become sticky; hang; hang oneself; insist, persist; hang on to; pester; persecute; hate

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