Ibibio English

[LHH] adjective young, not full grown

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHHH] noun cold, cattarrh

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[HLHL] noun lungs

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[LH] noun lizard

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[LLL] noun wasp

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

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[HH] noun hunger

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[LH] verb, transitive play

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

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[L] verb shine (of sun or moon)

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[HH] verb, intransitive sleep

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

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

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[LLH] verb, intransitive become bitter

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[H] verb, transitive; verb, intransitive marry

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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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[HF] noun a kind of fish, good to eat.

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[HH] number twenty.

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[HF] noun nest.

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[LHLL] noun hiccup.

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[HHH] noun dog.

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[H] verb, transitive overlook, let off, let go, forgive.

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[LL] verb, transitive spit, spit out (food, liquid, silaiva)

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[L] verb, intransitive become lazy.

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[LL] verb, transitive hold something in the mouth or between the lips without biting down.

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[HH] noun lice (pl. of ndaN).

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[LL] noun foot

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[HF] noun cocoyam, colocasia esculentum (Dalziel)

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[HF] noun word, language, talk; matter, palaver (difficulty, trouble, verbal conflict, gathering for negotiation or decision).

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[LL] noun fishing grounds, fishing area

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[HHF] noun mouth

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[HH] noun the area from the waist to the hips

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[HH] noun base, foundation of esp. base of a tree trunk

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[H] verb, transitive agree to, be willing to; run errands opt w utom message, errand, work

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[HH] verb, transitive take an enema

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[LL] number one

(Igbo) otu

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

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

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[H] ideophone sound of a short blast on the horn of a small automobile.

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

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[LH] verb, transitive pull down the lower eye lid to show triumph, to mock

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] verb, transitive become loose, untied, unfastened; fall apart.

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

Speaker: itoro ituen

[HH] verb, intransitive bleat (of a goat or sheep), low (of a cow)

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[LH] noun the side of the face from temple to jaw

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[HHL] noun specialist, practitioner (pl. of abia)

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[HHH] noun hunger

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[HF] noun engagement (before marriage)

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[L] verb, transitive choose, select

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[LLHL] adjective mouldy

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[HF] noun cockroach

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[HH] noun a kind of tree which blooms in dry season, its leaves are used for afere

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[LH HD] noun ring

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[LHL] adjective small

[LLHD] noun groundnut

[LLL] noun a kind of palm oil obtained by burning the palm kernel, its uses include pomade for the skin, medicine for boils and wounds, antidote for poison, (taken as an emetic), protection against juju

[HHH] verb, intransitive become watery, thin and soft

[HF] noun a power spirit generally associated with a particular place or group of people; some of these spirits inhabit the forest, others the water; each Ibibio clan has its own ndem; sacrifices are made to them and to certain festivals attached to them

[HLHH] noun stain

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

[LL] noun lies

[LL] noun the area around the ears and under the jaw

[HHH] verb, intransitive become melted

[LLH] noun basket

[HHH] noun crust from burnt food

[HF] noun leaf; in its narrowest sense the term applies to leaves that are distributed along a stem in such a way that a person can remove several of them at a time by running his hand along the stem

[HH] verb, transitive fight; struggle; try

[L] verb, intransitive become black

[LH] verb, transitive tickle

[HH] verb, intransitive to be clean; to acquit, find innocent

[L] verb, transitive select, select out, sort out

[LL] verb, transitive hate, dislike

[HH] verb, transitive chop

[H] verb, transitive scrub, rub briskly (teeth, the body, a pot), rub off, rub together, erase, wipe, rub with a slow motion, massage

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

[HH] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive hop, jump; jump over; abate, let up (pl. of tamma)

[LH] verb, transitive place an order

[HH] verb, intransitive weep, cry

[LH] verb, transitive tortute, torment, punish

[HH] verb, transitive tickle

[HHH] verb, transitive cause confusion, disturb

[LH] verb, intransitive become sluggish

[LHL] noun pigeon

[HDH] noun tsetse fly

[HHH] noun a whistle

[HF] noun slavery (var. ufʌn)

[LL] noun your mother

[HF] noun animal (gen term), meat

[LL] noun dish, plate, bowl

[LH] noun your father

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

[LHL] numeral five

[LHH] noun needle

[HHH] noun any insect which pinches

[HL] ideophone describes something that passes by very fast

[LH] verb, transitive doubt, surprise

[L] verb, transitive doubt, surprise

[HH] verb, transitive sharpen on a leather strop