Ibibio English

[LHH] noun corpse, cadaver

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[LLL] noun discrimination

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[LH] noun meeting place

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[LL] noun the first wife

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[HHL] noun man, male

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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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[H] verb, intransitive become cheap due to oversupply, go aground(of a boat)

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[LL] adjective not even, even, none

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[H] noun wait, wait for

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

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[HH] verb, transitive pain, hurt; sicken

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

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[HH] verb, intransitive become broken, break (of its own accord), usually a long thin object such as a bone or a stick, break up in confusion (of a gathering)

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[H] verb, transitive cook, prepare food (usually liquid food)

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[H] verb, intransitive stand

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[L] verb, transitive drag, draw; pl make a drawing, draw many lines; massage.

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[HH] noun tooth.

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[HF] noun pig.

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[HF] noun cattle, bovine.

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

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

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[HH] noun grey hair; mould (on food, leather)

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[HHH] noun dog.

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[LL] verb, transitive remove water with a bowl from where it is not wanted (esp bail out a boat), scoop liquid from one container to another.

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[H] verb, transitive fold, roll up into a cylinder, make narrow.

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[HH] verb, transitive bother, harass, worry.

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[HH] verb, transitive roast; set fire to; distill

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[L.LH.HL] adjective bitter

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[HH] noun skin, leather, anything worn around the waist, a belt (esp. a covering of beads around the waist (many strings of beads worn together)); a razor strop

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[HF] noun pus

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[LHH] noun a kind of fish with a small head, dried and used for soup

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[LHH] noun a kind of fish with poisonous spines

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[HH] verb, transitive pick at, scratch, dig out, bore a hole, curve out, force ones way into (gen some effort is required)

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[HH] verb, transitive cut with a glancing motion (as in scraping bark from a tree, peeling the rotten part from a yam, shaping a pestle out of wood) (pl. of kpaN)

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[HH] verb, transitive become puckered (of the mouth from acid, of the hands from immersion in water).

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HL] ideophone sound made by a flat object when it falls flat to the ground.

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

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[H] 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.

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[H] verb, transitive judge a case

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[L] verb, transitive stand in a certain relative position, as in kpe iso or kp edem.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] verb, intransitive go a long distance on foot; limp

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

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

Speaker: itoro ituen

[HH] verb, transitive scrape, scrape off, shave

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[HH] verb, transitive cover (esp obscure from view)

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[LH] verb, transitive let fall from the mouth, spit out (food, not liquid)

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[L] verb, intransitive knock, tap

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[LH] verb, transitive remove from a hook, remove what hangs, unentangle (esp. wipe awy strands of cobweb) (rev. of kọp [L])

[LLH] verb, transitive remove from a hook, remove what hangs, unentangle (esp. wipe away strands of cobweb) (rev. of kọp [L])

[LHH] noun limb (of an animal); hoof; nails

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[LL] noun side, edge

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[HH] noun thick porridge

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[LLHL] adjective mouldy

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[HH] noun penis

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[LH HD] noun ring

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[HHHL] noun a kind of plant with small bitter fruits

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[HHH] adverb a small, hard, round objects, seed, kernel, grain

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[LHLHL] noun a kind of insect (similar to millipede)

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[LLHDH] noun a kind of small white mushroom

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[LHLLHLL] noun butterfly

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[LH] noun a short skirt of multi-colored raffia strung on a rope, it used to be worn in the fattening house because the body of the woman being fattening was smeared with oil and iduot and a dress would be ruined, now worn as an ordinary skirt; petticoat (NkpIn).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HD] interj. yes

[HHH] noun fart

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

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[HLHHHL] noun the pelvic area (var. edidiono)

[LHLLH] adjective sharp, brave, fierce, potent

[LLL] noun wickedness, maliciousness

[LHH] noun calamity

[HF] noun the gums

[LL] conjunction where

[LLL LLL] adverb unsteadily

[LL] verb, transitive push, push over, push aside, shove

[L] verb, transitive intimidate, pressurize

[HHHH HL] noun wrist watch

[LF] noun lead (metal)

[HHH] noun crust from burnt food

[LH] noun the hips, the area from the waist to the thigh

[LLHLLH] noun a spider web

[L] verb, transitive mark property to identify it or to keep people or evil away (eg. put a talisman tied in red string on one’s fruit trees so no one will take the fruit)

[LLH] adjective granular, in grains

[HH] verb, transitive devastate, destroy, squander

[HH] verb, intransitive become tough and coarse in texture due to exposure to the sun or other causes and unable to be softened by cooking

[LL] verb, transitive take fire, carry fire

[HH] verb, transitive take out, remove, remove from; put forth, bring forth

[HH] verb, transitive remove a plug, an obstacle, unblock;

[LH] verb, transitive place an order

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

[L] verb, transitive warn against; give information, inform

[LL] numeral second

[HHF] noun the small of the back and the area immediately surrounding it

[LL] noun a pit dug to catch rainwater

[HF] noun smell, odor

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

[LLH] noun earning a living; struggling

[LHHL] number nine

(Igbo) eteghiete

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[LLL] noun congealed secretions

[HH] noun ear

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

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

[HH] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive move about, become restless, fidget; move about, wriggle