Ibibio English

[LLH] noun mens robes

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[LLHL] noun cat

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[HH] noun flesh

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[LHHL] noun adolescent girl

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[HHL] noun sexual organ of snail

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[HDH] noun chief, lord (traditional or religious)

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[LHH] noun settler

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[HLHL] noun lungs

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[HHH] noun shoulder

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[HHH] noun moon, month

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[HHL] noun forest

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[HFHF] noun measles

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[HHL] noun sunshine, the suns rays, daylight; weather, season, time, the times

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[LLHH] noun a strong wind

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[HF] noun cluster (of fruit, e.g grapes)

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[HH] verb, transitive waste

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] verb, intransitive become unsalted, unseasoned, become deficient

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[L] verb, transitive lean something against, place against

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

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[LH] noun pawpaw

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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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[HH] noun goat; a stupid person.

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[HF] noun monkey

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[HH] noun knee.

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[LLL] noun world.

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[LHH] noun copulation.

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[LL] noun millipede.

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[LLL] noun a flowing gown, usually worn by women.

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[LL] verb, transitive climb a large tree by putting the arms around it and moving up on the belly, shinny up a pole (pl. of fap).

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[LLLH] verb, transitive blow out through the nose, blow the nose, snort (at).

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

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[LL] number two

(Igbo) abụọ

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[HF] noun stream.

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[LH] noun witchcraft, witch.

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[HHL] number one hundred.

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[HHH] noun stone, mile

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[LH] verb, transitive go to, go for

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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)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, intransitive rise, puff, swell (of rice in cooking, of bread); become conceited, swell-headed

[LL] verb, transitive restrain, prohibit, stop; warn; rebuke (pl. of kpan)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive fold, fold over (arms, paper, cloth, leaves) - plural form of kpan̄

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[H] verb, transitive talk rubbish; brag; talk lewdly, vulgarly

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: itoro ituen

[HH] verb, transitive chop

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LLH] verb, transitive become tough, hard (of meat, rubber, wood)

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[L] verb, transitive hop on one leg, limp.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

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

[HHL] noun wing

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[LL] verb, transitive slow down and walk cautiously as when one sees danger, or because of mud

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[LH HDH] noun ring

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

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[HLLHL] noun armpit

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[HF HLL] noun small hard balls of excrement

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LHL] adjective small

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[LLH] noun a kind of timber tree, Uapaca guineensis (Dalziel)

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

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[LHHH] noun singlet, sleeveless underwear

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[LL] conjunction and, with

[HH] verb, transitive frown, screw up the face, have an unhappy, disgusted, distasteful or disapproving look on the face

[HL] verb, intransitive become wealthy

[HD] adverb also, too

[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

[LHH] noun yam stake, a stick placed in the ground for the yam plant to climb on

[HL] noun two hundred (from an old monetary system)

[LLLH] noun business

[HLL] noun shadow

[HHHH] noun bedbug, cimex rotundata (in Ibibio bugs pinch rather than bite)

[HH] verb, transitive disappear; sg only dive

[HHHH] noun eternity

[LLL LLL] adverb unsteadily

[LHL] noun a kind of imported fish, herring

[LHH] noun clan chief

[HHL] noun man, male

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] ideophone sound of splashing water

[LH] verb, intransitive become dizzy

[HL] noun sixpence

[LH] verb, intransitive lie

[HH] verb, intransitive walk in a slow, lazy, sloppy, or stealthy manner

[HH] verb, intransitive become quick, early, often; become sharp

[HL] noun tailor (English loanword)

[H] verb, intransitive originate, come from

[HHHH] verb, intransitive scream, shout at, often with mkpo (var. tiara)

[LH] noun a kind of grey rock which is crushed to a powder and used as a cosmetic for the eyes

[L] verb, transitive taste liquid, take a sip, sip

[HH] verb, transitive awaken

[H] verb, intransitive increase

[HH] noun weight

[HF] noun strength, force, power

[HHH] noun a whistle

[LL] noun a game of struggle

[LHLL] noun radio (English loanword)

[HH] verb, transitive mix; adulterate (as palm wine by adding water)

[LLH] verb, intransitive become peeled off, become faded

[H] verb, transitive wash; rub on, apply (oil, ointment); lick

[HL] ideophone describes something that passes by very fast