Ibibio English

[LLLL] noun electric fish

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[HHH] adjective new

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[LHHH] noun table

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[LHDH] noun left-handed person

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[LL] verb, transitive cut through with a single stroke

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[LH] verb, transitive pass, pass by, cross

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

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[H] verb, transitive spread out, lay flat, lay down (mats, tiles, carpet, cloth)

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[L] verb, intransitive call, shout (at), scream (at), cry out

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[HH] verb, transitive lick (a spoon or the fingers in eating), eat something soft of liquid with a spoon or fingers

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[HHH] verb, transitive rev. of dian take away, separate two things that are stuck together, separate out from; change money

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[LL] verb, transitive boast

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

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[HH] verb, transitive become sick, become sick with

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[HF] noun a tree with small blue skinned fruits, their green flesh is softened before eating by roasting or by immersing in hot water, the softened flesh is similar to avocado but it is slightly sour, it is customarily accompanied by roasted maize, Bush butter tree

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[LL] noun baldness, bald spot.

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[HLL] noun tongue.

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[HF] noun pig.

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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.

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[HH] noun walking stick.

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[HHH] verb, intransitive become stuck in, wedge in, fixed between; tv carry under the arm.

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[L] verb, intransitive dodge, duck, move aside, move away, move out of the way; tv dodge.

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

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[L] verb, intransitive become mouldy (of coconut, palm kernel).

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[HLHL] noun red

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[LHL] noun electricity

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[LLL] noun; adjective; adverb aloneness, lack of relations

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[LHL] noun muteness, dumbness; a mute

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[LLL] number four

(Igbo) anọ

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[HHF] noun bird (generic term)

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

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

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[L] verb, transitive turn around, turn back, turn around and go back (used with edem, asin a kpa edem).

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[LH] verb, transitive cross, overlap, join, twist together, buckle, button.

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[L] verb, transitive even, even if, unless, not even.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[H] verb, transitive pay

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive plead, plead with, entreat, beg

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[H] ideophone sound of abodom being played with bamboo sticks in sending a message

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

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[LH] verb, transitive 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 eat in tiny bits, nibble at, tear into bits, pick at (a sore).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[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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[L] verb, transitive retch, vomit gen used w ibọk medicine, udia food

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[HH] noun itch, rash, crawcraw

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[LHLH] noun burnt wood; the burnt wood left on the ground after a piece of farmland has been burned for planting

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[LF HL] noun skin of the vagina

[LHLLHLL] noun butterfly

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[HHH HL] noun eyeball

[HHH] noun fart

[LLL HD] noun plaintain

[HHH] noun water

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

[LHD] noun a kind of fruit tree, its fruits have a brownish cover, firm orange or white flesh, and a big seed, cola rostrata

[HH] verb, transitive disappear; sg only dive

[HL] noun knuckle

[LHH] noun mockery

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

[LLHL] adjective stunted, blunt, undercooked (var. iteetịp, iteitịp)

[LL] noun children, young of animals

[LL] noun place

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

[HH] verb, transitive, verb, intransitive have; intransitive: sg only have to, must; appear to be, exist

[HH] verb, intransitive whine (of a child)

[LLL] noun an insect of the grasshopper type, it is tan, grey or mottled

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

[LLH] verb, transitive give (pl. of nọ)

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

[L] verb, transitive speak a language esp. a foreign language; speak unintelligibly; translate

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

[L] verb, transitive reach, get to, arrive at

[LH] verb, transitive make incantation, call down a curse on

[LH] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive hang down; weigh down, lower (as wet clothes lower a line or heavy fruits on a branch)

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

[LLH] verb, intransitive become short, squat, and fat (of people or animals)

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

[H] verb, transitive stick something onto a sharp object (e.g. a piece of meat onto a stick to be hunder over the fire to dry) (var. tot)

[HH] verb, transitive awaken

[LL] verb, transitive curse, use abusive words (pl. of tọk)

[LF] noun your husband

[HDH] noun tsetse fly

[LL] noun your mother

[LF] noun a ditch containing water, a large pit, dam

[HH] noun liability, burden

[LF] noun lack, scarcity

[LF] noun a kind of fresh water eel

[LL] noun second-born daughter

[HF] adverb slow, with care

[HF] noun skill, talent

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

[LHH] noun a kind of frog

[LHLHL] interjection a sound made to cheer or mock someone

[LLL] noun beauty

[H] verb, intransitive become many, become much

[HH] verb, transitive startle, surprise, take unawares (esp of an unexpected visitor)

[HHH] verb, transitive spread with the palm of the hand (mud, plaster, water on the wall or floor)