Ibibio English

[HHL HF] noun town, village

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun dust

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[HHH] noun water buffalo

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[HHH] adjective new

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[HF] noun horn, trumpet

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[LHL] adjective whole, complete

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[HF] noun square basket woven of cane or rattan

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[LLHL] noun a young man

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[LL] noun jar, jug for storage of water

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HLF] noun sneeze

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[LHH] noun needle

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[HH] noun person, human being; someone

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHH] noun needle

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[HF] noun a broom made from oil palm fronds stripped of their leaves and tied in a bunch, it is generally used for sweeping the house

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

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[LL] ideophone describes the sudden stopping of noise or action

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[HH] verb, intransitive become black, become ripe

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[LH] verb order the night before in order to have the next day, book overnight, contact to but at a certain time (esp. palm wine, palm wine is generally bought in the morning when it is fresh)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive scratch, itch

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[HH] verb, transitive light, kindle

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[LH] noun husband

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[HF] noun a bundle of ten, twenty, fifty, etc..

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[HH] noun hare; a person fond of sleeping.

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[LLL] noun civet cat.

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[LLL] noun world.

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[LH] noun strange, alien.

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[HF] noun the liver, heart, chest, inside; mind.

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[LHLL] noun hiccup.

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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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[LHH] noun a kind of legume used to thicken afere (soup), horse eye bean,, stinging bean, Mucuna urens (Dalziel).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun sleep.

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[HF] noun cricket

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[HH] noun tobacco, snuff.

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[LH LH] adjective worthless; fruitless; in vain

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[LH] noun a tiny fragrant leaf used to season soup.

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

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[LLL] noun; adjective greed; greedy person

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[HH] noun kernel (esp. oil palm kernel); stone (of a fruit)

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[HLHL] noun heel of the foot

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[HF] noun bunch of plantain or bananas (general)

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[HH] noun hip joint

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

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

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

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

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[H] verb, transitive crack (nut, palm kernels) with a stone

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[H] verb, transitive fold, fold over (arms, paper, cloth, leaves).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive soil, dirty.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[H] ideophone sound of the fallof an enamel cup

Speaker: itoro ituen

[H] verb, transitive leave a place, abandon, go away, leave alone

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

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[HHH] noun hunger

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[L] verb, transitive choose, select

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[LLHDH] noun a kind of small white mushroom

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[HHH] noun small sticks used to support young yam shoots

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[LLL HL] noun a secluded area in the water thickly covered with water plants ( a person can go in there to bathe)

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[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

[HHH HL] noun eyeball

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] verb, transitive see clearly, discern

[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

[LLLH] noun business

[HLHH] noun jostling; a kind of game in which children lean against each other

[LLL] noun wickedness, maliciousness

[LHL LL] noun a kind of plant, its leaf is ground up and used to treat yews

[HH] noun descendants

[LHH] noun mockery

[LH] interrogative what

[HH] noun a diseased condition of the skin on the legs involving pus filled swellings and cracking of the skin

[LLH] verb, transitive smell, sniff (var. n̄uune)

[L] verb, transitive sell

[L] verb, intransitive shake (of a drunkards hand, of an old rattly car, of a cloth flapping in the wind; tremble, move about)

[LLLL] noun a large bird with long colorful feathers, it lives near the river; a play connected with ekpe society, by the old men of the society, many drums are used

[HHH HLL] noun a low fence around a trap, it has one opening through which animals are driven

[HH] verb, transitive lick, lick off

[HL] noun sugar (possibly English loanword)

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

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

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

[HH] verb, transitive tickle

[L] verb, transitive curse, use abusive words

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

[LF] noun your husband

[LF LL] noun state of being walleyed, wall-eyes (eyes that turn outward)

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

[HF] noun a polite term for itịt, vagina

[LF] noun a kind of fresh water eel

[HF] adverb slow, with care

[HHH] noun feast

[HHH] noun any insect which pinches

[HH] verb, transitive deceive

[H] verb, transitive burn, sting (as pepper, iodine)

[LLH] verb, intransitive digest

[HH] verb, transitive pinch

[HH] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive become pregnan, conceive (var. jʌmmo)

[HH] verb, intransitive become sufficient, up to the mark