Ibibio English

[LLLL] noun wall

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[HLL] noun sweat

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[HHH] noun stew, soup

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[LLL] noun pot

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[LHDH] noun left-handed person

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[HHH] noun a kind of large bush rat which tunnels in the ground

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[HH] noun crying, weeping

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[H] verb, intransitive be in a place, exist; seem, appear to be

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[LH] verb, intransitive lean against, lean on(for help)

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[HHHH] verb, transitive deceive

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[LL] verb, transitive fail to show appreciation, criticize what has been done for one

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[HHH] verb, intransitive become cooked, done(of food)

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[HH] verb, intransitive become rotten to the semi-liquid state, become decomposed, disintegrated (of an orange, a wet cracker, a dead body), become wet and messy, wet and sloppy, become watery to the point of nearly falling out

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[L] noun term of address used betwee men of equal age and status, its use generally implies intimacy, it is occasionally used to address a stranger and is currently used by young girls although this latter is considered improper by men

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[HH] verb, transitive eat

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[LL.H] verb, transitive collect, gather, pull down tendrils or other vegetation from a tree or the side of a house; tap on the back to get a persons attention

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[LH] verb, intransitive become untidy and wet (of a messy wet animal), become wet, become untidy.

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[HH] verb, transitive climb (tree, hill)

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[HF] noun a hump on the back.

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[HH] verb, transitive turn, twist, twirl, spin; iv turn (of a wheel); repeat (always followed by another verb).

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

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[LH] noun witchcraft, witch.

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[LHL] noun reasoning power, common sense, intellect.

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[HHH] noun partition (in the house made of cloth); section of bush partitioned by boundary markers

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[LH] adjective big

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[HHF] noun knife, machet (machete)

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[LLL] noun toad

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

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[HHF] noun mouth

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[LLLL] noun hippopotamus

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[HHF] noun dizziness, faintness

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[HH] noun a set of five yams

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[LF] noun impotent man

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[H] prep. of time, place, cause, manner

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[HH] verb, intransitive ebb (of the tide)

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[HH] verb, transitive draw water, scoop up liquid (from a stream, well, pot)

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[HH] transitive verb call, invite, read

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

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LL] ideophone sound made by a flat object when it falls flat on the ground.

Speaker: itoro ituen

[LL] ideophone sound made by someone walking in studded shoes.

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[H] verb, transitive become big

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[LL] ideophone sound made by a heavy object (a person, coconut, a palm fruit cluster) when it falls to the ground

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[LH] verb, transitive change, become different, differ, vary

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[L] ideophone sound of the fall of a very heavy object such as a concrete block or a huge bag of flour, it falls with a thud

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[HH] ideophone sound of the fall of a knife or spoon, or of an enamel plate

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LL] verb, transitive sweep; take the remains of something

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[H] verb, transitive cover, close with a cover or lid; heap up

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[HHL] noun dew dripping from the trees

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[HHH] noun weeds, grass

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[HH] noun wrestling, wrestling bout

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[HH] noun periwinkle

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[HDH] noun white (pl. of afia)

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[LHL] noun brain

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[LHH HL] noun the kernel of the unripe oil palm fruit, the shell is soft and can be broken with the teeth.

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

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[LHHLHL] noun butterfly

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LHH] noun piece

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HHH] noun fart

[LL] conjunction and, with

[LLHL] adjective leaky (var. ndre ndre, ndidIt, ndidIt)

[HLL] noun sweat (var. ibikpO, ibibiak, adikpO)

[LLL] noun a kind of small green squash, curcurbita pepo

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[LHH] noun calamity

[LL] noun brass or copper bangles worn around the legs from ankle to thigh by fattened brides

[HH] ideophone sound of plantain frying in oil

[LH] verb, intransitive be tilted, bent stiffly over

[LHL] noun a kind of imported fish, herring

[HLL] noun welts from a beating

[LLHL] noun a kind of edible snail, small with a lightweight shell

[HH] verb, intransitive become congested; become odorous; smell of fish

[LLH] adjective granular, in grains

[HH] verb, transitive extinguish (a light, a fire) intransitive: go out, become extinguished (of a light, a fire)

[HL] ideophone describes something that passes by very fst (as a car speeds by or an insect flies by)

[LLHL] noun a kind of fruit, possibly breadfruit or soursop

[LH] verb, intransitive become dizzy

[HH] verb, transitive block, plug, stop up, obstruct

[LH] noun [Eng] cigarette

[LLH] verb, transitive to make a sign of disgust, impatience, disapproval, contempt; smack the lips over a good taste

[LL] verb, transitive curse (a curse, a person). revile, insult (var. suun̄ọ, suen̄)

[H] verb, intransitive push as in childbirth

[LLH] verb, intransitive tattered, threadbare (pl. of tara)

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

[HH] verb, intransitive become sandy

[LL] verb, transitive put down, set down (a pot on the fire); cook, boil, prepare afere (soup) (pl. of tem)

[L] ideophone describes water falling drop by drop

[HH] verb, transitive pierce through, make a hole, carve out (pl. of tịp)

[H] verb, transitive eject, hurl, throw, shoot, sting

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

[HHH] verb, transitive disturb, disorder (the vegetation in passing by, the water entering it)

[HH] verb, transitive awaken

[HH] noun arm and/or hand; handle; power, strength, ability

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

[LLH] noun ability

[LHH] noun needle

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

[H] verb, transitive having the urge to sleep

[H] verb, intransitive move about, become restless, fidget

[HH] verb, transitive, verb, intransitive see at an unexpected time or place, occur unexpectedly, do unexpectedly

[HH] verb, transitive cause choking, dizziness