Ibibio English

[LLL] noun valley, abyss, chasm, gorge

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[HHL HF] noun a tattler

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[LF] noun a small shrimp, crayfish

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[HHL] noun sexual organ of snail

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[LHLL] noun rice

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[HHH] noun water buffalo

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[HHHH] noun thought, meditation, hope, expectation, consideration, care

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[LHHH] noun table

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[LHL] noun priest

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[HD] quantifier other, another, more

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[HF] noun vein, artery, tendon

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[HH] noun person, human being; someone

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[LL] adjective not even, even, none

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[HHHH] verb, transitive deceive

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

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[H] verb, transitive break

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[LL] verb, transitive remove from the embers what has been roasting there (plural of dappa)

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[LL] verb, transitive boast

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[H] verb, transitive hide

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[HH ] verb, transitive wipe up, dab, take a bit(of food to taste, of cream on the finger) pl cleam up, clean away; wipe up a liquid or semiliquid substance(water, faeces)

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

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[HF] noun a kind of fish, good to eat.

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[HH] noun knee.

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[LHHH] noun big, huge.

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[LL] noun bag, pocket; a piece of woven raffia before or after being sewn into a bag.

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[HH] noun war; a society which celebrates past war glories, joining the society was possible at one time only for a man who had taken several heads, now it is done symbolically.

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[LH] noun father, old man, respectful address or reference to a man.

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[LH] noun heart, gut.

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

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[HHH] verb, transitive argue, argue with, disagree with.

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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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[HH] verb, intransitive become narrow, small; tv wrinkle, frown, contract narrow.

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[LHH] noun standing; height, stature, position; moment in time, time, time when.

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[HF] noun arrow.

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[HH] noun rope.

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

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[HF] noun cocoyam, Colocasia esculentum (Dalziel)

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[LHL] noun muteness, dumbness; a mute

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[LH] noun parrot

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[HH] noun a set of five yams

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[HHF] noun a kind tuber with mushrooms growing on it, usked in preparing ikpan

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[HHH] noun smallpox

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[H] verb, transitive roast, fry (a food to make it dry or crisp esp groundnuts in sand, gari in a pot); season a new pot by placing it on the fire

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

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

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[HH] verb, transitive lose ones temper and take some action (decide to do something or become stubborn), act in a fit of anger.

Speaker: itoro ituen

[HL] interjection expression of concern, regret, apology

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[HH] verb, transitive respect, esteem, honor, worship

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[HH] verb, transitive chop

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] verb, transitive catch in the hands (plural of kpoppo)

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

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

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[HH] verb, transitive peel with hand or knife, unlock

Speaker: itoro ituen

[LLHHH] noun [Efik] a creature (fish? serpent?) which stretches the whole length of a river or sea

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

[L] verb, transitive hang (on a hook, peg, line), spread out to dry; hook, link, lock, entangle (pl. of kọp)

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[LL] verb, transitive eat palm fruit, a palm kernel, or a bit of meat by putting it in the mouth and turning it about slowly removing the flesh

[LLH] noun banana

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LLH] noun a creeping plant with tiny leaves, Selaginella scandens

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[LH LL] noun regret

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[HHLHHL] noun buttefly

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

[LHHH] adjective secret

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

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

[LLL] adverb not even

[HLHHH] noun maze; confusing place full of turns and corners

[LH] verb, intransitive converse, tell, inform

[LHH] noun scum

[HH] noun descendants

[HDH] interrogative noun what?

[LL] noun lies

[HF] noun the gums

[LH] noun my father

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

[LLL] noun mould

[HHLHDH] noun wart

[H] verb, transitive show teeth

[HHL] adjective ancient, former; old (of inanimate objects)

[LHH] adjective wasted, empty, not being put to use, free

[HHH] noun thorn, splinter, nail (fastener), needle

[HH] verb, transitive fight; struggle; try

[LLH] adjective granular, in grains

[HHH] verb, intransitive become childish, act childish (pl. of sere)

[HHH] verb, transitive throw up to someone what one has done for him or what he has done to one, reproach with past deeds (var. sion̄, sioon̄)

[HL] noun shilling

[LL] verb, intransitive tiptoe, walk on tiptoe

[H] verb, intransitive originate, come from

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

[HL] noun address form for father, grandfather, old man

[HH] verb, transitive tickle

[LHH] noun slap

[LLH] noun earning a living; struggling

[LHF] noun your grandfather

[LH] noun fishhook

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

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

[HH] verb, transitive pinch

[HH] verb, intransitive satisfy (with food, information)