Ibibio English

[HF HL] noun pimple

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHL] noun man, male

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[LHF] noun yawn

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[LL] noun path in the bush

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[HHH] noun shoulder

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[HDH] quantitative other, another, more

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[HHH] noun stew, soup

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[LH] adjective all, every

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[LHLL] noun hiccup

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[LLL HLL] noun strong waves, sea currents, tempest

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[HHH] noun a stomach ache with diarrhea

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[LL] verb, transitive be afraid, fear

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[L] verb, transitive join a society, undergo the initiation for a society

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[L] verb, transitive expect, hope, anticipate

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[L] verb, transitive father a child

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[HH] verb, transitive break (a long thin object such as a stick or bone)

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[H] verb, transitive break

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[LL] verb, transitive to put underneath (a hand for support, a pot to catch dripping liquid, new mats under the old ones to patch a thatch roof)

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[HHH] verb, intransitive rejoice, become happy

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[LLH] verb, transitive share, divide among

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[H] verb, transitive bite

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[L] verb, intransitive live, be alive

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[H] verb, transitive enter, go into, join (a society of the modern type that involves only a simple process)

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[HHH] noun a day before business; Sunday; church service, church used in the names of certain market days (days of the week)

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[HF] noun a kind of large antelope.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun tomach; a bag-like object esp one containing air; a musical instrument of the accordian type; a kind of thumb piano made of wood of calabash with metal keys; a play in which the thumb piano is used.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

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[LHHH] noun a loan

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[LL] verb, transitive spit, spit out (food, liquid, silaiva)

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

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[HHH] noun firewood.

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[LHL] noun a calabash for serving palm wine, it has a filter at its mouth to hold back the dregs.

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[LH] noun someone shorter than normal. a stunted person

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[LH] noun thief; theft

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[LHH] noun crab

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[LL] noun tail

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[HH] noun hip joint

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

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[LL] ideophone sound of shoes with heels

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[HH] verb, intransitive become high, tall, elevated

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

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[HH] verb, transitive push a heavy object for a distance; shove away from a distance (as an insect with a long stick); wheel, roll, push something on wheels (pl. of kpat)

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LL] verb, transitive prepare, get ready.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[H] verb, transitive become big

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[HH] verb, intransitive go a long distance on foot; limp

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[HH] verb, transitive peel with hand or knife (as kola, ndiya, cassava); unlock; bleach.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, intransitive cough

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[L] verb, transitive finish; following another verb ma indicates completed actions

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[HF] noun engagement (before marriage)

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[LHLH] noun gooseflesh

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[H] verb, intransitive become patient; hold back, have control

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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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[LLHL] adjective mouldy

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[LHF] noun tree, big/heavy log of wood

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[HHH] noun stalk, the place where fruits are attached

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HHH HL] noun shin

[HHH] noun fart

[HHH] noun water

[LLLH] noun evening (dusk till dawn) (var. mbubịre)

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

[LLH] noun, adjective corpse (esp. one that is dried up and distasteful); adjective: dead; worthless, good for nothing; vile, evil

[LLH] adverb perhaps

[L] verb, intransitive become pleasant, enjoyable, sweet

[HLLH] noun ant

[HH] noun descendants

[LH] noun a rattle, musical instrument filled with seeds or pebbles which is shaken; strings of seeds worn around ankles and wrists to make noise when dancing

[HF] noun hanger, peg on the wall for hanging things

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

[HH] noun the sour orange

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

[LH] verb, transitive open the eyes wide (to show seriousness and thus make a child comply)

[LLH] adjective granular, in grains

[L] verb, intransitive become black

[LF] noun market day

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] verb, transitive scratch the ground (of an animal, of children at play); toss away what is rejected from a sorting process (pl. of sara)

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

[HL] conjunction since (time, cause), because

[HHH] verb, intransitive become foolish, stupid (pl. of sịme)

[LH] verb, intransitive lie

[H] verb, transitive cut bush, clear bush

[HH] verb, transitive to exclaim

[HH] verb, transitive eat a little bit at a time, pick up and eat tiny bits of food (such as grains of rice), pick tiny leaves

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

[LL] noun a pit dug in the ground, a ditch

[LH] noun birth mark

[HF] noun strength

[LHH] noun fifth-born son

[LHH] noun middle

[LHD] noun a kind of fish with a hard skull and whiskers, good to east (Goldie: a species of catfish); (var akpakot)

[LL] noun second-born daughter

[LL] noun life, destiny, universe, creation

[L] verb, transitive tear, rend, scratch, tear off, tear up, tear out; pay a debt in installments

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

[LL] verb, transitive hit (esp. with a stick, also with hand or fist)

[LL] verb, intransitive slither, move with a gliding movement, move like a snake or rope, move like a jellylike substance

[H] verb, intransitive become full; swell

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