Ibibio English

[LHH] adjective black, ripe, mature

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[HF HL] noun pimple

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[LH] noun meeting place

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[HL] noun priest

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[LH] adjective stranger, visitor, sojourner, immigrant

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[LL] noun jar, jug for storage of water

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[HH] noun child, offspring

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[LLL] verb, transitive pour, pour out, spill, pl. of duọk

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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 kind of fish, good to eat.

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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 rain.

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[LHH] noun a kind of bitter fruit taken like kola, bitter kola, Garcinia kola (Dalziel).

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[LF] noun randmother (maternal or paternal).

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[HF] noun shore, harbor, port.

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

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

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[L] verb, transitive uncover, strip, take off, peel (with the fingers).

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[LL] verb, transitive remove water with a bowl from where it is not wanted (esp bail out a boat), scoop liquid from one container to another.

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[HHL] noun women, wives

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[HLHL] noun red

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[HF] noun cricket

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[HHF] noun divination; a society devoted to divining, fortune telling.

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[HH] noun a case

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

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[LLL] noun; adjective greed; greedy person

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[LLLL] noun hippopotamus

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[LHLLL] number seven (a sacred number in Ibibio)

(Igbo) asaa

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[HHH] noun stone, mile

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[LLH] verb, intransitive become old; ancient; look old (of inanimate objects)

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[H] verb, transitive pierce, stab, sew

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

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[LLH] verb, transitive become late; take a long time; continue in time

Speaker: itoro ituen

[HH] verb, transitive soil, dirty.

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[H] ideophone sound of the fallof an enamel cup

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[HH] verb, transitive become loose, untied, unfastened; fall apart.

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

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[LLH] verb, transitive space out (in planting)

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[LL] verb, transitive close; shut in, confine; completely (emphatic)

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

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[H] verb, intransitive cough

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[HH] verb, intransitive ref. hang, hang on oneself, choke

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

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

[LL] verb, transitive knock

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[LLLH] noun centipede

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[LL] verb, transitive slacken; relax the body or part of the body

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[HF] noun leaf (gen term esp for leaves which are not eaten)

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[HDH] noun white (pl. of afia)

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[HLLL] noun armpit

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

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[LHHH] noun skull

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[LHH] noun wheel (bare without a tire)

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[LLHD] noun groundnut

[HH] noun palm wine, strong alcohol

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

[H] verb, intransitive; verb, transitive undulate, wriggle (in the manner of a maggot); dance with undulating movement

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[LH] roar (of thunder)

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[HH] verb, intransitive become stupid

[H] verb, transitive injure, wound

[LLL] noun, adjective cold, wet

[HHH] noun delicacies, luxury food, little bits of luxury food (nuts, bits of meat) (var. ndien, ndiin)

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

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[LHH] noun calamity

[HHL] noun a powdered vegetable mixture used in juju sacrifices

[LH] verb, transitive singe

[LLH] verb, transitive peep into (a matter, house); peep out (without being noticed), peep at

[HH] verb, intransitive become sour

[LH] verb, transitive squeeze (a fruit, a wet cloth). press (oil from ayop), milk

[LL] verb, intransitive crawl (of a baby, a snake)

[LH] noun color, many colors (ason cloth, or an animal)

[LLH] adjective granular, in grains

[L] verb, intransitive become black

[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)

[HH] verb, intransitive become dry (pl. of sat)

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

[HH] verb, transitive split, tear, cut up, divide; open; reveal, give an answer, give an explanation, mention (var. siak)

[HH] verb, transitive take out, remove, remove from

[HHL] noun starch (for laundry)

[HL] noun sugar (possibly English loanword)

[H] verb, intransitive push as in childbirth

[L] verb, transitive entice, lure, bribe, cajole

[L] ideophone sound of wood being cut

[H] verb, transitive spread, loosen, untie, unlock, unwind, open, melt

[HH] verb, transitive pluck fruit (esp. pepper) cf kippe (pl. of tet)

[LH] verb, intransitive sit, stay; appear, seem

[HH] ideophone sound of a car (automobile) horn

[HHH] verb, intransitive kneel

[LLH] noun ability

[LH] noun loving, likeness

[HHHH] noun blood

[HF] adverb slow, with care

[HF HF] adverb slowly, carefully

[LHH] noun needle

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

[L] verb, transitive kill

[LH] verb, transitive lose feathers

[HH] verb, transitive pinch

[LL] verb, transitive steal

[HL] ideophone describes something that passes by very fast