Ibibio English

[LL] number forty

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF HL] noun pimple

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[HF] noun oil

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[LLLL] noun wall

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[LHH] noun corpse, cadaver

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL] noun thunder

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[HHH] noun A sexually transmitted infection (STI) in men, involves painful swellings on the groin area that may impede walking

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun lizard

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHLHL] noun praying mantis

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

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[L] verb, transitive find and keep

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[HH] verb, intransitive fall off, snap off, drop off(ripe or dead fruit), fall out(of hair)

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[H] verb, transitive cook, prepare food (usually liquid food)

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[HH] verb, intransitive hide, hide oneself, become hidden

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[HH] verb, transitive tell

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[HF] noun a tree with small blue skinned fruits, their green flesh is softened before eating by roasting or by immersing in hot water, the softened flesh is similar to avocado but it is slightly sour, it is customarily accompanied by roasted maize, Bush butter tree

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun phantom, ghost of ancestors. in traditional government, the police arm, now a society (to which nearly all the men belong) which has masquerades at various times of year such as the turning of the year and the harvest of new yam.

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[HHH] noun kidney, heart.

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[HF] noun a hump on the back.

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[HHHH ] verb, transitive; verb, intransitive turn, twist, twist around, twist together (poss involves a more complete turn or twist than fiak); iv become twisted (of its own accord); turn (of a wheel).

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[LHL] noun electricity

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[HF] noun cricket

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[LH] noun a wooden musical instrument of the xylophone type.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun a case

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[HH] noun urine.

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[HH] noun tortoise.

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[HH] noun skin, leather, anything worn around the waist, a belt (esp. a covering of beads around the waist (many strings of beads worn together)); a razor strop

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[LHLH] number eight

(Igbo) asato

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHL] noun garbage pit, refuse pit

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHL] noun blood

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[HH] verb, transitive cut down, hew down (a large object); cut (a large portion) (pl. of kek)

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[H] verb, intransitive; ideophone blink w anjen eye; describes something that flickers

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[HH] verb, transitive call, invite, read

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

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[LLH] verb, transitive resolve not to do a thing.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[H] ideophone sound of bottle breaking (on the floor, on a basin, on metal).

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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.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

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[LLH] verb, transitive become tough, hard (of meat, rubber, wood)

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive pull out, pluck (hari, feathers); uproot (roots, mushrooms)

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[HH] verb, transitive make jittery movements as though one had ants in ones clothing; move very fast on ones toes in a jittery way (i.e. walk like a European); swagger, strut to show off

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[L] verb, transitive hop on one leg, limp.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun exhaustion, fatigue

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[LL] noun side, edge

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[LHLH] noun gooseflesh

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[HLHLHL] noun armpit

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

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[LLH] noun a kind of timber tree, Uapaca guineensis (Dalziel)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HLH] noun trouble, problem, ruckus, commotion

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[LHLHLL] noun butterfly

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LHLLHLL] noun butterfly

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[HF] possessive pronoun they, them, their

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive groan (of a sick person)

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[HLHHHL] noun the pelvic area (var. edidiono)

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

[HLL] noun shadow

[LL] pronoun we, us, our

[LLL] noun a kind of basket used for catching fish or crabs, small ones are made of palm fronds, large ones of cane

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

[HHHF] noun kerosine (English loanword)

[LLHF] noun a plant with hot peppery fruit and leaves which are chewed esp with palm wine

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

[LL] noun bribe, dishonest business practices

[LHH] noun a shrine

[L] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive to be able to, know how to, master

[H] verb, intransitive laugh

[HH] verb, intransitive to be clean; to acquit, find innocent

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

[LH] verb, intransitive become dizzy

[HHHH] verb, intransitive make a sound of disgust, disapproval, impatience, contempt (var. siama)

[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)

[LH] verb, intransitive lie

[L] verb, transitive taste liquid, take a sip, sip

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

[HHH] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive whistle

[LH] verb, transitive stop from happening, thwart, blunt

[H] verb, transitive to contribute

[H] verb, intransitive increase

[LH] noun canoe

[HF] noun strength, force, power

[HF] noun house

[HLL] adverb completely

[LF] noun cassava fufu, it has no smell due to being well soaked before cooking

[HF] adjective big, old (of a person)

[HF] noun a kind of tree with soft wood, probably Alstonia congensis (Dalziel)

[LHH] adjective many, much

[LL] noun second-born daughter

[LH] noun guest, visitor

[HHH] noun beach; sandbar

[LLH] noun spider web

[LHH] noun needle

[LHH] adjective empty, wasted, devoid of purpose

[HHL] noun your kinsman

[H] verb, transitive having the urge to sleep

[H] verb, transitive wash; rub on, apply (oil, ointment); lick

[H] noun child, offspring

[HH] verb, transitive cause choking, dizziness