Ibibio English

[HHL] noun umbilical cord

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[HHL] noun sexual organ of snail

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[HDH] quantitative other, another, more

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[HHH] noun trap, ordeal

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[HF] noun cluster (of fruit, e.g grapes)

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[L] verb, intransitive be early, arrive early, do something early

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[L] verb, transitive count, reckon, esteem

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[HH] verb, transitive take, pick up, carry

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[L] verb, transitive lean something against, place against

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

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[LL] verb, transitive bury

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[L] verb, transitive cook by burying in hot ashes

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[L] verb, transitive receive, take back, accept; endure

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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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[H] verb, intransitive come

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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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[H] adverb there, in that place, (near the person spoken to), there

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[HH] verb, transitive shout at, bawl at, scold; shock.

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

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[LHLL] noun blessing

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[LF] noun comb, crest of a cockerel or certain snakes.

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[LL] noun mother.

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[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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[HF] noun good, genuine.

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[HH] noun tree, any plant with a woody stem, wood.

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[HHH] verb, intransitive become stuck in, wedge in, fixed between; tv carry under the arm.

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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, transitive remove pressure, stop pressing down see fige.

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[HH] verb, transitive roast; set fire to; distill

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[LHL] noun thigh; lap.

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[LH LH] adjective worthless; fruitless; in vain

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[LH] noun; adjective farm

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[LH] noun thief; theft

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[HF] noun walk, journey; gait

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

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[LHLLL] number six

(Igbo) isii

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[LHH] noun a kind of fish with poisonous spines

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

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[HH] verb, transitive/ verb, intransitive close the eyes and turn the head aside in a gesture of disapproval

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[LL] ideophone sound of shoes with heels

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[LLH] transitive verb remove palm fruit from the pot with a basin or calabash

[HH] transitive verb call, invite, read

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[HH] verb, transitive draw water, scoop up liquid (not using hands)

[LL] verb, transitive stand in a relative position.

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

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

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

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[L] ideophone sound made by a bar of steel when it falls to the ground

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[HHH] verb, transitive push aside with disdain, postpone, shake off responsibility

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[HHL] noun dew dripping from the trees

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[LLL] noun sugar cane, Saccarum officinarum (Dalziel)

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

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[LH] noun today

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[HLHL] noun armpit

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[HHLHL] noun a kind of insect (similar to millipede)

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[HHH] noun handcuffs, leg cuffs, shackles

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[LHLLH HL] noun rough skin, tough skin

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[HHH] noun fart

[LLH] question where?

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

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

[HLHHH] noun a struggle

[LLH] adverb perhaps

[HH] verb, transitive disappear; sg only dive

[LH] noun mother, grandmother, old woman (address or referent)

[LH] numeral third, three

[LLL] noun mist, fog

[HHLLLL] noun a kind of large forest bird, eagle, it can beat the air with its wings and make a great noise

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

[HHHLLLHL] noun locust

[HHH] noun a lump (of meat, a clay), a mass; a nest made by ants

[LLHLLH] noun a spider web

[L] verb, transitive help; contribute (money, food, labor)

[H] verb, intransitive laugh

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

[LH] verb, intransitive come down, descend (var. sọijọ)

[HHHH] verb, intransitive scream, shout at, often with mkpo (var. tiara)

[L] verb, transitive curse, use abusive words

[LL] numeral second

[LF] noun your husband

[HDH] noun tsetse fly

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

[HH] noun weight

[LL] noun your mother

[HH] noun leg and/or foot; bottom, base; elongation, extension, movement, means, mode

[HF] noun animal (gen term), meat

[LL] noun second-born daughter

[LHL] noun rice

[HF] adverb slow, with care

[HF HF] adverb slowly, carefully

[HH] noun ear

[LHH] noun needle

[LLL] noun beauty

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

[H] verb, intransitive swim; become loose

[HH] verb, intransitive become light in weight

[HH] verb, transitive elude, evade (as a solution eludes one)

[H] verb, transitive having the urge to sleep

[HL] ideophone describes something that passes by very fast

[HH] verb, transitive saw, cut with a sawing motion (an animal’s throat, or in shredding certain leaves such as afan̄)(pl. of jọọk)