Ibibio English

[HHL] noun man, male

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HLHL] noun lungs

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[LHHH] noun table

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[HH] noun the sediment which sinks to the bottom of the pot when palm oil is boiled after being extracted from the fruit, dregs

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[HHF] adjective cold

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[HH] verb, intransitive become unsalted, unseasoned, become deficient

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[L] verb, transitive watch out for; wait to do harm to; watch over, protect, look after

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[LL] ideophone describes the sudden stopping of noise or action

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[LL] verb, transitive carry on the head, carry about (a worry)

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

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[HL] noun ball

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[HHH] verb, intransitive itch

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[LL] verb, transitive dip, steep, soak

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[HH] verb, transitive test, examine, measure, weigh

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[HLL] verb, intransitive move about here and there doing many things at once, look busy, become busy

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

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[H] verb, transitive; verb, intransitive marry

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[HH] verb, transitive climb (tree, hill)

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

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[LL] noun baldness, bald spot.

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[HF] noun rain.

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[HH] number twenty.

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[HF] noun nest.

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[LF] noun randmother (maternal or paternal).

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[HF] noun shore, harbor, port.

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[LHHL] noun rheumatism.

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[HF] noun drum.

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[HF] noun hair (on the head or growing densely as on the head).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun cricket

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[LH] noun belly

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[LHH] noun a kind of fish with a small head, dried and used for soup

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[HHH] noun stone, mile

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

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

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[LLH, LL] verb, transitive become flat (of something that should swell or be rounded).

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

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[HH] verb, transitive become puckered (of the mouth from acid, of the hands from immersion in water).

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

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[L] verb, transitive pay attention (used with utON, as in a kpaN utON, listen).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: itoro ituen

[LL] verb, transitive slow down and walk carefully (as when one has seen something dangerous).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, intransitive fail to come about, fail to materialize; fail to carry out

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] verb, transitive become contrary (es. to show off)

[H] verb, transitive loosen, untie, unrap, unfasten, dismantle.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] verb, transitive clear, sweep remaining bits of afere (soup) from a plate with the hand or a piece of fufu.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] adverb only

Speaker: itoro ituen

[LL] ideophone sound of something very light falling on the ground

Speaker: itoro ituen

[LLH] verb, intransitive; verb, transitive become finished; finished

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[H] verb, transitive grind between two stones (small things such as beans, pepper); w pl kọọk cure, heal, perform juju for curing and certain other purposes (implies grinding medicines)

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[HH] verb, transitive remove from a hook, unhang (rev. of kọọn̄ [HH])

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[LL] verb, transitive knock

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

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[LLLH] noun centipede

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

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

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[LH LL] noun regret

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

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[HHH] noun a construction of palm fronds gen. near a house or against a fence, used for storing yam or cocoyam

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LHLLH HL] noun rough skin, tough skin

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun common red and black lizard

[LHH] noun a kind of small bush rat, the king of rats

[HF] noun a kind of white clay from the river, it is eaten, used as a treatment for diarrhea, used as a whitewash, and is rubbed on the body for decortion or against heat rash

[HHHH] noun eternity

[HDH] interrogative noun what?

[LL] adjective small, few

[HHLHDH] noun wart

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

[HHHH HL] noun wrist watch

[LF LL] noun dorsal fin of a fish

[HD] adverb also

[HF LL] noun a kind of wire grass, Bahama grass (Adams)

[LLL] noun a boil on the finger or toe

[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)

[HH] verb, intransitive become agile, sprightly, lively, smart (in action or dress)

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

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

[H] verb, transitive choke, cause choking (as water in the windpipe)

[LHL] noun [Eng] spirit (used in Christian church services) (var. sịbidịt)

[HH] verb, intransitive walk in a slow, lazy, sloppy, or stealthy manner

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

[LLH] verb, intransitive become short, squat, and fat (of people or animals)

[H] verb, transitive to contribute

[H] verb, transitive stick something onto a sharp object (e.g. a piece of meat onto a stick to be hunder over the fire to dry) (var. tot)

[HHH] verb, intransitive kneel

[LF] noun the edible kernel of the raffia palm fruit

[HH] noun arm and/or hand; handle; power, strength, ability

[HF] noun strength

[LHH] noun left (direction)

[HH] noun silk cotton tree, Ceina pentandra (Deizel)

[LHL] noun rice

[HHH] noun feast

[LLH] noun spider web

[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, intransitive, verb, transitive move about, become restless, fidget; move about, wriggle