Ibibio English

[HH] noun flesh

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHLL] noun king

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[HHH] noun moon, month

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[HL] noun priest

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[LHL] noun python

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[LHH] adjective real, genuine, important, very (emphatic)

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[LHDH] noun left-handed person

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[HF] noun a broom made from oil palm fronds stripped of their leaves and tied in a bunch, it is generally used for sweeping the house

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[LH] noun onion

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[HH] verb, intransitive become in need of, get into straits about (refer to a chronic or long term situation or deprivation); straiten, put into straits

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[H] noun wait, wait for

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[LLLH] verb, intransitive become ruined, spoiled, destroyed(pl of biara)

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[LLH] verb, intransitive; verb, transitive stop, cease, conclude,; tv bring to conclusion; decide

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

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[LH] verb, intransitive become buried

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[L] verb, transitive reveal a secret, narrate a story, convey information, inform, relate, (all have derogatory connotation)

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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, transitive tell

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[L] verb, transitive send, send for, send to (a person or a message), send for a nefarious purpose, pl esp instigate stimulate a desire in, cause longing in

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[HHF] noun porcupine.

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[HF] noun a hump on the back.

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[HHF] noun a kind of large bat found in the bush, fruit bat.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHL] noun elephant.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun dog.

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[HH] verb, transitive uncover, take off.

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[LH] verb, intransitive put on clothes, wear.

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[HH] noun sleep.

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[HF] noun stream.

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[HF] noun piassava, the fiber from the trunk of ukOt (rafia palm).

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[LH] noun witchcraft, witch.

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[HF] noun cocoyam, colocasia esculentum (Dalziel)

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[HH] noun urine.

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[HF] noun laughter

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[LL] noun fishing grounds, fishing area

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[LHL] noun whistling

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[HHH] noun smallpox

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[HLHL] noun heel of the foot

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[HF] noun bunch of plantain or bananas (general)

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[HH] verb, transitive call, invite, read

[H] verb, transitive crack (nut, palm kernels) with a stone

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[LH] verb, transitive lift something very heavy and of huge girth requiring both arms around it; try to carry something heavier than one is capable of, take on more than one can manage

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive plead, plead with, entreat, beg.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] ideophone sound of a short blast on the horn of a small automobile.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive cut through, cut off; pl chop.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive peel with hand or knife, unlock

Speaker: itoro ituen

[LH] verb, intransitive snap, break from too much strain (of a rope); sg only break away, leave a place and rush to another

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HL] noun government; white colonial officer; English consul

[L] verb, transitive hang (on a hook, peg, line); spread out to dry; hook, link, lock, entangle

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

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

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[HHL] noun wing

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[LLLH] noun cowrie shell

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[LLH] noun nail (anat), claw

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[HLH] noun trouble, problem, ruckus, commotion

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[LHH] noun piece

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LH] noun yesterday (in a context of past), tomorrow (in a context of future), (loosely) two or three days in the past or future.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LHL] interjection no

[HF] possessive pronoun they, them, their

[LH] roar (of thunder)

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[HHHH] noun a metal, tray

[HD] adverb also, too

[LL] conjunction with, and

[LHHH] adjective secret

[HF] noun a kind of small fish

[LLL] adverb not even

[LH] noun flavour, taste (an esp. flavored and elusive one); marrow

[LL] noun lies

[HF] adjective good, genuine

[LLL] noun a kind of small hot red or green pepper, Aframonum melegueta (Dalziel)

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

[HHH] verb, intransitive become melted

[LLH] verb, transitive smell, sniff (var. n̄uune)

[L] verb, intransitive shake (of a drunkards hand, of an old rattly car, of a cloth flapping in the wind; tremble, move about)

[LL] verb, intransitive become greedy

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

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

[LL] verb, intransitive be tall, long, far, high, deep

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

[HH] verb, intransitive talk in an angry, high-piched voice; ideophone: sound of a frightened, wounded dog

[HHL] noun man, male

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

[LH] verb, intransitive become dizzy

[LH] verb, intransitive come down, descend

[H] verb, transitive speak to, talk to, say, tell; rebuke, reprove often

[L] verb, intransitive fail to mature, fail to develop fully, fall short of expectations; miss out

[H] verb, intransitive increase

[LH] noun birth mark

[LH] noun right (direction)

[LLL] noun fate, luck

[LH] noun fishing spear

[HD] phrase What day?

[HHL] noun your kinsman

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

[L] verb, transitive kill

[HH] verb, intransitive shine (of the sun or moon)

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

[L] verb, transitive doubt, surprise

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