Ibibio English

[HHH] noun comb

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HLHL] noun lungs

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[LHF] noun yawn

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[LHHH] noun table

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[HHF] noun chameleon

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[HHH] noun okra, okro

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[HHH] noun a stomach ache with diarrhea

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[HH] verb, intransitive fall off, snap off, drop off (e.g. a ripe or dead fruit), fall off/out (e.g. hair, teeth)

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[H] verb, transitive make round, roundish(rather wet thing esp by putting eg clay, fufu)

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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] verb, intransitive (copula) be

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

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[H] verb, transitive hide

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[LHLL] noun rice.

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[LL] noun flying squirrel.

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

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[HHHL] noun nest.

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noun copulation

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[L] verb, intransitive dodge, duck, move aside, move away, move out of the way; tv dodge.

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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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[LL] verb, transitive spit, spit out (food, liquid, silaiva)

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[LLL] noun wall

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[LLLL] noun state of numbness or sleep in the limbs; state of being shrivelled from immersion in water.

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[HH] noun rope.

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[HF] noun stream.

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[HH] noun a case

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[HHF] noun knife, machet (machete)

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[HH] noun feces

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[LH] noun thief; theft

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[LH] noun debt

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[HH] noun face, front, future (also eko iso)

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[LL] noun tail

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[LL] noun a blow with the fist; a charm which enables the wearer to strike powerful blows

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[HH] verb, transitive hold in the arms or hands; have, keep; owe; use; treat, behave towards

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[HH] verb, intransitive become high, tall, elevated

[HLL] adverb never ever.

Speaker: itoro ituen

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LL] ideophone said to show when one is completely ignored.

Speaker: itoro ituen

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[L] verb, transitive restrain, prohibit, stop; warn; rebuke

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[H] verb, transitive plead, plead with, entreat, beg

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LH] verb, intransitive become near, stay near; approach

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

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[HH] ideophone sound of an automobile horn

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[H] ideophone sound made by ekOmO drums, the small one goes kpim or kpom or kum, the large one goes kpim or kum.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] adverb only

Speaker: itoro ituen

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

Speaker: itoro ituen

[H] verb, transitive copulate

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[HH] verb, transitive greet, thank, congragulate, express

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[LL] verb, transitive knock

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[LL] noun exhaustion, fatigue

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[LL] noun scar, welt

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[HH] noun cheek

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[HH] verb, transitive hit, strike, beat

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[LH HD] noun ring

[LF HL] noun skin of the vagina

[LL] noun foot

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHLLHLL] noun butterfly

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[LHHH] noun skull

[HD] interj. yes

[LLHLLH] adjective become soft, weak, easy

[HHHH] noun a dish of ground beans with oil, pepper and other condiment steamed in leaves (Yoruba)

[HHH] noun picture, photo, film, spectacle

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL] noun a small insect found around palm wine

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

[HHHH HL] noun wrist watch

[HHH HLL] noun a low fence around a trap, it has one opening through which animals are driven

[HLL] noun welts from a beating

[LLL] noun a boil on the finger or toe

[HHH] noun water

[LL] ideophone sound of dry cloth or paper crumbling

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

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

[HHHH] verb, transitive irritate the throat and back of the mouth (as raw of insufficiently cooked yam or coco yam) (var. sian)

[LL] verb, transitive hate, dislike

[L] verb, transitive reach, get to, arrive at

[HH] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive hop, jump; jump over; abate, let up (pl. of tamma)

[LH] verb, transitive dip out, ladle out (with a spoon or the hand); beckon with the hand, touch slightly to get someone’s attention

[LH] verb, transitive explain, direct, tell how

[F] noun tea

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

[LL] verb, transitive polish, scrub; grate (pl. of tʌk)

[HH] verb, transitive eat a little bit at a time, pick up and eat tiny bits of food (such as grains of rice), pick tiny leaves

[H] verb, transitive swell, rise as dough

[H] verb, transitive hit, hit the mark; knock against, knock down; throw down; drop

[L] verb, transitive curse, use abusive words

[LHH] noun slap

[HF] noun slavery (var. ufʌn)

[HF] noun lot, quantity, instance of

[LL] noun fufu, anything pounded for fufu, anything cut with the fingers from a mass and swallowed in balls along with afere (soup)

[LHF] noun your grandfather

[LLL] noun congealed secretions

[H] verb, intransitive swim; become loose

[LH] verb, intransitive become beautiful

[HH] verb, transitive deceive

[LLH] verb, intransitive become peeled off, become faded

[LL] verb, intransitive slither, move with a gliding movement, move like a snake or rope, move like a jellylike substance