Ibibio English

[HHHH] noun cold, cattarrh

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL] noun thunder

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[LLHL] noun a young man

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[LHHH] noun table

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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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive expect, hope, anticipate

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] verb, transitive rev. of biom put down what one has been carrying on the head

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, intransitive; verb, transitive speak, say, tell, mean, intend

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

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[LL] verb, transitive remove from the embers what has been roasting there (plural of dappa)

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[L] verb, intransitive fall in drops, rain

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[LL] verb, transitive not know, doubt, have doub about, refuse to recognize

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[H] verb, transitive bite

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[HL] verb, transitive strain, filter skim

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun tomach; a bag-like object esp one containing air; a musical instrument of the accordian type; a kind of thumb piano made of wood of calabash with metal keys; a play in which the thumb piano is used.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun kidney, heart.

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[HH] noun walking stick.

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[LHLL] noun hiccup.

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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).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, intransitive; verb, transitive become heaped up, piled up; tv heap up, pile up.

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[H] verb, intransitive become good.

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[HF] noun a kind of small crocodile (Goldie monitor lizard) cf afiom, utai.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun stool (Goldie says this word is a loan from Aqua).

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[HH] noun a case

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[LH] adjective big

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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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[LHHH] noun a kind of dance performed in the moonlight

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[HLHL] noun heel of the foot

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[HHH] noun stone, mile

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

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[HH] verb, transitive draw water, scoop up liquid (from a stream, well, pot)

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] verb, transitive construct a framework

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive judge a case

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] ideophone sound of the fall of a knife or spoon, or of an enamel plate

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] verb, intransitive hang, hang on, snag; become hooked on; become bent; pick at, bicker, harass; become a responsibility

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HDH] noun piece, half piece

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[HHH] noun dirt, refuse, garbage

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[HF] noun engagement (before marriage)

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

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[HH] verb, intransitive become accustomed to, familiar with, associated with;

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[HH] noun periwinkle

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[HLHL] noun armpit

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[LL] noun foot

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[LLL HL] noun a secluded area in the water thickly covered with water plants ( a person can go in there to bathe)

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LHLH] noun a kind of caterpillar, found at the top of oil palm trees, edible

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HHH] noun water

[HH] verb, transitive frown, screw up the face, have an unhappy, disgusted, distasteful or disapproving look on the face

[HH] noun dream

[LLLH] noun evening (dusk till dawn) (var. mbubịre)

[LLH] noun, adjective corpse (esp. one that is dried up and distasteful); adjective: dead; worthless, good for nothing; vile, evil

[LL] verb, intransitive walk with legs apart (like a person who has a boil, or something between his legs)

[LHH] noun calamity

[HLLH] noun ant

[HFHF] noun a kind of small mushroom which grows on dead trees, it can be white, red, or brown

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

[HHH] noun postherd

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

[HH] verb, intransitive be itchy, scratchy

[LH] verb, transitive singe

[HH] noun the young of an animal

[HHH] noun crust from burnt food

[HLL] noun welts from a beating

[HH] verb, transitive extinguish (a light, a fire) intransitive: go out, become extinguished (of a light, a fire)

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

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

[HHH] verb, intransitive become childish, act childish

[HH] verb, transitive split, tear, cut up, divide; open; reveal, give an answer, give an explanation, mention (var. siak)

[HL] noun shirt

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

[LL] verb, transitive put down, set down (a pot on the fire); cook, boil, prepare afere (soup) (pl. of tem)

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

[L] verb, transitive grate

[LH] verb, intransitive become sluggish

[HHH] verb, transitive cause confusion, disturb

[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, intransitive increase

[HDH] noun some

[LH] noun calamity

[HH] noun friend

[HH] adjective new

[LHH] noun byword, slang phrase, scandal

[LH] noun loving, likeness

[HHL] noun a kind of large lizard, land living

[HF] noun voice, order, edict

[LL] verb, transitive tear, rend, scratch, tear off, tear up, tear out; pay a debt in installments

[H] verb, transitive cause a desire in, a craving for, a longing for

[L] verb, transitive doubt, surprise

[HH] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive adhere. stick, become sticky; hang; hang oneself; insist, persist; hang on to; pester; persecute; hate

[LL] verb, transitive cook a very small quantity of rich afere (soup) (until it is very hot) (pl. of jọk)