Ibibio English

[LL] number forty

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[LLHL] noun cat

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[HF] noun oil

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[HF] noun slave

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[LHL] adjective whole, complete

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[LHHH] adjective big, huge

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[LLHL] noun a young man

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[LHHHH] noun compound (gen. a large one with people living in it, the term suggests a rich man’s compound)

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[LLL] noun pot

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[HF] noun vein, artery, tendon

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[LL] verb, transitive count, reckon, esteem

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

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[H] verb, intransitive become a coward

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[H] verb, intransitive (copula) be

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[LLH] verb, intransitive become bitter

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[HH] number twenty.

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[LL] noun flying squirrel.

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[LL] noun mother.

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[HH] verb, transitive remove pressure, stop pressing down see fige.

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[LLH] verb, transitive forget.

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[LHL] noun thigh; lap.

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[LHL] noun reasoning power, common sense, intellect.

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[LH] noun a wooden musical instrument of the xylophone type.

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[LL] noun foot

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[HH] noun a case

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[LH LH] adjective worthless; fruitless; in vain

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[LH] noun someone shorter than normal. a stunted person

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[HH] noun vagina

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[HHH] noun nose

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[H] verb, transitive roast, fry (a food to make it dry or crisp esp groundnuts in sand, gari in a pot); season a new pot by placing it on the fire

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[HH] verb, intransitive walk on the balls of the feet, walk on tiptoe

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

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[H] verb, transitive cost

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

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[LL] ideophone sound made by a flat object when it falls flat on the ground.

Speaker: itoro ituen

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

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[H] verb, transitive push a heavy object for a distance; shove away from a distance (as an insect with a long stick); wheel, roll, push something on wheels.

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

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[HH] verb, transitive soil, dirty.

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[HH] ideophone sound of an automobile horn

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

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

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[L] verb, transitive retch, vomit gen used w ibọk medicine, udia food

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[HH] verb, transitive hang (an object on a hook, around a person’s neck, cloth pot to dry)

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[LLH] noun banana

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[HHHH] noun kind of plant, where it is found the soil is fertile, its leaves contain an acidic liquid used for cleaning wounds and cleaning snails, its stem is chewed, bush cane, Costus after (Dalziel)

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[LH] noun neigbour

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[HH] noun pity, sympathy

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[HH] verb, transitive hit, strike, beat

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[HLHL] noun armpit

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[HLLL] noun armpit

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[HHL] noun a kind of plant with small bitter fruits

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[HHH] noun a seat without a back

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[HHH HL] noun shin

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[LF LL] noun a childrens game in which sticks are passed around quickly and players try not to accumulate them

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[LL] pronoun my

[LHL] interjection no

[H] verb, intransitive; verb, transitive undulate, wriggle (in the manner of a maggot); dance with undulating movement

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[LL] conjunction with, and

[LH] adjective fresh (not cooked, dried or smoked)

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

[HLL] noun sweat (var. ibikpO, ibibiak, adikpO)

[LLL] noun a kind of small green squash, curcurbita pepo

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[LHD] noun a kind of fruit tree, its fruits have a brownish cover, firm orange or white flesh, and a big seed, cola rostrata

[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

[HH] noun ashes, dust

[LL] ideophone sound of oil dropped in the fire

[H] verb, transitive show teeth

[LLL] noun an insect of the grasshopper type, it is tan, grey or mottled

[HH] verb, intransitive flicker; transitive: flash a light on and off

[H] ideophone describes a sudden action

[LH] verb, intransitive make faces to scare a child

[LLH] verb, intransitive dawn, enter a new day, remain until the new day, make it through the night

[HH] verb, intransitive become tough and coarse in texture due to exposure to the sun or other causes and unable to be softened by cooking

[H] verb, intransitive become gently, mild (of disposition, weather); adverb: quietly, safely

[H] verb, transitive scrub, rub briskly (teeth, the body, a pot), rub off, rub together, erase, wipe, rub with a slow motion, massage

[H] verb, intransitive become quick, early, often; become sharp

[LH] verb, transitive make incantation, call down a curse on

[HL] noun tailor (English loanword)

[LL] verb, intransitive become supple

[H] verb, transitive hollow out

[HH] verb, transitive tickle

[HF] noun trouble

[HLL] adverb completely

[LF] noun a ditch containing water, a large pit, dam

[LLHH] noun cloaca of a chicken, hindquarters of a chicken (?)

[LLL] numeral four

[HF] noun chicken, fowl

[HD] phrase What day?

[LL] noun covering on the surface of something (skin on soup, tarnish on metal, fungus)

[LHH] noun a kind of frog

[HH] noun ear

[LL] noun life, destiny, universe, creation

[HH] noun life, existence, state of being alive, life style, habits

[LHLHL] interjection a sound made to cheer or mock someone

[L] verb, transitive kill

[HH] verb, transitive pinch

[HH] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive become pregnan, conceive (var. jʌmmo)

[H] verb, transitive make an announcement

[H] noun child, offspring