Ibibio English

[LLL] noun a kind of yam formerly only planted by women, water yam

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLLL] noun electric fish

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[HHH] noun comb

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[HHHH] noun thought, meditation, hope, expectation, consideration, care

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[HFHF] noun measles

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[HHL] noun sunshine, the suns rays, daylight; weather, season, time, the times

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[HH] noun crying, weeping

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[L] verb, intransitive be early, arrive early, do something early

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[L] verb, intransitive become rotten (esp. of edible things), spoil (of improperly dried fish, it gets mould on it), sour

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[L] verb, transitive imitate

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[L] verb, intransitive stay over-night, spend the night

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[HHH] verb, transitive rev. of dian take away, separate two things that are stuck together, separate out from; change money

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[HHH] verb, transitive; verb, intransitive shout at, bawl at, scold; shock.

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[HLL] noun tongue.

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[HHF] noun spear.

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[HH] noun tree trunk (the oart between the roots and the crown); a log left by the side of the river to wash clothes on.

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[HF] noun leopard or any of the big cats; a mens society so named from the way they use drums to imitate the sound of a leopard.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun walking stick.

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[HH] verb, transitive stick into a narrow space, wedge in, put between.

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[HH] verb, intransitive become white.

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[HH] verb, intransitive become hot, warm.

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[L] verb, transitive uncover, strip, take off, peel (with the fingers).

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[HH] verb, transitive uncover, take off.

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[LL] number two

(Igbo) abụọ

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[HH] noun a small round leech found in dry mudflows.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun calabash (gen term), Lagenaria vulgaris (Dalziel); a calabash container; any small container to drink from; a standard measure (about a cup) for gari, rice, beans.

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[HHH] noun partition (in the house made of cloth); section of bush partitioned by boundary markers

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[HF] noun laughter

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[LL] noun fishing grounds, fishing area

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[HHL] noun a sore, septic wound

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[HHF] noun mouth

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[LH] noun parrot

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[HH] noun a set of five yams

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[HF] noun earth, land, ground, floor, country, a council of elders

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[LL] noun hat, cap

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[LLL] adjective soft, fat, fleshy, tight (of fruit or a person’s flesh)

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[LHL] number five

(Igbo) ise

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[H] verb, intransitive wander, go around, come and go; pl come and go and linger at a place

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[HH] verb, transitive wrap cloth around someone; fig buy cloth for elderly relations (pl. of kIn)

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

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[LH] verb, transitive rev. of kpaga: uncross, separate things that are joined together, unbutton, unbuckle.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: itoro ituen

[H] verb, transitive fold, fold over (arms, paper, cloth, leaves).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] ideophone sound of firewood breaking; sound of corn cracking as it roasts.

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[HH] 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.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] verb, transitive; verb, transitive change, become different, differ, vary

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LLH] verb, transitive trim (branches, hair), cut down (a tree)

Speaker: itoro ituen

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, intransitive exhibit pride

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[H] verb, transitive copulate

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[L] ideophone sound made by a heavy round object such as a coconut or palm fruit cluster when it falls to the ground

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[H] verb, transitive greet, thank, congratulate, express

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

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

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[LL] verb, transitive choose, select (pl. of mek)

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[HH] noun penis

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHF] noun tree, big/heavy log of wood

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[HHH] noun a seat without a back

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[LHL] adjective small

[HHH] noun button

[LLHD] noun groundnut

[LL] conjunction and, with

[LH] roar (of thunder)

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[HH] verb, transitive affect, influence (as in influence of alchohol or drug)

[HF] noun a power spirit generally associated with a particular place or group of people; some of these spirits inhabit the forest, others the water; each Ibibio clan has its own ndem; sacrifices are made to them and to certain festivals attached to them

[LLL] noun children, young animals (used as pl. of ayin, nyịn)

[HHF] noun eczema

[HL] noun two hundred (from an old monetary system)

[HLHHH] noun maze; confusing place full of turns and corners

[HHH] noun something rotten

[HHHH] noun bedbug, cimex rotundata (in Ibibio bugs pinch rather than bite)

[LH] interrogative what

[LLL] noun a kind of insect, a larva

[LLLL] noun a kind of small rodent with a long snout

[HHHH] noun young curled cocyam leaf

[HH] verb, transitive look at

[LL] verb, transitive hate, dislike

[LL] verb, transitive curse (a curse, a person). revile, insult (var. suun̄ọ, suen̄)

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

[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

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

[LH] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive become slack, loose, reduced; slacks loosen; slacken, loosen, lower, reduce in height

[HH] ideophone sound of a car (automobile) horn

[LH] verb, intransitive become stuck into, pinned

[HF] noun fatness, breadth

[HF] noun lot, quantity, instance of

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

[LLL] noun universe

[LHL] noun rice

[HF] noun skill, talent

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

[HH] noun ear

[LHH] noun needle

[LHH] adjective empty, wasted, devoid of purpose

[HH] noun childhood

[L] verb, intransitive do patiently, stay patiently, become patient

[H] verb, transitive burn, sting (as pepper, iodine)

[L] verb, intransitive wilt, melt, dissolve, digest; become lazy, become weak