Ibibio English

[LF] noun a small shrimp, crayfish

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[LHLL] noun blessing

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[HHH] noun water buffalo

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[LLL] noun discrimination

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[LH] adjective all, every

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[HHL] adjective old

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[HHF] adjective cold

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[HH] noun person, human being; someone

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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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[H] noun wait, wait for

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[HH] verb, intransitive become broken, break (of its own accord), usually a long thin object such as a bone or a stick, break up in confusion (of a gathering)

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[HH] verb, intransitive ripen, become ripe, red (plural of dat)

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[H] adverb there, in that place, (near the person spoken to), there

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[LLL] verb, transitive pour, pour out, spill, pl. of duọk

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[LLH] verb, intransitive spill

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[H] verb, transitive enter, go into, join (a society of the modern type that involves only a simple process)

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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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[HH ] verb, transitive wipe up, dab, take a bit(of food to taste, of cream on the finger) pl cleam up, clean away; wipe up a liquid or semiliquid substance(water, faeces)

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[LL] noun kind of large edible white termite which makes huge hills.

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[LH] noun the olden days, ancient past; time immemorial.

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[HH] verb, intransitive shrink, become shrunken (of fruits, people).

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[HHL] noun women, wives

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[HF] noun drum.

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[LHL] noun electricity

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

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[HF] noun word, language, talk; matter, palaver (difficulty, trouble, verbal conflict, gathering for negotiation or decision).

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[HH] noun uncultivated land, brush (used with the name of certain flora and fauna to mean wild); plot, plantation; followers, descendants, family, people of a particular place (many place names contain the word iikọt)

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[LL] noun river

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[HHF] noun dizziness, faintness

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[HH] noun kernel (esp. oil palm kernel); stone (of a fruit)

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

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[LHL] noun coal tar

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[LHLLL] number seven (a sacred number in Ibibio)

(Igbo) asaa

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[HHH] verb, intransitive tie or wrap a cloth around ones own loins or waist

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[H] verb, transitive cost

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[LLH, LL] verb, transitive become flat (of something that should swell or be rounded).

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[LL] ideophone sound made when a person falls flat on his face or back.

Speaker: itoro ituen

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

Speaker: itoro ituen

[LL] verb, transitive slow down and walk carefully (as when one has seen something dangerous).

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HHH] verb, transitive cut (esp many small sticks and brush as when clearing land for farming (pl. of kpIkke)

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[LH] verb, transitive bend over so as to expose the buttocks

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

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[LL] verb, intransitive bark, growl (of a dog); speak in an angry or pompous manner

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[L] verb, intransitive fail to come about, fail to materialize; fail to carry out

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[LL] verb, transitive gather together with the hands something that is in grains or particles (gari, rice, sand); collect into a bulk or heap

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

Speaker: itoro ituen

[LL] verb, transitive close; shut in, confine; completely (emphatic)

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

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

[HHH] noun shreds, particle

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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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[HH] noun itch, rash, crawcraw

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[LH] noun today

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

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[HF HLL] noun small hard balls of excrement

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LHL] adjective small

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[LL] noun foot

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[HH HL] noun eyebrow

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] noun thing, something; matter event. This is one of the most productive words in Ibibio, it serves as any unspecified subject or object

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LHHH] noun skull

[HH] noun palm wine, strong alcohol

[L] verb, transitive take hold of, grab, catch (in the arms); grope

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

[HH] noun dream

[LH] noun dew, moisture on leaves

[HHHH] adjective toughness and coarseness in texture due to exposure to the sun or other causes

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

[LLL] noun wickedness, maliciousness

[LH] noun fear

[HF] noun vein (esp. in the arm)

[HHHH] noun eternity

[HH] noun face, front, future

[LH] noun a small plant, its leaves are irritating to the skin, Urera mannii

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[LLL] noun mist, fog

[HH] noun a diseased condition of the skin on the legs involving pus filled swellings and cracking of the skin

[LL] ideophone sound of oil dropped in the fire

[LLH] noun jest, joke, a story that pokes fun, clowning

[HHH] verb, transitive scratch the ground (of an animal, of children at play); toss away what is rejected from a sorting process (pl. of sara)

[HL] ideophone describes something that passes by very fst (as a car speeds by or an insect flies by)

[HH] verb, intransitive to be clean; to acquit, find innocent

[HHH] verb, transitive throw up to someone what one has done for him or what he has done to one, reproach with past deeds (var. sion̄, sioon̄)

[LL] verb, transitive take fire, carry fire

[H] verb, intransitive originate, come from

[HHH] verb, transitive disturb, disorder (the vegetation in passing by, the water entering it)

[HH] verb, transitive to exclaim

[LL] verb, transitive curse, use abusive words (pl. of tọk)

[LF] noun your husband

[HH] noun arm and/or hand; handle; power, strength, ability

[HH] noun friend

[HLL] adverb completely

[HF] noun skill, talent

[HHH] noun feast

[L] verb, transitive sacrifice

[HHH] verb, intransitive become poor

[HL] adverb yet, then

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

[HH] verb, intransitive wander (aimlessly or with a purpose), go here and there (of one who has many places to go and many things to do)

[HH] verb, intransitive satisfy (with food, information)

[H] verb, transitive turn, mix, stir