Ibibio English

[LHH] adjective young, not full grown

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[LLH] noun mens robes

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[LLL] noun valley, abyss, chasm, gorge

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[HHL HF] noun a tattler

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[HHH] noun hunger

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[LF] noun a small shrimp, crayfish

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[HF] noun oil

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[LHHH] noun table

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[LHL] noun python

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[HF] noun practitioner, specialist, expert

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[LLL] noun wasp

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[LLHH] noun a strong wind

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[HH] verb, transitive waste

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[L] verb, transitive expect, hope, anticipate

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[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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[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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[L] verb, transitive cook by burying in hot ashes

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[HHH] verb, intransitive tip toe around stealthily, pussy-foot

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[HH] verb, transitive light, kindle

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[LL] verb, transitive make an error, err, miss, offend, do unwittingly, do by chance.

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[HF] noun chin.

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun an uncircumcised man or woman.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LF] noun comb, crest of a cockerel or certain snakes.

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[LH] noun disease involving swelling of the testes; an insult (if a person called another person efik and make a fist it is a challenge to fight).

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noun copulation

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[HH] noun walking stick.

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

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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

[HH] verb, intransitive become hot, warm.

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[LLH] verb, transitive forget.

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[LH] noun spoon

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[HF] noun cocoyam, Colocasia esculentum (Dalziel)

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[LLL] noun toad

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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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] verb, transitive cross over, step over, step over something high so that one has to lift ones leg; empty

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive die perish; become exhausted, overcome; fade; heal

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LL] verb, transitive become resistant, obstinate (of a person, an animal); become difficult (of work, a person)

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[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

[LL] verb, transitive watch, guard, look after

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive soil, dirty.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[H] ideophone sound of the fallof an enamel cup

Speaker: itoro ituen

[HH] verb, transitive clear, sweep remaining bits of afere (soup) from a plate with the hand or a piece of fufu.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive copulate

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[H] verb, transitive cover, close with a cover or lid; heap up

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[HH] verb, transitive rev of kup open a cover or lid

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[LLLH] noun centipede

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[LH] noun the side of the face from temple to jaw

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[LLL] noun pl people

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[LL] verb, transitive bend, incline (a stick, a part of the body)

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[HLHLHL] noun armpit

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[H.HL] noun sandfly

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[LH] noun a kind of yam, fast ripening, it grows in an udder-like formation

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHHH] noun skull

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL] noun a kind of palm oil obtained by burning the palm kernel, its uses include pomade for the skin, medicine for boils and wounds, antidote for poison, (taken as an emetic), protection against juju

[HLHHHL] noun the pelvic area (var. edidiono)

[HHH] noun delicacies, luxury food, little bits of luxury food (nuts, bits of meat) (var. ndien, ndiin)

[HHH] noun picture, photo, film, spectacle

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

[HLHH] noun little bits of mischief, pranks, crafty, manipulations

[HHHH] noun a corner inside a house

[HLHH] noun stain

[LLLH] adjective light in weight

[LH] verb, intransitive be tilted, bent stiffly over

[HHHH] noun young curled cocyam leaf

[LL] verb, intransitive become black

[HH] noun weeds, grass

[H] pronoun what, who which

[LLH] verb, intransitive lament, complain, regret

[L] verb, transitive speak a language esp. a foreign language; speak unintelligibly; translate

[HHHH] verb, intransitive make a sound of disgust, disapproval, impatience, contempt (var. siama)

[H] verb, transitive speak to, talk to, say, tell; rebuke, reprove often

[H] verb, transitive spread, loosen, untie, unlock, unwind, open, melt

[HL] noun tailor (English loanword)

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

[LH] verb, intransitive become stuck into, pinned

[L] verb, transitive warn against; give information, inform

[LH] noun calamity

[LH] noun canoe

[LL] noun grave

[HH] adjective new

[LHH] noun right (direction)

[HF] noun a polite term for itịt, vagina

[LL] noun second-born daughter

[HF] noun skill, talent

[LLL] noun congealed secretions

[LL] noun life, destiny, universe, creation

[LH] noun bread, biscuit

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

[LH] verb, intransitive sneeze

[HH] verb, transitive deceive

[HH] verb, intransitive shine (of the sun or moon)

[HH] verb, intransitive talk a lot, chatter, become unable to contain anything or keep a secret

[L] verb, transitive cut into large pieces (as tree into logs, a fish into large chunks)

[HH] verb, transitive, verb, intransitive see at an unexpected time or place, occur unexpectedly, do unexpectedly

[LL] verb, transitive hit (esp. with a stick, also with hand or fist)

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

[H] noun child, offspring