Ibibio English

[LHLL] noun king

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[LHF] noun yawn

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[HF] noun root

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[LL] noun cross the fingers

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[HH] noun bone, stem, the prominent, conspicious or salient part of something

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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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[LL] noun jar, jug for storage of water

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[LHH] noun needle

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[LLHH] noun a strong wind

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[H] verb, intransitive be in a place, exist; seem, appear to be

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[H] verb, intransitive become cheap due to oversupply, go aground(of a boat)

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[H] verb, intransitive become thickened (e.g. broth thickened by flavor); become dirty (e.g. cloths or water)

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[LL] verb, transitive cut through with a single stroke

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[HHH] verb, intransitive itch

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[LLH] verb, intransitive become bitter

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[LLH] verb, intransitive spill

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[HHH] verb, transitive to lose, throw away

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[L] verb, transitive drag, draw; pl make a drawing, draw many lines; massage.

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[L] verb, intransitive leak, leak out, run out(of liquid)

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[LHLL] noun rice.

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[HHF] noun spear.

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[LH] noun an uncircumcised man or woman.

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[HF] noun nest.

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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 a hump on the back.

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[HHL] noun elephant.

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[HH] noun walking stick.

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[HF] noun good, genuine.

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

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[HHH] verb, transitive remove from the mouth what one has been sucking or holding there.

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[HHL] noun crazyness, mad person.

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[HF] noun cricket

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[LH] noun a tiny fragrant leaf used to season soup.

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[HF] noun laughter

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[HH] noun deafness; deaf man

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[LHL] number five

(Igbo) ise

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[L] verb, intransitive become suitable, appropriate; fit; measure up to a standard; become complete; become enough

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

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[LL] verb, transitive learn; teach

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[HH] verb, transitive soil, dirty.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] verb, transitive catch in the hands

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[LLH] verb, transitive alter, change, become different, differ, vary

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[HH] verb, transitive become contrary (es. to show off)

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

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

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[HHH] verb, intransitive become curved, crooked, not straight (esp of a road or branch of a tree)

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[L] verb, intransitive knock, tap

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[LL] verb, transitive eat palm fruit, a palm kernel, or a bit of meat by putting it in the mouth and turning it about slowly removing the flesh

[LLLH] noun centipede

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[LLLH] noun cowrie shell

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[LL] noun side, edge

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[HD] interjection please

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[LL] noun scar, welt

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[HH] verb, transitive; verb, intransitive ignore, delay in responding

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[HF] noun leaf (gen term esp for leaves which are not eaten)

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[LLHL] noun young men (pl. of akparawa).

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LL] noun foot

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

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[HHH] noun a seat without a back

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[LHDHHF] noun butterfly

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HHH HL] noun shin

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[HHH HL] noun eyeball

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[LL] conjunction and, with (variants: ye; ndo; mma)

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[L] ideophone sound of nails being driven

[LLL] noun, adjective cold, wet

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

[HHF] noun eczema

[HHH] noun race, competition

[HF] noun slander, gossip

[LL] verb, transitive doubt, argue, dispute

[LHH] noun calamity

[LHH] noun calamity

[HH] noun a diseased condition of poultry in which little quill feathers begin to grow all over the body

[LH] numeral third, three

[HHLHDH] noun wart

[LL] noun brass or copper bangles worn around the legs from ankle to thigh by fattened brides

[L] verb, intransitive shake (of a drunkards hand, of an old rattly car, of a cloth flapping in the wind; tremble, move about)

[LL] verb, intransitive be tall, long, far, high, deep

[LH] noun over there, yonder (refers to a narrow area)

[LHH] noun a shrine

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

[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)

[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)

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

[HL] noun shirt

[LL] verb, intransitive tiptoe, walk on tiptoe

[LH] verb, transitive explain, direct, tell how

[HH] verb, intransitive become impaled, skewered, stuck onto a sharp object

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

[LL] noun a pit dug in the ground, a ditch

[HH] noun weight

[LF LL] noun state of being walleyed, wall-eyes (eyes that turn outward)

[HHH] noun any insect which pinches

[HH] noun childhood

[HH] verb, transitive mix, adulterate (as palm wine by adding water)

[H] verb, transitive having the urge to sleep

[L] verb, transitive doubt, surprise