Ibibio English

[HHH] noun hunger

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[HHL] noun sexual organ of snail

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[LHL] noun rice

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[LLLL] noun electric fish

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[HF] noun horn, trumpet

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[HF] noun slave

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[LL] noun cloth, clothes

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[HHL] noun forest

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[LHL] noun priest

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[HH] noun a fence of shrubbery planted to indicate a boundary and provide privacy

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

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[LH] verb, intransitive belch

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[LLH] verb, transitive drive away, drive off, send away, follow, go afte, chase, catch up to, join

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[LH] verb, transitive pass, pass by, cross

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[LL] verb, intransitive creep, spread, cove (of vines, plants sp. when a yam covers its supporting stick with many leaves and branches)

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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 become rotten to the semi-liquid state, become decomposed, disintegrated (of an orange, a wet cracker, a dead body), become wet and messy, wet and sloppy, become watery to the point of nearly falling out

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[H] verb, transitive tie, bind

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[H] verb, intransitive come

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[LH] verb, intransitive become quiet, calm, lonely (of a place, of wind or water)

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[HLL] verb, intransitive move about here and there doing many things at once, look busy, become busy

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

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[HHH] verb, transitive to lose, throw away

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[LH] verb, intransitive become untidy and wet (of a messy wet animal), become wet, become untidy.

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

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[HH] number twenty.

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[LLL] noun world.

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[HHH] noun kidney, heart.

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[HH] noun walking stick.

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[HF] noun the liver, heart, chest, inside; mind.

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[HH] verb, transitive suck, suck out (marrow from a bone, flesh from a periwinkle shell) pl suck, pull hard with the mouth (esp when one makes a sound while doing it) sip through a straw.

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[HH] noun medicine, cure, poison, talisman, juju.

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[HHL] noun crazyness, mad person.

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[LHLL] noun electricity

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[HF] noun hair (on the head or growing densely as on the head).

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[LH LH] adjective worthless; fruitless; in vain

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[HH] noun feces

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[HF] noun walk, journey; gait

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

(Igbo) asaa

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[LF] noun impotent man

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[HH] noun fish (general)

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[LH] verb, transitive go to, go for

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

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[L] verb, intransitive become able, know how; tv surpass, excel (used in making com- parisons), triumph over, beat (win)

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[H] verb, transitive deny, refute, prove innocent

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[HH] verb, transitive/ verb, intransitive close the eyes and turn the head aside in a gesture of disapproval

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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 (pl. of kpat)

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[L] verb, transitive try to persuade, urge, importune, dun.

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[L] verb, transitive stand in a certain relative position, as in kpe iso or kp edem.

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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[LL] verb, transitive learn; teach

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[HH] ideophone sound of abodom being played with bamboo sticks in sending a message

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[LH] verb, transitive pull down the lower eye lid to show triumph, to mock

[L] verb, transitive crow (of a cock).

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HHH] verb, transitive peel with a knife; sharpen to a point (as a stick, an arrow)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun exhaustion, fatigue

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

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[L] verb, transitive choose, select

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[HH] verb, transitive contort the face or mouth to show disgust

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[LH HDH] noun ring

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[LHL] adjective small

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

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[HHLHL] noun a kind of insect (similar to millipede)

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[LF] noun nasal mucus, phlegm

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[LLLH] noun prison, jail, detention

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[HH] noun palm wine, strong alcohol

[HLL] noun shadow

[HLHHH] noun a struggle

[LLH] adverb perhaps

[LL] pronoun we, us, our

[LH] noun a rattle, musical instrument filled with seeds or pebbles which is shaken; strings of seeds worn around ankles and wrists to make noise when dancing

[HF] noun the gums

[HH] noun ashes, dust

[LLLL] noun a large bird with long colorful feathers, it lives near the river; a play connected with ekpe society, by the old men of the society, many drums are used

[HHHH] noun bell, clock, hour

[LLH] noun basket

[LLHLLH] noun a spider web

[LLL] noun a boil on the finger or toe

[HH] verb, intransitive become congested; become odorous; smell of fish

[HH] verb, intransitive shine like cat eyes (said of a person’ s eyes when he is excited, or when he should be ashamed but isn’t); shine intensely, brightly

[L] verb, transitive help; contribute (money, food, labor)

[HH] verb, transitive block, plug, stop up, obstruct

[L] verb, intransitive become enough, sufficient, complete

[LL] verb, transitive hate, dislike

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

[HH] verb, intransitive walk in a slow, lazy, sloppy, or stealthy manner

[H] verb, intransitive beat, pound (esp food in a mortar, clothes on a log)

[H] verb, transitive to contribute

[LHL] noun pigeon

[LLH] adjective steeped, soaked

[HF] noun lot, quantity, instance of

[HH] noun ear

[LH] noun fishhook

[LH] noun bread, biscuit

[HHH] verb, intransitive become poor

[L] verb, transitive kill

[HL] noun guava

[LH] verb, intransitive become beautiful

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

[H] verb, transitive attach, put together, fasten, lock, hang (from a point, or curtains, tie on so that it may hang)