Ibibio English

[LL] number forty

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHL HF] noun a tattler

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[HHH] noun hunger

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL] noun thunder

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[HF] noun horn, trumpet

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[HHL] noun wife, female

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[LHL] noun python

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[LH] adjective stranger, visitor, sojourner, immigrant

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[LL] noun the first wife

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[HH] verb, transitive waste

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] verb, transitive take, pick up, carry

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive expect, hope, anticipate

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[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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[LL] verb, transitive watch out for; wait to do harm to; watch over, protect, look after

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[LH] verb, transitive imitate

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[HH] verb, transitive turn a deaf ear towards, not anwer, ignore

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[LL] verb, transitive dip, steep, soak

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[HH] verb, transitive add, put together, stick, glue

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[HHH] verb, transitive cause disgust

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[HH] verb, intransitive become mischievous, wicked

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[LL] verb, transitive boast

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[HF] noun a tree with small blue skinned fruits, their green flesh is softened before eating by roasting or by immersing in hot water, the softened flesh is similar to avocado but it is slightly sour, it is customarily accompanied by roasted maize, Bush butter tree

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun hare; a person fond of sleeping.

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[HF] noun monkey

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[HF] noun a kind of fish, good to eat.

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[LL] noun court, council meeting.

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[HHH] verb, transitive argue, argue with, disagree with.

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[HHHH ] verb, transitive; verb, intransitive turn, twist, twist around, twist together (poss involves a more complete turn or twist than fiak); iv become twisted (of its own accord); turn (of a wheel).

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[HH] verb, transitive bother, harass, worry.

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[L] verb, intransitive become mouldy (of coconut, palm kernel).

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[HHL] noun women, wives

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[HHL] noun women, wives

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[LLLL] noun state of numbness or sleep in the limbs; state of being shrivelled from immersion in water.

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[HHH] noun whirlwind.

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[HH] noun country, nation, tribe, clan, group of people esp foreigners; a group who follow a leader; household; humanity, human nature.

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[LL] noun foot

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[LH LH] adjective worthless; fruitless; in vain

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[LH] adjective big

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

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[HHF] noun mouth

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[LHH] noun a cripple

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[LLL] noun; adjective greed; greedy person

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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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[LLH] verb, intransitive become called, named, bear a name

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[HL] ideophone sound made by a flat object when it falls flat to the ground.

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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

[H] ideophone sound of a short blast on the horn of a small automobile.

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[L] ideophone sound made by ekOmO drums, the small one goes kpim or kpom or kum, the large one goes kpim or kum.

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[LLH] verb, transitive become loose, untied, unfastened; fall apart

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] verb, transitive pull out, pluck (hari, feathers); uproot (roots, mushrooms)

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[H] verb, transitive loosen, untie, unrap, unfasten, dismantle.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] verb, transitive cut palm fruit from the cluster when there are very few remaining

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] ideophone sound of something very light falling on the ground

Speaker: itoro ituen

[HHL] noun dew dripping from the trees

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[HHH] noun shreds, particle

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[HH] verb, intransitive become accustomed to, familiar with, associated with;

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[LH HD] noun ring

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[LLL] noun path, narrow place, space, gap

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

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[HHLHHL] noun buttefly

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[LLL HD] noun plaintain

[LL] conjunction with, and

[HLL] noun sweat (var. ibikpO, ibibiak, adikpO)

[HLHHH] noun disorder

[LLH] adverb perhaps

[HHHH] noun a corner inside a house

[HDH] interrogative noun what?

[LL] noun lies

[LF] noun my grandmother

[LLHF] noun a plant with hot peppery fruit and leaves which are chewed esp with palm wine

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

[LH] noun the hips, the area from the waist to the thigh

[LLHL] noun a kind of edible snail, small with a lightweight shell

[H] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive bear fruit

[L] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive to be able to, know how to, master

[HH] verb, transitive, verb, intransitive poke (with a sharp object, a stick) (esp to find where yams are below the ground) (var. sappa)

[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

[HHH] verb, intransitive become disordered, disheveled; become smashed to bits

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

[HH] verb, transitive chop

[HH] verb, intransitive become left over, remain

[LH] verb, intransitive lie

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

[L] verb, transitive entice, lure, bribe, cajole

[LL] ideophone describes a staggering walk

[LH] noun a kind of grey rock which is crushed to a powder and used as a cosmetic for the eyes

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

[LH] verb, transitive tortute, torment, punish

[HH] noun friend

[LH] noun the second-born son

[LHH] noun fifth-born son

[HF] noun chicken, fowl

[HF HF] adverb slowly, carefully

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

[L] verb, transitive write

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

[HL] adverb yet, then

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