Ibibio English

[LLL] noun discrimination

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LF] noun whisper

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[HHL] noun forest

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[LHH] noun clan chief

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[LHLHL] noun praying mantis

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[HH] verb, intransitive become in need of, get into straits about (refer to a chronic or long term situation or deprivation); straiten, put into straits

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[L] verb, intransitive become cruel, mean, mischievous, destructive

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[H] noun wait, wait for

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[HHHH] verb, transitive deceive

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

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[H] verb, transitive tie, bind

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[HH] verb, transitive feed, nurse, rear a child

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[LH] verb, intransitive set off, depart, leave, move away, become wild, troublesome (of a child)

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[HH] verb, transitive eat

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[HH] verb, transitive test, examine, measure, weigh

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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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[HH] noun goat; a stupid person.

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[LL] noun the back (anat).

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[LF] noun randmother (maternal or paternal).

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[HHH] verb, intransitive become thin, light in weight, lightened (of a load); become light on the feet, sprightly.

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

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[HH] verb, transitive roast; set fire to; distill

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[LH] noun calabash (gen term), Lagenaria vulgaris (Dalziel); a calabash container; any small container to drink from; a standard measure (about a cup) for gari, rice, beans.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

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[LHH] noun a kind of fish with a small head, dried and used for soup

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[LL] noun river

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[LH] noun parrot

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[LLL] noun young men, youths

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[HH] verb, intransitive ebb (of the tide)

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[HH] verb, transitive take an enema

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[HH] verb, intransitive become high, tall, elevated

[HH] verb, transitive draw water, scoop up liquid (not using hands)

[HH] verb, transitive cut with a glancing motion (as in scraping bark from a tree, peeling the rotten part from a yam, shaping a pestle out of wood) (pl. of kpaN)

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 (pl. of kpat)

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[LH] verb, transitive cross, overlap, join, twist together, buckle, button.

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[L] ideophone describes a quick action; describes a completed action or state.

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[L] verb, transitive even, even if, unless, not even.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[H] 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

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

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[L] ideophone sound of the fall of a very heavy object such as a concrete block or a huge blag of flour, it falls with a thud.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive taunt

Speaker: itoro ituen

[HH] verb, transitive cut off the end of a periwinkle ( a kind of mollusk) so the fish can be sucked out.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LL] verb, transitive call, read aloud, invite

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] verb, transitive loosen, untie, unwrap, unfasten, dismantle (plural of kpọk)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, intransitive cough

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[HHH] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive (iv) become set (of a trap), become piled up, heaped up; (tv) cary piled up (a stack of bulky things such as books or firewood, walking is impeded)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHL] noun wing

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[LHLH] noun gooseflesh

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[HH] noun penis

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[LLHDH] noun a kind of small white mushroom

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[HLHL] noun armpit

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[LLLLH HLL] noun a pool of water

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H.HL] noun sandfly

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHDHHF] noun butterfly

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LLL HD] noun plaintain

[LHHH] adjective secret

[LH] noun dew, moisture on leaves

[LLL] noun children, young animals (used as pl. of ayin, nyịn)

[HHH] noun race, competition

[LLL] noun wickedness, maliciousness

[HLHHH] noun effort, struggling; the matrimonial state

[HHH] adjective new

[HF] noun slander, gossip

[HL] noun knuckle

[LH] interrogative what

[LL] noun children, young of animals

[LH] verb, transitive singe

[HHHH] noun bell, clock, hour

[HD] adverb also

[HHF] noun hiccup

[LHH] noun clan chief

[HHH HLL] noun a low fence around a trap, it has one opening through which animals are driven

[LLH] verb, transitive give (pl. of nọ)

[LF] noun market day

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive choke, cause choking (as water in the windpipe)

[HH] verb, intransitive become lost, disappear, cease (of customs)

[H] verb, intransitive become lost, disappear, cease (of customs)

[LL] verb, transitive hate, dislike

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

[L] verb, transitive taste liquid, take a sip, sip

[LL] conjunction, adverb, preposition very much, until, so that

[HH] verb, transitive tickle

[HHH] verb, transitive cause confusion, disturb

[H] verb, intransitive increase

[HH] noun oppression

[LLH] noun ability

[LH] noun cssave fufu, it has no smell due to being well soaked before cooking

[HF] noun animal (gen term), meat

[LF] noun a kind of fresh water eel

[LHLL] noun radio (English loanword)

[HF HF] adverb slowly, carefully

[HF] noun skill, talent

[LL] noun covering on the surface of something (skin on soup, tarnish on metal, fungus)

[LLLH] noun a dish of grated cocoyam steamed in leaves

[L] verb, transitive sacrifice

[H] verb, intransitive become full; swell