Ibibio English

[LL] number forty

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun water buffalo

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[HF] noun squirrel

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[HHH] noun bee

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[HH] noun the sediment which sinks to the bottom of the pot when palm oil is boiled after being extracted from the fruit, dregs

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[HF] noun a kind of reed; a sleeping mat woven from reed

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[LLH] verb, transitive prepare, prepare for, get ready for

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] verb, transitive rev. of biom put down what one has been carrying on the head

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive father a child

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[H] verb, transitive break

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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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[LH] noun husband

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[LHH] noun widow, lit. husband died.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun bag, pocket; a piece of woven raffia before or after being sewn into a bag.

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[LLL] noun small drum, two or three tuned to different pitches are played at once with the hands.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun walking stick.

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[HH] noun grey hair; mould (on food, leather)

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[HHH] verb, intransitive become stuck in, wedge in, fixed between; tv carry under the arm.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive spit, spit out (food, liquid, silaiva)

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[HH] verb, intransitive become hot, warm.

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[L] verb, transitive uncover, strip, take off, peel (with the fingers).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive fold, roll up into a cylinder, make narrow.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, intransitive become good.

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[HHL] noun crazyness, mad person.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun stream.

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[HH] noun fire.

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[HHL] number one hundred.

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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

[HH] noun a case

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[HHF] noun knife, machet (machete)

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[HHF] noun bird (generic term)

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[LH] noun parrot

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[LH] noun thief; theft

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[HLHL] noun heel of the foot

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[LF] noun impotent man

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[LLH] verb, transitive stir (as in soup)

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[HH] verb, intransitive walk on the balls of the feet, walk on tiptoe

[HH] verb, transitive call, invite, read

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

[H] verb, transitive fold, fold over (arms, paper, cloth, leaves).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive plead, plead with, entreat, beg

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[HH] verb, transitive soil, dirty

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] ideophone sound of raw maize being pounded.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] verb, transitive respect, esteem, honor, worship

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, intransitive fail to come about, fail to materialize; fail to carry out

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[LH] verb, transitive change, become different, differ, vary

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

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[H] verb, transitive leave a place, abandon, go away, leave alone

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, intransitive become dark, black

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[H] verb, intransitive cough

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[HF] noun engagement (before marriage)

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[LLHL] adjective mouldy

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[LH HDH] noun ring

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[HHH] noun waste material left after sifting or straining something dry (esp cassava)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHLHHHL] noun butterfly

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, intransitive become stupid

[LH] noun dew, moisture on leaves

[LLH] adverb perhaps

[LH] noun fear

[HF] noun slander, gossip

[LHH] noun calamity

[HH] noun ochre, a kind of clay used for plastering walls, for floor or wall decoration, and for body decoration

[HF HL] noun smoke; steamboat, ship

[HHH] verb, intransitive become mixed, kneaded, mashed, smashed, run over

[HH] ideophone sound of plantain frying in oil

[LL] noun my mother

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

[LL] noun bribe, dishonest business practices

[LH] verb, intransitive make faces to scare a child

[HH] verb, intransitive to be clean; to acquit, find innocent

[LH] noun [Eng] cigarette

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

[LLL] verb, transitive scatter things that are arranged or piled up, strew things about dishevel, disorder

[LHL] noun [Eng] spirit (used in Christian church services) (var. sịbidịt)

[HF] noun silk, any shiny material used for a head tie

[HL] noun shilling

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

[LH] verb, transitive place an order

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

[HH] verb, transitive awaken

[L] verb, transitive grate

[H] verb, intransitive become stupid, retarded

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

[LL] noun grave

[HF] noun mortar

[HH] noun sliminess, stickiness, a viscous secretion

[LLH] noun ability

[HH] noun silk cotton tree, Ceina pentandra (Deizel)

[LH] noun fishing spear

[HD] phrase What day?

[HHH] noun feast

[HH] noun ear

[HH] verb, transitive deceive

[H] verb, transitive having the urge to sleep

[LL] verb, intransitive slither, move with a gliding movement, move like a snake or rope, move like a jellylike substance