Ibibio English

[HHL HF] noun a tattler

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHLL] noun cannon

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[HF] noun horn, trumpet

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[LLHL] noun a young man

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[LHD] noun a dye made from the juice of the fruit or seeds of a plant and colored with charcoal, it is used by women for body decoration; the tree from which the dye comes, Indogofera

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun challenge, dare; resolution

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[LLL] noun wasp

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[LHH] noun needle

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[LLH] verb, transitive refer to someone or mention someone’s name in a conversation, criticize, gossip; divide/share items among many people; classify items

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HL] noun a metail basin used for storing and carrying food and water(borrowed from English basin)

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[LL] noun divulge secrets, inform, tattle, betray

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

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[L] verb, transitive break, break open (something round; something made of glass and clay)

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[HH] verb, transitive become sick, become sick with

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[HHF] noun porcupine.

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[LH] noun an uncircumcised man or woman.

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[LF] noun randmother (maternal or paternal).

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[HF] noun a hump on the back.

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[HH] verb, intransitive become narrow, small; tv wrinkle, frown, contract narrow.

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[LL] number two

(Igbo) abụọ

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[LH] noun underpants.

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[HF] noun stream.

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[LH] noun belly

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[HF] noun cocoyam, Colocasia esculentum (Dalziel)

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[LLL] noun; adjective; adverb aloneness, lack of relations

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

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[LLHL] adjective burnt, scorched

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[HH] noun kernel (esp. oil palm kernel); stone (of a fruit)

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[HHL] noun cooking hearth

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[LLL] adjective soft, fat, fleshy, tight (of fruit or a person’s flesh)

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[LH] noun neck, throat; desire, greed

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[HHL] noun blood

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[LLH] verb, intransitive become old; ancient; look old (of inanimate objects)

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[HH] verb, transitive cut down, hew down (a large object); cut (a large portion) (pl. of kek)

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[HH] verb, intransitive rise, puff, swell (of rice in cooking, of bread); become conceited, swell-headed

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

[L] verb, transitive turn around, turn back, turn around and go back (used with edem, asin a kpa edem).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive restrain, prohibit, stop; warn; rebuke

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[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)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive watch, guard, look after

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[L] verb, transitive cut into, slash

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

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[LLH] verb, transitive rub off, erase, wipe clean, polish

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[HH] verb, transitive hang (an object on a hook, around a person’s neck, cloth pot to dry)

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[HHH] noun dirt, refuse, garbage

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[HHH] noun hunger

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[HF] noun cockroach

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[HH] noun cheek

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[HH] verb, transitive insult; disobey, disregard

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[HH] noun a kind of tree which blooms in dry season, its leaves are used for afere

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[LHLH] noun burnt wood; the burnt wood left on the ground after a piece of farmland has been burned for planting

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LHHH] noun a long narrow lightweight knife used for cutting grass; the flat part of a knife; a knife without a handle

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H.HL.L] noun a kind small house bat

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[HHH] noun a construction of palm fronds gen. near a house or against a fence, used for storing yam or cocoyam

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HHH] noun button

[LLL HD] noun plaintain

[LLH] verb, transitive see clearly, discern

[LH] noun flavour, taste (an esp. flavored and elusive one); marrow

[HHH] adjective new

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

[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

[HHH] noun postherd

[LH] noun my father

[LL] noun place

[HH] noun the sour orange

[HHLL] noun cornsilk, the tassel at the end of an ear of corn

[HHF] noun hiccup

[LHL] noun crybaby, a person who cries at every little thing

[HHHH] noun young curled cocyam leaf

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

[HHH] noun water

[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

[LLH] adjective granular, in grains

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

[H] verb, intransitive laugh

[LH] verb, intransitive become dizzy

[HL] noun sixpence

[HH] verb, transitive devastate, destroy, squander

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

[HL] noun sugar (possibly English loanword)

[H] verb, intransitive walk with small quick half running steps as when carrying a heavy load

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

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

[HD] noun grandfather

[LH] verb, intransitive become sluggish

[H] verb, transitive pay close attention

[HH] verb, transitive eat a little bit at a time, pick up and eat tiny bits of food (such as grains of rice), pick tiny leaves

[H] verb, intransitive urinate

[HF] noun slavery (var. ufʌn)

[HF] noun house

[HH] noun road, way; doorway, door; habit, custom

[LL] noun quarrel

[LH] noun fishhook

[HH] noun life, existence, state of being alive, life style, habits

[LHLHL] interjection a sound made to cheer or mock someone

[H] verb, intransitive become many, become much

[LH] verb, intransitive warm oneself in the sun or by the fire, bask

[H] verb, transitive make an announcement