Ibibio English

[LLH] noun mens robes

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHHL] noun adolescent girl

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[LLLL] noun wall

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[HHH] noun water buffalo

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[LLL] noun thunder

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[HH] noun the first-born son

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[LLL] noun wasp

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[LH] noun onion

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[L] verb, intransitive be early, arrive early, do something early

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[LL] verb, transitive join a society, undergo the initiation for a society

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[L] verb, transitive expect, hope, anticipate

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[LLLH] verb, intransitive become ruined, spoiled, destroyed(pl of biara)

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[L] verb, intransitive call, shout (at), scream (at), cry out

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

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[LH] interrogative adverb how? in what way?

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[L] verb, intransitive live, be alive

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[HH] verb, intransitive hide, hide oneself, become hidden

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[LH] noun husband

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[HF] noun a place set aside for something esp a fireplace; a focal place.

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[HH] number twenty.

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[LHHH] noun big, huge.

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[LHH] noun denial.

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[LHH] noun copulation.

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[LL] noun court, council meeting.

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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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[LLH] verb, transitive forget.

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[LL] noun extra-marital sex.

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[LH] noun belly

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[LH] noun spoon

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[HF] noun cocoyam, Colocasia esculentum (Dalziel)

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[HH] noun a set of five yams

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[LHLL] noun a kind of bird, black with a white throat and a large beak (Goldie a small hornbill)

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[LH] noun neck, throat; desire, greed

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

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[LLH] verb, transitive follow, company; help

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[L] verb, intransitive become suitable, appropriate; fit; measure up to a standard; become complete; become enough

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[L] verb, transitive stand on tiptoe, stretch to see something high; become high, raised up (esp of the ground or of something which should be flat)

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[LH] verb, transitive construct a framework

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[LH] verb, transitive lift something very heavy and of huge girth requiring both arms around it; try to carry something heavier than one is capable of, take on more than one can manage

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] ideophone sound made by a heavy object (a person, coconut, a palm fruit cluster) when it falls to the ground

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] ideophone sound of the fall of a knife or spoon, or of an enamel plate

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] verb, transitive clear, sweep remaining bits of afere (soup) from a plate with the hand or a piece of fufu.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive greet, thank, congragulate, express

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[L] verb, transitive hang (on a hook, peg, line), spread out to dry; hook, link, lock, entangle (pl. of kọp)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] verb, transitive lick, clean out, clean up, scoop out (esp. the flesh of a soft succulent fruit)

[LH] noun the side of the face from temple to jaw

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[LHLH] noun gooseflesh

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

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[LLLLH LLLLH] adjective dry and crisp, rough

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[HHL] noun a kind of edible frog (prob a water frog)

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[LH HD] noun ring

[HH] noun a natural covering, skin scab

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[HLHLHL] noun armpit

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[HLLL] noun armpit

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[HHH] adverb a small, hard, round objects, seed, kernel, grain

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[LH] adjective thin, lean and sickly (of a person)

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HHH HL] noun shin

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH HL] noun eyeball

[LLL] noun a kind of palm oil obtained by burning the palm kernel, its uses include pomade for the skin, medicine for boils and wounds, antidote for poison, (taken as an emetic), protection against juju

[H] verb, transitive groan (of a sick person)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] verb, transitive see clearly, discern

[L] ideophone sound of nails being driven

[LLH] adjective alive; raw; fresh (of meat, fish, a wound)

[HHHH] adjective toughness and coarseness in texture due to exposure to the sun or other causes

[HLHH] noun jostling; a kind of game in which children lean against each other

[LHD] noun epilepsy, an epileptic

[LH] noun fear

[HD] noun young woman (address or referent), a term of endearment for a young woman

[HL] noun knuckle

[HF HL] noun smoke; steamboat, ship

[LH] numeral third, three

[LH] noun a small plant, its leaves are irritating to the skin, Urera mannii

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[LH] verb, transitive open the eyes wide (to show seriousness and thus make a child comply)

[HHL] adjective ancient, former; old (of inanimate objects)

[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

[LH] noun over there, yonder (refers to a narrow area)

[HLL] noun welts from a beating

[LL] noun bribe, dishonest business practices

[LH] verb, transitive tickle

[LF] noun market day

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

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

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

[LH] verb, transitive make incantation, call down a curse on

[H] verb, intransitive originate, come from

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

[HHH] verb, transitive disturb, disorder (the vegetation in passing by, the water entering it)

[LH] verb, intransitive become stuck into, pinned

[HHH] verb, intransitive kneel

[LL] noun a pit dug in the ground, a ditch

[LHLL] noun rice

[LH] noun right (direction)

[HF] noun mortar

[HLL] adverb completely

[HH] noun leg and/or foot; bottom, base; elongation, extension, movement, means, mode

[LH] noun guest, visitor

[LH] noun your father

[H] verb, transitive soothe, pat, rock a child

[LL] verb, transitive cook a very small quantity of rich afere (soup) (until it is very hot) (pl. of jọk)