Ibibio English

[LLL] noun God, god

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHLL] noun cannon

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[LHL] noun rice

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[HH] noun a fence of shrubbery planted to indicate a boundary and provide privacy

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[LHH] noun needle

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, intransitive creep, spread, cove (of vines, plants sp. when a yam covers its supporting stick with many leaves and branches)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive father a child

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive reveal a secret, narrate a story, convey information, inform, relate, (all have derogatory connotation)

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[LH] verb, transitive scramble for something (as children scramble for coins dropped on the ground)

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[HL] noun headtie

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[HL] noun bowl(cf. abawIt, bawIt)

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[HH] verb, intransitive ripen, become ripe, red (plural of dat)

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[L] verb, intransitive leak, leak out, run out(of liquid)

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[HF] noun monkey

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[LHH] noun denial.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun suicide by hanging a tight knot.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun strange, alien.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun father, old man, respectful address or reference to a man.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive suck, suck out (marrow from a bone, flesh from a periwinkle shell) pl suck, pull hard with the mouth (esp when one makes a sound while doing it) sip through a straw.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive pluck (feathers, hair, weeds).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun fire.

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[LHL] noun a calabash for serving palm wine, it has a filter at its mouth to hold back the dregs.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHL] noun reasoning power, common sense, intellect.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] adjective big

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[LL] noun river

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[HF] noun salt

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL HL] noun door hinge

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHL] noun head; memory; sake, behalf

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] transitive verb call, invite, read

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

[H] verb, transitive crack (nut, palm kernels) with a stone

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[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 catch in the hands

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] verb, transitive make jittery movements as though one had ants in ones clothing; move very fast on ones toes in a jittery way (i.e. walk like a European); swagger, strut to show off

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] verb, transitive taunt

Speaker: itoro ituen

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun exhaustion, fatigue

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HD] interjection please

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[L] verb, transitive swallow

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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

[LHH] noun piece (variants: mkprok; nkprok).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHDHHF] noun butterfly

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LHLLHLL] noun butterfly

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHLH] noun a kind of caterpillar, found at the top of oil palm trees, edible

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LF] noun nasal mucus, phlegm

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLLH] noun prison, jail, detention

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH HL] noun eyeball

[HH] verb, transitive affect, influence (as in influence of alchohol or drug)

[HH] verb, intransitive become stupid

[L] ideophone sound of nails being driven

[LLL] noun, adjective cold, wet

[LLHL] adjective leaky (var. ndre ndre, ndidIt, ndidIt)

[L] verb, intransitive become straight; become right, correct

[HH] verb, transitive disappear; sg only dive

[HLLH] noun ant

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

[LH] numeral third, three

[HF] adjective good, genuine

[LL] verb, transitive push, push over, push aside, shove

[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

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

[HHH] noun crust from burnt food

[HLF] noun athlete’s foot

[HHHH] noun young curled cocyam leaf

[HF] noun second-born daughter

[HH] verb, intransitive become congested; become odorous; smell of fish

[LLH] adjective granular, in grains

[LL] noun bribe, dishonest business practices

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

[HHH] verb, intransitive become alive (if animals and plants); become fresh (of meat, fish), become fresh, become healthy, fine (of a human being)

[HL] noun shirt

[LL] verb, transitive hate, dislike

[L] verb, transitive reach, get to, arrive at

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

[H] ideophone describes the action of cutting something all the way through

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

[F] noun tea

[HH] preposition, conjunction since, starting from (time only)

[HH] verb, transitive tickle

[L] verb, intransitive fail to mature, fail to develop fully, fall short of expectations; miss out

[HF] noun strength

[HH] noun rope

[HHH] noun a whistle

[LF] noun your grandmother

[LLL] noun fate, luck

[LF LL] noun state of being walleyed, wall-eyes (eyes that turn outward)

[HF] noun a polite term for itịt, vagina

[LF] noun a kind of fresh water eel

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

[H] verb, transitive suck

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

[LL] verb, transitive hit (esp. with a stick, also with hand or fist)

[HHH] verb, transitive dance with specific steps, dance a specific dance, generally a leisurely a dance with outstretched arms