Ibibio English

[LHH] adjective black, ripe, mature

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[LH] noun meeting place

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[HH] noun the first-born son

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[LHL] noun Adam’s apple

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[LLL] adjective green

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[HHL] noun sunshine, the suns rays, daylight; weather, season, time, the times

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[H] verb, transitive sharpen

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[H] verb, intransitive become thickened (e.g. broth thickened by flavor); become dirty (e.g. cloths or water)

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[LL] verb, transitive count, reckon, esteem

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[HH] verb, transitive take, pick up, carry

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[LH] verb, intransitive belch

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[HH] verb, transitive pain, hurt; sicken

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[HHHH] verb, transitive deceive

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[LL] ideophone describes the sudden stopping of noise or action

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[H] verb, transitive make round, roundish(rather wet thing esp by putting eg clay, fufu)

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[L] verb, transitive cook by burying in hot ashes

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[L] verb, transitive receive, take back, accept; endure

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[LL] verb, transitive not know, doubt, have doub about, refuse to recognize

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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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[HF] noun a tree with small blue skinned fruits, their green flesh is softened before eating by roasting or by immersing in hot water, the softened flesh is similar to avocado but it is slightly sour, it is customarily accompanied by roasted maize, Bush butter tree

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[LL] noun baldness, bald spot.

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[HF] noun a hump on the back.

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noun copulation

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[HF] noun good, genuine.

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

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[H] verb, transitive overlook, let off, let go, forgive.

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[L] verb, intransitive become lazy.

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[LL] verb, intransitive become covered; cover oneself (with a cloth or blanket); become sad, mourn.

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[HHL] noun women, wives

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[LHL] noun muteness, dumbness; a mute

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[HHF] noun bird (generic term)

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[LHL] noun whistling

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[LHL] number five

(Igbo) ise

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[LF] noun impotent man

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[HH] verb, intransitive show off, become pompous

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[HH] verb, transitive hold in the arms or hands; have, keep; owe; use; treat, behave towards

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[H] prep. of time, place, cause, manner

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[H] verb, intransitive die, perish; become exhausted, overcome; fade; heal

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LH] verb, transitive construct a framework

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[LL] verb, transitive slow down and walk carefully (as when one has seen something dangerous).

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LLH] verb, transitive become late; take a long time; continue in time

Speaker: itoro ituen

[LL] verb, intransitive bark, growl (of a dog); speak in an angry or pompous manner

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive crow, of a cock (plural form of kpọk)

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[LLH] verb, intransitive; verb, transitive become finished; finished

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

[LL] verb, transitive eat palm fruit, a palm kernel, or a bit of meat by putting it in the mouth and turning it about slowly removing the flesh

[H] verb, transitive like, love (can be used as a euphemism for sex)

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[HH] verb, transitive; verb, intransitive ignore, delay in responding

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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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[HLLHL] noun armpit

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HF HLL] noun small hard balls of excrement

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LLHDH] noun a creeping plant with tiny leaves, Selaginella scandens

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[LLH] noun a creeping plant with tiny leaves, Selaginella scandens

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[HHH] noun stalk, the place where fruits are attached

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LHLHL] noun a kind of insect (similar to millipede)

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

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[LHH] noun wheel (bare without a tire)

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[HHHH] noun a dish of ground beans with oil, pepper and other condiment steamed in leaves (Yoruba)

[LLH] verb, transitive see clearly, discern

[LLL] noun, adjective cold, wet

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

[HLHHH] noun effort, struggling; the matrimonial state

[LHH] noun calamity

[HFHF] noun a kind of small mushroom which grows on dead trees, it can be white, red, or brown

[LHH] noun sperm, semen

[LL] adjective small, few

[HHLHDH] noun wart

[LLL] noun mist, fog

[LL] noun children, young of animals

[LL] noun place

[LL] verb, intransitive become greedy

[HH] verb, transitive shake, bounce a person as on a couch

[L] verb, transitive intimidate, pressurize

[LHH] adjective wasted, empty, not being put to use, free

[LF LL] noun dorsal fin of a fish

[LH] verb, intransitive become clear, light, bright; fig become clear, understandable; become large, wide; expand; transitive: clear (as a road); expand, enlarge

[LL] noun bribe, dishonest business practices

[LHH] noun a shrine

[L] verb, intransitive shine, glitter, sparkle, reflect light (of a metal in the sun)

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

[H] verb, intransitive become gently, mild (of disposition, weather); adverb: quietly, safely

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

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

[LH] verb, transitive dip out, ladle out (with a spoon or the hand); beckon with the hand, touch slightly to get someone’s attention

[LL] ideophone describes a staggering walk

[HHHH] verb, intransitive scream, shout at, often with mkpo (var. tiara)

[HL] noun address form for father, grandfather, old man

[L] verb, transitive grate

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

[HF] noun fatness, breadth

[LL] noun a pit dug to catch rainwater

[HF] noun a kind of tree with soft wood, probably Alstonia congensis (Dalziel)

[LL] noun second-born daughter

[HF HF] adverb slowly, carefully

[LH] noun your father

[LHH] noun needle

[HH] noun childhood

[H] verb, transitive wash; rub on, apply (oil, ointment); lick