Ibibio English

[LLL] noun God, god

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHLL] noun cannon

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[HF] noun squirrel

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun meeting place

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[LLL] noun crocodile

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[LHHH] adjective big, huge

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[HHH] noun A sexually transmitted infection (STI) in men, involves painful swellings on the groin area that may impede walking

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[LH] noun fence

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[LHH] noun needle

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[LH] noun onion

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[L] verb, transitive find and keep

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive be afraid, fear

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive count, reckon, esteem

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HL] noun yam

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive pain, hurt; sicken

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] verb, intransitive become cooked, done(of food)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, intransitive; verb, transitive speak, say, tell, mean, intend

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] verb, transitive imitate

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[LH] verb, intransitive set off, depart, leave, move away, become wild, troublesome (of a child)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, intransitive become mischievous, wicked

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun hare; a person fond of sleeping.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun goat; a stupid person.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun pig.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun flying squirrel.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun tomach; a bag-like object esp one containing air; a musical instrument of the accordian type; a kind of thumb piano made of wood of calabash with metal keys; a play in which the thumb piano is used.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHH] noun mockery.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHF] noun grandfather (paternal or maternal).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHLL] noun hiccup.

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[HH] noun skin, leather, anything worn around the waist, a belt (esp. a covering of beads around the waist (many strings of beads worn together)); a razor strop

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun time

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[LHL] noun whistling

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[LL] noun river

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[LH] noun; adjective farm

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[HH] noun someone shorter than normal, a stunted person

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun a blow with the fist; a charm which enables the wearer to strike powerful blows

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHL] number five

(Igbo) ise

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[HHL] noun garbage pit, refuse pit

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun neck, throat; desire, greed

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHL] noun blood

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[LLH] verb, transitive cross over, step over, step over something high so that one has to lift ones leg; empty

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive pick at, scratch, dig out, bore a hole, curve out, force ones way into (gen some effort is required)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive take an enema

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[H] verb, transitive pierce, stab, sew

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] ideophone sound made by a flat object when it falls flat on the ground.

Speaker: itoro ituen

[HL] ideophone sound of wood breaking (ideophone)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive pay

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[LL] verb, transitive gather together with the hands something that is in grains or particles (gari, rice, sand); collect into a bulk or heap

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive become contrary (es. to show off)

[HH] verb, transitive become restless; make rapid, jittery movements, fire crackling, wood breaking; describes the action of starting up in fright

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

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 peel with hand or knife (as kola, ndiya, cassava); unlock; bleach.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] ideophone sound made by someone walking in studded shoes.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive grind between two stones (small things such as beans, pepper); w pl kọọk cure, heal, perform juju for curing and certain other purposes (implies grinding medicines)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive make way, step aside

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] verb, transitive remove from a hook, remove what hangs; unentangle (esp. wipe away strands of cobweb) (rev. of kọp [L])

[LL] noun exhaustion, fatigue

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[LLL] noun pl people

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[HH] noun palm wine, strong alcohol

[LHHH] adjective secret

[HHH] noun a freshwater swamp where raffia palms grow

[HHH] noun race, competition

[LLLH] noun business

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

[HLHH] noun stain

[HF] noun horn of animal

[LH] verb, intransitive converse, tell, inform

[LH] noun mother, grandmother, old woman (address or referent)

[HL] noun knuckle

[LH] noun my father

[LH] verb, intransitive verbal aggression

[HHHH] noun a percussion instrument

[LLL] noun a boil on the finger or toe

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

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

[HH] verb, intransitive flicker; transitive: flash a light on and off

[HHH] verb, transitive scratch the ground (of an animal, of children at play); toss away what is rejected from a sorting process (pl. of sara)

[H] pronoun what, who which

[LH] noun [Eng] cigarette

[HL] noun shirt

[L] verb, intransitive be small

[LLH] verb, intransitive tattered, threadbare (pl. of tara)

[H] verb, transitive speak to, talk to, say, tell; rebuke, reprove often

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

[HL] noun tailor (English loanword)

[LH] verb, intransitive sit, stay; appear, seem

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

[LF] noun your husband

[LHH] noun right (direction)

[LHH] noun middle

[LL] noun your mother

[LF] noun a kind of fresh water eel

[LLL] noun congealed secretions

[L] verb, transitive tear, rend, scratch, tear off, tear up, tear out; pay a debt in installments

[HHH] verb, intransitive become poor

[HH] verb, transitive startle, surprise, take unawares (esp of an unexpected visitor)

[HH] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive become pregnan, conceive (var. jʌmmo)

[HHH] verb, transitive spread with the palm of the hand (mud, plaster, water on the wall or floor)