Ibibio English

[LHH] adjective young, not full grown

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[HF] noun dust

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[H.HL] noun shame

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[HHH] adjective new

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[LF] noun whisper

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[LHL] adjective whole, complete

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[HHL] adjective old

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[HHHH] noun thought, meditation, hope, expectation, consideration, care

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[LHHHH] noun compound (gen. a large one with people living in it, the term suggests a rich man’s compound)

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[LLL] noun pot

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

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[L] verb, transitive watch out for; wait to do harm to; watch over, protect, look after

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[H] noun wait, wait for

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[HHHH] verb, transitive deceive

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[L] verb, transitive father a child

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[HH] verb, intransitive become black, become ripe

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

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[H] verb, intransitive stand

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[LH] verb order the night before in order to have the next day, book overnight, contact to but at a certain time (esp. palm wine, palm wine is generally bought in the morning when it is fresh)

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[LL] verb, intransitive; verb, transitive sink

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[HH] verb, intransitive become mischievous, wicked

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[H] verb, transitive hide

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[HH] noun tree trunk (the oart between the roots and the crown); a log left by the side of the river to wash clothes on.

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[LH] noun greeting.

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[HH] noun walking stick.

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[LL] noun millipede.

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[HHH] verb, transitive argue, argue with, disagree with.

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[HHL] noun women, wives

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[LHLL] noun electricity

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[HH] noun urine.

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[HH] noun tortoise.

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[HH] noun uncultivated land, brush (used with the name of certain flora and fauna to mean wild); plot, plantation; followers, descendants, family, people of a particular place (many place names contain the word iikọt)

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[LF] noun; adjective wealth, rich person

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[HDH] noun bird (generic term)

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[HH] noun face, front, future (also eko iso)

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

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[HHH] noun nose

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

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

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[HH] verb, transitive/ verb, intransitive close the eyes and turn the head aside in a gesture of disapproval

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[H] verb, transitive pierce, stab, sew

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[HH] verb, transitive draw water, scoop up liquid (from a stream, well, pot)

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[HH] verb, intransitive become high, tall, elevated

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

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[L] ideophone describes a quick action; describes a completed action or state.

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[HL] ideophone sound made by a flat object when it falls flat to the ground.

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[H] ideophone sound of bottle breaking (on the floor, on a basin, on metal).

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[L] verb, transitive cut into, slash

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[L] ideophone sound of the eka ibit (a large drum)

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[H] ideophone sound of a short blast of a launch horn

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[HH] verb, transitive cut through, cut off; pl chop.

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[LLHHH] noun [Efik] a creature (fish? serpent?) which stretches the whole length of a river or sea

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[HH] verb, intransitive ref. hang, hang on oneself, choke

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

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[LL] verb, intransitive grow (of people, animals, plants, hair) (pl. of kọt [L])

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[LLLH] noun centipede

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[LLL] noun sugar cane, Saccarum officinarum (Dalziel)

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[HLF] noun a kind of timber tree, Uapaca guineensis (Dalziel)

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[LLHDH] noun a kind of small white mushroom

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[HHLHHHL] noun butterfly

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[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

[HF] possessive pronoun they, them, their

[H] ideophone sound of a bell

[LHH] noun a plant with a fine bark which is scraped off to mae twine, wild hibiscus

[LHD] noun a kind of fruit tree, its fruits have a brownish cover, firm orange or white flesh, and a big seed, cola rostrata

[LL] conjunction with, and

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

[HLHHH] noun maze; confusing place full of turns and corners

[HHH] noun dirt; a sticky substance (esp. one a person finds on his clothes and doesn’t know where it came from)

[HHHH] noun bedbug, cimex rotundata (in Ibibio bugs pinch rather than bite)

[LHH] noun calamity

[HH] noun descendants

[HF] noun the gums

[HH] noun sand

[LLH] noun basket

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

[H] verb, transitive drink; smoke

[LH] verb, transitive strike on the head with the knuckles made in a fist

[HH] verb, intransitive become dry (pl. of sat)

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

[LLH] verb, intransitive shift, make room, move aside, jerk, make a fuss (pl. of sịkke)

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

[HF] noun silk, any shiny material used for a head tie

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

[HH] verb, transitive praise, flatter, play up to

[LH] verb, transitive tortute, torment, punish

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

[LL] noun room

[HDH] noun tsetse fly

[HH] noun sliminess, stickiness, a viscous secretion

[LHH] noun right (direction)

[LL] noun a game of struggle

[LH] noun cssave fufu, it has no smell due to being well soaked before cooking

[LL] noun dish, plate, bowl

[LLL] noun congealed secretions

[L] verb, transitive write

[HH] verb, transitive, verb, intransitive see at an unexpected time or place, occur unexpectedly, do unexpectedly

[HHH] verb, transitive satisfy (with food, information)

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