Ibibio English

[H.HL] noun central beam of a house, it runs the length of the roof

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[LLHL] noun cat

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[LHH] noun settler

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[HHL] noun forest

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[HH] noun expanse e.g. ocean

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[LH] noun challenge, dare; resolution

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[HFHF] noun measles

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[L] verb, intransitive become cruel, mean, mischievous, destructive

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[LLH] verb, transitive drive away, drive off, send away, follow, go afte, chase, catch up to, join

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[HH] noun hunger

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

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[H] verb, intransitive stand

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[LL] verb, transitive to put underneath (a hand for support, a pot to catch dripping liquid, new mats under the old ones to patch a thatch roof)

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

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[HH] verb, transitive eat

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[HH] verb, intransitive become mischievous, wicked

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

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[HF] noun monkey

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[HF] noun pig.

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[LHLL] noun blessing

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[HF] noun buttocks, anus; bottom.

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[LLL] noun world.

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[LL] noun axe.

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[HLLHL] noun heel of the foot.

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[LH] verb, intransitive run, run away.

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

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[HH] verb, transitive turn, twist, twirl, spin; iv turn (of a wheel); repeat (always followed by another verb).

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[HHH] verb, transitive torture.

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[LL] verb, transitive hold something in the mouth or between the lips without biting down.

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

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[HHL] noun women, wives

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[LF] adjective become unsalted, unseasoned; become deficient.

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[HH] noun sleep.

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

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[LH] noun calabash (gen term), Lagenaria vulgaris (Dalziel); a calabash container; any small container to drink from; a standard measure (about a cup) for gari, rice, beans.

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[HH] noun a case

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[LH] adjective big

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[HF] noun cocoyam, colocasia esculentum (Dalziel)

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[HH] noun feces

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[LH] adjective dwarf, small in size, left over

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[LH] noun; adjective farm

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[LH] noun thief; theft

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[LHLH] number eight

(Igbo) asato

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[HHL] noun garbage pit, refuse pit

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[LH] verb, transitive go to, go for

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[H] verb, transitive tell a fable, proverb, riddle

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[HH] verb, transitive wrap cloth around someone; fig buy cloth for elderly relations (pl. of kIn)

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[HH] verb, intransitive rise, puff, swell (of rice in cooking, of bread); become conceited, swell-headed

[LLH] verb, transitive gather up, take, pick up (pl. of ben [H] gather, take up, pick up)

[LL] verb, transitive restrain, prohibit, stop; warn; rebuke (pl. of kpan)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HLL] adverb never ever.

Speaker: itoro ituen

[L] verb, transitive even, even if, unless, not even.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] verb, transitive plead, plead with, entreat.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] verb, intransitive go a long distance on foot; limp

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

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[HH] verb, transitive eat in tiny bits, nibble at, tear into bits, pick at (a sore).

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[HH] verb, transitive peel with hand or knife (as kola, ndiya, cassava); unlock; bleach.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

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

[HH] verb, intransitive cough

[LLLH] noun cowrie shell

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[LLHD] noun groundnut

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

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[H] adverb here.

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[LH HDH] noun ring

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun a short skirt of multi-colored raffia strung on a rope, it used to be worn in the fattening house because the body of the woman being fattening was smeared with oil and iduot and a dress would be ruined, now worn as an ordinary skirt; petticoat (NkpIn).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun yesterday (in a context of past), tomorrow (in a context of future), (loosely) two or three days in the past or future.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LHH] noun handcuffs, leg cuffs, shackles

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HF] possessive pronoun they, them, their

[LLH] adverb perhaps

[HLHH] noun stain

[LHH] noun mockery

[LLHL] adjective stunted, blunt, undercooked (var. iteetịp, iteitịp)

[HHLL] noun cornsilk, the tassel at the end of an ear of corn

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

[L] verb, transitive mark property to identify it or to keep people or evil away (eg. put a talisman tied in red string on one’s fruit trees so no one will take the fruit)

[LLH] adjective granular, in grains

[H] ideophone describes a sudden action

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

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

[L] verb, intransitive be small

[HH] verb, intransitive walk in a slow, lazy, sloppy, or stealthy manner

[H] verb, transitive chew, eat something hard or chewable (meat, nuts, coconut). chew, eat away (of diseases that destroy tissue); burn

[H] verb, intransitive originate, come from

[HH] verb, transitive to exclaim

[H] verb, intransitive increase

[LHD] noun a kind of fish with a hard skull and whiskers, good to east (Goldie: a species of catfish); (var akpakot)

[HH] noun liability, burden

[LLL] numeral four

[LHF] noun your grandfather

[HH] noun sand on the shore

[LH] noun fishhook

[LH] verb, transitive lose feathers

[H] verb, transitive burn, sting (as pepper, iodine)

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

[H] verb, transitive turn, mix, stir

[HH] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive adhere. stick, become sticky; hang; hang oneself; insist, persist; hang on to; pester; persecute; hate