Ibibio English

[HF] noun root

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[LHHH] adjective big, huge

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[LHL] noun bitter leaf, gall bladder; bile

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[LHLL] noun hiccup

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[HH] noun person, human being; someone

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[LH] verb, intransitive belch

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[LL] noun divulge secrets, inform, tattle, betray

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

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[H] verb, transitive break

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[LH] verb, transitive play

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[LH] noun pawpaw

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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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[HH] verb, intransitive intend, wish.

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[HF] noun a bundle of ten, twenty, fifty, etc..

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[HHF] noun porcupine.

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[LHLL] noun rice.

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[HH] noun knee.

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[LHH] noun a kind of bitter fruit taken like kola, bitter kola, Garcinia kola (Dalziel).

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[LHH] noun denial.

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[LL] noun bag, pocket; a piece of woven raffia before or after being sewn into a bag.

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[HF] noun leopard or any of the big cats; a mens society so named from the way they use drums to imitate the sound of a leopard.

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[HH] noun war; a society which celebrates past war glories, joining the society was possible at one time only for a man who had taken several heads, now it is done symbolically.

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[HH] verb, transitive remove pressure, stop pressing down see fige.

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[LL] noun fishing grounds, fishing area

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[HHF] noun bird (generic term)

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[HHL] noun garbage pit, refuse pit

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

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[HH] verb, intransitive stand on tiptoe, stretch to see something high; become high, raised up (esp. of the ground or of something which should be flat)

[H] verb, transitive fold, fold over (arms, paper, cloth, leaves).

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

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[LL] verb, transitive prepare, get ready.

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[LH] verb, intransitive become near, stay near; approach

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[HH] ideophone sound of abodom being played with bamboo sticks in sending a message

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[LL] ideophone sound made by a heavy object (a person, coconut, a palm fruit cluster) when it falls to the ground

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

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[L] verb, intransitive become dark, black

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[LH] verb, intransitive snap, break from too much strain (of a rope); sg only break away, leave a place and rush to another

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

[LHH] noun limb (of an animal); hoof; nails

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[LL] noun side, edge

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[HHH] noun hunger

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[LLH] noun banana

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[HF] noun engagement (before marriage)

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

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[LH HDH] noun ring

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[HHHL] noun a kind of plant with small bitter fruits

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[LHH HL] noun the kernel of the unripe oil palm fruit, the shell is soft and can be broken with the teeth.

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[HLH] noun trouble, problem, ruckus, commotion

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[H] verb, intransitive; verb, transitive undulate, wriggle (in the manner of a maggot); dance with undulating movement

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[LH] roar (of thunder)

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[HL] verb, intransitive become wealthy

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

[LH] noun dew, moisture on leaves

[LLL] noun a kind of small green squash, curcurbita pepo

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[LHH] noun evening (dusk until midnight)

[HLHHH] noun a struggle

[HL] noun knuckle

[HH] noun sand

[HF] adjective good, genuine

[LLL] noun mould

[LL] noun children, young of animals

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

[L] verb, intransitive shake (of a drunkards hand, of an old rattly car, of a cloth flapping in the wind; tremble, move about)

[LLH] verb, transitive peep into (a matter, house); peep out (without being noticed), peep at

[LL] verb, intransitive crawl (of a baby, a snake)

[LLH] noun basket

[LL] ideophone sound of dry cloth or paper crumbling

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

[HH] verb, transitive lick, lick off

[HL] ideophone describes something that passes by very fst (as a car speeds by or an insect flies by)

[HH] verb, intransitive become agile, sprightly, lively, smart (in action or dress)

[LLH] verb, transitive to make a sign of disgust, impatience, disapproval, contempt; smack the lips over a good taste

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

[LH] verb, intransitive lie

[H] verb, transitive spread, loosen, untie, unlock, unwind, open, melt

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

[HH] ideophone sound of a car (automobile) horn

[LL] verb, transitive polish, scrub; grate (pl. of tʌk)

[LL] verb, transitive hurt a sore place by accident

[LH] verb, transitive stop from happening, thwart, blunt

[HH] verb, transitive eat a little bit at a time, pick up and eat tiny bits of food (such as grains of rice), pick tiny leaves

[LL] verb, transitive curse, use abusive words (pl. of tọk)

[HHH] verb, intransitive kneel

[HDH] noun some

[LL] noun room

[HF] noun strength, force, power

[LH] noun the second-born son

[LHDH] noun fourth-born son

[LL] noun a game of struggle

[LLHH] noun cloaca of a chicken, hindquarters of a chicken (?)

[HF] adjective big, old (of a person)

[HF] noun soul, spirit (of a living person)

[HF] noun animal (gen term), meat

[LL] noun fufu, anything pounded for fufu, anything cut with the fingers from a mass and swallowed in balls along with afere (soup)

[LH] numeral three

[HHL] noun your kinsman

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

[H] verb, transitive suck

[L] verb, intransitive do patiently, stay patiently, become patient

[LH] verb, transitive doubt, surprise