Ibibio English

[HF] noun oil

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHHH] noun table

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[LH] noun lizard

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[HH] noun fight

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[HH] noun group, flock, herd

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[HHL] noun man, male

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[H] verb, intransitive be in a place, exist; seem, appear to be

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[LL] verb, transitive be afraid, fear

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[LH] verb, intransitive belch

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[HH] verb, intransitive become broken, break (of its own accord), usually a long thin object such as a bone or a stick, break up in confusion (of a gathering)

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[HH] verb, intransitive become black, become ripe

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[HH] verb, transitive add, put together, stick, glue

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[L] verb, intransitive live, be alive

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[HLL] verb, intransitive move about here and there doing many things at once, look busy, become busy

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[L] verb, transitive weave, knit, spin

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[LL] noun flying squirrel.

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[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

[HH] noun a kind of tree bearing an edible nut, Coula edulis (Dalziel).

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[LHH] noun mockery.

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[LH] noun the olden days, ancient past; time immemorial.

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[HH] verb, intransitive become jealous, envious often.

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[L] verb, transitive fan, wave, swing; iv hover, float in the air.

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[LHL] noun a calabash for serving palm wine, it has a filter at its mouth to hold back the dregs.

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[LH] noun a tiny fragrant leaf used to season soup.

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[HF] noun pus

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[LF] noun; adjective wealth, rich person

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[LHH] noun crab

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

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[HH] noun vagina

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[LLL] noun young men, youths

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[H] verb, transitive deny, refute, prove innocent

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive talk rubbish; brag; talk lewdly, vulgarly

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[H] verb, transitive judge a case

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LL] verb, transitive stand in a relative position.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] ideophone sound of the fallof an enamel cup

Speaker: itoro ituen

[LL] verb, transitive call, read aloud, invite

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] verb, transitive loosen, untie, unwrap, unfasten, dismantle (plural of kpọk)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[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 (pl. of kọp)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHL] noun dew dripping from the trees

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[LL] noun side, edge

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[HHL] noun specialist, practitioner (pl. of abia)

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[LLL] noun pl people

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[HHH] noun race

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

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[HH] verb, intransitive become accustomed to, familiar with, associated with;

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[HHL] noun a kind of edible frog (prob a water frog)

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[HH] verb, transitive hit, strike, beat

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[LH HD] noun ring

[HLHL] noun armpit

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[HLLL] noun armpit

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun shout, scream, outcry

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[HHH HL] noun shin

[LLL] noun prison, jail, detention

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[LHLLH HL] noun rough skin, tough skin

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[LLHD] noun groundnut

[LLH] noun warm

[LL] conjunction and, with

[LL] conjunction with, and

[HF] noun a kind of small fish

[LL] conjunction with, and

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

[LH] interrogative what

[LHH] noun sperm, semen

[HHHH] noun eternity

[LH] noun a small plant, its leaves are irritating to the skin, Urera mannii

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[LL] conjunction where

[LLL LLL] adverb unsteadily

[LL] noun children, young of animals

[LL] verb, intransitive be tall, long, far, high, deep

[LLL] noun a kind of insect, a larva

[LHL] noun crybaby, a person who cries at every little thing

[LH] noun the hips, the area from the waist to the thigh

[HH] verb, transitive lick, lick off

[LL] verb, intransitive become black

[H] verb, transitive choke, cause choking (as water in the windpipe)

[HHHH] verb, transitive irritate the throat and back of the mouth (as raw of insufficiently cooked yam or coco yam) (var. sian)

[HH] verb, transitive devastate, destroy, squander

[LH] verb, intransitive faint, lose consciousness; become lowered

[L] verb, transitive taste (food, drink)

[HH] verb, transitive pierce through, make a hole, carve out (pl. of tịp)

[HH] preposition, conjunction since, starting from (time only)

[LH] noun calamity

[LHH] noun right (direction)

[LLL] numeral four

[LH] numeral three

[HH] noun the sun

[LL] noun life, destiny, universe, creation

[HH] noun life, existence, state of being alive, life style, habits

[H] verb, transitive cause a desire in, a craving for, a longing for

[HH] verb, transitive elude, evade (as a solution eludes one)

[HH] verb, transitive pinch

[H] verb, intransitive move about, become restless, fidget

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

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

[HH] verb, intransitive become sufficient, up to the mark