Ibibio English

[LL] number forty

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHH] adjective young, not full grown

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[LLHF] noun world

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[LLLL] noun wall

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[HF] noun root

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

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[HH] noun group, flock, herd

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[LL] noun jar, jug for storage of water

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[HF] noun a kind of reed; a sleeping mat woven from reed

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[HH] noun crying, weeping

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[HH] verb, intransitive become in need of, get into straits about (refer to a chronic or long term situation or deprivation); straiten, put into straits

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[HH] verb, transitive waste

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[H] verb, intransitive become thickened (e.g. broth thickened by flavor); become dirty (e.g. cloths or water)

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[HH] verb, intransitive fall off, snap off, drop off (e.g. a ripe or dead fruit), fall off/out (e.g. hair, teeth)

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[HL] noun yam

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[LLH] verb, transitive rinse

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[L] verb, intransitive stay over-night, spend the night

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[LL] verb, transitive dip, steep, soak

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[HHH] verb, transitive rev. of dian take away, separate two things that are stuck together, separate out from; change money

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[LH] verb, intransitive fall, fall down

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[HH] verb, transitive tell

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[LL] noun baldness, bald spot.

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[HF] noun rain.

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[HH] number twenty.

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[HF] noun buttocks, anus; bottom.

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[LLL] noun world.

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

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[HHH] verb, intransitive become thin, light in weight, lightened (of a load); become light on the feet, sprightly.

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[LH] verb, intransitive get off balance (as when something which was balanced or supported slips or slants down), become slanted.

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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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[HH] verb, transitive roast; set fire to; distill

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[HHL] noun crazyness, mad person.

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[LHH] noun standing; height, stature, position; moment in time, time, time when.

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[LHL] noun thigh; lap.

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[HH] noun a small round leech found in dry mudflows.

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[LH] noun a wooden musical instrument of the xylophone type.

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[LH] adjective big

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[LLL] noun; adjective; adverb aloneness, lack of relations

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[HF] noun walk, journey; gait

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[LL] noun tail

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[HF] noun bunch of plantain or bananas (general)

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[LLL] noun a leech; a kind of fish with long needle-like mouth

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[LF] noun impotent man

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[H] verb, transitive agree to, be willing to; run errands opt w utom message, errand, work

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[LL] number one

(Igbo) otu

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

[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)

[LLH] verb, transitive resolve not to do a thing.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LL] verb, transitive become flat (of something that should swell or be rounded).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive push a heavy object for a distance; shove away from a distance (as an insect with a long stick); wheel, roll, push something on wheels (pl. of kpat)

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[LH] verb, transitive construct a framework

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LH] verb, transitive lift something very heavy and of huge girth requiring both arms around it; try to carry something heavier than one is capable of, take on more than one can manage

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive slow down and walk carefully (as when one has seen something dangerous).

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[LH] verb, transitive; verb, transitive change, become different, differ, vary

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[L] ideophone sound of the fall of a very heavy object such as a concrete block or a huge bag of flour, it falls with a thud

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] verb, transitive walk here and there, zigzag

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[LL] noun exhaustion, fatigue

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[LH] noun the side of the face from temple to jaw

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[LH HDH] noun ring

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

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[LHF] noun tree, big/heavy log of wood

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHLHL] noun a kind of insect (similar to millipede)

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[LHDHHF] noun butterfly

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[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

[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

[LLH] verb, transitive see clearly, discern

[HD] adverb also, too

[HF] noun a power spirit generally associated with a particular place or group of people; some of these spirits inhabit the forest, others the water; each Ibibio clan has its own ndem; sacrifices are made to them and to certain festivals attached to them

[LLH] noun, adjective corpse (esp. one that is dried up and distasteful); adjective: dead; worthless, good for nothing; vile, evil

[LL] noun sore, septic wound

[LH] conjunction so, so that

[HL] noun knuckle

[LLL] noun a kind of basket used for catching fish or crabs, small ones are made of palm fronds, large ones of cane

[HF] adjective good, genuine

[LLL] noun a kind of small hot red or green pepper, Aframonum melegueta (Dalziel)

[HH] verb, intransitive become sour

[LF] noun my grandmother

[LH] noun over there, yonder (refers to a narrow area)

[LLL] noun a boil on the finger or toe

[LLH] adjective granular, in grains

[H] ideophone describes a sudden action

[LH] verb, intransitive become dizzy

[HHH] verb, intransitive become alive (if animals and plants); become fresh (of meat, fish), become fresh, become healthy, fine (of a human being)

[HL] noun sixpence

[L] verb, intransitive be small

[H] ideophone describes the action of cutting something all the way through

[LH] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive become slack, loose, reduced; slacks loosen; slacken, loosen, lower, reduce in height

[H] verb, transitive pay close attention

[H] verb, transitive to contribute

[HH] noun friend

[HH] noun silk cotton tree, Ceina pentandra (Deizel)

[LHH] adjective many, much

[LHHL] number nine

(Igbo) eteghiete

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF HF] adverb slowly, carefully

[LL] noun covering on the surface of something (skin on soup, tarnish on metal, fungus)

[HHL] noun a kind of large lizard, land living

[H] verb, transitive suck

[H] verb, transitive having the urge to sleep

[H] verb, transitive wash; rub on, apply (oil, ointment); lick