Ibibio English

[HHL HF] noun town, village

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[LLHL] noun cat

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[HH] noun mosquito

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[HHHH] noun cold, cattarrh

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[HF] noun horn, trumpet

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[HHH] noun stew, soup

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[HHH] noun moon, month

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[HH] noun the first-born son

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[HF] noun vein, artery, tendon

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[LLL] noun wasp

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[LHL] noun bitter leaf, gall bladder; bile

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[HHL] noun sunshine, the suns rays, daylight; weather, season, time, the times

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

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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; verb, intransitive marry

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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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[LHLL] noun blessing

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[HHHL] noun nest.

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[HHHL] noun sacred place where family heirlooms are kept; archive.

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[HF] noun a hump on the back.

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[HF] noun the liver, heart, chest, inside; mind.

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[HHHH ] verb, transitive; verb, intransitive turn, twist, twist around, twist together (poss involves a more complete turn or twist than fiak); iv become twisted (of its own accord); turn (of a wheel).

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[H] verb, transitive fold, roll up into a cylinder, make narrow.

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[HF] noun a kind of small crocodile (Goldie monitor lizard) cf afiom, utai.

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[HHH] noun whirlwind.

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

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

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[HHF] noun knife, machet (machete)

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[HH] noun tortoise.

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

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

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[LH] noun neck, throat; desire, greed

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[LLH] verb, transitive stir (as in soup)

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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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[H] prep. of time, place, cause, manner

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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, transitive soil, dirty

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[H] verb, transitive loosen, untie, unrap, unfasten, dismantle.

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[LLH] verb, transitive rub off, erase, wipe clean, polish

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[HHH] verb, transitive peel with a knife; sharpen to a point (as a stick, an arrow)

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[LL] verb, transitive sweep; take the remains of something

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[H] verb, transitive catch sight of (see)

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[HHH] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive (iv) become set (of a trap), become piled up, heaped up; (tv) cary piled up (a stack of bulky things such as books or firewood, walking is impeded)

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

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[HHL] noun wing

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[LLL] noun pl people

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[LL] verb, transitive bend, incline (a stick, a part of the body)

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[HH] noun itch, rash, crawcraw

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[LHHH] noun a long narrow lightweight knife used for cutting grass; the flat part of a knife; a knife without a handle

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[LLHDH] noun a creeping plant with tiny leaves, Selaginella scandens

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[LHLLH HL] noun rough skin, tough skin

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[LLH] noun warm

[LHL] adjective without response

[LL] conjunction and, with

[HHH] verb, intransitive become watery, thin and soft

[LLL] noun, adjective cold, wet

[LHLLH] adjective sharp, brave, fierce, potent

[LHH] noun yam stake, a stick placed in the ground for the yam plant to climb on

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

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[LLH] adjective alive; raw; fresh (of meat, fish, a wound)

[LH] pronoun there (homographs: ndo ’and’; ndo ’scare’)

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[LLLH] noun evening (dusk till dawn) (var. mbubịre)

[H] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive dance; fawn on

[LH] verb, intransitive converse, tell, inform

[L] verb, intransitive become straight; become right, correct

[HLLH] noun crawl (of a baby, a snake)

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

[HF] noun hanger, peg on the wall for hanging things

[HH] noun the sour orange

[LH] verb, transitive singe

[L] verb, transitive intimidate, pressurize

[LLH] noun basket

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

[LLL] noun an insect of the grasshopper type, it is tan, grey or mottled

[LL] noun bribe, dishonest business practices

[LLH] verb, intransitive wander around, walk about (pl. of san̄a)

[H] ideophone sound of splashing water

[LH] verb, intransitive become dizzy

[HHHH] verb, intransitive make a sound of disgust, disapproval, impatience, contempt (var. siama)

[L] verb, intransitive become enough, sufficient, complete

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

[HHH] verb, transitive disturb, stir

[LH] verb, transitive make incantation, call down a curse on

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

[HH] verb, transitive tickle

[H] verb, transitive pay close attention

[L] verb, intransitive fail to mature, fail to develop fully, fall short of expectations; miss out

[LL] noun room

[LL] noun a pit dug to catch rainwater

[LHDH] noun fourth-born son

[LL] noun your mother

[HH] noun leg and/or foot; bottom, base; elongation, extension, movement, means, mode

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

[HH] noun childhood

[LH] verb, intransitive sneeze

[HL] noun guava

[LLH] verb, intransitive become peeled off, become faded

[L] verb, intransitive wilt, melt, dissolve, digest; become lazy, become weak

[L] verb, transitive cut into large pieces (as tree into logs, a fish into large chunks)