Ibibio English

[LHH] adjective black, ripe, mature

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLHL] noun cat

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[HH] noun flesh

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[HF HL] noun pimple

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[LHL] noun rice

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[LHF] noun yawn

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[LF] noun whisper

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[LL] noun path in the bush

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[LL] noun cloth, clothes

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[HHF] noun chameleon

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[LH] noun challenge, dare; resolution

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[HF] noun practitioner, specialist, expert

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[HH] noun person, human being; someone

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[HHHH] adjective male (used with all animal names except those few which have a special word for the male); yielding little, unproductive

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[HH] noun crying, weeping

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[L] verb, transitive find and keep

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

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[LL] adjective not even, even, none

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[LLLH] verb, intransitive become ruined, spoiled, destroyed(pl of biara)

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[HHH] verb, intransitive become cooked, done(of food)

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[LL] verb, transitive cut through with a single stroke

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[HH] verb, intransitive become rotten to the semi-liquid state, become decomposed, disintegrated (of an orange, a wet cracker, a dead body), become wet and messy, wet and sloppy, become watery to the point of nearly falling out

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[LLH] verb, transitive answer a question, answer a call(in the latter case only used negatively, i.e. fail to answer a call)

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[LL] verb, transitive dip, steep, soak

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

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[LH] verb, intransitive fall, fall down

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[HHH] verb, transitive to lose, throw away

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[HF] noun nest.

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[LL] noun millipede.

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[LLL] noun a flowing gown, usually worn by women.

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[HHH] verb, transitive argue, argue with, disagree with.

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHL] noun women, wives

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[HF] noun drum.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun hair (on the head or growing densely as on the head).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun word, language, talk; matter, palaver (difficulty, trouble, verbal conflict, gathering for negotiation or decision).

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[HHL] noun a sore, septic wound

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[HHH] noun smallpox

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[HH] noun base, foundation of esp. base of a tree trunk

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[LHL] number five

(Igbo) ise

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[HHL] noun garbage pit, refuse pit

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[HHH] verb, transitive promise, vow (involves an exchange, something given for something done)

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[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)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] ideophone sound made by a flat object when it falls flat on the ground.

Speaker: itoro ituen

[LH] verb, transitive bend over so as to expose the buttocks

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[L] verb, intransitive fail to come about, fail to materialize; fail to carry out

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] verb, transitive pull down the lower eye lid to show triumph, to mock

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LLH] verb, transitive space out (in planting)

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HHH] verb, intransitive become curved, crooked, not straight (esp of a road or branch of a tree)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLHHH] noun [Efik] a creature (fish? serpent?) which stretches the whole length of a river or sea

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive grind between two stones (small things such as beans, pepper); w pl kọọk cure, heal, perform juju for curing and certain other purposes (implies grinding medicines)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive retch, vomit gen used w ibọk medicine, udia food

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

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

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

[LLLH] noun centipede

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF HLL] noun small hard balls of excrement

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HD] interj. yes

[HLHH] noun little bits of mischief, pranks, crafty, manipulations

[LLL] noun wickedness, maliciousness

[HLL] noun shadow

[LLH] adverb perhaps

[LH] noun mother, grandmother, old woman (address or referent)

[LL] pronoun we, us, our

[LH] noun a rattle, musical instrument filled with seeds or pebbles which is shaken; strings of seeds worn around ankles and wrists to make noise when dancing

[HHLHDH] noun wart

[LL] noun place

[HH] verb, transitive, verb, intransitive have; intransitive: sg only have to, must; appear to be, exist

[HH] verb, intransitive whine (of a child)

[L] verb, transitive intimidate, pressurize

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

[HHHH] noun bell, clock, hour

[LHH] adjective wasted, empty, not being put to use, free

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

[HH] verb, transitive taunt, sneer at; makean open-eye, make a face, stick out the tongue, to say it serves you right, I told you

[LLH] verb, intransitive dawn, enter a new day, remain until the new day, make it through the night

[LH] verb, intransitive come down, descend (var. sọijọ)

[HH] verb, transitive cluck at to show annoyace or disgust

[LH] verb, transitive dip out, ladle out (with a spoon or the hand); beckon with the hand, touch slightly to get someone’s attention

[H] verb, intransitive become stupid, retarded

[LHL] noun pigeon

[LHH] noun middle

[HHHH] noun a creature (fish? serpent?) which stretches the whole length of a river or sea

[LL] noun a game of struggle

[HH] noun liability, burden

[LHH] adjective many, much

[LHLL] noun radio (English loanword)

[LHF] noun your grandfather

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

[HL] noun guava

[HH] verb, transitive deceive

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

[H] verb, transitive make an announcement

[LL] verb, transitive cook a very small quantity of rich afere (soup) (until it is very hot) (pl. of jọk)