Ibibio English

[LHH] adjective young, not full grown

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[LLH] noun mens robes

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[HHL] noun sexual organ of snail

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLLL] noun wall

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[LLLL] noun electric fish

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[LLL] noun thunder

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[HHH] noun shoulder

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[LL] pronoun you

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[HH] noun the first-born son

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHH] noun clan chief

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun a fence of shrubbery planted to indicate a boundary and provide privacy

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HL] noun headtie

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[L] noun term of address used betwee men of equal age and status, its use generally implies intimacy, it is occasionally used to address a stranger and is currently used by young girls although this latter is considered improper by men

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[HH] verb, intransitive ripen, become ripe, red (plural of dat)

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[LLH] verb, intransitive become bitter

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[HH] verb, intransitive intend, wish.

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[HHH] verb, transitive; verb, intransitive shout at, bawl at, scold; shock.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

verb, transitive become smooth

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[LH] noun husband

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun a place set aside for something esp a fireplace; a focal place.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun pig.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHH] noun a single (or double?) pronged metal gong.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

noun copulation

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[LHH] noun contribution, contributive society.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive overlook, let off, let go, forgive.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive suck, suck out (marrow from a bone, flesh from a periwinkle shell) pl suck, pull hard with the mouth (esp when one makes a sound while doing it) sip through a straw.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive cover (a person with a blanket, food with a cloth, a house with a roof, a hole with dirt, but not used for cover something with its own cover) cf kup.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] verb, transitive remove from the mouth what one has been sucking or holding there.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive blow on (as with the mouth or bellows to cool, or to make a fire flame up), blow (a whistle, a wind instrument), whistle.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHL] noun women, wives

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHL] noun electricity

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[HH] noun fire.

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[LHL] noun muteness, dumbness; a mute

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[LH] noun thief; theft

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[LLL] noun; adjective greed; greedy person

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[HF] noun walk, journey; gait

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[HHF] noun year

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[HH] noun hip joint

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[HHL] noun blood

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL LL] one by one, one at a time, each to each (lit. keet e keet)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] transitive verb remove palm fruit from the pot with a basin or calabash

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

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

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.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive cajole, entice, lure.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

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[LLH] verb, transitive become loose, untied, unfastened; fall apart

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[L] ideophone sound of the eka ibit (a large drum)

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LL] verb, transitive close; shut in, confine; completely (emphatic)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, intransitive become dark, black

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[LH] verb, transitive let fall from the mouth, spit out (food, not liquid)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, intransitive knock, tap

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[LH] noun today

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[HH] verb, transitive contort the face or mouth to show disgust

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH HD] noun ring

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[LLL] noun path, narrow place, space, gap

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HHH] noun small sticks used to support young yam shoots

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun waste material left after sifting or straining something dry (esp cassava)

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[HLH] noun trouble, problem, ruckus, commotion

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH HL] noun eyebrow

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LHLHLL] noun butterfly

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LHLLH HL] noun rough skin, tough skin

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHL] adjective without response

[HH] noun palm wine, strong alcohol

[L] verb, transitive take hold of, grab, catch (in the arms); grope

[HHHH] noun food

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun a kind of white clay from the river, it is eaten, used as a treatment for diarrhea, used as a whitewash, and is rubbed on the body for decortion or against heat rash

[HHHH] noun a corner inside a house

[HFHF] noun smallpox

[L] verb, transitive sell

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

[HH] verb, intransitive shine like cat eyes (said of a person’ s eyes when he is excited, or when he should be ashamed but isn’t); shine intensely, brightly

[L] verb, intransitive become black

[HH] verb, intransitive flicker; transitive: flash a light on and off

[HH] verb, transitive, verb, intransitive poke (with a sharp object, a stick) (esp to find where yams are below the ground) (var. sappa)

[HHH] verb, transitive throw up to someone what one has done for him or what he has done to one, reproach with past deeds (var. sion̄, sioon̄)

[L] verb, intransitive be small

[H] verb, intransitive walk with small quick half running steps as when carrying a heavy load

[HH] verb, transitive make a knot, tie around and knot

[L] verb, transitive grate

[L] verb, transitive curse, use abusive words

[LL] noun a pit dug in the ground, a ditch

[HH] noun arm and/or hand; handle; power, strength, ability

[LHH] noun left (direction)

[HHHH] noun blood

[LHH] adjective many, much

[HF] adverb slow, with care

[LLL] noun congealed secretions

[LHH] noun a kind of frog

[LHLHL] interjection a sound made to cheer or mock someone

[H] verb, intransitive swim; become loose

[HH] verb, intransitive shine (of the sun or moon)

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