Ibibio English

[HHH] adjective new

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun shoulder

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[LHL] adjective whole, complete

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[HHH] noun moon, month

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[LH] noun famine; limestone (Calcium Carbonate)

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[HH] noun expanse e.g. ocean

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[LHL] noun basket

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[HD] quantifier other, another, more

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[HF] noun practitioner, specialist, expert

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[LLL] noun wasp

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[L] verb, transitive expect, hope, anticipate

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[LLH] verb, transitive drive away, drive off, send away, follow, go afte, chase, catch up to, join

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[HL] noun bowl(cf. abawIt, bawIt)

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[LH] verb, transitive imitate

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[HH] verb, intransitive sleep

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[HH] verb, transitive turn a deaf ear towards, not anwer, ignore

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verb, transitive become smooth

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[HF] noun the area of the lower abdomen around the bladder.

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[HHH] noun kidney, heart.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun war; a society which celebrates past war glories, joining the society was possible at one time only for a man who had taken several heads, now it is done symbolically.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive be sated, make overfull (from eating).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive spit, spit out (food, liquid, silaiva)

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[L] verb, transitive pluck (feathers, hair, weeds).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHL] noun men (pl. of owodeen).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun cricket

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[LH] noun witchcraft, witch.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun whip; cane; belt

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun laughter

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[HH] noun deafness; deaf man

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

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[HH] noun vagina

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[HHL] noun head; memory; sake, behalf

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[LH] verb, transitive go to, go for

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[LLH] verb, intransitive become old; ancient; look old (of inanimate objects)

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, intransitive ebb (of the tide)

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[HH] verb, transitive pull up, hoist up, draw in (as in a fishing net)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive cut with a glancing motion (as in scraping bark from a tree, peeling the rotten part from a yam, shaping a pestle out of wood) (pl. of kpaN)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive fold, fold over (arms, paper, cloth, leaves) - plural form of kpan̄

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive become resistant, obstinate (of a person, an animal); become difficult (of work, a person)

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 said to show when one is completely ignored.

Speaker: itoro ituen

[H] verb, transitive crack (nut, palm kernels) with a stone

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive pay

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[H] ideophone sound of the fallof an enamel cup

Speaker: itoro ituen

[HH] verb, transitive catch in the hands (plural of kpoppo)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] verb, transitive scrape, scrape off, shave

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

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[H] verb, transitive copulate

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

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[HH] verb, transitive make way, step aside

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[HL] noun government; white colonial officer; English consul

[L] verb, transitive choose, select

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH HDH] noun ring

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[LHLH] noun a kind of plant with similar properties to akpaakpa ikpaaRa (the plants that if pulled out gets its roots back to the ground and grows up again)

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[HHF] noun a kind of white yam

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[HHH] noun a seat without a back

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[HH HL] noun eyebrow

[LH] noun a kind of yam, fast ripening, it grows in an udder-like formation

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[LF] noun nasal mucus, phlegm

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHHH] noun skull

[HHH] noun handcuffs, leg cuffs, shackles

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun palm wine, strong alcohol

[LH] verb, transitive open the eyes wide (in surprise because something is in the eye, to scare someone)

[LL] noun common red and black lizard

[LHHH] adjective secret

[HF] noun slander, gossip

[LL] noun sore, septic wound

[HHH] noun an edible fern found in streams

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

[HH] noun ochre, a kind of clay used for plastering walls, for floor or wall decoration, and for body decoration

[LL] noun lies

[LLH] verb, transitive peep into (a matter, house); peep out (without being noticed), peep at

[HHH] noun a lump (of meat, a clay), a mass; a nest made by ants

[HLL] noun welts from a beating

[LH] conj even if, not even if

[HH] verb, intransitive become congested; become odorous; smell of fish

[HH] verb, intransitive talk in an angry, high-piched voice; ideophone: sound of a frightened, wounded dog

[LLH] verb, transitive give (pl. of nọ)

[HHH] verb, transitive scratch the ground (of an animal, of children at play); toss away what is rejected from a sorting process (pl. of sara)

[HH] verb, intransitive become agile, sprightly, lively, smart (in action or dress)

[LLH] verb, transitive to make a sign of disgust, impatience, disapproval, contempt; smack the lips over a good taste

[LH] verb, intransitive lie

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

[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, transitive hollow out

[H] verb, intransitive become stupid, retarded

[HF] noun mortar

[LHF] noun fourth-born son

[HH] adjective new

[HF] noun slavery (var. ufʌn)

[LL] verb, transitive tear, rend, scratch, tear off, tear up, tear out; pay a debt in installments

[L] verb, transitive tear, rend, scratch, tear off, tear up, tear out; pay a debt in installments

[HL] adverb yet, then

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

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

[HH] verb, transitive make an announcement in several places

[H] verb, transitive attach, put together, fasten, lock, hang (from a point, or curtains, tie on so that it may hang)