Ibibio English

[H.HL] noun shame

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHLL] noun king

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[HF] noun horn, trumpet

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[LLHL] noun a young man

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[LH] noun lizard

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[HH] noun group, flock, herd

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

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[HH] verb, intransitive fall off, snap off, drop off(ripe or dead fruit), fall out(of hair)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive pain, hurt; sicken

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

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[HH] verb, transitive feed, nurse, rear a child

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, intransitive stand

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

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[HH] verb, transitive eat

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[H] adverb there, in that place, (near the person spoken to), there

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[LL] number ten

(Igbo) iri

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[HH] verb, transitive tell

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verb, transitive become smooth

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[HH] number twenty.

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[LHH] noun denial.

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[LHH] noun copulation.

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

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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).

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

[LH] verb, intransitive put on clothes, wear.

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[HH] noun rope.

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[LH] noun belly

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[HH] noun tobacco, snuff.

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[LLL] noun toad

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[LH] noun foot race, running

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[LH] noun neck, throat; desire, greed

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] verb, transitive go to, go for

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

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[HH] verb, transitive pick at, scratch, dig out, bore a hole, curve out, force ones way into (gen some effort is required)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive take an enema

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, intransitive die, perish; become exhausted, overcome; fade; heal

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[LLH] verb, transitive cross, overlap, join, twist together, buckle, button.

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[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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[L] ideophone describes a quick action; describes a completed action or state.

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

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] verb, transitive soil, dirty.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive soil, dirty.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LLH] verb, transitive trim (branches, hair), cut down (a tree)

Speaker: itoro ituen

[HH] verb, transitive cut palm fruit from the cluster when there are very few remaining

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] ideophone sound of something very light falling on the ground

Speaker: itoro ituen

[LH] verb, intransitive snap, break from too much strain (of a rope); sg only break away, leave a place and rush to another

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive gather, collect (leaves, fish, crayfish)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive knock

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[H] verb, transitive like, love (can be used as a euphemism for sex)

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[LH] verb, intransitive become born

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[HHL] noun dew dripping from the trees

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

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[HHH] noun a seat without a back

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[HHH HL] noun shin

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[HH] noun thing, something; matter event. This is one of the most productive words in Ibibio, it serves as any unspecified subject or object

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HHH HL] noun eyeball

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] conjunction and, with (variants: ye; ndo; mma)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] pronoun my

[LLLL] noun error, fault; a fine (var. ndude)

[HHH] noun picture, photo, film, spectacle

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL] noun wickedness, maliciousness

[HLHHH] noun a struggle

[LL] noun sore, septic wound

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

[LHH] noun mockery

[HHL] noun a powdered vegetable mixture used in juju sacrifices

[HF] noun the gums

[LLL LLL] adverb unsteadily

[HH] verb, intransitive be itchy, scratchy

[LLLL] noun a large bird with long colorful feathers, it lives near the river; a play connected with ekpe society, by the old men of the society, many drums are used

[HHHH] noun young curled cocyam leaf

[H] ideophone describes a sudden action

[LH] verb, transitive tickle

[HH] verb, intransitive become dry (pl. of sat)

[HH] verb, intransitive to be clean; to acquit, find innocent

[H] pronoun what, who which

[HHH] verb, intransitive become foolish, stupid (pl. of sịme)

[HH] verb, transitive grab as much as possible with one hand

[H] verb, transitive chew, eat something hard or chewable (meat, nuts, coconut). chew, eat away (of diseases that destroy tissue); burn

[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

[HD] noun grandfather

[HH] verb, intransitive become impaled, skewered, stuck onto a sharp object

[LLL] verb, transitive crumble

[L] verb, transitive taste liquid, take a sip, sip

[H] verb, intransitive increase

[HF] noun mortar

[LH] noun the second-born son

[LLL] noun fate, luck

[HF] adjective big, old (of a person)

[HF] noun soul, spirit (of a living person)

[LH] noun fishing spear

[HF] adverb slow, with care

[HH] noun road, way; doorway, door; habit, custom

[LL] noun life, destiny, universe, creation

[LHH] adjective empty, wasted, devoid of purpose

[HF] noun noise

[HH] verb, transitive mix; adulterate (as palm wine by adding water)

[HH] verb, transitive pinch