Ibibio English

[HLHL] noun lungs

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun kind, sort, type, lineage

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun stew, soup

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun slave

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun famine; limestone (Calcium Carbonate)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHHH] noun table

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun lizard

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHF] adjective cold

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HFHF] noun measles

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun a kind of large bush rat which tunnels in the ground

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, intransitive become in need of, get into straits about (refer to a chronic or long term situation or deprivation); straiten, put into straits

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive count, reckon, esteem

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] verb, transitive beg, beg for; plead with, ask for

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] verb, intransitive; verb, transitive stop, cease, conclude,; tv bring to conclusion; decide

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive make round, roundish(rather wet thing esp by putting eg clay, fufu)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] become broken, break(of its own accord)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive spread out, lay flat, lay down (mats, tiles, carpet, cloth)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun pawpaw

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive imitate

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] verb, transitive rinse

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] verb, intransitive set off, depart, leave, move away, become wild, troublesome (of a child)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] verb, transitive share, divide among

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, intransitive fall in drops, rain

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive hide

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun rain.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun bag, pocket; a piece of woven raffia before or after being sewn into a bag.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun tree trunk (the oart between the roots and the crown); a log left by the side of the river to wash clothes on.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun a kind of tree bearing an edible nut, Coula edulis (Dalziel).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun shore, harbor, port.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun heart, gut.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive eat up a large quantity of food.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHF] noun knife, machet (machete)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun tortoise.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun the area from the waist to the hips

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL HL] noun door hinge

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHHH] noun a kind of dance performed in the moonlight

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, intransitive become suitable, appropriate; fit; measure up to a standard; become complete; become enough

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive restrain, prohibit, stop; warn; rebuke

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.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive become big

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive become contrary (es. to show off)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: itoro ituen

[HH] verb, intransitive exhibit pride

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive cure, heal, perform juju for curing and certain other purposes (implies grinding medicine)

[HH] verb, transitive overlap, cross, heap, pile on top of; arrange, set up, prepare for use

[HH] verb, transitive hang (an object on a hook, around a person’s neck, cloth pot to dry)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLLH] noun centipede

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLHD] noun groundnut

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH HD] noun ring

[LLL HL] noun a secluded area in the water thickly covered with water plants ( a person can go in there to bathe)

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HHF] noun a kind of white yam

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHLLH HL] noun rough skin, tough skin

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHH] noun handcuffs, leg cuffs, shackles

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LHLLH HL] noun rough skin, tough skin

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive frown, screw up the face, have an unhappy, disgusted, distasteful or disapproving look on the face

[HLHH] adjective unsteady; shiftless

[LHL LL] noun a kind of plant, its leaf is ground up and used to treat yews

[LL] verb, intransitive walk with legs apart (like a person who has a boil, or something between his legs)

[LLL] noun a small insect found around palm wine

[HHH] verb, intransitive become mixed, kneaded, mashed, smashed, run over

[HH] verb, transitive shake, bounce a person as on a couch

[HH] noun the young of an animal

[LLH] noun jest, joke, a story that pokes fun, clowning

[LH] verb, transitive open the eyes wide (to show seriousness and thus make a child comply)

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

[LH] noun color, many colors (ason cloth, or an animal)

[HHHLLLHL] noun locust

[HLL] noun welts from a beating

[HH] verb, transitive lick, lick off

[L] verb, intransitive become black

[LHH] noun a shrine

[HH] noun weeds, grass

[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)

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

[HH] verb, transitive devastate, destroy, squander

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

[LHL] noun [Eng] spirit (used in Christian church services) (var. sịbidịt)

[HH] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive hop, jump; jump over; abate, let up (pl. of tamma)

[H] verb, transitive cut bush, clear bush

[LH] noun a kind of grey rock which is crushed to a powder and used as a cosmetic for the eyes

[HH] ideophone sound of a car (automobile) horn

[HH] preposition, conjunction since, starting from (time only)

[HH] verb, transitive touch; fig affect

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

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

[LL] noun grave

[HF] noun mortar

[LHH] noun left (direction)

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

[LHL] noun rice

[HD] phrase What day?

[LHH] noun needle

[H] verb, intransitive become many, become much

[HHH] verb, intransitive become poor