Ibibio English

[LLL] noun valley, abyss, chasm, gorge

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun mosquito

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[HHL] noun sexual organ of snail

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[LHLL] noun blessing

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[HHH] noun comb

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[HHH] noun moon, month

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[LH] noun circle formation for a game or dance

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[LHH] noun clan chief

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] verb, transitive refer to someone or mention someone’s name in a conversation, criticize, gossip; divide/share items among many people; classify items

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHHH] verb, transitive deceive

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

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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)

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

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[HLL] verb, intransitive to fool around.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL] verb, transitive pour, pour out, spill, pl. of duọk

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[L] verb, transitive send, send for, send to (a person or a message), send for a nefarious purpose, pl esp instigate stimulate a desire in, cause longing in

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun knee.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHHL] noun nest.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun tomach; a bag-like object esp one containing air; a musical instrument of the accordian type; a kind of thumb piano made of wood of calabash with metal keys; a play in which the thumb piano is used.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHH] noun copulation.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHF] noun grandfather (paternal or maternal).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive climb a large tree by putting the arms around it and moving up on the belly, shinny up a pole (pl. of fap).

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

[HH] noun lice (pl. of ndaN).

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[LHL] noun thigh; lap.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun fire.

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[LH LH] adjective worthless; fruitless; in vain

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHL] noun muteness, dumbness; a mute

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHF] noun mouth

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HDH] noun bird (generic term)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun salt

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun walk, journey; gait

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHLLL] number seven (a sacred number in Ibibio)

(Igbo) asaa

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[HHH] noun stone, mile

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

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, intransitive walk on the balls of the feet, walk on tiptoe

[HH] transitive verb call, invite, read

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive cost

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[LLH, LL] verb, transitive become flat (of something that should swell or be rounded).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] ideophone sound made when a person falls flat on his face or back.

Speaker: itoro ituen

[HH] verb, transitive lose ones temper and take some action (decide to do something or become stubborn), act in a fit of anger.

Speaker: itoro ituen

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

Speaker: itoro ituen

[L] verb, transitive pay attention (used with utON, as in a kpaN utON, listen).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] verb, transitive become late; take a long time; continue in time

Speaker: itoro ituen

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

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

Speaker: itoro ituen

[LLH] verb, transitive become tough, hard (of meat, rubber, wood)

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, intransitive cough

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

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[HHH] verb, transitive lick, clean out, clean up, scoop out (esp. the flesh of a soft succulent fruit)

[L] verb, transitive finish; following another verb ma indicates completed actions

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive swallow

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH HD] noun ring

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[LHLH] noun burnt wood; the burnt wood left on the ground after a piece of farmland has been burned for planting

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun penis, some speakers say that this is a polite term, others that it is slang, still others that it is a childs word

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun a small, hard, round objects, seed, kernel, grain

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] noun a creeping plant with tiny leaves, Selaginella scandens

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun stalk, the place where fruits are attached

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HHL] noun a kind of plant with small bitter fruits

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun shout, scream, outcry

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHDHHF] noun butterfly

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HF] possessive pronoun they, them, their

[LHH] noun a kind of small bush rat, the king of rats

[HHH] noun picture, photo, film, spectacle

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] conjunction with, and

[HLHH] noun jostling; a kind of game in which children lean against each other

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

[HLHHH] noun a struggle

[HF] noun vein (esp. in the arm)

[L] verb, intransitive become pleasant, enjoyable, sweet

[LHH] noun calamity

[LHH] noun sperm, semen

[HH] verb, intransitive become sour

[HHL] adjective ancient, former; old (of inanimate objects)

[LH] noun the hips, the area from the waist to the thigh

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

[H] ideophone sound of splashing water

[LLH] verb, intransitive lament, complain, regret

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

[LL] verb, transitive take fire, carry fire

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

[LL] verb, transitive put down, set down (a pot on the fire); cook, boil, prepare afere (soup) (pl. of tem)

[HH] verb, transitive tickle

[HH] verb, transitive eat a little bit at a time, pick up and eat tiny bits of food (such as grains of rice), pick tiny leaves

[H] verb, transitive swell, rise as dough

[HHH] noun a whistle

[LH] noun guest, visitor

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

[HH] verb, intransitive talk a lot, chatter, become unable to contain anything or keep a secret

[HH] verb, transitive pinch

[L] verb, transitive cut into large pieces (as tree into logs, a fish into large chunks)

[HHH] verb, transitive satisfy (with food, information)

[HH] verb, intransitive satisfy (with food, information)

[H] verb, transitive turn, mix, stir

[HH] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive adhere. stick, become sticky; hang; hang oneself; insist, persist; hang on to; pester; persecute; hate

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