Ibibio English

[LHH] adjective young, not full grown

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HLHL] noun lungs

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[LHL] noun a plank, the board for the game of draughts (checkers)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHHH] noun table

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHF] noun chameleon

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHD] noun a dye made from the juice of the fruit or seeds of a plant and colored with charcoal, it is used by women for body decoration; the tree from which the dye comes, Indogofera

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HLF] noun sneeze

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHH] noun needle

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun cluster (of fruit, e.g grapes)

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

[HH] verb, transitive sharpen

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive watch out for; wait to do harm to; watch over, protect, look after

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive bury

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[H] verb, transitive bite

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[LLH] verb, intransitive spill

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HL] verb, transitive strain, filter skim

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun monkey

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL] noun civet cat.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun a hump on the back.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun court, council meeting.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] ideophone sound made by a ripe pawpaw or avocado when it falls to the ground.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, intransitive become jealous, envious often.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHH] noun a kind of legume used to thicken afere (soup), horse eye bean,, stinging bean, Mucuna urens (Dalziel).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHF] noun divination; a society devoted to divining, fortune telling.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun tobacco, snuff.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun word, language, talk; matter, palaver (difficulty, trouble, verbal conflict, gathering for negotiation or decision).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun face, front, future (also eko iso)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun kernel (esp. oil palm kernel); stone (of a fruit)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL HL] noun door hinge

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHL] noun garbage pit, refuse pit

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHH] noun a kind of fish with poisonous spines

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun foot race, running

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun cassava (the term includes varieties of Manihot utilissima and Dioscorea dumetorum

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, intransitive become high, tall, elevated

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] ideophone sound of the fall of a knife or spoon, or of an enamel plate

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive rev of kup open a cover or lid

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive hang (on a hook, peg, line); spread out to dry; hook, link, lock, entangle

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] verb, transitive remove from a hook, remove what hangs, unentangle (esp. wipe awy strands of cobweb) (rev. of kọp [L])

[LLH] verb, transitive remove from a hook, remove what hangs; unentangle (esp. wipe away strands of cobweb) (rev. of kọp [L])

[LL] verb, intransitive grow (of people, animals, plants, hair) (pl. of kọt [L])

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun dirt, refuse, garbage

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL] noun pl people

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[LL] verb, transitive slacken; relax the body or part of the body

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH HDH] noun ring

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH HDH] noun ring

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun shout, scream, outcry

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHLLH HL] noun rough skin, tough skin

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLHD] noun groundnut

[HHH] noun water

[LLH] adjective alive; raw; fresh (of meat, fish, a wound)

[LLLH] noun business

[LHH] noun evening (dusk until midnight)

[HLL] noun shadow

[HLLH] noun ant

[HFHF] noun a kind of small mushroom which grows on dead trees, it can be white, red, or brown

[LH] noun a rattle, musical instrument filled with seeds or pebbles which is shaken; strings of seeds worn around ankles and wrists to make noise when dancing

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

[LLL] noun a kind of basket used for catching fish or crabs, small ones are made of palm fronds, large ones of cane

[HHH] noun postherd

[LLH] interrogative noun what?

[HF] noun hanger, peg on the wall for hanging things

[HH] noun the sour orange

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

[LLHLLH] noun a spider web

[LH] noun oyster

[HHH] noun water

[L] verb, transitive help; contribute (money, food, labor)

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

[HH] verb, transitive abuse, humiliate

[HHH] verb, intransitive become childish, act childish

[LH] verb, intransitive become dizzy

[HH] verb, transitive split, tear, cut up, divide; open; reveal, give an answer, give an explanation, mention (var. siak)

[HHHH] verb, intransitive make a sound of disgust, disapproval, impatience, contempt (var. siama)

[LL] verb, transitive take fire, carry fire

[H] verb, intransitive become gently, mild (of disposition, weather); adverb: quietly, safely

[HH] verb, intransitive become sandy

[HL] noun tailor (English loanword)

[H] verb, transitive cut bush, clear bush

[HD] noun grandfather

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

[H] verb, transitive pay close attention

[H] verb, intransitive increase

[LF] noun your husband

[LH] noun calamity

[HF] noun strength, force, power

[HF] noun chicken, fowl

[LF] noun a kind of fresh water eel

[LH] noun fishing spear

[HD] phrase What day?

[LHHL] number nine

(Igbo) eteghiete

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF HF] adverb slowly, carefully

[LL] noun quarrel

[LL] verb, intransitive slither, move with a gliding movement, move like a snake or rope, move like a jellylike substance