Ibibio English

[HF] noun dust

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun challenge, dare; resolution

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHH] noun top, apex

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive find and keep

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] verb, intransitive fierce, brave, valiant, dare, become hot, burn (of pepper), become sarp, function work (of medicine, magic)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] verb, transitive to lose, throw away

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHHL] noun rheumatism.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] verb, intransitive become thin, light in weight, lightened (of a load); become light on the feet, sprightly.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun gonorrhea.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL] noun; adjective greed; greedy person

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLHL] adjective burnt, scorched

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] verb, transitive stir (as in soup)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, intransitive become able, know how; tv surpass, excel (used in making com- parisons), triumph over, beat (win)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive wrap cloth around someone; fig buy cloth for elderly relations (pl. of kIn)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive soil, dirty.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] verb, transitive respect, esteem, honor, worship

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] ideophone sound of an automobile horn

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[H] ideophone sound of a short blast of a launch horn

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive peel with hand or knife, unlock

Speaker: itoro ituen

[LLHHH] noun [Efik] a creature (fish? serpent?) which stretches the whole length of a river or sea

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, intransitive cough

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun race

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHHH] noun a large calabash used as a buoy for nets

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] adjective thin, lean and sickly (of a person)

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HD] interj. yes

[HHH] verb, intransitive become watery, thin and soft

[HF] noun horn of animal

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

[HD] noun young woman (address or referent), a term of endearment for a young woman

[HL] noun knuckle

[HF HL] noun smoke; steamboat, ship

[HLL] noun a children’s running and hiding game played by moonlight

[LLL] noun a kind of insect, a larva

[LF LL] noun dorsal fin of a fish

[L] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive to be able to, know how to, master

[LH] verb, transitive strike on the head with the knuckles made in a fist

[LH] noun [Eng] cigarette

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

[LH] verb, intransitive lie

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

[LLH] adjective steeped, soaked

[HH] noun weavil

[LHH] noun byword, slang phrase, scandal

[LH] noun fishing spear

[LH] noun your father

[HH] noun childhood

[LL] verb, transitive hit (esp. with a stick, also with hand or fist)