Ibibio English

[LLHF] noun world

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun cross the fingers

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[LHL] adjective whole, complete

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[LHL] noun python

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[LH] adjective strange,alien

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[HF] noun vein, artery, tendon

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[LHL] noun bitter leaf, gall bladder; bile

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, intransitive become thickened (e.g. broth thickened by flavor); become dirty (e.g. cloths or water)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, intransitive become rotten (esp. of edible things), spoil (of improperly dried fish, it gets mould on it), sour

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, intransitive become broken, break (of its own accord), usually a long thin object such as a bone or a stick, break up in confusion (of a gathering)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive imitate

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive lick (a spoon or the fingers in eating), eat something soft of liquid with a spoon or fingers

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive bite

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[HH] verb, intransitive intend, wish.

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun kind of large edible white termite which makes huge hills.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun baldness, bald spot.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun monkey

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[HF] noun the area of the lower abdomen around the bladder.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun knee.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun nest.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHF] noun a kind of large edible snail.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL] noun small drum, two or three tuned to different pitches are played at once with the hands.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHH] noun mockery.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, intransitive dodge, duck, move aside, move away, move out of the way; tv dodge.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[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

[LLLH] verb, transitive blow out through the nose, blow the nose, snort (at).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive uncover, strip, take off, peel (with the fingers).

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[H] verb, intransitive; verb, transitive become heaped up, piled up; tv heap up, pile up.

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[L] verb, intransitive become mouldy (of coconut, palm kernel).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHL] noun women, wives

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[HHL] noun women, wives

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun rope.

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[HHH] noun firewood.

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[HDH] noun bird (generic term)

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[LLL] noun; adjective greed; greedy person

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[LL] noun a blow with the fist; a charm which enables the wearer to strike powerful blows

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[LHH] noun caterpillar (general term)

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive pierce, stab, sew

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive become resistant, obstinate (of a person, an animal); become difficult (of work, a person)

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive even, even if, unless, not even.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[H] ideophone sound of firewood breaking; sound of corn cracking as it roasts.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive plead, plead with, entreat.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LH] verb, transitive bend over so as to expose the buttocks

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[H] ideophone sound of abodom being played with bamboo sticks in sending a message

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] verb, intransitive become tough, hard (of meat, rubber, wood); become difficult (of a task)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] ideophone sound made by a heavy object (a person, coconut, a palm fruit cluster) when it falls to the ground

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] ideophone sound made by ekOmO drums, the small one goes kpim or kpom or kum, the large one goes kpim or kum.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] verb, transitive peel with hand or knife (as kola, ndiya, cassava); unlock; bleach.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: itoro ituen

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

[LL] verb, transitive eat palm fruit, a palm kernel, or a bit of meat by putting it in the mouth and turning it about slowly removing the flesh

[LL] noun side, edge

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHHH] noun kind of plant, where it is found the soil is fertile, its leaves contain an acidic liquid used for cleaning wounds and cleaning snails, its stem is chewed, bush cane, Costus after (Dalziel)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HD] interjection please

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[LHLH] noun gooseflesh

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[H] verb, intransitive become patient; hold back, have control

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH HD] noun ring

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHLHHHL] noun butterfly

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HHH] noun a construction of palm fronds gen. near a house or against a fence, used for storing yam or cocoyam

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LLHLLH] adjective become soft, weak, easy

[LL] conjunction and, with

[LLL] noun, adjective cold, wet

[HHHH] adjective toughness and coarseness in texture due to exposure to the sun or other causes

[HLL] noun prickly heat

[LH] pronoun there (homographs: ndo ’and’; ndo ’scare’)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] adjective new

[LH] noun my father

[HH] noun ashes, dust

[LLH] verb, transitive smell, sniff

[LLHF] noun a plant with hot peppery fruit and leaves which are chewed esp with palm wine

[HLL] noun welts from a beating

[LL] ideophone sound of dry cloth or paper crumbling

[HHL] noun man, male

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HL] conjunction since (time, cause), because

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

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

[HH] verb, intransitive become quick, early, often; become sharp

[HL] noun tailor (English loanword)

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

[HHF] noun the small of the back and the area immediately surrounding it

[HH] noun friend

[HH] noun sliminess, stickiness, a viscous secretion

[HH] noun leg and/or foot; bottom, base; elongation, extension, movement, means, mode

[HF] noun a polite term for itịt, vagina

[HHL] noun a kind of large lizard, land living

[LHL] numeral five

[HF] noun voice, order, edict

[HL] noun wire (English loanword)

[L] verb, intransitive wilt, melt, dissolve, digest; become lazy, become weak

[HH] verb, transitive pinch

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