Ibibio English

[H.HL] noun shame

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHLL] noun cannon

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHLL] noun rice

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHL] adjective old

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL] noun pot

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHL] noun man, male

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HL] noun a metail basin used for storing and carrying food and water(borrowed from English basin)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive lean something against, place against

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun hunger

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive bury

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[HL] noun headtie

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] verb, transitive rinse

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

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

[H] verb, intransitive come

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HLL] verb, intransitive move about here and there doing many things at once, look busy, become busy

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] verb, intransitive fall, fall down

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun buttocks, anus; bottom.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun rat, mouse (gen term).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHL] noun elephant.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] verb, intransitive get off balance (as when something which was balanced or supported slips or slants down), become slanted.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

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

[LH] a small cloth warn at the waist by mourning widows.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHL] noun women, wives

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun cocoyam, Colocasia esculentum (Dalziel)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun urine.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHL] noun coal tar

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] verb, intransitive become old; ancient; look old (of inanimate objects)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] verb, transitive die, perish; become exhausted, overcome; fade; heal (pl. of kpa)

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[H] verb, transitive plead, plead with, entreat, beg

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] verb, transitive watch, guard, look after.

Speaker: itoro ituen

[L] ideophone sound of the eka ibit (a large drum)

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] verb, transitive catch in the hands (plural of kpoppo)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive taunt

Speaker: itoro ituen

[L] verb, transitive crow (of a cock).

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[L] ideophone sound made by a bar of steel when it falls to the ground

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive greet, thank, congratulate, express

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] verb, intransitive become born

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive; verb, intransitive ignore, delay in responding

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, intransitive become accustomed to, familiar with, associated with;

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun grace, favour

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHL] adjective small

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun foot

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHLHHHL] noun butterfly

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[H.HL] noun sandfly

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun a kind of yam, fast ripening, it grows in an udder-like formation

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun a short skirt of multi-colored raffia strung on a rope, it used to be worn in the fattening house because the body of the woman being fattening was smeared with oil and iduot and a dress would be ruined, now worn as an ordinary skirt; petticoat (NkpIn).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHL] adjective small

[LLL] noun prison, jail, detention

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] noun warm

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

[LLH] verb, transitive see clearly, discern

[LLLL] noun error, fault; a fine (var. ndude)

[HHH] adjective new

[LLH] adverb perhaps

[LHH] noun calamity

[HLLH] noun ant

[HL] noun knuckle

[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

[LH] numeral third, three

[LL] noun the area around the ears and under the jaw

[LL] verb, transitive push, push over, push aside, shove

[LLH] verb, transitive smell, sniff (var. n̄uune)

[HH] ideophone sound of plantain frying in oil

[HH] verb, intransitive be itchy, scratchy

[HHHH] noun bell, clock, hour

[LHH] noun clan chief

[HHHH] noun young curled cocyam leaf

[L] verb, transitive select, select out, sort out

[HH] verb, intransitive become tough and coarse in texture due to exposure to the sun or other causes and unable to be softened by cooking

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

[HH] verb, transitive pluck fruit (esp. pepper) cf kippe (pl. of tet)

[LH] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive become slack, loose, reduced; slacks loosen; slacken, loosen, lower, reduce in height

[LH] verb, transitive explain, direct, tell how

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

[HH] verb, transitive awaken

[HH] verb, transitive tickle

[HF] noun strength, force, power

[LH] noun the second-born son

[LHH] noun middle

[LH] noun loving, likeness

[HHHH] noun blood

[LH] noun fishing spear

[LH] noun your father

[LH] noun bread, biscuit

[H] verb, intransitive become many, become much

[HHH] verb, intransitive become poor

[H] verb, transitive soothe, pat, rock a child

[L] verb, transitive kill

[LH] verb, intransitive warm oneself in the sun or by the fire, bask

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

[L] verb, transitive doubt, surprise

[HH] verb, intransitive become sufficient, up to the mark

[HHH] verb, transitive spread with the palm of the hand (mud, plaster, water on the wall or floor)

[HHH] verb, transitive dance with specific steps, dance a specific dance, generally a leisurely a dance with outstretched arms