Ibibio English

[ HH ]

verb, transitive    greet, thank, congragulate, express

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[ LLL ]

noun    a kind of small hot red or green pepper, Aframonum melegueta (Dalziel)

[ HH ]

verb, transitive    soil, dirty.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[ H ]

verb, transitive    like, love (can be used as a euphemism for sex)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[ LHL ]

noun    muteness, dumbness; a mute

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[ LLHL ]

noun    a kind of edible snail, small with a lightweight shell

[ LL ]

verb, transitive    make an error, err, miss, offend, do unwittingly, do by chance.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[ LHL ]

noun    priest

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[ HHH ]

noun    a small, hard, round objects, seed, kernel, grain

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[ HH ]

noun    the sediment which sinks to the bottom of the pot when palm oil is boiled after being extracted from the fruit, dregs

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[ LH ]

noun    fishing spear

[ HH ]

verb, transitive    cut off the end of a periwinkle ( a kind of mollusk) so the fish can be sucked out.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[ H ]

verb, transitive    copulate

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[ L ]

verb, transitive    doubt, surprise

[ LHH HL ]

noun    the kernel of the unripe oil palm fruit, the shell is soft and can be broken with the teeth.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[ HHH ]

noun    any insect which pinches

[ LLH ]

noun    nail (anat), claw

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[ H ]

verb, transitive    tie, bind

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[ LH ]

noun    a small plant, its leaves are irritating to the skin, Urera mannii

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[ L ]

verb, transitive    drag, draw; pl make a drawing, draw many lines; massage.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[ LHLL ]

noun    radio (English loanword)

[ LHH ]

noun    calamity

[ HF ]

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[ LHLL ]

noun    electricity

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[ LH ]

verb, intransitive    become untidy and wet (of a messy wet animal), become wet, become untidy.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[ HF ]

noun    a polite term for itịt, vagina

[ LLH ]

verb, transitive    peep into (a matter, house); peep out (without being noticed), peep at

[ LL ]

verb, intransitive    become supple

[ HHL HF ]

noun    a tattler

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[ HHH ]

verb, intransitive    become poor

[ HHL ]

noun    man, male

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[ HH ]

noun    saliva.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[ LHHL ]

noun    adolescent girl

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[ LL ]

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

[ HHHF ]

noun    kerosine (English loanword)

[ HHF ]

noun    porcupine.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[ HH ]

verb, transitive    awaken

[ H ]

verb, transitive    talk rubbish; brag; talk lewdly, vulgarly

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[ LLL ]

verb, transitive    scatter things that are arranged or piled up, strew things about dishevel, disorder

[ L ]

ideophone    sound of the fall of a very heavy object such as a concrete block or a huge blag of flour, it falls with a thud.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[ HH ]

noun    sleep.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[ HD ]

adverb    also, too

[ HH ]

verb, transitive    pick at, scratch, dig out, bore a hole, curve out, force ones way into (gen some effort is required)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[ HHF ]

noun    a kind of large edible snail.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[ LF ]

noun    the edible kernel of the raffia palm fruit

[ LHL ]

noun    basket

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[ L ]

verb, transitive    grate

[ LLHH ]

noun    cloaca of a chicken, hindquarters of a chicken (?)

[ HH ]

verb, intransitive    stand on tiptoe, stretch to see something high; become high, raised up (esp. of the ground or of something which should be flat)

[ LF LL ]

noun    a childrens game in which sticks are passed around quickly and players try not to accumulate them

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[ 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

[ LHH ]

noun    a kind of bitter fruit taken like kola, bitter kola, Garcinia kola (Dalziel).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[ LLL ]

noun    pl people

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[ LHLH ]

noun    gooseflesh

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[ HH ]

noun    grey hair; mould (on food, leather)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[ LH ]

subj, obj. pronoun    he, she, it, him, her, it

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[ H ]

verb, transitive    show teeth

[ HH ]

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

[ LHL ]

noun    coal tar

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[ HL ]

verb, transitive    strain, filter skim

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[ LHD ]

noun    a kind of fruit tree, its fruits have a brownish cover, firm orange or white flesh, and a big seed, cola rostrata

[ H ]

verb, transitive    to contribute

[ LHL ]

interjection    no

[ L ]

verb, transitive    taste liquid, take a sip, sip

[ HF ]

noun    horn, trumpet

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[ LL ]

noun    quarrel

[ H ]

adverb    there, in that place, (near the person spoken to), there

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[ HL ]

noun    cup (esp. a metal or enamel cup); cigarette tin or other container used as a unit of measure for beans, rice, gari

[ LLH ]

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

Speaker: itoro ituen

[ HL ]

noun    yam

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[ LH ]

verb, transitive    pull down the lower eye lid to show triumph, to mock

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[ HH ]

noun    ear

[ L ]

verb, transitive    sacrifice

[ LL ]

verb, transitive    cook a very small quantity of rich afere (soup) (until it is very hot) (pl. of jọk)

[ LH ]

noun    neigbour

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[ L ]

verb, transitive    blind

[ LL ]

conjunction    with, and

[ HHH ]

noun    smallpox

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[ LLH ]

verb, intransitive    become bitter

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[ HF ]

noun    the gums

[ HHHH ]

noun    food

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[ LH ]

noun    bread, biscuit

[ HHH HLL ]

noun    a low fence around a trap, it has one opening through which animals are driven

[ LL ]

verb, transitive    scratch, itch

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[ HH ]

verb, intransitive    become dry (pl. of sat)

[ LHLH ]

number    eight

( Igbo ) asato

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

Semantic domains:

• number

[ LLL ]

noun    discrimination

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[ L ]

verb, transitive    perceive, feel, sense, taste, hear; understand; listen to, heed; respond to

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[ LH ]

adjective    fresh (not cooked, dried or smoked)

[ HHH ]

noun    trap, ordeal

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[ HHH ]

noun    bee

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[ HL ]

noun    government; white colonial officer; English consul

[ LLL ]

noun    mist, fog

[ LHH ]

noun    a single (or double?) pronged metal gong.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[ LLL ]

verb, transitive    crumble

[ LL ]

verb, transitive    dip, steep, soak

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[ LLL ]

verb, transitive    pour, pour out, spill, pl. of duọk

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[ LLL ]

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[ LHL ]

adjective    without response

[ LHL ]

noun    rice

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang