Ibibio English

[ HH ]

verb, transitive    disappear; sg only dive

[ LL ]

noun    children, young of animals

[ LHH ]

noun    right (direction)

[ L ]

verb, transitive    kill

[ H ]

verb, transitive    burn, sting (as pepper, iodine)

[ LLHL ]

noun    a kind of fruit, possibly breadfruit or soursop

[ HHH ]

verb, intransitive    itch

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[ HH ]

preposition, conjunction    since, starting from (time only)

[ LL.H ]

verb, transitive    collect, gather, pull down tendrils or other vegetation from a tree or the side of a house; tap on the back to get a persons attention

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[ HHH ]

verb, transitive    disturb, disorder (the vegetation in passing by, the water entering it)

[ HH ]

verb, intransitive    hide, hide oneself, become hidden

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[ LHL ]

noun    rice

[ LH ]

noun    strange, alien.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[ HH ]

verb, intransitive    become lost, disappear, cease (of customs)

[ LH ]

noun    fear

[ HH ]

verb, transitive    remove from a hook, unhang (rev. of kọọn̄ [HH])

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[ HHL ]

noun    crazyness, mad person.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[ LL ]

verb, transitive    slow down and walk carefully (as when one has seen something dangerous).

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[ HHL ]

noun    umbilical cord

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[ HHL ]

noun    the first shoost of a plant to come up.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[ HH ]

verb, transitive    hold in the arms or hands; have, keep; owe; use; treat, behave towards

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[ LH HDH ]

noun    ring

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[ HH ]

verb, intransitive    ripen, become ripe, red (plural of dat)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[ LLLH ]

noun    business

[ LHL ]

interjection    no

[ HDH ]

noun    tsetse fly

[ LH ]

verb, transitive    play

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[ L ]

verb, transitive    fan, wave, swing; iv hover, float in the air.

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, intransitive    shine like cat eyes (said of a person’ s eyes when he is excited, or when he should be ashamed but isn’t); shine intensely, brightly

[ HHH ]

verb, intransitive    become poor

[ H ]

verb, transitive    speak to, talk to, say, tell; rebuke, reprove often

[ LLL ]

noun    God, god

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[ L ]

verb, transitive    count, reckon, esteem

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[ LHHH ]

noun    singlet, sleeveless underwear

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[ HHH ]

noun    a stomach ache with diarrhea

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[ HDH ]

noun    bird (generic term)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[ LH ]

adjective    big

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[ HH ]

verb, transitive    clear, sweep remaining bits of afere (soup) from a plate with the hand or a piece of fufu.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[ H ]

verb, transitive    cover, close with a cover or lid; heap up

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[ LD ]

adjective    first

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[ HH ]

noun    a diseased condition of the skin on the legs involving pus filled swellings and cracking of the skin

[ LHHL ]

noun    adolescent girl

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[ LLL HHL ]

noun    fourth-born son

[ H ]

verb, intransitive    become quick, early, often; become sharp

[ HF ]

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[ LLL ]

noun    thunder

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[ L ]

ideophone    sound of wood being cut

[ L ]

verb, transitive    speak a language esp. a foreign language; speak unintelligibly; translate

[ L ]

verb, transitive    vomit

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[ HHL ]

noun    a kind of large lizard, land living

[ LHH ]

adjective    empty, wasted, devoid of purpose

[ LLL ]

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

[ LH ]

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[ HHLLLL ]

noun    a kind of large forest bird, eagle, it can beat the air with its wings and make a great noise

[ HH ]

noun    thing, something; matter event. This is one of the most productive words in Ibibio, it serves as any unspecified subject or object

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[ LL ]

ideophone    sound made by someone walking in studded shoes.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[ HH ]

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

[ HHH ]

noun    shreds, particle

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[ HF ]

noun    pig.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[ HHH ]

verb, transitive    beg, beg for; plead with, ask for

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[ LL ]

verb, transitive    push, push over, push aside, shove

[ HH ]

noun    the area from the waist to the hips

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[ H ]

ideophone    sound of the fallof an enamel cup

Speaker: itoro ituen

[ HH ]

noun    fish (general)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[ H ]

verb, transitive    attach, put together, fasten, lock, hang (from a point, or curtains, tie on so that it may hang)

[ LH ]

adjective    fresh (not cooked, dried or smoked)

[ HH ]

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

[ HHH ]

verb, intransitive    become childish, act childish (pl. of sere)

[ LL ]

noun    brass or copper bangles worn around the legs from ankle to thigh by fattened brides

[ LLH ]

interrogative noun    what?

[ LLL ]

noun    a kind of palm oil obtained by burning the palm kernel, its uses include pomade for the skin, medicine for boils and wounds, antidote for poison, (taken as an emetic), protection against juju

[ LLH ]

verb, transitive    become loose, untied, unfastened; fall apart

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[ HHLHL ]

noun    a kind of insect (similar to millipede)

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[ HHH ]

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[ LH ]

verb, intransitive    lean against, lean on(for help)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[ HLHH ]

noun    stain

[ LL ]

verb, transitive    remove from the embers what has been roasting there (plural of dappa)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[ LLL ]

noun    prison, jail, detention

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[ HHH ]

noun    handcuffs, leg cuffs, shackles

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[ HHHH ]

noun    a dish of ground beans with oil, pepper and other condiment steamed in leaves (Yoruba)

[ LL ]

verb, transitive    call, read aloud, invite

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[ LHLL ]

noun    hiccup

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[ LHL ]

noun    whistling

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[ LLH ]

noun    earning a living; struggling

[ LHHH ]

adjective    secret

[ HHH ]

verb, intransitive    become curved, crooked, not straight (esp of a road or branch of a tree)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[ LL ]

noun    place

[ LHH ]

noun    a shrine

[ L ]

ideophone    describes water falling drop by drop

[ L ]

verb, intransitive    wilt, melt, dissolve, digest; become lazy, become weak

[ HH ]

verb, intransitive    become quick, early, often; become sharp

[ LHH ]

noun    sperm, semen

[ LH ]

verb, transitive    rev. of kpaga: uncross, separate things that are joined together, unbutton, unbuckle.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[ LLL ]

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

[ H ]

verb, intransitive; verb, transitive    speak, say, tell, mean, intend

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[ LL ]

verb, transitive    cut through with a single stroke

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[ HH ]

noun    fight

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[ HF ]

noun    leaf (gen term esp for leaves which are not eaten)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[ HH ]

verb, transitive    turn, twist, twirl, spin; iv turn (of a wheel); repeat (always followed by another verb).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang