Ibibio English

[LLHL] noun cat

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun kind, sort, type, lineage

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun root

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[LH] noun meeting place

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[HD] quantifier other, another, more

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[HF] noun vein, artery, tendon

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[LL] verb, transitive be afraid, fear

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, intransitive become cheap due to oversupply, go aground(of a boat)

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] verb, intransitive belch

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] verb, transitive drive away, drive off, send away, follow, go afte, chase, catch up to, join

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] become broken, break(of its own accord)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

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[LH] verb, transitive imitate

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive; verb, intransitive marry

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive dig up, dig (esp root crops), harvest (root crops)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL] noun a kind of slug found on plantain leaves.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun tooth.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun an uncircumcised man or woman.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LF] noun comb, crest of a cockerel or certain snakes.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun disease involving swelling of the testes; an insult (if a person called another person efik and make a fist it is a challenge to fight).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun bag, pocket; a piece of woven raffia before or after being sewn into a bag.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun phantom, ghost of ancestors. in traditional government, the police arm, now a society (to which nearly all the men belong) which has masquerades at various times of year such as the turning of the year and the harvest of new yam.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun a hump on the back.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun court, council meeting.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun millipede.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive stick into a narrow space, wedge in, put between.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun whirlwind.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHF] noun gorilla (Goldie baboon, chimpanzee).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun belly

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[HH] noun a small round leech found in dry mudflows.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun fire.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun calabash (gen term), Lagenaria vulgaris (Dalziel); a calabash container; any small container to drink from; a standard measure (about a cup) for gari, rice, beans.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] adjective dwarf, small in size, left over

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun deafness; deaf man

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun debt

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun walk, journey; gait

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[LLH] verb, intransitive become called, named, bear a name

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] verb, transitive gather up, take, pick up (pl. of ben [H] gather, take up, pick up)

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH, LL] verb, transitive become flat (of something that should swell or be rounded).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive talk rubbish; brag; talk lewdly, vulgarly

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: itoro ituen

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive watch, guard, look after

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive soil, dirty

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive catch in the hands

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LLH] verb, transitive hit, beat, hollow or flat sounds

Speaker: itoro ituen

[HL] noun government; white colonial officer; English consul

[L] verb, intransitive knock, tap

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, intransitive grow (of people, animals, plants, hair) (pl. of kọt [L])

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[LH] verb, intransitive become born

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[LLHD] noun groundnut

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[HH] noun wrestling, wrestling bout

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLLLH LLLLH] adjective dry and crisp, rough

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[HH] verb, transitive contort the face or mouth to show disgust

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun a natural covering, skin scab

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH HDH] noun ring

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HHH] noun the heavy dregs (yeast) from palm wine which settle at the bottom of the calabash

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH HL] noun shin

[HHHH] noun a metal, tray

[HHH] noun something rotten

[HHH] adjective new

[LH] noun mother, grandmother, old woman (address or referent)

[HH] noun a diseased condition of poultry in which little quill feathers begin to grow all over the body

[HHL] noun a powdered vegetable mixture used in juju sacrifices

[HF HL] noun smoke; steamboat, ship

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

[HHH] verb, intransitive become mixed, kneaded, mashed, smashed, run over

[HHH] verb, intransitive become melted

[LLL] noun a boil on the finger or toe

[LH] noun oyster

[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 disordered, disheveled; become smashed to bits

[LL] verb, transitive curse (a curse, a person). revile, insult (var. suun̄ọ, suen̄)

[LH] verb, intransitive lie

[HH] verb, intransitive become sandy

[L] verb, transitive taste (food, drink)

[HH] verb, transitive awaken

[LH] verb, transitive tortute, torment, punish

[LH] verb, transitive stop from happening, thwart, blunt

[LF] noun your husband

[LL] noun grave

[LH] noun the second-born son

[LHDH] noun fourth-born son

[HF] noun lot, quantity, instance of

[HF] adjective big, old (of a person)

[HF] noun chicken, fowl

[HF] noun skill, talent

[HHL] noun your kinsman

[LH] noun bread, biscuit

[LL] verb, transitive tear, rend, scratch, tear off, tear up, tear out; pay a debt in installments

[LH] verb, intransitive sneeze

[HHH] verb, intransitive become poor

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

[H] verb, transitive having the urge to sleep

[HH] verb, transitive make an announcement in several places