Ibibio English

[HHL HF] noun a tattler

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLHL] noun cat

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHL] noun rice

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun water buffalo

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] pronoun you

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun a kind of black stinging ant which lives in palm trees

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHH] adjective real, genuine, important, very (emphatic)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun onion

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive sharpen

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive count, reckon, esteem

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] noun wait, wait for

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, intransitive; verb, transitive speak, say, tell, mean, intend

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive break

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

[HH] verb, transitive add, put together, stick, glue

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

verb, transitive become smooth

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun a place set aside for something esp a fireplace; a focal place.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHH] noun denial.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun leopard or any of the big cats; a mens society so named from the way they use drums to imitate the sound of a leopard.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHH] noun copulation.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun the liver, heart, chest, inside; mind.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, intransitive become white.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, intransitive become lazy.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, intransitive become narrow, small; tv wrinkle, frown, contract narrow.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHL] noun women, wives

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun drum.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHL] noun crazyness, mad person.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHH] noun standing; height, stature, position; moment in time, time, time when.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun sleep.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun witchcraft, witch.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHF] noun dizziness, faintness

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHL] noun blood

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] ideophone said to show when one is completely ignored.

Speaker: itoro ituen

[HH] verb, transitive become puckered (of the mouth from acid, of the hands from immersion in water).

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] verb, transitive push a heavy object for a distance; shove away from a distance (as an insect with a long stick); wheel, roll, push something on wheels.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] ideophone sound of a short blast of a launch horn

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] ideophone sound of the fall of a knife or spoon, or of an enamel plate

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LL] verb, transitive crow, of a cock (plural form of kpọk)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] verb, transitive rub off, erase, wipe clean, polish

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, intransitive cough

[LLHD] noun groundnut

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive choose, select (pl. of mek)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLHL] adjective mouldy

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH HD] noun ring

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[LLHDH] noun a kind of small white mushroom

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH HL] noun eyebrow

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LHHH] noun skull

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun handcuffs, leg cuffs, shackles

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] conj. so, so that

[LHL] adjective without response

[L] verb, transitive take hold of, grab, catch (in the arms); grope

[LH] adjective fresh (not cooked, dried or smoked)

[LHLLH] adjective sharp, brave, fierce, potent

[LL] conjunction with, and

[HHH] adjective new

[HLHHH] noun a struggle

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

[HLL] noun a children’s running and hiding game played by moonlight

[LLH] noun jest, joke, a story that pokes fun, clowning

[LH] verb, intransitive bend a part of the body, bend all the way over; become bent

[HHHF] noun kerosine (English loanword)

[LF] noun lead (metal)

[HH] verb, intransitive become congested; become odorous; smell of fish

[LLH] adjective granular, in grains

[LF] noun market day

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

[HH] verb, transitive block, plug, stop up, obstruct

[HH] verb, transitive chop

[HH] verb, intransitive become left over, remain

[LH] verb, intransitive faint, lose consciousness; become lowered

[HH] verb, intransitive become sandy

[H] verb, transitive spread, loosen, untie, unlock, unwind, open, melt

[HL] noun tailor (English loanword)

[HD] noun grandfather

[L] verb, transitive taste liquid, take a sip, sip

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

[L] verb, transitive warn against; give information, inform

[LL] noun room

[LHH] noun fifth-born son

[LHH] noun right (direction)

[LHH] noun byword, slang phrase, scandal

[LF LL] noun state of being walleyed, wall-eyes (eyes that turn outward)

[HH] noun silk cotton tree, Ceina pentandra (Deizel)

[HF] noun chicken, fowl

[HH] noun ear

[LH] noun fishhook

[LH] noun fishhook

[LHLHL] interjection a sound made to cheer or mock someone

[LH] noun bread, biscuit

[L] verb, transitive kill

[HL] noun guava

[LH] verb, intransitive become beautiful

[HH] verb, intransitive shine (of the sun or moon)

[LL] verb, transitive hit (esp. with a stick, also with hand or fist)

[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