Ibibio English

[HH] noun mosquito

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHL] noun man, male

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] adjective new

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LF] noun whisper

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun slave

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHL] adjective old

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHDH] noun left-handed person

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive be afraid, fear

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, intransitive become cruel, mean, mischievous, destructive

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] verb, transitive prepare, prepare for, get ready for

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HL] noun yam

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] verb, intransitive become buried

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HL] noun ball

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, intransitive become a coward

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive enter, go into, join (a society of the modern type that involves only a simple process)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive climb (tree, hill)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun hare; a person fond of sleeping.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun flying squirrel.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHL] noun elephant.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, intransitive become white.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive spit, spit out (food, liquid, silaiva)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, intransitive become lazy.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive fold, roll up into a cylinder, make narrow.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun underpants.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun a tiny fragrant leaf used to season soup.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHL] noun whistling

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun kernel (esp. oil palm kernel); stone (of a fruit)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHL] number five

(Igbo) ise

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, intransitive become suitable, appropriate; fit; measure up to a standard; become complete; become enough

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[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 (pl. of kpat)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: itoro ituen

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

[L] ideophone sound of the fall of a very heavy object such as a concrete block or a huge bag of flour, it falls with a thud

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive make jittery movements as though one had ants in ones clothing; move very fast on ones toes in a jittery way (i.e. walk like a European); swagger, strut to show off

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] ideophone sound made by a heavy round object such as a coconut or palm fruit cluster when it falls to the ground

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, intransitive cough

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] verb, transitive lick, clean out, clean up, scoop out (esp. the flesh of a soft succulent fruit)

[LLH] noun nail (anat), claw

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH HDH] noun ring

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHDHHF] noun butterfly

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LHLLHLL] noun butterfly

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[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

[LHHH] noun skull

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] conjunction and, with

[LH] verb, transitive open the eyes wide (in surprise because something is in the eye, to scare someone)

[L] ideophone sound of nails being driven

[HH] noun dream

[LH] noun flavour, taste (an esp. flavored and elusive one); marrow

[HHH] noun race, competition

[HLHH] noun little bits of mischief, pranks, crafty, manipulations

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

[HH] noun ochre, a kind of clay used for plastering walls, for floor or wall decoration, and for body decoration

[HHH] noun postherd

[LH HL] noun village crier, he beats a drum and makes announcements

[LH] numeral third, three

[LH] noun folktale, proverb

[LLH] noun basket

[HD] adverb also

[HHH] noun vision, trance, revelation

[HHH] noun water

[LH] verb, transitive pour into; empty out; wide

[HH] verb, transitive lick, lick off

[HH] noun weeds, grass

[L] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive to be able to, know how to, master

[HH] verb, intransitive become agile, sprightly, lively, smart (in action or dress)

[H] pronoun what, who which

[HHH] verb, intransitive become childish, act childish

[LLH] verb, intransitive dawn, enter a new day, remain until the new day, make it through the night

[HHL] noun starch (for laundry)

[HH] verb, transitive grab as much as possible with one hand

[L] verb, intransitive be small

[HH] verb, intransitive become sandy

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

[HH] verb, intransitive become impaled, skewered, stuck onto a sharp object

[LL] conjunction, adverb, preposition very much, until, so that

[LL] verb, transitive polish, scrub; grate (pl. of tʌk)

[H] verb, transitive hit, hit the mark; knock against, knock down; throw down; drop

[LH] noun calamity

[LL] noun grave

[HF] noun strength

[HH] noun rope

[HH] noun sliminess, stickiness, a viscous secretion

[LLH] noun earning a living; struggling

[HF HF] adverb slowly, carefully

[LHH] noun needle

[HH] verb, transitive mix, adulterate (as palm wine by adding water)

[H] verb, transitive suck

[L] verb, intransitive do patiently, stay patiently, become patient

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