Ibibio English

[HF HL] noun pimple

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHH] noun corpse, cadaver

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LF] noun whisper

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHL] adjective whole, complete

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[LL] noun cloth, clothes

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[HHHH] noun thought, meditation, hope, expectation, consideration, care

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHHH] noun table

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[HHH] noun bee

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[HD] quantifier other, another, more

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHLHL] noun praying mantis

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun okra, okro

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHL] noun man, male

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[L] verb, transitive find and keep

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[L] verb, intransitive be early, arrive early, do something early

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[L] verb, transitive count, reckon, esteem

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[LLLH] verb, intransitive become ruined, spoiled, destroyed(pl of biara)

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[HHH] verb, transitive ask, ask for

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, intransitive creep, spread, cove (of vines, plants sp. when a yam covers its supporting stick with many leaves and branches)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] verb, intransitive become buried

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[LH] verb, transitive play

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[H] verb, transitive spread out, lay flat, lay down (mats, tiles, carpet, cloth)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb shine (of sun or moon)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive lick (a spoon or the fingers in eating), eat something soft of liquid with a spoon or fingers

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun meat, rat.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHF] noun a kind of large bat found in the bush, fruit bat.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun shore, harbor, port.

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[HH] noun grey hair; mould (on food, leather)

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[LLL] noun a flowing gown, usually worn by women.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] verb, intransitive run, run away.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive uncover, strip, take off, peel (with the fingers).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, intransitive become covered; cover oneself (with a cloth or blanket); become sad, mourn.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HLHL] noun red

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[LHLL] noun electricity

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[L.LH.HL] adjective bitter

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[HF] noun bitter

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[LHL] noun a calabash for serving palm wine, it has a filter at its mouth to hold back the dregs.

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

[HH] noun uncultivated land, brush (used with the name of certain flora and fauna to mean wild); plot, plantation; followers, descendants, family, people of a particular place (many place names contain the word iikọt)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun fishing grounds, fishing area

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LF; HF] noun yam barn (a place where yams are stored for the next planting season)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun the area from the waist to the hips

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[HH] noun vagina

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun cassava (the term includes varieties of Manihot utilissima and Dioscorea dumetorum

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun nose

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[H] verb, transitive agree to, be willing to; run errands opt w utom message, errand, work

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive/ verb, intransitive close the eyes and turn the head aside in a gesture of disapproval

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] verb, intransitive tie or wrap a cloth around ones own loins or waist

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[LL] verb, transitive restrain, prohibit, stop; warn; rebuke (pl. of kpan)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive crack (nut, palm kernels) with a stone

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] ideophone sound made by a flat object when it falls flat on the ground.

Speaker: itoro ituen

[HH] verb, transitive plead, plead with, entreat.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LL] verb, transitive prepare, get ready.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive soil, dirty.

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[LL] verb, transitive learn; teach

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] ideophone sound of the fallof an enamel cup

Speaker: itoro ituen

[LH] verb, transitive bend over so as to expose the buttocks

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] verb, transitive pull out, pluck (hari, feathers); uproot (roots, mushrooms)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive peel with hand or knife (as kola, ndiya, cassava); unlock; bleach.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive close; shut in, confine; completely (emphatic)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive hang (an object on a hook, around a person’s neck, cloth pot to dry)

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[LH] verb, intransitive become born

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[HHL] noun wing

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[HH] noun periwinkle

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[LHL] noun brain

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[LHLHL] noun a kind of insect (similar to millipede)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun a kind of yam, fast ripening, it grows in an udder-like formation

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] adjective thin, lean and sickly (of a person)

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HHH HL] noun eyeball

[LLHLLH] adjective become soft, weak, easy

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

[HL] verb, intransitive become wealthy

[L] verb, transitive blind

[LHLLH] adjective sharp, brave, fierce, potent

[L] verb, intransitive become straight; become right, correct

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

[HF] noun the gums

[LH] noun my father

[LL] noun the area around the ears and under the jaw

[LL] verb, intransitive be tall, long, far, high, deep

[LLHF] noun a plant with hot peppery fruit and leaves which are chewed esp with palm wine

[HHH] verb, transitive scratch the ground (of an animal, of children at play); toss away what is rejected from a sorting process (pl. of sara)

[HL] noun shirt

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

[HH] verb, transitive cluck at to show annoyace or disgust

[HH] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive hop, jump; jump over; abate, let up (pl. of tamma)

[LH] verb, transitive make incantation, call down a curse on

[LL] ideophone describes a staggering walk

[HH] verb, transitive make a knot, tie around and knot

[H] verb, transitive pay close attention

[LF] noun your husband

[LH] noun canoe

[HF] noun a polite term for itịt, vagina

[HF] noun voice, order, edict

[LL] verb, transitive lend; borrow

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

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

[H] noun child, offspring