Ibibio English

[LHH] adjective young, not full grown

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] noun mens robes

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[HLHL] noun lungs

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[HHH] noun cold, cattarrh

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[LL] noun path in the bush

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[HHH] noun trap, ordeal

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[LHL] noun priest

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[LLL] noun pot

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive expect, hope, anticipate

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun divulge secrets, inform, tattle, betray

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] verb, transitive ask, ask for

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive break (a long thin object such as a stick or bone)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] noun term of address used betwee men of equal age and status, its use generally implies intimacy, it is occasionally used to address a stranger and is currently used by young girls although this latter is considered improper by men

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive dip, steep, soak

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[LH] verb, intransitive fierce, brave, valiant, dare, become hot, burn (of pepper), become sarp, function work (of medicine, magic)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, intransitive become mischievous, wicked

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[HL] verb, transitive strain, filter skim

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun a day before business; Sunday; church service, church used in the names of certain market days (days of the week)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun meat, rat.

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[HF] noun a hump on the back.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun rectum, piles (also used as a curse).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHH] noun mockery.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHHH] noun having few feathers or sparse hair.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHLL] noun hiccup.

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[LHHH] noun a loan

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LF] adjective become unsalted, unseasoned; become deficient.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun medicine, cure, poison, talisman, juju.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun stool (Goldie says this word is a loan from Aqua).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHL] noun reasoning power, common sense, intellect.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun foot

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[LL] noun fishing grounds, fishing area

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[HF] noun earth, land, ground, floor, country, a council of elders

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[LLL] noun a leech; a kind of fish with long needle-like mouth

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun foot race, running

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun neck, throat; desire, greed

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, intransitive wander, go around, come and go; pl come and go and linger at a place

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

[H] verb, transitive die perish; become exhausted, overcome; fade; heal

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[L] verb, transitive turn around, turn back, turn around and go back (used with edem, asin a kpa edem).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: itoro ituen

[HH] verb, transitive soil, dirty.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] verb, intransitive go a long distance on foot; limp

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[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

[LL] verb, transitive call, read aloud, invite

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive eat palm fruit, a palm kernel, or a bit of meat by putting it in the mouth and turning it about slowly removing the flesh

[LLH] noun nail (anat), claw

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[HH] noun pity, sympathy

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[H] verb, intransitive become patient; hold back, have control

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[HH] noun cheek

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[HHH] noun small sticks used to support young yam shoots

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL HL] noun a secluded area in the water thickly covered with water plants ( a person can go in there to bathe)

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHLHHHL] noun butterfly

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LHLLHLL] noun butterfly

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LHLH] noun a kind of caterpillar, found at the top of oil palm trees, edible

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HHH HL] noun shin

[HHH HL] noun eyeball

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HL] interj. what

[HF] noun a power spirit generally associated with a particular place or group of people; some of these spirits inhabit the forest, others the water; each Ibibio clan has its own ndem; sacrifices are made to them and to certain festivals attached to them

[HHHH] noun food

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun picture, photo, film, spectacle

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL] noun children, young animals (used as pl. of ayin, nyịn)

[HHH] noun race, competition

[LHL LL] noun a kind of plant, its leaf is ground up and used to treat yews

[LHH] noun calamity

[HHH] noun an edible fern found in streams

[HFHF] noun smallpox

[HH] verb, transitive shake, bounce a person as on a couch

[HH] verb, intransitive whine (of a child)

[LHHH] noun crybaby, a person who cries at every little thing

[LH] conj even if, not even if

[LHH] noun a shrine

[LF] noun market day

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, intransitive to be clean; to acquit, find innocent

[HH] verb, transitive look at

[L] verb, transitive reach, get to, arrive at

[H] verb, intransitive become quick, early, often; become sharp

[H] verb, transitive chew, eat something hard or chewable (meat, nuts, coconut). chew, eat away (of diseases that destroy tissue); burn

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

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

[LH] verb, intransitive become sluggish

[H] verb, transitive to contribute

[LL] numeral second

[HH] adjective new

[LLL] noun fate, luck

[HH] noun miser, tight-fisted person

[LF] noun a kind of fresh water eel

[LL] noun covering on the surface of something (skin on soup, tarnish on metal, fungus)

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

[H] verb, intransitive swim; become loose

[H] verb, transitive having the urge to sleep

[HHH] verb, transitive dance with specific steps, dance a specific dance, generally a leisurely a dance with outstretched arms