Ibibio English

[HHL HF] noun a tattler

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun hunger

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHH] noun settler

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun water buffalo

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun expanse e.g. ocean

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[HHL] noun wife, female

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[HH] verb, transitive waste

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HL] noun yam

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[HHHH] verb, transitive deceive

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[HH] verb, intransitive sleep

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[HHH] verb, transitive swoosh, shake, rinse water around in the mouth or bottle.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive boast

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive send, send for, send to (a person or a message), send for a nefarious purpose, pl esp instigate stimulate a desire in, cause longing in

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

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[H] verb, transitive eat up a large quantity of food.

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun lice (pl. of ndaN).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun rope.

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[LHL] noun muteness, dumbness; a mute

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun parrot

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[LHLH] number eight

(Igbo) asato

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun foot race, running

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] verb, transitive follow, company; help

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] ideophone describes a quick action; describes a completed action or state.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive fold, fold over (arms, paper, cloth, leaves).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive plead, plead with, entreat, beg

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, intransitive bark, growl (of a dog); speak in an angry or pompous manner

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive cut through, cut off; pl chop.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: itoro ituen

[LLH] verb, intransitive; verb, transitive become finished; finished

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive greet, thank, congratulate, express

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

[HH] verb, transitive greet, thank, congragulate, express

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive finish; following another verb ma indicates completed actions

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun the side of the face from temple to jaw

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] noun nail (anat), claw

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[LH] noun neigbour

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[HHL] noun a kind of edible frog (prob a water frog)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH HDH] noun ring

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[LHH HL] noun the kernel of the unripe oil palm fruit, the shell is soft and can be broken with the teeth.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LF] noun scar

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHHH] noun a large calabash used as a buoy for nets

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LHL] adjective small

[LHHH] noun singlet, sleeveless underwear

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH HL] noun eyeball

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHL] interjection no

[LLH] verb, transitive see clearly, discern

[LHH] noun a kind of small bush rat, the king of rats

[LLLL] noun error, fault; a fine (var. ndude)

[LLH] adjective alive; raw; fresh (of meat, fish, a wound)

[HLL] noun prickly heat

[HF] noun a kind of small fish

[HLHH] noun jostling; a kind of game in which children lean against each other

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

[HLHHH] noun a struggle

[HHHH] noun a corner inside a house

[HL] noun knuckle

[HHHH] noun eternity

[LL] conjunction where

[HF] noun hanger, peg on the wall for hanging things

[HH] ideophone sound of plantain frying in oil

[L] verb, transitive intimidate, pressurize

[LF] noun my grandmother

[HLF] noun athlete’s foot

[LH] noun the hips, the area from the waist to the thigh

[LH] conj even if, not even if

[LLH] adjective granular, in grains

[HH] verb, transitive lick, lick off

[HH] verb, intransitive laugh (plural of sak)

[L] verb, intransitive shine, glitter, sparkle, reflect light (of a metal in the sun)

[H] verb, transitive choke, cause choking (as water in the windpipe)

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

[L] verb, intransitive be small

[H] verb, intransitive walk with small quick half running steps as when carrying a heavy load

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

[L] verb, transitive entice, lure, bribe, cajole

[LH] verb, transitive dip out, ladle out (with a spoon or the hand); beckon with the hand, touch slightly to get someone’s attention

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

[HHH] verb, transitive cause confusion, disturb

[H] verb, transitive swell, rise as dough

[L] verb, transitive curse, use abusive words

[HHH] verb, intransitive kneel

[LLH] adjective steeped, soaked

[LHH] adjective buying, shopping

[LHDH] noun fourth-born son

[HH] noun sliminess, stickiness, a viscous secretion

[LHH] noun byword, slang phrase, scandal

[LF] noun a ditch containing water, a large pit, dam

[LF] noun cassava fufu, it has no smell due to being well soaked before cooking

[HHL] noun a kind of large lizard, land living

[H] verb, intransitive become many, become much

[H] verb, transitive cause a desire in, a craving for, a longing for

[HL] noun guava

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

[H] verb, transitive wash; rub on, apply (oil, ointment); lick

[HH] verb, intransitive become sufficient, up to the mark