Ibibio English

[HH] noun flesh

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL] noun a kind of yam formerly only planted by women, water yam

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHHL] noun adolescent girl

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF HL] noun pimple

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun squirrel

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHHH] noun cold, cattarrh

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHL] noun basket

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHLL] noun hiccup

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHF] adjective cold

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun onion

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive join a society, undergo the initiation for a society

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] adjective not even, even, none

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HL] noun yam

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, intransitive; verb, transitive resemble, appear to, seem to, seem

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, intransitive hide, hide oneself, become hidden

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun chin.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun a tree with small blue skinned fruits, their green flesh is softened before eating by roasting or by immersing in hot water, the softened flesh is similar to avocado but it is slightly sour, it is customarily accompanied by roasted maize, Bush butter tree

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun a kind of fish, good to eat.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LF] noun randmother (maternal or paternal).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHHH] noun big, huge.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun saliva.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun tree, any plant with a woody stem, wood.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHHH ] verb, transitive; verb, intransitive turn, twist, twist around, twist together (poss involves a more complete turn or twist than fiak); iv become twisted (of its own accord); turn (of a wheel).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive bother, harass, worry.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun belly

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHL] noun a sore, septic wound

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun river

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun salt

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun a blow with the fist; a charm which enables the wearer to strike powerful blows

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHH] noun a kind of fish with poisonous spines

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun nose

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun fish (general)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] adverb there, over there, yonder

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive perceive, feel, sense, taste, hear; understand; listen to, heed; respond to

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HL] ideophone sound made by a flat object when it falls flat to the ground.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HL] interjection expression of concern, regret, apology

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] verb, intransitive become near, stay near; approach

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[HH] verb, transitive respect, esteem, honor, worship

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, intransitive become dark, black

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[HH] verb, intransitive ref. hang, hang on oneself, choke

[L] verb, transitive hang (on a hook, peg, line); spread out to dry; hook, link, lock, entangle

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun a natural covering, skin scab

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLHDH] noun a kind of small white mushroom

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] noun a creeping plant with tiny leaves, Selaginella scandens

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HLH] noun a kind of timber tree, Uapaca guineensis (Dalziel)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun a short skirt of multi-colored raffia strung on a rope, it used to be worn in the fattening house because the body of the woman being fattening was smeared with oil and iduot and a dress would be ruined, now worn as an ordinary skirt; petticoat (NkpIn).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HHH HL] noun shin

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHL] adjective small

[LLL] noun prison, jail, detention

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun yesterday (in a context of past), tomorrow (in a context of future), (loosely) two or three days in the past or future.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HHH HL] noun eyeball

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] question where?

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun water

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

[L] ideophone sound of nails being driven

[HH] noun dream

[HHHH] adjective toughness and coarseness in texture due to exposure to the sun or other causes

[HLL] noun prickly heat

[HF] noun a kind of small fish

[LLL] noun wickedness, maliciousness

[LH] verb, intransitive converse, tell, inform

[LHH] noun calamity

[HFHF] noun a kind of small mushroom which grows on dead trees, it can be white, red, or brown

[HL] noun knuckle

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

[HHH] noun postherd

[L] verb, transitive intimidate, pressurize

[HHL] adjective ancient, former; old (of inanimate objects)

[LH] noun over there, yonder (refers to a narrow area)

[LLH] adjective granular, in grains

[H] verb, transitive drink; smoke

[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)

[LLH] verb, intransitive lament, complain, regret

[HH] verb, transitive take out, remove, remove from

[HH] verb, intransitive become lost, disappear, cease (of customs)

[LHL] noun [Eng] spirit (used in Christian church services) (var. sịbidịt)

[HH] verb, transitive remove a plug, an obstacle, unblock;

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

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

[HH] ideophone sound of a car (automobile) horn

[LL] verb, intransitive become supple

[LH] verb, transitive stop from happening, thwart, blunt

[HHH] verb, intransitive kneel

[LL] noun room

[LHH] adjective buying, shopping

[HH] noun rope

[HF] noun slavery (var. ufʌn)

[LH] noun fishing spear

[LHHL] number nine

(Igbo) eteghiete

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHL] noun your kinsman

[HF] noun noise

[HH] verb, transitive, verb, intransitive see at an unexpected time or place, occur unexpectedly, do unexpectedly

[HH] verb, intransitive wander (aimlessly or with a purpose), go here and there (of one who has many places to go and many things to do)

[HH] verb, transitive saw, cut with a sawing motion (an animal’s throat, or in shredding certain leaves such as afan̄)(pl. of jọọk)