Ibibio English

[LLHL] noun cat

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun mosquito

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHLL] noun blessing

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL] noun thunder

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL] noun discrimination

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun trap, ordeal

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] pronoun you

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun famine; limestone (Calcium Carbonate)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLHH] noun a strong wind

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, intransitive become thickened (e.g. broth thickened by flavor); become dirty (e.g. cloths or water)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] verb, transitive beg, beg for; plead with, ask for

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, intransitive fall off, snap off, drop off (e.g. a ripe or dead fruit), fall off/out (e.g. hair, teeth)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive break

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

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, intransitive (copula) be

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHLL] noun rice.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHHH] noun big, huge.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL] noun small drum, two or three tuned to different pitches are played at once with the hands.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHH] noun mockery.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, intransitive shrink, become shrunken (of fruits, people).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] number two

(Igbo) abụọ

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun witchcraft, witch.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun a round basket with a cover and a handle used for drying fish or meat.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun gonorrhea.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun urine.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun tortoise.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun skin, leather, anything worn around the waist, a belt (esp. a covering of beads around the waist (many strings of beads worn together)); a razor strop

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun fishing grounds, fishing area

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHF] noun a kind tuber with mushrooms growing on it, usked in preparing ikpan

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun base, foundation of esp. base of a tree trunk

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHLH] number eight

(Igbo) asato

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL] noun young men, youths

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] ideophone sound made when a person falls flat on his face or back.

Speaker: itoro ituen

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive try to persuade, urge, importune, dun.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive lose ones temper and take some action (decide to do something or become stubborn), act in a fit of anger.

Speaker: itoro ituen

[LL] verb, transitive stand in a relative position.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: itoro ituen

[LL] verb, transitive slow down and walk carefully (as when one has seen something dangerous).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] verb, transitive catch in the hands

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive taunt

Speaker: itoro ituen

[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

[LHLH] noun gooseflesh

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH HDH] noun ring

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLHDH] noun a kind of small white mushroom

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHHH] noun a long narrow lightweight knife used for cutting grass; the flat part of a knife; a knife without a handle

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHL] noun a shoot (esp. referes to the shoot of a a yam stored in the yam marn prior to planting)

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LF LL] noun a childrens game in which sticks are passed around quickly and players try not to accumulate them

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHHH] noun skull

[HL] interj. what

[HHH] noun water

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHHH] noun a metal, tray

[HH] noun dream

[HD] adverb also, too

[HHHH] noun bedbug, cimex rotundata (in Ibibio bugs pinch rather than bite)

[HF] noun slander, gossip

[LL] verb, transitive doubt, argue, dispute

[LHH] noun calamity

[LLL LLL] adverb unsteadily

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

[L] verb, transitive to stretch out, stretch forward, stick out, point; intransitive: stick out, extend

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

[HH] verb, intransitive become sweet, delicious, tasty, enjoyable (of food or drink only)

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

[LLL] noun an insect of the grasshopper type, it is tan, grey or mottled

[HF] noun leaf; in its narrowest sense the term applies to leaves that are distributed along a stem in such a way that a person can remove several of them at a time by running his hand along the stem

[HH] verb, intransitive become congested; become odorous; smell of fish

[LLH] adjective granular, in grains

[L] verb, transitive select, select out, sort out

[HH] verb, transitive look at

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

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

[LLH] verb, intransitive shift, make room, move aside, jerk, make a fuss (pl. of sịkke)

[HH] verb, intransitive become left over, remain

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

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

[L] ideophone describes water falling drop by drop

[HH] verb, intransitive weep, cry

[LLL] noun fate, luck

[LLH] noun ability

[HH] noun liability, burden

[LH] noun fishing spear

[HF] noun skill, talent

[LH] noun your father

[LH] noun bread, biscuit

[HL] adverb yet, then

[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 make an announcement in several places

[LL] verb, intransitive slither, move with a gliding movement, move like a snake or rope, move like a jellylike substance

[HH] verb, transitive cause choking, dizziness

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