Ibibio English

[LH] noun meeting place

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHL] noun priest

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun fight

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHF] adjective cold

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHDH] noun left-handed person

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun a stomach ache with diarrhea

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, intransitive fall off, snap off, drop off(ripe or dead fruit), fall out(of hair)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive light, kindle

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] verb, intransitive become bitter

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HLL] noun tongue.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun a hump on the back.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun strange, alien.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun shore, harbor, port.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive remove pressure, stop pressing down see fige.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun extra-marital sex.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHL] noun thigh; lap.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun cocoyam, Colocasia esculentum (Dalziel)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun deafness; deaf man

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun parrot

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun thief; theft

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun someone shorter than normal, a stunted person

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHL] noun coal tar

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL HL] noun door hinge

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHL] noun garbage pit, refuse pit

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive pick at, scratch, dig out, bore a hole, curve out, force ones way into (gen some effort is required)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, intransitive become able, know how; tv surpass, excel (used in making com- parisons), triumph over, beat (win)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] prep. of time, place, cause, manner

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] verb, transitive follow, company; help

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, intransitive; ideophone blink w anjen eye; describes something that flickers

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive pierce, stab, sew

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive cost

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

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

Speaker: itoro ituen

[LH] verb, transitive construct a framework

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive die, perish; become exhausted, overcome; fade; heal (pl. of kpa)

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: itoro ituen

[LH] verb, transitive watch, guard, look after.

Speaker: itoro ituen

[HH] verb, transitive soil, dirty

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive crow, of a cock (plural form of kpọk)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] ideophone sound of something very light falling on the ground

Speaker: itoro ituen

[HH] verb, transitive cover (esp obscure from view)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] verb, transitive let fall from the mouth, spit out (food, not liquid)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, intransitive cough

[HHH] verb, transitive lick, clean out, clean up, scoop out (esp. the flesh of a soft succulent fruit)

[LL] verb, intransitive grow (of people, animals, plants, hair) (pl. of kọt [L])

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun weeds, grass

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHLH] noun gooseflesh

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HLLHL] noun armpit

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLHDH] 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

[HLH] noun trouble, problem, ruckus, commotion

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHLLHLL] noun butterfly

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLLH] noun prison, jail, detention

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHHH] noun skull

[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

[HH] noun palm wine, strong alcohol

[H] ideophone sound of a bell

[HH] noun dream

[HF] noun a kind of small fish

[HLHH] noun stain

[HF] noun horn of animal

[LH] noun fear

[LH] verb, intransitive converse, tell, inform

[LH] conjunction so, so that

[LHH] noun calamity

[HHH] noun postherd

[HH] ideophone sound of plantain frying in oil

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

[HHHH HL] noun wrist watch

[HHH] noun crust from burnt food

[HHF] noun hiccup

[HHHH] noun a percussion instrument

[HF LL] noun a kind of wire grass, Bahama grass (Adams)

[LLHL] noun a kind of edible snail, small with a lightweight shell

[HH] noun weeds, grass

[HH] verb, intransitive become dry (pl. of sat)

[H] verb, intransitive laugh

[HHH] verb, intransitive become foolish, stupid (pl. of sịme)

[LH] noun [Eng] cigarette

[LLH] verb, transitive to make a sign of disgust, impatience, disapproval, contempt; smack the lips over a good taste

[HL] noun address form for father, grandfather, old man

[HHH] verb, transitive disturb, disorder (the vegetation in passing by, the water entering it)

[LHH] noun slap

[HHHH] noun a creature (fish? serpent?) which stretches the whole length of a river or sea

[HLL] adverb completely

[LH] noun guest, visitor

[HHH] noun beach; sandbar

[HH] noun ear

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

[L] verb, transitive kill

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

[LH] verb, transitive doubt, surprise

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

[H] verb, intransitive become full; swell

[LL] verb, transitive warm food, reheat afere (soup) (until it is very hot) (pl. of jọk)