Ibibio English

[H.HL] noun shame

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL] noun crocodile

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHL] adjective old

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun the first-born son

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHL] noun Adam’s apple

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHH] noun clan chief

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] subj, obj. pronoun he, she, it, him, her, it

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun fight

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun okra, okro

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun onion

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] verb, transitive refer to someone or mention someone’s name in a conversation, criticize, gossip; divide/share items among many people; classify items

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] noun wait, wait for

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] verb, intransitive; verb, transitive stop, cease, conclude,; tv bring to conclusion; decide

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] verb, transitive drive away, drive off, send away, follow, go afte, chase, catch up to, join

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, intransitive become rotten (esp. of edible things), spoil (of improperly dried fish, it gets mould on it), sour

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive spread out, lay flat, lay down (mats, tiles, carpet, cloth)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HL] noun ball

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[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

[HHH] verb, intransitive rejoice, become happy

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] adverb there, in that place, (near the person spoken to), there

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL] verb, transitive pour, pour out, spill, pl. of duọk

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] verb, intransitive spill

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive enter, go into, join (a society of the modern type that involves only a simple process)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun leopard or any of the big cats; a mens society so named from the way they use drums to imitate the sound of a leopard.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun a kind of tree bearing an edible nut, Coula edulis (Dalziel).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun war; a society which celebrates past war glories, joining the society was possible at one time only for a man who had taken several heads, now it is done symbolically.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

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[H] verb, intransitive; verb, transitive become heaped up, piled up; tv heap up, pile up.

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[LHH] noun a kind of legume used to thicken afere (soup), horse eye bean,, stinging bean, Mucuna urens (Dalziel).

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

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[HH] noun a small round leech found in dry mudflows.

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[HF] noun cocoyam, colocasia esculentum (Dalziel)

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[LH] noun a tiny fragrant leaf used to season soup.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LF] noun; adjective wealth, rich person

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[LL] noun fishing grounds, fishing area

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHL] noun coal tar

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHH] noun caterpillar (general term)

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[LH] noun neck, throat; desire, greed

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun nose

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[LLH] verb, transitive cross over, step over, step over something high so that one has to lift ones leg; empty

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] verb, transitive promise, vow (involves an exchange, something given for something done)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] number one

(Igbo) otu

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[HH] verb, intransitive rise, puff, swell (of rice in cooking, of bread); become conceited, swell-headed

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[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 cost

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: itoro ituen

[HH] verb, transitive soil, dirty.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LH] verb, transitive; verb, transitive change, become different, differ, vary

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] verb, transitive catch in the hands

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[L] verb, transitive pull out, pluck (hari, feathers); uproot (roots, mushrooms)

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] verb, transitive eat in tiny bits, nibble at, tear into bits, pick at (a sore).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] ideophone sound of the fall of a knife or spoon, or of an enamel plate

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[L] verb, transitive vomit

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

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[HH] verb, intransitive exhibit pride

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[LL] verb, transitive slacken; relax the body or part of the body

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun cheek

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[LH] noun today

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[LH HD] noun ring

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[HLLL] noun armpit

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[LHLLH HL] noun rough skin, tough skin

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[LHL] adjective without response

[LL] conjunction with, and

[HLHH] adjective unsteady; shiftless

[HLHH] noun stain

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

[HF] noun vein (esp. in the arm)

[LH] noun mother, grandmother, old woman (address or referent)

[HHH] noun an edible fern found in streams

[LL] verb, intransitive become greedy

[HH] verb, intransitive become sour

[LL] verb, intransitive crawl (of a baby, a snake)

[H] pronoun what, who which

[L] verb, intransitive become enough, sufficient, complete

[HH] verb, intransitive walk in a slow, lazy, sloppy, or stealthy manner

[LLH] verb, intransitive tattered, threadbare (pl. of tara)

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

[LH] verb, transitive place an order

[L] verb, intransitive fail to mature, fail to develop fully, fall short of expectations; miss out

[H] verb, transitive stick something onto a sharp object (e.g. a piece of meat onto a stick to be hunder over the fire to dry) (var. tot)

[LHL] noun pigeon

[HH] verb, intransitive become clouded, unclear (in color); become murky, unclear (of liquids); become dusty (of clothes or something that can be shaken out)

[LHH] noun byword, slang phrase, scandal

[LL] noun your mother

[LF LL] noun state of being walleyed, wall-eyes (eyes that turn outward)

[LLH] noun earning a living; struggling

[HF HF] adverb slowly, carefully

[HH] noun ear

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

[HH] verb, transitive startle, surprise, take unawares (esp of an unexpected visitor)

[HH] verb, intransitive satisfy (with food, information)

[HH] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive adhere. stick, become sticky; hang; hang oneself; insist, persist; hang on to; pester; persecute; hate

[LL] verb, transitive cook a very small quantity of rich afere (soup) (until it is very hot) (pl. of jọk)