Ibibio English

[HHL] noun umbilical cord

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun oil

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHH] noun settler

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HDH] quantitative other, another, more

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun expanse e.g. ocean

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun fight

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun practitioner, specialist, expert

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLHH] noun a strong wind

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHHH] verb, transitive deceive

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive receive, take back, accept; endure

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive cook, prepare food (usually liquid food)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL.H] verb, transitive collect, gather, pull down tendrils or other vegetation from a tree or the side of a house; tap on the back to get a persons attention

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive shout at, bawl at, scold; shock.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] verb, intransitive spill

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

verb, transitive become smooth

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive climb (tree, hill)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHHL] noun nest.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHH] noun denial.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHH] noun a single (or double?) pronged metal gong.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHHL] noun sacred place where family heirlooms are kept; archive.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHH] noun mockery.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun saliva.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive be sated, make overfull (from eating).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, intransitive become mouldy (of coconut, palm kernel).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHL] noun men (pl. of owodeen).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHF] noun divination; a society devoted to divining, fortune telling.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L.LH.HL] adjective bitter

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHL] number one hundred.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHF] noun knife, machet (machete)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLLL] noun hippopotamus

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun a set of five yams

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun tail

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun advice

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

[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

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive pierce, stab, sew

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

[LLH] verb, transitive cross, overlap, join, twist together, buckle, button.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive plead, plead with, entreat, beg.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive become big

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] verb, intransitive hang, hang on, snag; become hooked on; become bent; pick at, bicker, harass; become a responsibility

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] noun banana

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun thick porridge

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LF] noun scar

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF HLL] noun small hard balls of excrement

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LH LL] noun regret

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHF] noun tree, big/heavy log of wood

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHLHL] noun a kind of insect (similar to millipede)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHL] noun a kind of plant with small bitter fruits

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun shout, scream, outcry

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH HL] noun eyebrow

[HHH] noun handcuffs, leg cuffs, shackles

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH HL] noun eyeball

[HD] interj. yes

[LL] conjunction and, with

[HH] verb, transitive frown, screw up the face, have an unhappy, disgusted, distasteful or disapproving look on the face

[HL] verb, intransitive become wealthy

[HH] noun dream

[HHH] noun delicacies, luxury food, little bits of luxury food (nuts, bits of meat) (var. ndien, ndiin)

[HHH] noun something rotten

[LLH] verb, transitive smell, sniff

[LLLH] adjective light in weight

[LLH] noun jest, joke, a story that pokes fun, clowning

[LLHF] noun a plant with hot peppery fruit and leaves which are chewed esp with palm wine

[LF LL] noun dorsal fin of a fish

[HHH] noun vision, trance, revelation

[L] verb, intransitive become black

[LH] verb, transitive tickle

[HH] verb, transitive extinguish (a light, a fire) intransitive: go out, become extinguished (of a light, a fire)

[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)

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

[HH] verb, transitive take out, remove, remove from; put forth, bring forth

[H] verb, transitive spread, loosen, untie, unlock, unwind, open, melt

[H] verb, transitive eject, hurl, throw, shoot, sting

[HHH] verb, transitive cause confusion, disturb

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

[HH] verb, transitive awaken

[H] verb, intransitive urinate

[LH] noun right (direction)

[HH] noun sliminess, stickiness, a viscous secretion

[LHH] noun slap

[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

[LL] noun dish, plate, bowl

[LHH] noun a kind of frog

[L] verb, transitive tear, rend, scratch, tear off, tear up, tear out; pay a debt in installments

[HH] verb, intransitive talk a lot, chatter, become unable to contain anything or keep a secret

[H] verb, transitive having the urge to sleep

[LH] verb, intransitive become hot, warm

[H] verb, transitive attach, put together, fasten, lock, hang (from a point, or curtains, tie on so that it may hang)