Ibibio English

[LLH] noun mens robes

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun dust

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHL] noun man, male

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHLL] noun king

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] adjective new

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] adjective all, every

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun fence

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive be afraid, fear

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive watch out for; wait to do harm to; watch over, protect, look after

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] noun wait, wait for

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive imitate

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] verb, intransitive rejoice, become happy

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] verb, transitive rinse

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, intransitive become a coward

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] verb, intransitive tip toe around stealthily, pussy-foot

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive test, examine, measure, weigh

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, intransitive intend, wish.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun pig.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun disease involving swelling of the testes; an insult (if a person called another person efik and make a fist it is a challenge to fight).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHH] noun contribution, contributive society.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun grey hair; mould (on food, leather)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive press gently on a wound with a cloth soaked in hot water, some speakers use fik as the plural of fiik, see fiik, fike, fige.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] verb, transitive remove from the mouth what one has been sucking or holding there.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive blow on (as with the mouth or bellows to cool, or to make a fire flame up), blow (a whistle, a wind instrument), whistle.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun drum.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun extra-marital sex.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun piassava, the fiber from the trunk of ukOt (rafia palm).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL] noun; adjective; adverb aloneness, lack of relations

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHH] noun a cripple

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun parrot

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLHL] adjective burnt, scorched

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun debt

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHL] noun garbage pit, refuse pit

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun nose

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

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 die perish; become exhausted, overcome; fade; heal

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HL] ideophone sound of wood breaking (ideophone)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] ideophone sound made by someone walking in studded shoes.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive loosen, untie, unwrap, unfasten, dismantle (plural of kpọk)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive rev of kup open a cover or lid

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive hang (an object on a hook, around a person’s neck, cloth pot to dry)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[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

[LL] noun side, edge

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun engagement (before marriage)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive; verb, intransitive ignore, delay in responding

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive swallow

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLLLH LLLLH] adjective dry and crisp, rough

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] adverb a small, hard, round objects, seed, kernel, grain

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LLLLH HLL] noun a pool of water

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HHH] noun a seat without a back

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHL] adjective small

[HHH] noun handcuffs, leg cuffs, shackles

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun palm wine, strong alcohol

[HLHH] noun little bits of mischief, pranks, crafty, manipulations

[L] verb, intransitive become pleasant, enjoyable, sweet

[HL] noun knuckle

[LH] noun a rattle, musical instrument filled with seeds or pebbles which is shaken; strings of seeds worn around ankles and wrists to make noise when dancing

[HH] noun face, front, future

[LLL] noun a kind of small hot red or green pepper, Aframonum melegueta (Dalziel)

[LH] verb, transitive singe

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

[LF LL] noun dorsal fin of a fish

[HHHLLLHL] noun locust

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

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

[L] verb, transitive help; contribute (money, food, labor)

[LLH] verb, transitive give (pl. of nọ)

[H] verb, intransitive laugh

[LLHL] noun a kind of fruit, possibly breadfruit or soursop

[H] verb, transitive choke, cause choking (as water in the windpipe)

[HHHH] verb, intransitive make a sound of disgust, disapproval, impatience, contempt (var. siama)

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

[LH] verb, intransitive come down, descend

[HHH] verb, intransitive become disordered, disheveled; become smashed to bits

[L] verb, transitive reach, get to, arrive at

[L] verb, transitive put down, set down (a pot on the fire); cook, boil

[F] noun tea

[H] verb, transitive swell, rise as dough

[LL] noun grave

[LH] noun right (direction)

[HH] noun weight

[HF] noun strength

[HF] noun house

[LF] noun a ditch containing water, a large pit, dam

[HF] noun a kind of tree with soft wood, probably Alstonia congensis (Dalziel)

[LHH] adjective many, much

[LLL] numeral four

[LL] noun dish, plate, bowl

[LHF] noun your grandfather

[HH] noun life, existence, state of being alive, life style, habits

[H] verb, intransitive become many, become much

[L] verb, transitive write

[HL] adverb yet, then

[LL] verb, transitive lend; borrow

[HH] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive move about, become restless, fidget; move about, wriggle