Ibibio English

[LHH] adjective black, ripe, mature

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H.HL] noun shame

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHHH] noun cold, cattarrh

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL] noun thunder

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[HHH] noun moon, month

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[LL] noun cloth, clothes

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[HHL] noun forest

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[HH] noun expanse e.g. ocean

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] adjective stranger, visitor, sojourner, immigrant

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL] noun pot

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun jar, jug for storage of water

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun person, human being; someone

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHL] noun man, male

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun a stomach ache with diarrhea

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLHH] noun a strong wind

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive count, reckon, esteem

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HL] noun a metail basin used for storing and carrying food and water(borrowed from English basin)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] ideophone describes the sudden stopping of noise or action

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] become broken, break(of its own accord)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive father a child

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive reveal a secret, narrate a story, convey information, inform, relate, (all have derogatory connotation)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] verb, transitive scramble for something (as children scramble for coins dropped on the ground)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] verb, transitive share, divide among

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHH] noun a kind of bitter fruit taken like kola, bitter kola, Garcinia kola (Dalziel).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LF] noun randmother (maternal or paternal).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun court, council meeting.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun shore, harbor, port.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HLLHL] noun heel of the foot.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, intransitive become hot, warm.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun country, nation, tribe, clan, group of people esp foreigners; a group who follow a leader; household; humanity, human nature.

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 tobacco, snuff.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH LH] adjective worthless; fruitless; in vain

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLLL] noun hippopotamus

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun smallpox

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HLHL] noun heel of the foot

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun stone, mile

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] verb, intransitive become called, named, bear a name

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[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)

[HH] verb, transitive pull up, hoist up, draw in (as in a fishing net)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] ideophone sound of the eka ibit (a large drum)

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LLH] verb, transitive alter, change, become different, differ, vary

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive crow (of a cock).

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[L] ideophone sound made by a heavy round object such as a coconut or palm fruit cluster when it falls to the ground

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLHD] noun groundnut

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun weeds, grass

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HD] interjection please

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive choose, select (pl. of mek)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive choose, select

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHH HL] noun the kernel of the unripe oil palm fruit, the shell is soft and can be broken with the teeth.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun a seat without a back

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL] noun a kind of palm oil obtained by burning the palm kernel, its uses include pomade for the skin, medicine for boils and wounds, antidote for poison, (taken as an emetic), protection against juju

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

[LLH] verb, transitive see clearly, discern

[HH] verb, intransitive become stupid

[LLL] noun, adjective cold, wet

[LH] noun dew, moisture on leaves

[LHH] noun a kind of small bush rat, the king of rats

[HLHH] adjective unsteady; shiftless

[HH] noun descendants

[HFHF] noun smallpox

[LL] conjunction where

[LL] adjective small, few

[HHLHDH] noun wart

[LL] verb, intransitive become greedy

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

[HHHH HL] noun wrist watch

[LH] noun color, many colors (ason cloth, or an animal)

[LH] noun oyster

[LL] ideophone sound of dry cloth or paper crumbling

[L] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive to be able to, know how to, master

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

[HL] noun shilling

[HH] verb, transitive remove a plug, an obstacle, unblock;

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

[LL] ideophone describes a staggering walk

[HD] noun grandfather

[H] verb, intransitive originate, come from

[LH] noun a kind of grey rock which is crushed to a powder and used as a cosmetic for the eyes

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

[H] verb, transitive swell, rise as dough

[HDH] noun some

[LF] noun the edible kernel of the raffia palm fruit

[HF] noun trouble

[HH] noun leg and/or foot; bottom, base; elongation, extension, movement, means, mode

[LF] noun cassava fufu, it has no smell due to being well soaked before cooking

[LHH] noun a kind of frog

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

[HHH] verb, transitive spread with the palm of the hand (mud, plaster, water on the wall or floor)