Ibibio English

[LLL] noun God, god

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHHL] noun adolescent girl

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun mosquito

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLHF] noun world

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLLL] noun electric fish

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun cold, cattarrh

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHHH] noun thought, meditation, hope, expectation, consideration, care

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun the first-born son

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun the sediment which sinks to the bottom of the pot when palm oil is boiled after being extracted from the fruit, dregs

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL HLL] noun strong waves, sea currents, tempest

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] verb, intransitive lean against, lean on(for help)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, intransitive; verb, transitive resemble, appear to, seem to, seem

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive break

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HL] noun ball

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] verb, intransitive itch

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive turn a deaf ear towards, not anwer, ignore

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, intransitive; verb, transitive sink

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive dip, steep, soak

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

[LH] verb, intransitive become untidy and wet (of a messy wet animal), become wet, become untidy.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun a place set aside for something esp a fireplace; a focal place.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun pig.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun court, council meeting.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun bitter

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun spoon

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun a case

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun tortoise.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun word, language, talk; matter, palaver (difficulty, trouble, verbal conflict, gathering for negotiation or decision).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun time

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun face, front, future (also eko iso)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHLL] noun a kind of bird, black with a white throat and a large beak (Goldie a small hornbill)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] number one

(Igbo) otu

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] transitive verb remove palm fruit from the pot with a basin or calabash

[HH] verb, transitive call, invite, read

[L] verb, transitive turn around, turn back, turn around and go back (used with edem, asin a kpa edem).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive pay attention (used with utON, as in a kpaN utON, listen).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive stand in a certain relative position, as in kpe iso or kp edem.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: itoro ituen

[LLH] verb, transitive trim (branches, hair), cut down (a tree)

Speaker: itoro ituen

[LL] verb, intransitive bark, growl (of a dog); speak in an angry or pompous manner

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] ideophone sound of the fall of a very heavy object such as a concrete block or a huge bag of flour, it falls with a thud

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive become restless; make rapid, jittery movements, fire crackling, wood breaking; describes the action of starting up in fright

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] verb, transitive taunt

Speaker: itoro ituen

[HH] verb, transitive peel with hand or knife (as kola, ndiya, cassava); unlock; bleach.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive scrape, scrape off, shave

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[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

[HH] verb, transitive cure, heal, perform juju for curing and certain other purposes (implies grinding medicine)

[LHH] noun limb (of an animal); hoof; nails

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive swallow

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLHL] adjective mouldy

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun grace, favour

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive blind

[LLL] noun wickedness, maliciousness

[LHD] noun epilepsy, an epileptic

[HF] noun slander, gossip

[H] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive dance; fawn on

[HD] noun young woman (address or referent), a term of endearment for a young woman

[HHL] noun a powdered vegetable mixture used in juju sacrifices

[HLL] noun a children’s running and hiding game played by moonlight

[LL] noun the area around the ears and under the jaw

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

[LL] noun brass or copper bangles worn around the legs from ankle to thigh by fattened brides

[LL] verb, intransitive be tall, long, far, high, deep

[LL] verb, intransitive become black

[H] verb, intransitive laugh

[LLH] verb, intransitive lament, complain, regret

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

[HHH] verb, transitive disturb, stir

[L] verb, intransitive be small

[L] verb, transitive taste (food, drink)

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

[LL] verb, transitive polish, scrub; grate (pl. of tʌk)

[H] verb, intransitive beat, pound (esp food in a mortar, clothes on a log)

[HHH] verb, intransitive kneel

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

[HH] noun rope

[HH] noun friend

[LF] noun your grandmother

[HH] noun miser, tight-fisted person

[LF] noun a kind of fresh water eel

[HHL] noun a kind of large lizard, land living

[LH] noun fishhook

[LH] noun bread, biscuit

[HH] noun childhood

[L] verb, transitive sacrifice

[HL] noun wire (English loanword)

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

[H] verb, transitive having the urge to sleep

[HH] verb, transitive sharpen on a leather strop