Ibibio English

[LHH] adjective young, not full grown

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun hunger

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[LLHL] noun cat

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[HHH] noun cold, cattarrh

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[LLL] noun thunder

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[LLHL] noun a young man

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[HD] quantifier other, another, more

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[LHL] noun bitter leaf, gall bladder; bile

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun okra, okro

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[HHL] noun sunshine, the suns rays, daylight; weather, season, time, the times

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLHH] noun a strong wind

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive sharpen

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] verb, intransitive become cooked, done(of food)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, intransitive creep, spread, cove (of vines, plants sp. when a yam covers its supporting stick with many leaves and branches)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive eat

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[HH] verb, transitive add, put together, stick, glue

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive not know, doubt, have doub about, refuse to recognize

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive; verb, intransitive marry

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun a tree with small blue skinned fruits, their green flesh is softened before eating by roasting or by immersing in hot water, the softened flesh is similar to avocado but it is slightly sour, it is customarily accompanied by roasted maize, Bush butter tree

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

[LH] noun strange, alien.

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[HF] noun good, genuine.

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[LF] noun message; fame.

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[HH] verb, transitive turn, twist, twirl, spin; iv turn (of a wheel); repeat (always followed by another verb).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLLH] verb, transitive blow out through the nose, blow the nose, snort (at).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive hold something in the mouth or between the lips without biting down.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun stool (Goldie says this word is a loan from Aqua).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHL] number one hundred.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH LH] adjective worthless; fruitless; in vain

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHF] noun a kind tuber with mushrooms growing on it, usked in preparing ikpan

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[H] adverb there, over there, yonder

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, intransitive walk on the balls of the feet, walk on tiptoe

[LLH] verb, transitive gather up, take, pick up (pl. of ben [H] gather, take up, pick up)

[LLH, LL] verb, transitive become flat (of something that should swell or be rounded).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HLL] adverb never ever.

Speaker: itoro ituen

[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

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, intransitive fail to come about, fail to materialize; fail to carry out

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive become contrary (es. to show off)

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] ideophone sound of something very light falling on the ground

Speaker: itoro ituen

[HH] verb, transitive cover (esp obscure from view)

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[H] verb, transitive greet, thank, congratulate, express

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, intransitive ref. hang, hang on oneself, choke

[HH] noun a kind of tree which blooms in dry season, its leaves are used for afere

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HLLL] noun armpit

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[LF] noun scar

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[HH HL] noun outer part of the vagina - labia majora

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[LLH] noun a kind of timber tree, Uapaca guineensis (Dalziel)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHLLHLL] noun butterfly

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

[LHL] adjective without response

[HH] noun dream

[HD] adverb also, too

[LHH] noun yam stake, a stick placed in the ground for the yam plant to climb on

[LHL LL] noun a kind of plant, its leaf is ground up and used to treat yews

[LLH] adverb perhaps

[HHH] noun an edible fern found in streams

[LL] pronoun we, us, our

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

[HF] noun the gums

[LH] noun my father

[H] verb, transitive show teeth

[HHHF] noun kerosine (English loanword)

[HF LL] noun a kind of wire grass, Bahama grass (Adams)

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

[L] verb, intransitive become black

[H] ideophone describes a sudden action

[H] pronoun what, who which

[HL] noun sixpence

[HH] verb, intransitive become lost, disappear, cease (of customs)

[LH] verb, intransitive lie

[LH] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive hang down; weigh down, lower (as wet clothes lower a line or heavy fruits on a branch)

[HH] ideophone sound of a car (automobile) horn

[H] verb, transitive hit, hit the mark; knock against, knock down; throw down; drop

[L] verb, transitive warn against; give information, inform

[LLL] noun room

[HF] noun trouble

[LHH] noun left (direction)

[HF] noun slavery (var. ufʌn)

[HLL] adverb completely

[LL] noun a game of struggle

[HF] noun soul, spirit (of a living person)

[HHHH] noun blood

[HF] adverb slow, with care

[HH] noun childhood

[H] verb, intransitive become many, become much

[HL] adverb yet, then

[LLH] verb, intransitive become peeled off, become faded

[HH] verb, transitive cause choking, dizziness

[HHH] verb, transitive dance with specific steps, dance a specific dance, generally a leisurely a dance with outstretched arms