Ibibio English

[H.HL] noun central beam of a house, it runs the length of the roof

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF HL] noun pimple

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHL] noun man, male

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun trap, ordeal

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[LHHH] adjective big, huge

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

[LHLL] noun hiccup

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[L] verb, intransitive be early, arrive early, do something early

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] verb, transitive ask, ask for

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] verb, transitive play

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, intransitive call, shout (at), scream (at), cry out

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, intransitive stand

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] verb, intransitive rejoice, become happy

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] verb, transitive rinse

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive eat

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHHH] noun big, huge.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL] noun civet cat.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun kidney, heart.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHL] noun elephant.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHHH] noun a loan

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHL] noun women, wives

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun whirlwind.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun tobacco, snuff.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun calabash (gen term), Lagenaria vulgaris (Dalziel); a calabash container; any small container to drink from; a standard measure (about a cup) for gari, rice, beans.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun a wooden musical instrument of the xylophone type.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun someone shorter than normal. a stunted person

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHL] noun a sore, septic wound

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun river

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[LF; HF] noun yam barn (a place where yams are stored for the next planting season)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun the area from the waist to the hips

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun a blow with the fist; a charm which enables the wearer to strike powerful blows

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] prep. of time, place, cause, manner

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] number one

(Igbo) otu

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] verb, intransitive tie or wrap a cloth around ones own loins or waist

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive restrain, prohibit, stop; warn; rebuke (pl. of kpan)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive crack (nut, palm kernels) with a stone

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] verb, transitive construct a framework

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] verb, transitive bend over so as to expose the buttocks

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] ideophone sound of an automobile horn

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] verb, transitive catch in the hands

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] verb, transitive pull down the lower eye lid to show triumph, to mock

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive vomit

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] verb, transitive push aside with disdain, postpone, shake off responsibility

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] verb, intransitive preach, repeat over and over, moralize, advise

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive (iv) become set (of a trap), become piled up, heaped up; (tv) cary piled up (a stack of bulky things such as books or firewood, walking is impeded)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun cheek

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLHD] noun groundnut

[HHH] noun fart

[LHL] interjection no

[HH] noun palm wine, strong alcohol

[HD] adverb also, too

[LLL] noun, adjective cold, wet

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

[HL] noun two hundred (from an old monetary system)

[HHH] noun a freshwater swamp where raffia palms grow

[LLLH] noun business

[HLHH] adjective unsteady; shiftless

[HF] noun slander, gossip

[HH] verb, transitive disappear; sg only dive

[HH] noun ochre, a kind of clay used for plastering walls, for floor or wall decoration, and for body decoration

[HF] noun the gums

[LLL] noun mould

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

[LLLH] adjective light in weight

[L] verb, transitive intimidate, pressurize

[LF LL] noun dorsal fin of a fish

[HHH] noun crust from burnt food

[LLL] noun an insect of the grasshopper type, it is tan, grey or mottled

[HF] noun leaf; in its narrowest sense the term applies to leaves that are distributed along a stem in such a way that a person can remove several of them at a time by running his hand along the stem

[LH] noun oyster

[LLH] verb, intransitive wander around, walk about (pl. of san̄a)

[HHH] verb, intransitive become alive (if animals and plants); become fresh (of meat, fish), become fresh, become healthy, fine (of a human being)

[HH] verb, intransitive become quick, early, often; become sharp

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

[HH] verb, transitive awaken

[L] verb, transitive taste liquid, take a sip, sip

[L] verb, transitive curse, use abusive words

[LL] verb, transitive curse, use abusive words (pl. of tọk)

[HF] noun strength, force, power

[LLHH] noun cloaca of a chicken, hindquarters of a chicken (?)

[HF HF] adverb slowly, carefully

[HH] noun road, way; doorway, door; habit, custom

[LHF] noun your grandfather

[HHH] noun feast

[HH] verb, transitive mix, adulterate (as palm wine by adding water)

[LH] verb, intransitive warm oneself in the sun or by the fire, bask

[L] verb, intransitive wilt, melt, dissolve, digest; become lazy, become weak

[L] verb, transitive cut into large pieces (as tree into logs, a fish into large chunks)

[H] verb, intransitive move about, become restless, fidget

[HH] verb, intransitive wander (aimlessly or with a purpose), go here and there (of one who has many places to go and many things to do)

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