Ibibio English

[HHH] noun hunger

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun kind, sort, type, lineage

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun slave

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun fight

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HD] quantifier other, another, more

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLHH] noun a strong wind

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive break

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HL] noun headtie

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, intransitive stand

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, intransitive sleep

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] verb, intransitive become quiet, calm, lonely (of a place, of wind or water)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, intransitive become mischievous, wicked

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] verb, intransitive fall, fall down

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive become sick, become sick with

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHLL] noun blessing

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHF] noun spear.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun flying squirrel.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun cattle, bovine.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun dog.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, intransitive become mouldy (of coconut, palm kernel).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHLL] noun electricity

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun spoon

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun urine.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL] number four

(Igbo) anọ

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHF] noun bird (generic term)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLLL] noun hippopotamus

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun tail

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun someone shorter than normal, a stunted person

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] number three

(Igbo) atọ

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

[LHL] noun coal tar

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun stone, mile

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] verb, transitive stir (as in soup)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLF] noun [Eng] cigarette

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

[HH] verb, intransitive become high, tall, elevated

[HH] verb, transitive become puckered (of the mouth from acid, of the hands from immersion in water).

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] ideophone sound made by ekOmO drums, the small one goes kpim or kpom or kum, the large one goes kpim or kum.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive taunt

Speaker: itoro ituen

[H] verb, transitive copulate

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive gather, collect (leaves, fish, crayfish)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, intransitive bleat (of a goat or sheep), low (of a cow)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHHH] noun kind of plant, where it is found the soil is fertile, its leaves contain an acidic liquid used for cleaning wounds and cleaning snails, its stem is chewed, bush cane, Costus after (Dalziel)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHLH] noun gooseflesh

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLHDH] noun a kind of small white mushroom

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHLHL] noun a kind of insect (similar to millipede)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL] noun path, narrow place, space, gap

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHDHHF] noun butterfly

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LHHH] noun skull

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HD] interj. yes

[H] verb, intransitive; verb, transitive undulate, wriggle (in the manner of a maggot); dance with undulating movement

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive groan (of a sick person)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLLL] noun error, fault; a fine (var. ndude)

[HLHH] noun jostling; a kind of game in which children lean against each other

[HF] noun slander, gossip

[LHH] noun calamity

[HLLH] noun crawl (of a baby, a snake)

[LHH] noun mockery

[LLH] interrogative noun what?

[HH] noun sand

[HF] adjective good, genuine

[HHLLLL] noun a kind of large forest bird, eagle, it can beat the air with its wings and make a great noise

[HH] noun the sour orange

[HH] verb, transitive, verb, intransitive have; intransitive: sg only have to, must; appear to be, exist

[LLH] verb, transitive peep into (a matter, house); peep out (without being noticed), peep at

[LHL] noun a kind of imported fish, herring

[LF LL] noun dorsal fin of a fish

[LH] noun over there, yonder (refers to a narrow area)

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

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

[LLH] adjective granular, in grains

[HL] conjunction since (time, cause), because

[LH] noun [Eng] cigarette

[HL] noun sixpence

[H] verb, intransitive become gently, mild (of disposition, weather); adverb: quietly, safely

[LL] verb, transitive put down, set down (a pot on the fire); cook, boil, prepare afere (soup) (pl. of tem)

[HHHH] verb, intransitive scream, shout at, often with mkpo (var. tiara)

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

[HL] noun address form for father, grandfather, old man

[LH] verb, transitive place an order

[HH] verb, transitive tickle

[HHH] verb, transitive cause confusion, disturb

[H] verb, intransitive increase

[LF] noun your husband

[LLH] adjective steeped, soaked

[HH] noun rope

[LHH] noun left (direction)

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

[HHHH] noun blood

[HHH] noun beach; sandbar

[H] verb, transitive cause a desire in, a craving for, a longing for

[HH] verb, intransitive talk a lot, chatter, become unable to contain anything or keep a secret

[H] verb, transitive wash; rub on, apply (oil, ointment); lick

[L] verb, transitive doubt, surprise