Ibibio English

[LLH] noun mens robes

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHLL] noun rice

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHL] adjective whole, complete

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LD] adjective first

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[LH] noun lizard

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun circle formation for a game or dance

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] adjective stranger, visitor, sojourner, immigrant

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL] noun hut, improvised temporary shelter(in the bush or at the fishing ponds)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun group, flock, herd

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHH] noun needle

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun a kind of large bush rat which tunnels in the ground

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, intransitive fall off, snap off, drop off (e.g. a ripe or dead fruit), fall off/out (e.g. hair, teeth)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive tie, bind

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, intransitive come

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[HH] verb, transitive light, kindle

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive tell

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[L] verb, transitive send, send for, send to (a person or a message), send for a nefarious purpose, pl esp instigate stimulate a desire in, cause longing in

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL] noun a kind of slug found on plantain leaves.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun the back (anat).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHHL] noun nest.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun sole, palm (of hand or feet).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun suicide by hanging a tight knot.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHHH ] verb, transitive; verb, intransitive turn, twist, twist around, twist together (poss involves a more complete turn or twist than fiak); iv become twisted (of its own accord); turn (of a wheel).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHL] noun women, wives

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

[LHL] noun a calabash for serving palm wine, it has a filter at its mouth to hold back the dregs.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun cocoyam, Colocasia esculentum (Dalziel)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun gonorrhea.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHH] noun a cripple

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHL] number five

(Igbo) ise

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun neck, throat; desire, greed

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL] noun young men, youths

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

[L] verb, transitive try to persuade, urge, importune, dun.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive fold, fold over (arms, paper, cloth, leaves).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive die, perish; become exhausted, overcome; fade; heal (pl. of kpa)

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LL] verb, transitive prepare, get ready.

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] ideophone sound of the fall of a knife or spoon, or of an enamel plate

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHL] noun dew dripping from the trees

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun periwinkle

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun a natural covering, skin scab

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLHDH] noun a kind of small white mushroom

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHLH] noun a kind of plant with similar properties to akpaakpa ikpaaRa (the plants that if pulled out gets its roots back to the ground and grows up again)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HLHLHL] noun armpit

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[LHL] adjective small

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[HHL] noun a kind of plant with small bitter fruits

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun a kind of yam, fast ripening, it grows in an udder-like formation

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHLLH HL] noun rough skin, tough skin

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive take hold of, grab, catch (in the arms); grope

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive blind

[LH] verb, transitive open the eyes wide (in surprise because something is in the eye, to scare someone)

[HH] noun dream

[HHHH] noun food

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

[HHH] noun race, competition

[LLLH] noun evening (dusk till dawn) (var. mbubịre)

[HLHH] noun stain

[HH] verb, transitive disappear; sg only dive

[LHH] noun sperm, semen

[L] verb, transitive intimidate, pressurize

[LF] noun my grandmother

[HHH] noun thorn, splinter, nail (fastener), needle

[LLH] adjective granular, in grains

[HH] verb, intransitive flicker; transitive: flash a light on and off

[LHH] noun a shrine

[H] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive bear fruit

[HH] verb, transitive abuse, humiliate

[HHH] verb, transitive throw up to someone what one has done for him or what he has done to one, reproach with past deeds (var. sion̄, sioon̄)

[LLH] verb, intransitive shift, make room, move aside, jerk, make a fuss (pl. of sịkke)

[HH] verb, transitive chop

[LH] verb, transitive make incantation, call down a curse on

[HL] noun tailor (English loanword)

[HH] verb, transitive pluck fruit (esp. pepper) cf kippe (pl. of tet)

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

[LH] verb, transitive tortute, torment, punish

[L] verb, intransitive fail to mature, fail to develop fully, fall short of expectations; miss out

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

[LF] noun your husband

[HF] noun fatness, breadth

[LHH] adjective many, much

[LF] noun a kind of fresh water eel

[LL] noun fufu, anything pounded for fufu, anything cut with the fingers from a mass and swallowed in balls along with afere (soup)

[HF] noun skill, talent

[LHL] numeral five

[LHH] noun a kind of frog

[HH] noun ear

[HH] noun life, existence, state of being alive, life style, habits

[LHH] adjective empty, wasted, devoid of purpose

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

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

[LL] verb, transitive warm food, reheat afere (soup) (until it is very hot) (pl. of jọk)