Ibibio English

[HHH] noun hunger

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF HL] noun pimple

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHHH] noun cold, cattarrh

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHF] noun yawn

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun cloth, clothes

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] subj, obj. pronoun he, she, it, him, her, it

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun challenge, dare; resolution

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHL] noun bitter leaf, gall bladder; bile

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHLL] noun hiccup

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL] adjective green

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun cluster (of fruit, e.g grapes)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive fail to show appreciation, criticize what has been done for one

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] verb, transitive ask, ask for

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, intransitive; verb, transitive sink

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun nest.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun mother.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun tree trunk (the oart between the roots and the crown); a log left by the side of the river to wash clothes on.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHF] noun a kind of large edible snail.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LF] noun message; fame.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun millipede.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun drum.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HLHL] noun red

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun fire.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun whip; cane; belt

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun gonorrhea.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHF] noun bird (generic term)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLLL] noun hippopotamus

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] number three

(Igbo) atọ

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL] adjective soft, fat, fleshy, tight (of fruit or a person’s flesh)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LF] noun impotent man

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] ideophone sound of a palm kernel or ekOm nut when it is cracked with a stone; sound made by snapping the fingers; sound made in a gun when it fails to fire because the powder is wet.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive lose ones temper and take some action (decide to do something or become stubborn), act in a fit of anger.

Speaker: itoro ituen

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[H] ideophone sound of abodom being played with bamboo sticks in sending a message

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive gather together with the hands something that is in grains or particles (gari, rice, sand); collect into a bulk or heap

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive eat in tiny bits, nibble at, tear into bits, pick at (a sore).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, intransitive exhibit pride

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive copulate

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] verb, intransitive hang, hang on, snag; become hooked on; become bent; pick at, bicker, harass; become a responsibility

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive make way, step aside

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HL] noun cup (esp. a metal or enamel cup); cigarette tin or other container used as a unit of measure for beans, rice, gari

[LL] noun exhaustion, fatigue

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHL] noun wing

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun weeds, grass

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun thick porridge

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive bend, incline (a stick, a part of the body)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun cockroach

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHL] noun a kind of edible frog (prob a water frog)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun cheek

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHLLHLL] noun butterfly

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHLLHLL] noun butterfly

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LH] noun a short skirt of multi-colored raffia strung on a rope, it used to be worn in the fattening house because the body of the woman being fattening was smeared with oil and iduot and a dress would be ruined, now worn as an ordinary skirt; petticoat (NkpIn).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LF] noun nasal mucus, phlegm

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHHH] noun a dish of ground beans with oil, pepper and other condiment steamed in leaves (Yoruba)

[LLH] verb, transitive see clearly, discern

[LH] noun dew, moisture on leaves

[HHHH] noun food

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HLHHH] noun a struggle

[HHH] verb, intransitive become melted

[LH] verb, intransitive be tilted, bent stiffly over

[HH] noun the young of an animal

[LHH] adjective wasted, empty, not being put to use, free

[LF LL] noun dorsal fin of a fish

[HHF] noun hiccup

[HLL] noun welts from a beating

[LL] verb, intransitive become black

[L] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive to be able to, know how to, master

[HHL] noun man, male

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive abuse, humiliate

[LLH] verb, intransitive lament, complain, regret

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

[LH] noun [Eng] cigarette

[HH] verb, transitive chop

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

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

[H] verb, transitive hollow out

[H] verb, transitive pay close attention

[LL] numeral second

[HF] noun strength, force, power

[HF] noun a polite term for itịt, vagina

[LLL] noun universe

[HF] noun day, twenty-four hours

[LHHL] number nine

(Igbo) eteghiete

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLLH] noun a dish of grated cocoyam steamed in leaves

[LH] noun bread, biscuit

[L] verb, transitive sacrifice

[LL] verb, transitive lend; borrow

[HH] verb, transitive pinch

[HH] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive move about, become restless, fidget; move about, wriggle

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

[LH] verb, transitive doubt, surprise