Ibibio English

[LL] number forty

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHHH] noun thought, meditation, hope, expectation, consideration, care

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHH] noun needle

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, intransitive be in a place, exist; seem, appear to be

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive find and keep

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive join a society, undergo the initiation for a society

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] adjective not even, even, none

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHHH] verb, transitive deceive

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 father a child

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] verb, intransitive become buried

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive feed, nurse, rear a child

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL.H] verb, transitive collect, gather, pull down tendrils or other vegetation from a tree or the side of a house; tap on the back to get a persons attention

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] verb, transitive swoosh, shake, rinse water around in the mouth or bottle.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HLL] verb, intransitive move about here and there doing many things at once, look busy, become busy

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive hide

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun kind of large edible white termite which makes huge hills.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun tooth.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun bag, pocket; a piece of woven raffia before or after being sewn into a bag.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun rat, mouse (gen term).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun father, old man, respectful address or reference to a man.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL] noun a flowing gown, usually worn by women.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] verb, intransitive become stuck in, wedge in, fixed between; tv carry under the arm.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLLL] noun state of numbness or sleep in the limbs; state of being shrivelled from immersion in water.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHF] noun gorilla (Goldie baboon, chimpanzee).

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] adjective big

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun parrot

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun base, foundation of esp. base of a tree trunk

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun cassava (the term includes varieties of Manihot utilissima and Dioscorea dumetorum

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLF] noun [Eng] cigarette

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, intransitive ebb (of the tide)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive take an enema

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, intransitive stand on tiptoe, stretch to see something high; become high, raised up (esp. of the ground or of something which should be flat)

[H] verb, intransitive die, perish; become exhausted, overcome; fade; heal

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HLL] adverb never ever.

Speaker: itoro ituen

[HL] interjection expression of concern, regret, apology

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, intransitive bark, growl (of a dog); speak in an angry or pompous manner

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[H] adverb only

Speaker: itoro ituen

[LL] verb, transitive crow, of a cock (plural form of kpọk)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive cover, close with a cover or lid; heap up

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive remove from a hook, unhang (rev. of kọọn̄ [HH])

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive overlap, cross, heap, pile on top of; arrange, set up, prepare for use

[HDH] noun piece, half piece

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun shreds, particle

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun wrestling, wrestling bout

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH HDH] noun ring

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HLHLHL] noun armpit

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HLLHL] noun armpit

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H.HL] noun sandfly

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHHH] noun skull

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHH] noun wheel (bare without a tire)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHLLH HL] noun rough skin, tough skin

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHL] adjective without response

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHHH] adjective toughness and coarseness in texture due to exposure to the sun or other causes

[LLL] adverb not even

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

[LLLH] noun business

[LL] noun sore, septic wound

[HD] noun young woman (address or referent), a term of endearment for a young woman

[HFHF] noun a kind of small mushroom which grows on dead trees, it can be white, red, or brown

[LL] pronoun we, us, our

[LL] noun the area around the ears and under the jaw

[HHH] verb, intransitive become mixed, kneaded, mashed, smashed, run over

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

[LH] verb, transitive squeeze (a fruit, a wet cloth). press (oil from ayop), milk

[HHH] noun a lump (of meat, a clay), a mass; a nest made by ants

[LH] verb, transitive pour into; empty out; wide

[HH] verb, intransitive to be clean; to acquit, find innocent

[LLHL] noun a kind of fruit, possibly breadfruit or soursop

[L] verb, intransitive become enough, sufficient, complete

[LL] verb, transitive curse (a curse, a person). revile, insult (var. suun̄ọ, suen̄)

[L] verb, transitive taste (food, drink)

[LL] verb, transitive hurt a sore place by accident

[HH] verb, transitive eat a little bit at a time, pick up and eat tiny bits of food (such as grains of rice), pick tiny leaves

[L] verb, transitive curse, use abusive words

[LL] noun a game of struggle

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

[LH] noun loving, likeness

[LF] noun a kind of fresh water eel

[HF] adverb slow, with care

[HF] noun skill, talent

[LLL] noun congealed secretions

[LHH] adjective empty, wasted, devoid of purpose

[HF] noun noise

[L] verb, transitive tear, rend, scratch, tear off, tear up, tear out; pay a debt in installments

[H] verb, transitive burn, sting (as pepper, iodine)

[HHH] verb, transitive satisfy (with food, information)

[H] noun child, offspring

[HH] verb, transitive sharpen on a leather strop