Ibibio English

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLHF] noun world

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun comb

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHHH] noun cold, cattarrh

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LF] noun whisper

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun crying, weeping

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive father a child

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive tie, bind

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HL] noun bowl(cf. abawIt, bawIt)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] verb, intransitive rejoice, become happy

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, intransitive stay over-night, spend the night

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, intransitive come

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] number ten

(Igbo) iri

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive hide

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun knee.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun mother.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun tomach; a bag-like object esp one containing air; a musical instrument of the accordian type; a kind of thumb piano made of wood of calabash with metal keys; a play in which the thumb piano is used.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun heart, gut.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun millipede.

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

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive spit, spit out (food, liquid, silaiva)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive uncover, strip, take off, peel (with the fingers).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun a kind of small crocodile (Goldie monitor lizard) cf afiom, utai.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] number two

(Igbo) abụọ

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHLL] noun electricity

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun witchcraft, witch.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] adjective big

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun cocoyam, Colocasia esculentum (Dalziel)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHF] noun knife, machet (machete)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL] noun toad

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun gonorrhea.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLF] noun [Eng] cigarette

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive cut with a glancing motion (as in scraping bark from a tree, peeling the rotten part from a yam, shaping a pestle out of wood) (pl. of kpaN)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] ideophone sound made when a person falls flat on his face or back.

Speaker: itoro ituen

[L] verb, transitive pay attention (used with utON, as in a kpaN utON, listen).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] ideophone sound of the eka ibit (a large drum)

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] ideophone sound of an automobile horn

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] verb, transitive peel with hand or knife (as kola, ndiya, cassava); unlock; bleach.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LL] verb, transitive close; shut in, confine; completely (emphatic)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

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

[LLLH] noun cowrie shell

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLHD] noun groundnut

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] verb, transitive swallow (pl. of men)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, intransitive become accustomed to, familiar with, associated with;

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun grace, favour

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] adverb a small, hard, round objects, seed, kernel, grain

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LL] noun foot

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLLLH HLL] noun a pool of water

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HHF] noun a kind of white yam

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHLHHL] noun buttefly

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun a construction of palm fronds gen. near a house or against a fence, used for storing yam or cocoyam

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LHLLHLL] noun butterfly

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH HL] noun eyebrow

[LHL] adjective small

[LHLLH HL] noun rough skin, tough skin

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL] noun a kind of palm oil obtained by burning the palm kernel, its uses include pomade for the skin, medicine for boils and wounds, antidote for poison, (taken as an emetic), protection against juju

[LLH] noun warm

[LHL] interjection no

[LHL] adjective without response

[HLL] noun sweat (var. ibikpO, ibibiak, adikpO)

[HF] noun a kind of small fish

[HLL] noun shadow

[LLH] adverb perhaps

[HHHH] noun eternity

[LLL LLL] adverb unsteadily

[HH] verb, intransitive whine (of a child)

[LLL] noun a kind of insect, a larva

[LF] noun lead (metal)

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

[LH] noun the hips, the area from the waist to the thigh

[LH] conj even if, not even if

[LLH] adjective granular, in grains

[HH] verb, transitive lick, lick off

[LHH] noun a shrine

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

[LH] verb, transitive tickle

[LLH] verb, transitive give (pl. of nọ)

[L] verb, transitive select, select out, sort out

[H] pronoun what, who which

[HL] noun shirt

[LLH] verb, transitive to make a sign of disgust, impatience, disapproval, contempt; smack the lips over a good taste

[LLL] verb, transitive scatter things that are arranged or piled up, strew things about dishevel, disorder

[HHH] verb, transitive disturb, stir

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

[HH] noun arm and/or hand; handle; power, strength, ability

[LLL HHL] noun fourth-born son

[LF] noun your grandmother

[LF] noun lack, scarcity

[LLL] noun universe

[LH] noun fishing spear

[LHH] adjective empty, wasted, devoid of purpose

[HHL] noun your kinsman

[HL] noun wire (English loanword)

[H] verb, intransitive swim; become loose

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

[HH] verb, transitive make an announcement in several places