Ibibio English

[LLL] noun God, god

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHLL] noun cannon

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHH] noun settler

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[HHH] noun stew, soup

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[LLHL] noun a young man

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHHH] noun table

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[LL] noun jar, jug for storage of water

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive find and keep

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HL] noun yam

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive father a child

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive turn a deaf ear towards, not anwer, ignore

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] verb, intransitive fierce, brave, valiant, dare, become hot, burn (of pepper), become sarp, function work (of medicine, magic)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] verb, intransitive fall, fall down

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[LL] noun baldness, bald spot.

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[HHHL] noun nest.

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[HF] noun nest.

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun kidney, heart.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHH] noun copulation.

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[LF] noun message; fame.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive blow on (as with the mouth or bellows to cool, or to make a fire flame up), blow (a whistle, a wind instrument), whistle.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HLHL] noun red

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[HHL] noun men (pl. of owodeen).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun fire.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun cocoyam, colocasia esculentum (Dalziel)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun; adjective farm

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LF; HF] noun yam barn (a place where yams are stored for the next planting season)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun face, front, future (also eko iso)

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[HH] noun kernel (esp. oil palm kernel); stone (of a fruit)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL HL] noun door hinge

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[LLH] verb, intransitive become old; ancient; look old (of inanimate objects)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive take an enema

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[HH] verb, transitive draw water, scoop up liquid (from a stream, well, pot)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, intransitive walk on the balls of the feet, walk on tiptoe

[LLH] verb, transitive gather up, take, pick up (pl. of ben [H] gather, take up, pick up)

[HH] verb, transitive draw water, scoop up liquid (not using hands)

[LL] ideophone sound made by a flat object when it falls flat on the ground.

Speaker: itoro ituen

[HL] ideophone sound of wood breaking (ideophone)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] verb, intransitive become near, stay near; approach

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[HH] verb, intransitive go a long distance on foot; limp

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[HH] verb, transitive become restless; make rapid, jittery movements, fire crackling, wood breaking; describes the action of starting up in fright

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] verb, transitive taunt

Speaker: itoro ituen

[HH] verb, transitive cut palm fruit from the cluster when there are very few remaining

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] verb, transitive push aside with disdain, postpone, shake off responsibility

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive greet, thank, congragulate, express

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLLH] noun cowrie shell

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLHD] noun groundnut

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[HLH] noun the process of fattening a woman prior to marriage; the woman who undergoes the process

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL] noun sugar cane, Saccarum officinarum (Dalziel)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive slacken; relax the body or part of the body

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[HH] noun periwinkle

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[LHL] adjective small

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHLHLL] noun butterfly

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHL] adjective small

[LHH] noun piece

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LHH] noun handcuffs, leg cuffs, shackles

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HHH HL] noun eyeball

[LLH] question where?

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] ideophone sound of nails being driven

[LH] noun dew, moisture on leaves

[LHH] noun a kind of small bush rat, the king of rats

[HLHHHL] noun the pelvic area (var. edidiono)

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

[HLL] noun prickly heat

[HHHH] noun a corner inside a house

[HLHH] noun stain

[LH] verb, transitive singe

[LLLH] adjective light in weight

[LLL] noun a kind of insect, a larva

[LH] noun color, many colors (ason cloth, or an animal)

[LLLL] noun a kind of small rodent with a long snout

[LLL] noun a boil on the finger or toe

[LH] noun oyster

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

[HHH] noun water

[HH] verb, transitive lick, lick off

[HHH] verb, transitive scratch the ground (of an animal, of children at play); toss away what is rejected from a sorting process (pl. of sara)

[H] verb, transitive choke, cause choking (as water in the windpipe)

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

[H] verb, transitive eject, hurl, throw, shoot, sting

[LL] conjunction, adverb, preposition very much, until, so that

[HH] verb, transitive touch; fig affect

[L] verb, transitive grate

[HH] verb, transitive to exclaim

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

[H] verb, intransitive increase

[HH] noun weavil

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

[HF] adverb slow, with care

[L] verb, transitive sacrifice

[HH] verb, transitive mix, adulterate (as palm wine by adding water)

[H] verb, intransitive become many, become much

[H] verb, transitive suck

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