Ibibio English

[LF] noun a small shrimp, crayfish

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun flesh

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[LHHL] noun adolescent girl

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HDH] noun chief, lord (traditional or religious)

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[HLL] noun sweat

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[HF] noun squirrel

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[LHH] noun corpse, cadaver

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[LHL] adjective whole, complete

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[HHL] noun man, male

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive take, pick up, carry

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[LLLH] verb, intransitive become ruined, spoiled, destroyed(pl of biara)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] verb, transitive answer a question, answer a call(in the latter case only used negatively, i.e. fail to answer a call)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb shine (of sun or moon)

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[H] verb, intransitive stand

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[LL] verb, transitive remove from the embers what has been roasting there (plural of dappa)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive light, kindle

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[HHH] verb, transitive; verb, intransitive shout at, bawl at, scold; shock.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun husband

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHH] noun denial.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun greeting.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHF] noun a kind of large bat found in the bush, fruit bat.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HLLHL] noun heel of the foot.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHHH] noun a loan

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] verb, intransitive run, run away.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] ideophone sound made by a ripe pawpaw or avocado when it falls to the ground.

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

[HF] noun bitter

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[LH LH] adjective worthless; fruitless; in vain

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[LH] adjective big

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[HHF] noun bird (generic term)

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[LHH] noun crab

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun hat, cap

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[LHLH] number eight

(Igbo) asato

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHH] noun a kind of fish with poisonous spines

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[LF] noun impotent man

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[H] verb, intransitive wander, go around, come and go; pl come and go and linger at a place

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[H] verb, transitive deny, refute, prove innocent

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive take an enema

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[H] verb, intransitive; ideophone blink w anjen eye; describes something that flickers

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[HH] verb, intransitive rise, puff, swell (of rice in cooking, of bread); become conceited, swell-headed

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive restrain, prohibit, stop; warn; rebuke (pl. of kpan)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive fold, fold over (arms, paper, cloth, leaves) - plural form of kpan̄

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive become resistant, obstinate (of a person, an animal); become difficult (of work, a person)

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] verb, transitive become puckered (of the mouth from acid, of the hands from immersion in water).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive push a heavy object for a distance; shove away from a distance (as an insect with a long stick); wheel, roll, push something on wheels.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] ideophone sound of raw maize being pounded.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LLH] verb, transitive rub off, erase, wipe clean, polish

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] ideophone sound made by a heavy round object such as a coconut or palm fruit cluster when it falls to the ground

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] verb, transitive remove from a hook, remove what hangs; unentangle (esp. wipe away strands of cobweb) (rev. of kọp [L])

[HH] verb, transitive hang (on a hook, peg, line); spread out to dry; hook, link, lock, entangle (pl. of kọp [L])

[LLLH] noun cowrie shell

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun hunger

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

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[LHL] noun brain

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[LLHDH] noun a creeping plant with tiny leaves, Selaginella scandens

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun thing, something; matter event. This is one of the most productive words in Ibibio, it serves as any unspecified subject or object

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LHHH] noun singlet, sleeveless underwear

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHLLH HL] noun rough skin, tough skin

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] conj. so, so that

[HF] possessive pronoun they, them, their

[HH] verb, intransitive become stupid

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

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

[LLL] noun children, young animals (used as pl. of ayin, nyịn)

[HLHH] noun little bits of mischief, pranks, crafty, manipulations

[HLHH] adjective unsteady; shiftless

[HH] noun jest, clowning, embarrassment

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

[LH] noun a rattle, musical instrument filled with seeds or pebbles which is shaken; strings of seeds worn around ankles and wrists to make noise when dancing

[HHH] noun postherd

[HF HL] noun smoke; steamboat, ship

[HH] verb, intransitive be itchy, scratchy

[HHLL] noun cornsilk, the tassel at the end of an ear of corn

[LLL] noun an insect of the grasshopper type, it is tan, grey or mottled

[HHH] noun vision, trance, revelation

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

[LH] verb, transitive tickle

[HHHH] verb, intransitive make a sound of disgust, disapproval, impatience, contempt (var. siama)

[HHH] verb, intransitive become foolish, stupid (pl. of sịme)

[HL] noun sixpence

[HH] verb, transitive devastate, destroy, squander

[HH] verb, intransitive become tough and coarse in texture due to exposure to the sun or other causes and unable to be softened by cooking

[HH] verb, transitive grab as much as possible with one hand

[HHH] verb, transitive disturb, stir

[H] verb, transitive cut bush, clear bush

[HH] verb, transitive praise, flatter, play up to

[LLL] verb, transitive crumble

[H] verb, transitive pay close attention

[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 warn against; give information, inform

[LL] noun room

[LH] noun calamity

[HF] noun slavery (var. ufʌn)

[LLH] noun spider web

[HH] noun ear

[LLH] verb, intransitive digest