Ibibio English

[HHL HF] noun a tattler

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHF] noun yawn

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LF] noun whisper

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHHH] adjective big, huge

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHL] noun basket

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHL] noun wife, female

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun person, human being; someone

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive expect, hope, anticipate

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] verb, intransitive; verb, transitive stop, cease, conclude,; tv bring to conclusion; decide

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive cook by burying in hot ashes

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, intransitive become black, become ripe

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive to put underneath (a hand for support, a pot to catch dripping liquid, new mats under the old ones to patch a thatch roof)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] adverb there, in that place, (near the person spoken to), there

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

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verb, transitive become smooth

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[LHH] noun widow, lit. husband died.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun an uncircumcised man or woman.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun knee.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

noun copulation

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[LHLL] noun hiccup.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] verb, intransitive get off balance (as when something which was balanced or supported slips or slants down), become slanted.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive remove water with a bowl from where it is not wanted (esp bail out a boat), scoop liquid from one container to another.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LF] adjective become unsalted, unseasoned; become deficient.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HLHL] noun red

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun belly

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[HH] noun deafness; deaf man

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun fishing grounds, fishing area

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun time

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun debt

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHL] noun garbage pit, refuse pit

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL] noun a leech; a kind of fish with long needle-like mouth

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive/ verb, intransitive close the eyes and turn the head aside in a gesture of disapproval

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] verb, transitive remove palm fruit from the pot with a basin or calabash

[L] verb, transitive cut into, slash

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive become contrary (es. to show off)

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] ideophone sound of the fall of a knife or spoon, or of an enamel plate

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

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

[H] verb, transitive catch sight of (see)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] verb, transitive let fall from the mouth, spit out (food, not liquid)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] verb, transitive lick, clean out, clean up, scoop out (esp. the flesh of a soft succulent fruit)

[H] verb, transitive like, love (can be used as a euphemism for sex)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHH] noun limb (of an animal); hoof; nails

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] noun banana

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun thick porridge

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHHH] noun kind of plant, where it is found the soil is fertile, its leaves contain an acidic liquid used for cleaning wounds and cleaning snails, its stem is chewed, bush cane, Costus after (Dalziel)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun grace, favour

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun small sticks used to support young yam shoots

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHLLHLL] noun butterfly

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LHLLH HL] noun rough skin, tough skin

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive affect, influence (as in influence of alchohol or drug)

[LLLL] noun error, fault; a fine (var. ndude)

[LHLLH] adjective sharp, brave, fierce, potent

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

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

[LH] noun flavour, taste (an esp. flavored and elusive one); marrow

[HHH] adjective new

[LHL LL] noun a kind of plant, its leaf is ground up and used to treat yews

[LH] verb, intransitive converse, tell, inform

[HH] noun face, front, future

[LL] noun lies

[HF] noun hanger, peg on the wall for hanging things

[HH] noun a women’s society

[LLH] verb, transitive smell, sniff

[L] verb, transitive sell

[LHL] noun a kind of imported fish, herring

[LLLL] noun rust

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

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

[HHH HLL] noun a low fence around a trap, it has one opening through which animals are driven

[LLL] noun a boil on the finger or toe

[HH] verb, transitive lick, lick off

[HH] verb, transitive lick, lick off

[LL] noun bribe, dishonest business practices

[LH] verb, transitive tickle

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

[HH] verb, intransitive become agile, sprightly, lively, smart (in action or dress)

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

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

[HH] verb, transitive devastate, destroy, squander

[H] ideophone describes the action of cutting something all the way through

[L] verb, transitive put down, set down (a pot on the fire); cook, boil

[LL] ideophone describes a staggering walk

[F] noun tea

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

[HH] verb, transitive touch; fig affect

[LL] verb, transitive curse, use abusive words (pl. of tọk)

[LHH] noun right (direction)

[HF] noun house

[HHHH] noun a creature (fish? serpent?) which stretches the whole length of a river or sea

[LHF] noun your grandfather

[HHH] noun feast

[LHLHL] interjection a sound made to cheer or mock someone

[HH] verb, transitive startle, surprise, take unawares (esp of an unexpected visitor)

[LL] verb, intransitive slither, move with a gliding movement, move like a snake or rope, move like a jellylike substance