Ibibio English

[H.HL] noun central beam of a house, it runs the length of the roof

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHL] noun sexual organ of snail

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL] noun crocodile

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun cloth, clothes

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun square basket woven of cane or rattan

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, intransitive become cheap due to oversupply, go aground(of a boat)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, intransitive become broken, break (of its own accord), usually a long thin object such as a bone or a stick, break up in confusion (of a gathering)

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, intransitive stay over-night, spend the night

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

[H] verb, transitive hide

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive tell

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHLL] noun rice.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun good, genuine.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun heart, gut.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun tree, any plant with a woody stem, wood.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, intransitive become lazy.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun medicine, cure, poison, talisman, juju.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun cricket

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun; adjective farm

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHHH] noun a kind of dance performed in the moonlight

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHH] noun a kind of fish with poisonous spines

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun neck, throat; desire, greed

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, intransitive become suitable, appropriate; fit; measure up to a standard; become complete; become enough

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

[L] verb, transitive even, even if, unless, not even.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] verb, transitive soil, dirty.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] verb, transitive cut (esp many small sticks and brush as when clearing land for farming (pl. of kpIkke)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive watch, guard, look after

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive soil, dirty.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] verb, transitive chop

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LLH] verb, transitive become loose, untied, unfastened; fall apart

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

[L] verb, transitive vomit

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] verb, transitive hit, beat, hollow or flat sounds

Speaker: itoro ituen

[HH] verb, transitive scrape, scrape off, shave

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, intransitive exhibit pride

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] verb, transitive peel with a knife; sharpen to a point (as a stick, an arrow)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] verb, intransitive snap, break from too much strain (of a rope); sg only break away, leave a place and rush to another

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, intransitive bleat (of a goat or sheep), low (of a cow)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun dirt, refuse, garbage

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive choose, select (pl. of mek)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun leaf (gen term esp for leaves which are not eaten)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLHDH] noun a kind of small white mushroom

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHHH] noun skull

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun palm wine, strong alcohol

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HL] verb, intransitive become wealthy

[H] ideophone sound of a bell

[LLH] adverb perhaps

[HLHH] noun stain

[HH] noun jest, clowning, embarrassment

[HLLH] noun crawl (of a baby, a snake)

[HH] noun a diseased condition of poultry in which little quill feathers begin to grow all over the body

[LHH] noun mockery

[HHL] noun a powdered vegetable mixture used in juju sacrifices

[LH] noun a small plant, its leaves are irritating to the skin, Urera mannii

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[LLL] noun mist, fog

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

[L] verb, transitive to stretch out, stretch forward, stick out, point; intransitive: stick out, extend

[H] verb, transitive show teeth

[LHH] adjective wasted, empty, not being put to use, free

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

[HHH] noun vision, trance, revelation

[HF LL] noun a kind of wire grass, Bahama grass (Adams)

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

[L] verb, intransitive become black

[H] ideophone describes a sudden action

[LL] noun bribe, dishonest business practices

[L] verb, intransitive shine, glitter, sparkle, reflect light (of a metal in the sun)

[L] verb, transitive speak a language esp. a foreign language; speak unintelligibly; translate

[HHH] verb, transitive throw up to someone what one has done for him or what he has done to one, reproach with past deeds (var. sion̄, sioon̄)

[HH] verb, transitive block, plug, stop up, obstruct

[HF] noun silk, any shiny material used for a head tie

[LH] verb, intransitive come down, descend (var. sọijọ)

[HH] verb, intransitive become quick, early, often; become sharp

[HH] verb, transitive cluck at to show annoyace or disgust

[L] ideophone describes water falling drop by drop

[LH] verb, transitive place an order

[LL] verb, transitive polish, scrub; grate (pl. of tʌk)

[LH] verb, intransitive become sluggish

[LH] verb, intransitive become sluggish

[LL] noun grave

[HF] noun trouble

[LHF] noun fourth-born son

[HH] noun sliminess, stickiness, a viscous secretion

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

[HF] noun animal (gen term), meat

[HD] phrase What day?

[HH] noun road, way; doorway, door; habit, custom

[HHL] noun a kind of large lizard, land living

[HH] noun sand on the shore

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

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

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

[HH] verb, transitive elude, evade (as a solution eludes one)

[H] verb, intransitive move about, become restless, fidget

[L] verb, transitive doubt, surprise