Ibibio English

[LHH] noun corpse, cadaver

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HDH] quantitative other, another, more

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHH] adjective real, genuine, important, very (emphatic)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL] noun hut, improvised temporary shelter(in the bush or at the fishing ponds)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun crying, weeping

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHHH] verb, transitive deceive

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive cut through with a single stroke

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, intransitive become rotten to the semi-liquid state, become decomposed, disintegrated (of an orange, a wet cracker, a dead body), become wet and messy, wet and sloppy, become watery to the point of nearly falling out

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive cook, prepare food (usually liquid food)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive feed, nurse, rear a child

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, intransitive sleep

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, intransitive fall in drops, rain

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive eat

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive dig up, dig (esp root crops), harvest (root crops)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun the area of the lower abdomen around the bladder.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun a day before business; Sunday; church service, church used in the names of certain market days (days of the week)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun flying squirrel.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun greeting.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun eulogy.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LF] noun message; fame.

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

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, intransitive become lazy.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun lice (pl. of ndaN).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHL] noun electricity

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHL] noun a calabash for serving palm wine, it has a filter at its mouth to hold back the dregs.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun a wooden musical instrument of the xylophone type.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun laughter

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun smallpox

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun fish (general)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] verb, transitive stir (as in soup)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] number one

(Igbo) otu

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL LL] one by one, one at a time, each to each (lit. keet e keet)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: itoro ituen

[LL] ideophone sound made by someone walking in studded shoes.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] verb, transitive bend over so as to expose the buttocks

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] verb, transitive become big

Speaker: itoro ituen

[L] verb, intransitive fail to come about, fail to materialize; fail to carry out

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive pull out, pluck (hari, feathers); uproot (roots, mushrooms)

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[L] ideophone sound of the fall of a very heavy object such as a concrete block or a huge bag of flour, it falls with a thud

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive leave a place, abandon, go away, leave alone

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive greet, thank, congratulate, express

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLHH] noun European

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun side, edge

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun dirt, refuse, garbage

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 today

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHL] noun brain

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH HD] noun ring

[HH] noun a kind of tree which blooms in dry season, its leaves are used for afere

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun penis, some speakers say that this is a polite term, others that it is slang, still others that it is a childs word

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLHL] noun young men (pl. of akparawa).

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HLH] noun trouble, problem, ruckus, commotion

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

[LHH] noun piece

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LLL] noun, adjective cold, wet

[LHLLH] adjective sharp, brave, fierce, potent

[LLH] adverb perhaps

[HF] noun horn of animal

[L] verb, intransitive become pleasant, enjoyable, sweet

[HHH] noun postherd

[LL] noun lies

[HFHF] noun smallpox

[LL] adjective small, few

[HH] noun the sour orange

[HH] noun ashes, dust

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

[LH] noun folktale, proverb

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

[LL] verb, intransitive become black

[HH] verb, intransitive laugh (plural of sak)

[HH] verb, transitive, verb, intransitive poke (with a sharp object, a stick) (esp to find where yams are below the ground) (var. sappa)

[LLHL] noun a kind of fruit, possibly breadfruit or soursop

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

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

[H] verb, transitive spread, loosen, untie, unlock, unwind, open, melt

[HH] verb, transitive pluck fruit (esp. pepper) cf kippe (pl. of tet)

[H] verb, transitive cut bush, clear bush

[HH] verb, intransitive weep, cry

[LLL] verb, transitive crumble

[HH] verb, transitive awaken

[LH] verb, intransitive become sluggish

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

[LL] noun a pit dug to catch rainwater

[LHH] noun slap

[HLL] adverb completely

[LH] noun loving, likeness

[HF] noun chicken, fowl

[HF] adverb slow, with care

[LHL] numeral five

[LH] noun fishhook

[HHH] verb, intransitive become poor

[HL] ideophone describes something that passes by very fast

[LL] verb, transitive cook a very small quantity of rich afere (soup) (until it is very hot) (pl. of jọk)