Ibibio English

[LLL] noun thunder

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun the first-born son

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun a fence of shrubbery planted to indicate a boundary and provide privacy

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun a broom made from oil palm fronds stripped of their leaves and tied in a bunch, it is generally used for sweeping the house

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, intransitive; verb, transitive resemble, appear to, seem to, seem

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

[LH] verb order the night before in order to have the next day, book overnight, contact to but at a certain time (esp. palm wine, palm wine is generally bought in the morning when it is fresh)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive scratch, itch

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, intransitive (copula) be

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, intransitive live, be alive

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive boast

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HLL] verb, intransitive to fool around.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH ] verb, transitive wipe up, dab, take a bit(of food to taste, of cream on the finger) pl cleam up, clean away; wipe up a liquid or semiliquid substance(water, faeces)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHH] noun widow, lit. husband died.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHLL] noun blessing

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] number twenty.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun tomach; a bag-like object esp one containing air; a musical instrument of the accordian type; a kind of thumb piano made of wood of calabash with metal keys; a play in which the thumb piano is used.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun tree trunk (the oart between the roots and the crown); a log left by the side of the river to wash clothes on.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun kidney, heart.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun meat, rat.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun bitter

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun spoon

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun uncultivated land, brush (used with the name of certain flora and fauna to mean wild); plot, plantation; followers, descendants, family, people of a particular place (many place names contain the word iikọt)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun the area from the waist to the hips

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun earth, land, ground, floor, country, a council of elders

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 walk on the balls of the feet, walk on tiptoe

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

[HH] verb, intransitive become high, tall, elevated

[HLL] adverb never ever.

Speaker: itoro ituen

[LH] verb, transitive lift something very heavy and of huge girth requiring both arms around it; try to carry something heavier than one is capable of, take on more than one can manage

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive plead, plead with, entreat.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LLH] verb, intransitive become tough, hard (of meat, rubber, wood); become difficult (of a task)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive sweep; take the remains of something

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 ref. hang, hang on oneself, choke

[HH] verb, intransitive cough

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

[LLHH] noun European

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun race

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun engagement (before marriage)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH HD] noun ring

[HH] noun a natural covering, skin scab

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH HDH] noun ring

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL] noun path, narrow place, space, gap

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LLL] noun path, narrow place, space, gap

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHH] noun piece

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HL] verb, intransitive become wealthy

[LLH] adjective alive; raw; fresh (of meat, fish, a wound)

[HLHH] noun stain

[LL] noun sore, septic wound

[L] verb, intransitive become straight; become right, correct

[HFHF] noun a kind of small mushroom which grows on dead trees, it can be white, red, or brown

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

[LLL] noun intestines

[HHHH] noun eternity

[LL] adjective small, few

[LL] noun brass or copper bangles worn around the legs from ankle to thigh by fattened brides

[HHLLLL] noun a kind of large forest bird, eagle, it can beat the air with its wings and make a great noise

[LH] verb, intransitive be tilted, bent stiffly over

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

[LF] noun lead (metal)

[LH] noun over there, yonder (refers to a narrow area)

[LHHH] noun crybaby, a person who cries at every little thing

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

[LH] conj even if, not even if

[LH] noun oyster

[H] verb, transitive drink; smoke

[LH] verb, transitive strike on the head with the knuckles made in a fist

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

[LLL] verb, transitive scatter things that are arranged or piled up, strew things about dishevel, disorder

[LH] verb, intransitive faint, lose consciousness; become lowered

[HH] verb, intransitive become impaled, skewered, stuck onto a sharp object

[HH] verb, intransitive weep, cry

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

[H] verb, intransitive beat, pound (esp food in a mortar, clothes on a log)

[H] verb, transitive pay close attention

[H] verb, transitive hit, hit the mark; knock against, knock down; throw down; drop

[H] verb, intransitive urinate

[LL] numeral second

[LF] noun your husband

[HF] noun fatness, breadth

[HH] noun arm and/or hand; handle; power, strength, ability

[LLH] adjective steeped, soaked

[LL] noun grave

[HH] noun friend

[LHH] noun fifth-born son

[LL] noun a game of struggle

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

[HH] noun miser, tight-fisted person

[HHH] noun feast

[LL] noun covering on the surface of something (skin on soup, tarnish on metal, fungus)

[LH] noun fishhook

[LH] noun bread, biscuit

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

[H] verb, transitive having the urge to sleep

[LL] verb, transitive steal