Ibibio English

[HHHH] noun cold, cattarrh

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHL] noun python

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun a kind of reed; a sleeping mat woven from reed

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive join a society, undergo the initiation for a society

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, intransitive stand, shine (of sun or moon)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] verb, intransitive fierce, brave, valiant, dare, become hot, burn (of pepper), become sarp, function work (of medicine, magic)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] verb, intransitive become bitter

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] verb, transitive swoosh, shake, rinse water around in the mouth or bottle.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive boast

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun an uncircumcised man or woman.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHH] noun a single (or double?) pronged metal gong.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun meat, rat.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHF] noun a kind of large edible snail.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHL] noun the first shoost of a plant to come up.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun heart, gut.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, intransitive; verb, transitive become heaped up, piled up; tv heap up, pile up.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] verb, transitive remove from the mouth what one has been sucking or holding there.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun drum.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHF] noun gorilla (Goldie baboon, chimpanzee).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun belly

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHF] noun knife, machet (machete)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHH] noun a cripple

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL] adjective soft, fat, fleshy, tight (of fruit or a person’s flesh)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHLLL] number six

(Igbo) isii

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun nose

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive roast, fry (a food to make it dry or crisp esp groundnuts in sand, gari in a pot); season a new pot by placing it on the fire

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive die perish; become exhausted, overcome; fade; heal

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LLH] verb, transitive cross, overlap, join, twist together, buckle, button.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HLL] adverb never ever.

Speaker: itoro ituen

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LH] verb, transitive construct a framework

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive stand in a certain relative position, as in kpe iso or kp edem.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LH] verb, intransitive become near, stay near; approach

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive cut into, slash

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] ideophone sound of a short blast on the horn of a small automobile.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] verb, transitive become tough, hard (of meat, rubber, wood)

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive loosen, untie, unwrap, unfasten, dismantle (plural of kpọk)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] verb, transitive space out (in planting)

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[H] verb, transitive cover, close with a cover or lid; heap up

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, intransitive ref. hang, hang on oneself, choke

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive; verb, intransitive ignore, delay in responding

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun cockroach

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun periwinkle

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHF] noun a kind of white yam

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun button

[HH] noun palm wine, strong alcohol

[HHHH] noun a dish of ground beans with oil, pepper and other condiment steamed in leaves (Yoruba)

[LLH] verb, transitive see clearly, discern

[HD] adverb also, too

[HH] noun jest, clowning, embarrassment

[LH] verb, intransitive converse, tell, inform

[HH] verb, transitive disappear; sg only dive

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

[LHH] noun sperm, semen

[HF] noun the gums

[HH] noun sand

[HF] adjective good, genuine

[LLH] verb, transitive peep into (a matter, house); peep out (without being noticed), peep at

[LF] noun lead (metal)

[HHH] noun vision, trance, revelation

[HH] verb, intransitive talk in an angry, high-piched voice; ideophone: sound of a frightened, wounded dog

[LH] verb, transitive tickle

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

[HHH] verb, intransitive become childish, act childish

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

[H] verb, intransitive become lost, disappear, cease (of customs)

[HH] verb, transitive take out, remove, remove from; put forth, bring forth

[HH] verb, transitive remove a plug, an obstacle, unblock;

[LL] verb, intransitive tiptoe, walk on tiptoe

[H] verb, transitive speak to, talk to, say, tell; rebuke, reprove often

[L] verb, transitive taste (food, drink)

[HL] noun tailor (English loanword)

[LH] verb, transitive explain, direct, tell how

[HD] noun grandfather

[HH] verb, transitive make a knot, tie around and knot

[LL] conjunction, adverb, preposition very much, until, so that

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

[HH] verb, transitive to exclaim

[LH] verb, transitive stop from happening, thwart, blunt

[L] verb, transitive warn against; give information, inform

[HDH] noun some

[LL] noun a pit dug to catch rainwater

[LHH] noun fifth-born son

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

[LLH] noun spider web

[HHH] noun any insect which pinches

[L] verb, transitive tear, rend, scratch, tear off, tear up, tear out; pay a debt in installments

[LH] verb, intransitive sneeze

[LL] verb, transitive lend; borrow

[L] verb, intransitive wilt, melt, dissolve, digest; become lazy, become weak

[HH] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive become pregnan, conceive (var. jʌmmo)

[HH] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive adhere. stick, become sticky; hang; hang oneself; insist, persist; hang on to; pester; persecute; hate

[H] verb, intransitive become full; swell