Ibibio English

[HHL HF] noun a tattler

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHL HF] noun town, village

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun flesh

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLHF] noun world

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[LHLL] noun king

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LF] noun whisper

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun path in the bush

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun expanse e.g. ocean

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[LHL] noun basket

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[LH] noun lizard

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun bee

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL HLL] noun strong waves, sea currents, tempest

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[HHH] noun a kind of large bush rat which tunnels in the ground

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] verb, transitive prepare, prepare for, get ready for

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] verb, transitive ask, ask for

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] verb, transitive drive away, drive off, send away, follow, go afte, chase, catch up to, join

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] verb, transitive pass, pass by, cross

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[LL] verb, transitive scratch, itch

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, intransitive intend, wish.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, intransitive leak, leak out, run out(of liquid)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHH] noun widow, lit. husband died.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun a kind of fish, good to eat.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL] noun world.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun phantom, ghost of ancestors. in traditional government, the police arm, now a society (to which nearly all the men belong) which has masquerades at various times of year such as the turning of the year and the harvest of new yam.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun dog.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, intransitive become covered; cover oneself (with a cloth or blanket); become sad, mourn.

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[LH] noun underpants.

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[HF] noun hair (on the head or growing densely as on the head).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun firewood.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun a small round leech found in dry mudflows.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun cocoyam, Colocasia esculentum (Dalziel)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun urine.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun deafness; deaf man

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun; adjective farm

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[LLLL] noun hippopotamus

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[LF] noun impotent man

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[HH] noun hip joint

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[HHH] verb, intransitive tie or wrap a cloth around ones own loins or waist

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive cost

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[LLH, LL] verb, transitive become flat (of something that should swell or be rounded).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive restrain, prohibit, stop; warn; rebuke

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HL] interjection expression of concern, regret, apology

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LL] verb, transitive prepare, get ready.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive cajole, entice, lure.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive cut off the end of a periwinkle ( a kind of mollusk) so the fish can be sucked out.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[L] verb, transitive crow (of a cock).

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive cover (esp obscure from view)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive (iv) become set (of a trap), become piled up, heaped up; (tv) cary piled up (a stack of bulky things such as books or firewood, walking is impeded)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun neigbour

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[LLLLH LLLLH] adjective dry and crisp, rough

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[HF HLL] noun small hard balls of excrement

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH HL] noun eyebrow

[LHH] noun piece

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LLHLLH] adjective become soft, weak, easy

[LL] pronoun my

[LLL HD] noun plaintain

[LL] verb, transitive doubt, argue, dispute

[LLL LLL] adverb unsteadily

[LLH] verb, transitive smell, sniff (var. n̄uune)

[L] verb, transitive sell

[HH] verb, transitive shake, bounce a person as on a couch

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

[HD] adverb also

[LLH] verb, intransitive wander around, walk about (pl. of san̄a)

[HH] verb, intransitive to be clean; to acquit, find innocent

[HHH] verb, intransitive become childish, act childish (pl. of sere)

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

[HH] verb, transitive devastate, destroy, squander

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

[HHH] verb, intransitive become disordered, disheveled; become smashed to bits

[L] verb, intransitive be small

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

[HH] verb, intransitive become sandy

[HH] verb, transitive pierce through, make a hole, carve out (pl. of tịp)

[LLL] verb, transitive crumble

[LL] verb, intransitive become supple

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

[LL] verb, transitive hurt a sore place by accident

[H] verb, transitive pay close attention

[H] verb, transitive to contribute

[HH] verb, intransitive become clouded, unclear (in color); become murky, unclear (of liquids); become dusty (of clothes or something that can be shaken out)

[LF] noun the edible kernel of the raffia palm fruit

[HF] noun strength, force, power

[HF] noun house

[LHD] noun a kind of fish with a hard skull and whiskers, good to east (Goldie: a species of catfish); (var akpakot)

[HH] noun childhood

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

[H] verb, transitive soothe, pat, rock a child

[H] verb, transitive burn, sting (as pepper, iodine)

[H] verb, transitive wash; rub on, apply (oil, ointment); lick

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

[L] verb, transitive doubt, surprise

[H] verb, transitive attach, put together, fasten, lock, hang (from a point, or curtains, tie on so that it may hang)

[LL] verb, transitive warm food, reheat afere (soup) (until it is very hot) (pl. of jọk)