Ibibio English

[LF] noun a small shrimp, crayfish

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL] noun thunder

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[LF] noun whisper

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[LL] noun cloth, clothes

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHHHH] noun compound (gen. a large one with people living in it, the term suggests a rich man’s compound)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] verb, transitive refer to someone or mention someone’s name in a conversation, criticize, gossip; divide/share items among many people; classify items

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] verb, transitive beg, beg for; plead with, ask for

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, intransitive become unsalted, unseasoned, become deficient

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive pain, hurt; sicken

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, intransitive stand

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[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

[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

[HH] noun a kind of tree bearing an edible nut, Coula edulis (Dalziel).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHLL] noun hiccup.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive suck, suck out (marrow from a bone, flesh from a periwinkle shell) pl suck, pull hard with the mouth (esp when one makes a sound while doing it) sip through a straw.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, intransitive become jealous, envious often.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive fan, wave, swing; iv hover, float in the air.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun extra-marital sex.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun piassava, the fiber from the trunk of ukOt (rafia palm).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun firewood.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun fire.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] number three

(Igbo) atọ

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[HLHL] noun heel of the foot

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL] noun a leech; a kind of fish with long needle-like mouth

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun foot race, running

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHL] noun head; memory; sake, behalf

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive try to persuade, urge, importune, dun.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive fold, fold over (arms, paper, cloth, leaves).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[L] ideophone sound of the eka ibit (a large drum)

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] ideophone sound of raw maize being pounded.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] verb, transitive catch in the hands (plural of kpoppo)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive catch in the hands

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive eat in tiny bits, nibble at, tear into bits, pick at (a sore).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] adverb only

Speaker: itoro ituen

[HHH] verb, transitive push aside with disdain, postpone, shake off responsibility

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive retch, vomit gen used w ibọk medicine, udia food

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HL] noun government; white colonial officer; English consul

[LL] noun exhaustion, fatigue

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[HDH] noun piece, half piece

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[LHLH] noun gooseflesh

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive slow down and walk cautiously as when one sees danger, or because of mud

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive slacken; relax the body or part of the body

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLHL] adjective mouldy

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHHL] noun a kind of plant with small bitter fruits

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF HLL] noun small hard balls of excrement

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HHH] noun waste material left after sifting or straining something dry (esp cassava)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HLF] noun a kind of timber tree, Uapaca guineensis (Dalziel)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LF LL] noun a childrens game in which sticks are passed around quickly and players try not to accumulate them

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHHH] noun skull

[HF] possessive pronoun they, them, their

[HH] verb, transitive frown, screw up the face, have an unhappy, disgusted, distasteful or disapproving look on the face

[LLH] verb, transitive see clearly, discern

[HH] verb, transitive affect, influence (as in influence of alchohol or drug)

[LHLLH] adjective sharp, brave, fierce, potent

[HLHH] adjective unsteady; shiftless

[LHL LL] noun a kind of plant, its leaf is ground up and used to treat yews

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

[HHH] noun an edible fern found in streams

[LH HL] noun village crier, he beats a drum and makes announcements

[LH] numeral third, three

[HFHF] noun smallpox

[LL] noun children, young of animals

[HH] verb, intransitive become sweet, delicious, tasty, enjoyable (of food or drink only)

[HHHH HL] noun wrist watch

[HHHH] noun young curled cocyam leaf

[LL] ideophone sound of dry cloth or paper crumbling

[H] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive bear fruit

[H] ideophone sound of splashing water

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

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

[HL] noun shirt

[HH] verb, intransitive become tough and coarse in texture due to exposure to the sun or other causes and unable to be softened by cooking

[H] verb, intransitive become gently, mild (of disposition, weather); adverb: quietly, safely

[L] verb, transitive reach, get to, arrive at

[LL] ideophone describes a staggering walk

[HH] verb, transitive to exclaim

[H] verb, transitive to contribute

[LL] noun a game of struggle

[LLHH] noun cloaca of a chicken, hindquarters of a chicken (?)

[LHH] noun needle

[HHL] noun your kinsman

[L] verb, transitive kill

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

[LL] verb, transitive steal

[H] verb, transitive make an announcement

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

[HH] verb, transitive cause choking, dizziness