Ibibio English

[LLL] noun a kind of yam formerly only planted by women, water yam

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHL] noun Adam’s apple

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHF] noun chameleon

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HD] quantifier other, another, more

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun a kind of black stinging ant which lives in palm trees

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHL] noun bitter leaf, gall bladder; bile

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHL] noun sunshine, the suns rays, daylight; weather, season, time, the times

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun child, offspring

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

[HHH] verb, intransitive rejoice, become happy

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive scratch, itch

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] number ten

(Igbo) iri

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun monkey

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun the back (anat).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHHH] noun big, huge.

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 war; a society which celebrates past war glories, joining the society was possible at one time only for a man who had taken several heads, now it is done symbolically.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHF] noun grandfather (paternal or maternal).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun grey hair; mould (on food, leather)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] verb, transitive torture.

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

[HHL] noun women, wives

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL] noun wall

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun stool (Goldie says this word is a loan from Aqua).

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 spoon

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LF] noun; adjective wealth, rich person

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun walk, journey; gait

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL HL] noun door hinge

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHLH] number eight

(Igbo) asato

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHH] noun caterpillar (general term)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] prep. of time, place, cause, manner

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive perceive, feel, sense, taste, hear; understand; listen to, heed; respond to

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] ideophone sound made by a heavy object (a person, coconut, a palm fruit cluster) when it falls to the ground

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive hop on one leg, limp.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[H] verb, transitive copulate

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] verb, transitive let fall from the mouth, spit out (food, not liquid)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive make way, step aside

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive like, love (can be used as a euphemism for sex)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHL] noun dew dripping from the trees

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun engagement (before marriage)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HD] interjection please

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLHDH] noun a creeping plant with tiny leaves, Selaginella scandens

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHHH] noun singlet, sleeveless underwear

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHHH] noun skull

[LLL HD] noun plaintain

[HF] possessive pronoun they, them, their

[H] verb, transitive injure, wound

[LL] conjunction with, and

[HLL] noun sweat (var. ibikpO, ibibiak, adikpO)

[LLLH] noun evening (dusk till dawn) (var. mbubịre)

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

[LH] verb, intransitive converse, tell, inform

[HH] verb, transitive disappear; sg only dive

[HD] noun young woman (address or referent), a term of endearment for a young woman

[LH] interrogative what

[LL] noun the area around the ears and under the jaw

[LLL] noun a kind of small hot red or green pepper, Aframonum melegueta (Dalziel)

[HH] verb, intransitive be itchy, scratchy

[HH] verb, intransitive whine (of a child)

[LHL] noun a kind of imported fish, herring

[LLHF] noun a plant with hot peppery fruit and leaves which are chewed esp with palm wine

[LLHLLH] noun a spider web

[HF] noun leaf; in its narrowest sense the term applies to leaves that are distributed along a stem in such a way that a person can remove several of them at a time by running his hand along the stem

[LLH] adjective granular, in grains

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

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

[LF] noun market day

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, intransitive become dry (pl. of sat)

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

[LLH] verb, transitive to make a sign of disgust, impatience, disapproval, contempt; smack the lips over a good taste

[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

[LL] verb, transitive hate, dislike

[HH] verb, transitive grab as much as possible with one hand

[HH] verb, intransitive become sandy

[H] verb, transitive eject, hurl, throw, shoot, sting

[HHH] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive whistle

[H] verb, transitive hollow out

[L] verb, intransitive fail to mature, fail to develop fully, fall short of expectations; miss out

[L] verb, transitive curse, use abusive words

[LLL HHL] noun fourth-born son

[LH] noun guest, visitor

[HHL] noun a kind of large lizard, land living

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

[HH] verb, intransitive wander (aimlessly or with a purpose), go here and there (of one who has many places to go and many things to do)

[LH] verb, transitive doubt, surprise

[L] verb, transitive doubt, surprise

[HH] verb, transitive cause choking, dizziness