Ibibio English

[LLH] noun mens robes

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HDH] quantitative other, another, more

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] pronoun you

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHHH] noun table

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HD] quantifier other, another, more

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] adjective stranger, visitor, sojourner, immigrant

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun the sediment which sinks to the bottom of the pot when palm oil is boiled after being extracted from the fruit, dregs

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHLL] noun hiccup

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHHH] adjective male (used with all animal names except those few which have a special word for the male); yielding little, unproductive

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HFHF] noun measles

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun a stomach ache with diarrhea

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun cluster (of fruit, e.g grapes)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, intransitive become rotten (esp. of edible things), spoil (of improperly dried fish, it gets mould on it), sour

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive break

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive turn a deaf ear towards, not anwer, ignore

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] verb, intransitive become quiet, calm, lonely (of a place, of wind or water)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL] verb, transitive pour, pour out, spill, pl. of duọk

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun buttocks, anus; bottom.

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

[LH] noun father, old man, respectful address or reference to a man.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive remove water with a bowl from where it is not wanted (esp bail out a boat), scoop liquid from one container to another.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive bother, harass, worry.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, intransitive become mouldy (of coconut, palm kernel).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HLHL] noun red

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun sleep.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L.LH.HL] adjective bitter

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun bitter

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun a wooden musical instrument of the xylophone type.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun cocoyam, Colocasia esculentum (Dalziel)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHH] noun a kind of fish with a small head, dried and used for soup

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun fishing grounds, fishing area

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun salt

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHLL] noun a kind of bird, black with a white throat and a large beak (Goldie a small hornbill)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun advice

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, intransitive wander, go around, come and go; pl come and go and linger at a place

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] transitive verb call, invite, read

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HLL] adverb never ever.

Speaker: itoro ituen

[HH] verb, transitive soil, dirty.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] ideophone sound of an automatic horn.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] verb, transitive cut through, cut off; pl chop.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] ideophone sound made by ekOmO drums, the small one goes kpim or kpom or kum, the large one goes kpim or kum.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[L] ideophone sound made by a bar of steel when it falls to the ground

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive clear, sweep remaining bits of afere (soup) from a plate with the hand or a piece of fufu.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive call, read aloud, invite

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LLH] verb, transitive remove from a hook, remove what hangs; unentangle (esp. wipe away strands of cobweb) (rev. of kọp [L])

[LLH] verb, transitive remove from a hook, remove what hangs, unentangle (esp. wipe away strands of cobweb) (rev. of kọp [L])

[LL] verb, transitive knock

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHL] noun dew dripping from the trees

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun wrestling, wrestling bout

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH HDH] noun ring

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LF] noun scar

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] adverb a small, hard, round objects, seed, kernel, grain

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHLHL] noun a kind of insect (similar to millipede)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHF] noun a kind of white yam

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun a seat without a back

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun a construction of palm fronds gen. near a house or against a fence, used for storing yam or cocoyam

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LHHLHL] noun butterfly

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HHH HL] noun shin

[LHHH] noun singlet, sleeveless underwear

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL] noun a kind of palm oil obtained by burning the palm kernel, its uses include pomade for the skin, medicine for boils and wounds, antidote for poison, (taken as an emetic), protection against juju

[LHL] adjective without response

[L] verb, transitive take hold of, grab, catch (in the arms); grope

[HH] verb, transitive disappear; sg only dive

[LHH] noun calamity

[HHHH] noun eternity

[HF] noun the gums

[LH] noun my father

[HF] noun hanger, peg on the wall for hanging things

[LL] adjective small, few

[HH] noun a diseased condition of the skin on the legs involving pus filled swellings and cracking of the skin

[HH] verb, intransitive become sour

[LLLL] noun rust

[HHH] noun crust from burnt food

[HLL] noun welts from a beating

[HH] verb, intransitive flicker; transitive: flash a light on and off

[HH] verb, transitive devastate, destroy, squander

[HHH] verb, transitive disturb, stir

[L] verb, intransitive be small

[H] verb, intransitive walk with small quick half running steps as when carrying a heavy load

[HH] verb, intransitive walk in a slow, lazy, sloppy, or stealthy manner

[L] ideophone sound of wood being cut

[LH] verb, transitive dip out, ladle out (with a spoon or the hand); beckon with the hand, touch slightly to get someone’s attention

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

[HH] verb, transitive awaken

[LH] verb, intransitive become sluggish

[HDH] noun some

[HDH] noun tsetse fly

[HF] noun slavery (var. ufʌn)

[LH] noun loving, likeness

[LF] noun lack, scarcity

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

[H] verb, intransitive become many, become much

[HH] verb, intransitive talk a lot, chatter, become unable to contain anything or keep a secret

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

[LL] verb, transitive steal