Ibibio English

[H.HL] noun central beam of a house, it runs the length of the roof

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun meeting place

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] pronoun you

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] adjective all, every

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHL] adjective old

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun expanse e.g. ocean

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HL] noun priest

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun a broom made from oil palm fronds stripped of their leaves and tied in a bunch, it is generally used for sweeping the house

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun onion

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] adjective not even, even, none

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] noun term of address used betwee men of equal age and status, its use generally implies intimacy, it is occasionally used to address a stranger and is currently used by young girls although this latter is considered improper by men

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive lick (a spoon or the fingers in eating), eat something soft of liquid with a spoon or fingers

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, intransitive sleep

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HL] verb, transitive strain, filter skim

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive climb (tree, hill)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun baldness, bald spot.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL] noun side whiskers, side burns.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHHL] noun sacred place where family heirlooms are kept; archive.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HLLHL] noun heel of the foot.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHHL] noun rheumatism.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive eat up a large quantity of food.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun a kind of small crocodile (Goldie monitor lizard) cf afiom, utai.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun sleep.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHL] noun thigh; lap.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL] noun; adjective; adverb aloneness, lack of relations

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLHL] adjective burnt, scorched

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun walk, journey; gait

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHLH] number eight

(Igbo) asato

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

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] ideophone describes a quick action; describes a completed action or state.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] ideophone sound of bottle breaking (on the floor, on a basin, on metal).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive pay attention (used with utON, as in a kpaN utON, listen).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HL] interjection expression of concern, regret, apology

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive watch, guard, look after

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] verb, transitive respect, esteem, honor, worship

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive catch in the hands

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[L] verb, intransitive fail to come about, fail to materialize; fail to carry out

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[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

[H] verb, transitive loosen, untie, unrap, unfasten, dismantle.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[L] ideophone sound made by a heavy round object such as a coconut or palm fruit cluster when it falls to the ground

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive remove from a hook, unhang (rev. of kọọn̄ [HH])

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

[LLH] verb, transitive swallow (pl. of men)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun penis

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHLH] noun a kind of plant with similar properties to akpaakpa ikpaaRa (the plants that if pulled out gets its roots back to the ground and grows up again)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH HL] noun outer part of the vagina - labia majora

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun shout, scream, outcry

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LHLLH HL] noun rough skin, tough skin

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL] noun prison, jail, detention

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun handcuffs, leg cuffs, shackles

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH HL] noun eyeball

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL HD] noun plaintain

[LLH] adjective alive; raw; fresh (of meat, fish, a wound)

[HF] noun a kind of small fish

[HLHH] noun stain

[HH] noun jest, clowning, embarrassment

[HFHF] noun a kind of small mushroom which grows on dead trees, it can be white, red, or brown

[HF HL] noun smoke; steamboat, ship

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

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

[HH] ideophone sound of plantain frying in oil

[LL] verb, intransitive become greedy

[H] verb, transitive show teeth

[HHHF] noun kerosine (English loanword)

[LH] noun color, many colors (ason cloth, or an animal)

[LHHH] noun crybaby, a person who cries at every little thing

[LHH] noun clan chief

[LL] ideophone sound of dry cloth or paper crumbling

[HH] verb, intransitive become congested; become odorous; smell of fish

[H] verb, transitive drink; smoke

[LH] verb, transitive tickle

[L] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive to be able to, know how to, master

[HH] verb, transitive abuse, humiliate

[HH] verb, transitive look at

[HHH] verb, intransitive become foolish, stupid (pl. of sịme)

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

[LH] verb, intransitive faint, lose consciousness; become lowered

[H] ideophone describes the action of cutting something all the way through

[L] ideophone sound of wood being cut

[L] verb, transitive taste liquid, take a sip, sip

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

[HF] noun fatness, breadth

[LHL] noun rice

[LHF] noun your grandfather

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

[HHH] noun beach; sandbar

[HHL] noun your kinsman

[H] verb, transitive suck

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

[L] verb, transitive cut into large pieces (as tree into logs, a fish into large chunks)

[HH] verb, transitive make an announcement in several places

[HHH] verb, transitive dance with specific steps, dance a specific dance, generally a leisurely a dance with outstretched arms