Ibibio English

[LF] noun a small shrimp, crayfish

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLHL] noun a young man

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[LHL] noun Adam’s apple

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[LH] noun fence

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[LLL] noun pot

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[LLL] noun wasp

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun crying, weeping

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] verb, intransitive belch

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[H] verb, transitive spread out, lay flat, lay down (mats, tiles, carpet, cloth)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HL] noun headtie

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[HHH] verb, transitive; verb, intransitive shout at, bawl at, scold; shock.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun a tree with small blue skinned fruits, their green flesh is softened before eating by roasting or by immersing in hot water, the softened flesh is similar to avocado but it is slightly sour, it is customarily accompanied by roasted maize, Bush butter tree

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun pig.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun a hump on the back.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun walking stick.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun strange, alien.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun millipede.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive climb a large tree by putting the arms around it and moving up on the belly, shinny up a pole (pl. of fap).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLLH] verb, transitive blow out through the nose, blow the nose, snort (at).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive hold something in the mouth or between the lips without biting down.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive blow on (as with the mouth or bellows to cool, or to make a fire flame up), blow (a whistle, a wind instrument), whistle.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL] noun wall

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHL] noun men (pl. of owodeen).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun bitter

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[LH] noun witchcraft, witch.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun parrot

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[LLHL] adjective burnt, scorched

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[LH] noun debt

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[LL] noun a blow with the fist; a charm which enables the wearer to strike powerful blows

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHL] noun coal tar

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun base, foundation of esp. base of a tree trunk

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive wrap cloth around someone; fig buy cloth for elderly relations (pl. of kIn)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, intransitive stand on tiptoe, stretch to see something high; become high, raised up (esp. of the ground or of something which should be flat)

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive judge a case

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive soil, dirty.

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] ideophone sound of an automobile horn

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive leave a place, abandon, go away, leave alone

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive cover, close with a cover or lid; heap up

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

[HH] verb, transitive greet, thank, congragulate, express

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HL] noun cup (esp. a metal or enamel cup); cigarette tin or other container used as a unit of measure for beans, rice, gari

[LL] noun exhaustion, fatigue

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[LLLH] noun centipede

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[HHH] noun weeds, grass

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHF] noun tree, big/heavy log of wood

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHLLHLL] noun butterfly

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] noun thing, something; matter event. This is one of the most productive words in Ibibio, it serves as any unspecified subject or object

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HD] interj. yes

[L] verb, transitive blind

[HH] noun dream

[LL] conjunction with, and

[LH] noun dew, moisture on leaves

[HHHH] noun bedbug, cimex rotundata (in Ibibio bugs pinch rather than bite)

[HF] noun vein (esp. in the arm)

[L] verb, intransitive become pleasant, enjoyable, sweet

[HH] verb, transitive disappear; sg only dive

[LHH] noun scum

[HF] noun the gums

[HF] adjective good, genuine

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

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

[LL] verb, intransitive be tall, long, far, high, deep

[HH] verb, intransitive shine like cat eyes (said of a person’ s eyes when he is excited, or when he should be ashamed but isn’t); shine intensely, brightly

[HH] noun weeds, grass

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

[HHH] verb, transitive throw up to someone what one has done for him or what he has done to one, reproach with past deeds (var. sion̄, sioon̄)

[L] verb, intransitive become enough, sufficient, complete

[LL] verb, transitive hate, dislike

[H] verb, transitive speak to, talk to, say, tell; rebuke, reprove often

[LH] verb, transitive place an order

[HHH] verb, transitive disturb, disorder (the vegetation in passing by, the water entering it)

[HH] verb, transitive tickle

[L] verb, transitive warn against; give information, inform

[LLL] noun room

[LL] noun grave

[HHH] noun a whistle

[HF] noun slavery (var. ufʌn)

[HH] noun leg and/or foot; bottom, base; elongation, extension, movement, means, mode

[LL] noun dish, plate, bowl

[LLL] noun congealed secretions

[LLH] noun spider web

[LHLHL] interjection a sound made to cheer or mock someone

[LH] verb, intransitive warm oneself in the sun or by the fire, bask

[H] verb, transitive suck

[HH] verb, transitive deceive

[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)

[H] verb, transitive make an announcement

[HH] verb, transitive saw, cut with a sawing motion (an animal’s throat, or in shredding certain leaves such as afan̄)(pl. of jọọk)