Ibibio English

[LLL] noun valley, abyss, chasm, gorge

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LF] noun a small shrimp, crayfish

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun dust

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLHL] noun cat

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHLL] noun blessing

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun comb

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHH] noun corpse, cadaver

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LF] noun whisper

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHL] adjective whole, complete

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHL] adjective old

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LD] adjective first

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLHL] noun a young man

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHL] noun priest

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun bee

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun jar, jug for storage of water

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

[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

[LL] noun divulge secrets, inform, tattle, betray

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] verb, transitive answer a question, answer a call(in the latter case only used negatively, i.e. fail to answer a call)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive remove from the embers what has been roasting there (plural of dappa)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] verb, intransitive become bitter

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive drag, draw; pl make a drawing, draw many lines; massage.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun leopard or any of the big cats; a mens society so named from the way they use drums to imitate the sound of a leopard.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHF] noun a kind of large edible snail.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHHH ] verb, transitive; verb, intransitive turn, twist, twist around, twist together (poss involves a more complete turn or twist than fiak); iv become twisted (of its own accord); turn (of a wheel).

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

[LHH] noun standing; height, stature, position; moment in time, time, time when.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun country, nation, tribe, clan, group of people esp foreigners; a group who follow a leader; household; humanity, human nature.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHL] noun thigh; lap.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun witchcraft, witch.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHL] noun reasoning power, common sense, intellect.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun smallpox

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] verb, intransitive/verb transitive think, meditate, worry, brood; hope, expect; consider; become concerned with, care

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] adverb there, over there, yonder

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, intransitive become high, tall, elevated

[HH] verb, transitive cut with a glancing motion (as in scraping bark from a tree, peeling the rotten part from a yam, shaping a pestle out of wood) (pl. of kpaN)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive crack (nut, palm kernels) with a stone

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] verb, intransitive become near, stay near; approach

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] ideophone sound of a short blast on the horn of a small automobile.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] verb, transitive trim (branches, hair), cut down (a tree)

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 vomit

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] verb, transitive hit, beat, hollow or flat sounds

Speaker: itoro ituen

[LLH] verb, transitive rub off, erase, wipe clean, polish

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] verb, transitive remove from a hook, remove what hangs; unentangle (esp. wipe away 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

[HHL] noun wing

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun hunger

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, intransitive become patient; hold back, have control

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLHL] noun young men (pl. of akparawa).

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHF] noun a kind of white yam

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH HL] noun eyebrow

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HHH HL] noun eyeball

[LL] conjunction and, with (variants: ye; ndo; mma)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] adjective fresh (not cooked, dried or smoked)

[LLLL] noun error, fault; a fine (var. ndude)

[LHLLH] adjective sharp, brave, fierce, potent

[HF] noun a kind of small fish

[HHH] noun race, competition

[HLL] noun shadow

[LLH] adverb perhaps

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

[LH] verb, intransitive converse, tell, inform

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

[LL] pronoun we, us, our

[HHHH] noun eternity

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

[LLL] noun mould

[HHH] verb, intransitive become melted

[LH] verb, intransitive verbal aggression

[HH] verb, intransitive become sour

[LLL] noun a kind of insect, a larva

[HHH] noun crust from burnt food

[HHHLLLHL] noun locust

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

[LL] verb, intransitive become black

[HH] verb, transitive taunt, sneer at; makean open-eye, make a face, stick out the tongue, to say it serves you right, I told you

[HH] verb, transitive look at

[HHHH] verb, intransitive make a sound of disgust, disapproval, impatience, contempt (var. siama)

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

[HH] verb, intransitive become impaled, skewered, stuck onto a sharp object

[LL] numeral second

[HH] noun arm and/or hand; handle; power, strength, ability

[HHF] noun the small of the back and the area immediately surrounding it

[LHF] noun third-born son

[LLH] noun ability

[HH] noun miser, tight-fisted person

[HL] noun guava

[LH] verb, intransitive become hot, warm

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

[HH] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive adhere. stick, become sticky; hang; hang oneself; insist, persist; hang on to; pester; persecute; hate