Ibibio English

[LL] number forty

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun flesh

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HLHL] noun lungs

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun moon, month

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun expanse e.g. ocean

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun square basket woven of cane or rattan

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun circle formation for a game or dance

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL] adjective green

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] verb, transitive refer to someone or mention someone’s name in a conversation, criticize, gossip; divide/share items among many people; classify items

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive watch out for; wait to do harm to; watch over, protect, look after

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLLH] verb, intransitive become ruined, spoiled, destroyed(pl of biara)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive reveal a secret, narrate a story, convey information, inform, relate, (all have derogatory connotation)

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

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] verb, intransitive spill

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun pig.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LF] noun randmother (maternal or paternal).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun kidney, heart.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHH] noun copulation.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun axe.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun greeting.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] verb, intransitive run, run away.

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

[HHH] verb, transitive remove from the mouth what one has been sucking or holding there.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] verb, intransitive put on clothes, wear.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHL] noun crazyness, mad person.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun extra-marital sex.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun lice (pl. of ndaN).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun salt

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun walk, journey; gait

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun a set of five yams

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHLLL] number six

(Igbo) isii

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive/ verb, intransitive close the eyes and turn the head aside in a gesture of disapproval

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] verb, intransitive become called, named, bear a name

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, intransitive; ideophone blink w anjen eye; describes something that flickers

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)

[HH] transitive verb call, invite, read

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive restrain, prohibit, stop; warn; rebuke (pl. of kpan)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive push a heavy object for a distance; shove away from a distance (as an insect with a long stick); wheel, roll, push something on wheels.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive pay

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive cajole, entice, lure.

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

[LLHHH] noun [Efik] a creature (fish? serpent?) which stretches the whole length of a river or sea

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] verb, intransitive snap, break from too much strain (of a rope); sg only break away, leave a place and rush to another

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive hang (on a hook, peg, line); spread out to dry; hook, link, lock, entangle

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] verb, transitive lick, clean out, clean up, scoop out (esp. the flesh of a soft succulent fruit)

[LLL] noun sugar cane, Saccarum officinarum (Dalziel)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun small sticks used to support young yam shoots

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF HLL] noun small hard balls of excrement

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHL] adjective small

[LL] conjunction and, with

[HHH] noun water

[LH] roar (of thunder)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHHH] noun a dish of ground beans with oil, pepper and other condiment steamed in leaves (Yoruba)

[L] verb, transitive blind

[HLL] noun shadow

[LHH] noun scum

[LHH] noun sperm, semen

[LLL] noun a kind of basket used for catching fish or crabs, small ones are made of palm fronds, large ones of cane

[LLH] interrogative noun what?

[LLH] verb, transitive smell, sniff

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

[LLH] verb, transitive peep into (a matter, house); peep out (without being noticed), peep at

[LH] verb, transitive open the eyes wide (to show seriousness and thus make a child comply)

[LF] noun my grandmother

[HHHH] noun bell, clock, hour

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

[HL] noun shilling

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

[LH] verb, intransitive come down, descend (var. sọijọ)

[L] verb, transitive taste (food, drink)

[H] verb, transitive spread, loosen, untie, unlock, unwind, open, melt

[LH] verb, transitive explain, direct, tell how

[LH] noun a kind of grey rock which is crushed to a powder and used as a cosmetic for the eyes

[LL] verb, transitive curse, use abusive words (pl. of tọk)

[LL] noun a pit dug in the ground, a ditch

[LH] noun canoe

[LHH] adjective buying, shopping

[LHH] noun left (direction)

[LLHH] noun cloaca of a chicken, hindquarters of a chicken (?)

[LL] noun dish, plate, bowl

[HF] noun day, twenty-four hours

[LH] noun guest, visitor

[LL] noun fufu, anything pounded for fufu, anything cut with the fingers from a mass and swallowed in balls along with afere (soup)

[HH] noun sand on the shore

[LH] noun fishhook

[L] verb, transitive sacrifice

[H] verb, transitive suck

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

[HH] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive become pregnan, conceive (var. jʌmmo)

[HH] verb, intransitive satisfy (with food, information)

[LH] verb, transitive doubt, surprise