Ibibio English

[HH] noun flesh

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHLL] noun king

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[HF] noun horn, trumpet

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun practitioner, specialist, expert

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[HH] noun group, flock, herd

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive count, reckon, esteem

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive take, pick up, carry

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] adjective not even, even, none

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive lean something against, place against

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

[HH] verb, intransitive become broken, break (of its own accord), usually a long thin object such as a bone or a stick, break up in confusion (of a gathering)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] verb, transitive play

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[HL] noun headtie

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[HH] verb, intransitive sleep

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[LL] verb, transitive not know, doubt, have doub about, refuse to recognize

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[HHH] verb, intransitive become thin, light in weight, lightened (of a load); become light on the feet, sprightly.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, intransitive become lazy.

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, intransitive become good.

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive roast; set fire to; distill

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LF] adjective become unsalted, unseasoned; become deficient.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun whip; cane; belt

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun spoon

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHF] noun a kind tuber with mushrooms growing on it, usked in preparing ikpan

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun kernel (esp. oil palm kernel); stone (of a fruit)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL HL] noun door hinge

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] verb, transitive go to, go for

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, intransitive show off, become pompous

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

[H] verb, transitive fold, fold over (arms, paper, cloth, leaves).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive plead, plead with, entreat, beg

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] verb, transitive become loose, untied, unfastened; fall apart

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LH] verb, transitive change, become different, differ, vary

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive peel with hand or knife (as kola, ndiya, cassava); unlock; bleach.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LL] ideophone sound of something very light falling on the ground

Speaker: itoro ituen

[L] verb, intransitive knock, tap

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

[LL] verb, transitive eat palm fruit, a palm kernel, or a bit of meat by putting it in the mouth and turning it about slowly removing the flesh

[LLLH] noun cowrie shell

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] noun nail (anat), claw

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive; verb, intransitive ignore, delay in responding

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, intransitive become accustomed to, familiar with, associated with;

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLHL] adjective mouldy

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLHDH] noun a kind of small white mushroom

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHLH] noun burnt wood; the burnt wood left on the ground after a piece of farmland has been burned for planting

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HLLHL] noun armpit

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF HLL] noun small hard balls of excrement

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HHH] noun waste material left after sifting or straining something dry (esp cassava)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H.HL.L] noun a kind small house bat

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHHH] noun skull

[LL] pronoun my

[LL] conjunction and, with

[LLL] noun, adjective cold, wet

[HHHH] adjective toughness and coarseness in texture due to exposure to the sun or other causes

[HL] noun two hundred (from an old monetary system)

[HLHH] noun little bits of mischief, pranks, crafty, manipulations

[HLHH] noun stain

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

[LL] noun sore, septic wound

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

[LL] pronoun we, us, our

[HH] noun sand

[HFHF] noun smallpox

[LL] noun place

[HH] verb, transitive, verb, intransitive have; intransitive: sg only have to, must; appear to be, exist

[HH] verb, intransitive become sweet, delicious, tasty, enjoyable (of food or drink only)

[LL] noun my mother

[HHHH] noun young curled cocyam leaf

[HH] verb, transitive fight; struggle; try

[HH] verb, transitive, verb, intransitive poke (with a sharp object, a stick) (esp to find where yams are below the ground) (var. sappa)

[H] verb, intransitive laugh

[HH] verb, transitive devastate, destroy, squander

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

[HH] verb, transitive take out, remove, remove from; put forth, bring forth

[HH] verb, transitive remove a plug, an obstacle, unblock;

[LH] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive become slack, loose, reduced; slacks loosen; slacken, loosen, lower, reduce in height

[F] noun tea

[HH] verb, transitive make a knot, tie around and knot

[HH] verb, intransitive weep, cry

[LH] verb, transitive tortute, torment, punish

[HH] verb, transitive tickle

[HF] noun strength

[HH] noun sliminess, stickiness, a viscous secretion

[HH] noun oppression

[LF] noun cassava fufu, it has no smell due to being well soaked before cooking

[HF] noun a polite term for itịt, vagina

[LH] noun cssave fufu, it has no smell due to being well soaked before cooking

[LHHL] number nine

(Igbo) eteghiete

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL] noun congealed secretions

[HH] verb, transitive startle, surprise, take unawares (esp of an unexpected visitor)

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

[H] verb, intransitive become full; swell