Ibibio English

[LL] number forty

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL] noun God, god

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun dust

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun water buffalo

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun trap, ordeal

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLHL] noun a young man

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun A sexually transmitted infection (STI) in men, involves painful swellings on the groin area that may impede walking

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHHH] noun table

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HFHF] noun measles

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] verb, intransitive lean against, lean on(for help)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] noun wait, wait for

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive cut through with a single stroke

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive bury

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive cook by burying in hot ashes

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, intransitive; verb, transitive sink

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] verb, intransitive fierce, brave, valiant, dare, become hot, burn (of pepper), become sarp, function work (of medicine, magic)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, intransitive come

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] verb, intransitive become untidy and wet (of a messy wet animal), become wet, become untidy.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH ] verb, transitive wipe up, dab, take a bit(of food to taste, of cream on the finger) pl cleam up, clean away; wipe up a liquid or semiliquid substance(water, faeces)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHH] noun widow, lit. husband died.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun the area of the lower abdomen around the bladder.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun flying squirrel.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHH] noun a single (or double?) pronged metal gong.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL] noun side whiskers, side burns.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL] noun world.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun rat, mouse (gen term).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHH] noun mockery.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun tree, any plant with a woody stem, wood.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] verb, transitive argue, argue with, disagree with.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] verb, intransitive run, run away.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] verb, transitive forget.

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

[HHL] noun women, wives

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun arrow.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun spoon

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[LH] adjective dwarf, small in size, left over

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LF] noun; adjective wealth, rich person

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHL] noun a sore, septic wound

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHH] noun a cripple

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun walk, journey; gait

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHH] noun crab

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL] adjective soft, fat, fleshy, tight (of fruit or a person’s flesh)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] verb, transitive remove palm fruit from the pot with a basin or calabash

[LH] verb, transitive pull down the lower eye lid to show triumph, to mock

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[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

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

[HH] verb, transitive hang (an object on a hook, around a person’s neck, cloth pot to dry)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

[HH] noun pity, sympathy

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun cockroach

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHHH] noun a large calabash used as a buoy for nets

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LLL] noun path, narrow place, space, gap

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun sandfly

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHLLH HL] noun rough skin, tough skin

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH HL] noun eyeball

[LLH] noun warm

[L] verb, transitive take hold of, grab, catch (in the arms); grope

[LL] conjunction with, and

[LHH] noun yam stake, a stick placed in the ground for the yam plant to climb on

[LHH] noun evening (dusk until midnight)

[HHH] adjective new

[HLL] noun shadow

[HH] noun jest, clowning, embarrassment

[HF] noun slander, gossip

[LL] noun sore, septic wound

[HDH] interrogative noun what?

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

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

[LLLL] noun rust

[LLL] noun an insect of the grasshopper type, it is tan, grey or mottled

[HHH] noun a lump (of meat, a clay), a mass; a nest made by ants

[LLHLLH] noun a spider web

[LLH] adjective granular, in grains

[H] ideophone describes a sudden action

[LH] verb, transitive tickle

[LLH] verb, intransitive lament, complain, regret

[L] verb, transitive speak a language esp. a foreign language; speak unintelligibly; translate

[LLH] verb, intransitive shift, make room, move aside, jerk, make a fuss (pl. of sịkke)

[H] verb, intransitive become lost, disappear, cease (of customs)

[HL] noun tailor (English loanword)

[L] ideophone describes water falling drop by drop

[HH] verb, intransitive weep, cry

[HH] verb, transitive eat a little bit at a time, pick up and eat tiny bits of food (such as grains of rice), pick tiny leaves

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

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

[LL] noun a pit dug to catch rainwater

[LLL HHL] noun fourth-born son

[HF] adverb slow, with care

[HHH] noun beach; sandbar

[HF] noun voice, order, edict

[L] verb, transitive tear, rend, scratch, tear off, tear up, tear out; pay a debt in installments

[LLH] verb, intransitive become peeled off, become faded

[LH] verb, intransitive become hot, warm

[HH] verb, transitive pinch

[HH] verb, intransitive become sufficient, up to the mark