Ibibio English

[LHLL] noun king

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHL] noun Adam’s apple

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHF] noun chameleon

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[LHD] noun a dye made from the juice of the fruit or seeds of a plant and colored with charcoal, it is used by women for body decoration; the tree from which the dye comes, Indogofera

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun vein, artery, tendon

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHL] noun bitter leaf, gall bladder; bile

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun jar, jug for storage of water

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] verb, transitive beg, beg for; plead with, ask for

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive expect, hope, anticipate

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] noun wait, wait for

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] verb, transitive drive away, drive off, send away, follow, go afte, chase, catch up to, join

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] verb, intransitive rejoice, become happy

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[LH] verb order the night before in order to have the next day, book overnight, contact to but at a certain time (esp. palm wine, palm wine is generally bought in the morning when it is fresh)

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[HHH] verb, intransitive itch

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[LH] verb, intransitive become quiet, calm, lonely (of a place, of wind or water)

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[LLH] verb, intransitive become bitter

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[HHH] verb, transitive swoosh, shake, rinse water around in the mouth or bottle.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun a kind of large antelope.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHL] noun the first shoost of a plant to come up.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun the olden days, ancient past; time immemorial.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun the liver, heart, chest, inside; mind.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun heart, gut.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, intransitive become hot, warm.

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[H] verb, transitive fold, roll up into a cylinder, make narrow.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, intransitive become good.

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[HH] noun medicine, cure, poison, talisman, juju.

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[HF] noun word, language, talk; matter, palaver (difficulty, trouble, verbal conflict, gathering for negotiation or decision).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun vagina

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] prep. of time, place, cause, manner

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[HH] verb, intransitive walk on the balls of the feet, walk on tiptoe

[H] verb, intransitive die, perish; become exhausted, overcome; fade; heal

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] ideophone said to show when one is completely ignored.

Speaker: itoro ituen

[L] verb, transitive cut into, slash

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] ideophone sound of an automatic horn.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] verb, transitive chop

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] ideophone sound of an automobile horn

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: itoro ituen

[LL] verb, intransitive bark, growl (of a dog); speak in an angry or pompous manner

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

[HH] verb, transitive become contrary (es. to show off)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive become restless; make rapid, jittery movements, fire crackling, wood breaking; describes the action of starting up in fright

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LLH] verb, intransitive; verb, transitive become finished; finished

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive gather, collect (leaves, fish, crayfish)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

[HHH] noun weeds, grass

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] noun banana

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun thick porridge

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun wrestling, wrestling bout

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun pity, sympathy

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun cheek

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] adverb here.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HHF] noun a kind of white yam

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH HL] noun eyebrow

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LH] noun a kind of yam, fast ripening, it grows in an udder-like formation

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun handcuffs, leg cuffs, shackles

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHH] noun wheel (bare without a tire)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HL] interj. what

[LLHLLH] adjective become soft, weak, easy

[HH] verb, transitive affect, influence (as in influence of alchohol or drug)

[LL] noun common red and black lizard

[LHHH] adjective secret

[HLHHHL] noun the pelvic area (var. edidiono)

[LHLLH] adjective sharp, brave, fierce, potent

[H] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive dance; fawn on

[HLLH] noun ant

[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

[LL] noun brass or copper bangles worn around the legs from ankle to thigh by fattened brides

[LL] verb, intransitive become greedy

[HH] verb, intransitive become sour

[HH] noun the young of an animal

[LLH] noun basket

[HH] verb, transitive fight; struggle; try

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

[LL] verb, transitive curse (a curse, a person). revile, insult (var. suun̄ọ, suen̄)

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

[H] verb, transitive cut bush, clear bush

[LH] verb, transitive place an order

[H] verb, transitive eject, hurl, throw, shoot, sting

[L] verb, transitive taste liquid, take a sip, sip

[LH] verb, intransitive become sluggish

[LH] verb, transitive stop from happening, thwart, blunt

[LHF] noun fourth-born son

[LHDH] noun fourth-born son

[LHH] noun left (direction)

[HH] noun oppression

[LF LL] noun state of being walleyed, wall-eyes (eyes that turn outward)

[HF] noun a polite term for itịt, vagina

[LF] noun lack, scarcity

[LHH] noun needle

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

[LLL] noun beauty

[LH] noun bread, biscuit

[HF] noun noise

[L] verb, transitive sacrifice

[HL] noun guava

[HH] verb, transitive make an announcement in several places

[LL] verb, transitive hit (esp. with a stick, also with hand or fist)