Ibibio English

[LLL] noun God, god

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] noun a wooden gong, usually made from a section of a tree trunk

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LF] noun a small shrimp, crayfish

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHH] adjective black, ripe, mature

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHHL] noun adolescent girl

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHL] noun sexual organ of snail

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHLL] noun rice

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun comb

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHH] noun corpse, cadaver

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun path in the bush

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun a fence of shrubbery planted to indicate a boundary and provide privacy

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun jar, jug for storage of water

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun onion

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, intransitive be early, arrive early, do something early

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive join a society, undergo the initiation for a society

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive sharpen

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, intransitive become thickened (e.g. broth thickened by flavor); become dirty (e.g. cloths or water)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive count, reckon, esteem

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HL] noun bowl(cf. abawIt, bawIt)

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

[HH] verb, transitive shout at, bawl at, scold; shock.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] verb, intransitive spill

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HL] verb, transitive strain, filter skim

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

verb, transitive become smooth

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun chin.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL] noun a kind of slug found on plantain leaves.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun pig.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHHL] noun nest.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LF] noun randmother (maternal or paternal).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHH] noun denial.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

noun copulation

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHF] noun a kind of large bat found in the bush, fruit bat.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LF] noun message; fame.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive uncover, strip, take off, peel (with the fingers).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL] noun wall

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLLL] noun state of numbness or sleep in the limbs; state of being shrivelled from immersion in water.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHL] noun electricity

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun tobacco, snuff.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun a wooden musical instrument of the xylophone type.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun a tiny fragrant leaf used to season soup.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun skin, leather, anything worn around the waist, a belt (esp. a covering of beads around the waist (many strings of beads worn together)); a razor strop

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHL] noun muteness, dumbness; a mute

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, intransitive become suitable, appropriate; fit; measure up to a standard; become complete; become enough

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] verb, intransitive tie or wrap a cloth around ones own loins or waist

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive soil, dirty

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive make jittery movements as though one had ants in ones clothing; move very fast on ones toes in a jittery way (i.e. walk like a European); swagger, strut to show off

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LL] ideophone sound made by someone walking in studded shoes.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive rev of kup open a cover or lid

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, intransitive become dark, black

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun periwinkle

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun grace, favour

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HLHLHL] noun armpit

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun stalk, the place where fruits are attached

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LHLLHLL] noun butterfly

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLLH] noun prison, jail, detention

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLHLLH] adjective become soft, weak, easy

[LLL] noun, adjective cold, wet

[LLLH] noun evening (dusk till dawn) (var. mbubịre)

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

[HF] noun slander, gossip

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

[LLL LLL] adverb unsteadily

[HHH] verb, intransitive become mixed, kneaded, mashed, smashed, run over

[LL] ideophone sound of oil dropped in the fire

[L] verb, intransitive shake (of a drunkards hand, of an old rattly car, of a cloth flapping in the wind; tremble, move about)

[HH] verb, transitive shake, bounce a person as on a couch

[LLH] noun jest, joke, a story that pokes fun, clowning

[LLLL] noun a large bird with long colorful feathers, it lives near the river; a play connected with ekpe society, by the old men of the society, many drums are used

[HHHF] noun kerosine (English loanword)

[HHH] noun water

[LH] verb, transitive tickle

[LH] verb, transitive strike on the head with the knuckles made in a fist

[HHH] verb, intransitive become childish, act childish

[L] verb, intransitive shine, glitter, sparkle, reflect light (of a metal in the sun)

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

[HH] verb, transitive chop

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

[HH] verb, transitive cluck at to show annoyace or disgust

[HL] noun tailor (English loanword)

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

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

[LH] verb, transitive tortute, torment, punish

[HHH] verb, transitive cause confusion, disturb

[LHL] noun pigeon

[LLL HHL] noun fourth-born son

[HHH] noun a whistle

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

[LH] verb, intransitive warm oneself in the sun or by the fire, bask

[LL] verb, transitive lend; borrow

[HH] verb, intransitive talk a lot, chatter, become unable to contain anything or keep a secret

[H] verb, intransitive move about, become restless, fidget

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

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