Ibibio English

[LHHL] noun adolescent girl

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHL] noun rice

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun water buffalo

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun horn, trumpet

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun cross the fingers

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun stew, soup

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] pronoun you

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] adjective all, every

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] subj, obj. pronoun he, she, it, him, her, it

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun the sediment which sinks to the bottom of the pot when palm oil is boiled after being extracted from the fruit, dregs

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHH] noun needle

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] verb, transitive prepare, prepare for, get ready for

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHHH] verb, transitive deceive

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive fail to show appreciation, criticize what has been done for one

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] verb, intransitive become disordered, scattered, disheveled, disrupted

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive cook, prepare food (usually liquid food)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] verb, transitive imitate

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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)

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

[L] verb, transitive drag, draw; pl make a drawing, draw many lines; massage.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun a kind of large antelope.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun millipede.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHHH] noun a loan

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[HH] verb, transitive suck, suck out (marrow from a bone, flesh from a periwinkle shell) pl suck, pull hard with the mouth (esp when one makes a sound while doing it) sip through a straw.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, intransitive become jealous, envious often.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

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[HH] noun urine.

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[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

[LL] noun fishing grounds, fishing area

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] number three

(Igbo) atọ

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun foot race, running

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] verb, transitive stir (as in soup)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive draw water, scoop up liquid (not using hands)

[LL] verb, transitive become resistant, obstinate (of a person, an animal); become difficult (of work, a person)

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[L] verb, transitive cross, overlap, join, twist together, buckle, button.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[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

[HH] ideophone sound of an automatic horn.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LL] verb, transitive sweep; take the remains of something

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, intransitive cough

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[L] verb, intransitive knock, tap

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[HH] verb, intransitive cough

[H] verb, transitive like, love (can be used as a euphemism for sex)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun exhaustion, fatigue

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun scar, welt

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;

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH LL] noun regret

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHLLH HL] noun rough skin, tough skin

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[LHHH] noun skull

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[LLLH] noun prison, jail, detention

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[HHH HL] noun eyeball

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[HHH HL] noun eyeball

[HD] interj. yes

[LHL] adjective without response

[HH] noun palm wine, strong alcohol

[LH] roar (of thunder)

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[LL] conjunction with, and

[HLHHH] noun effort, struggling; the matrimonial state

[LH] verb, intransitive converse, tell, inform

[HH] verb, transitive disappear; sg only dive

[LLH] interrogative noun what?

[HFHF] noun smallpox

[HH] noun ashes, dust

[LHL] noun a kind of imported fish, herring

[HHHH] noun bell, clock, hour

[LH] conj even if, not even if

[HH] verb, intransitive become congested; become odorous; smell of fish

[L] verb, intransitive become black

[LH] verb, intransitive make faces to scare a child

[H] verb, transitive drink; smoke

[HH] verb, intransitive laugh (plural of sak)

[LH] verb, intransitive come down, descend

[HL] noun sugar (possibly English loanword)

[HH] verb, intransitive become left over, remain

[HF] noun silk, any shiny material used for a head tie

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

[HD] noun grandfather

[HH] verb, intransitive weep, cry

[HH] verb, transitive tickle

[LH] verb, intransitive become sluggish

[H] verb, transitive swell, rise as dough

[LLL] noun room

[LH] noun right (direction)

[HF] noun strength

[HH] noun weavil

[LHH] noun left (direction)

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

[HHHH] noun blood

[HF] noun skill, talent

[L] verb, intransitive do patiently, stay patiently, become patient

[H] verb, transitive cause a desire in, a craving for, a longing for

[H] verb, transitive suck

[HH] verb, transitive pinch

[HH] verb, transitive cause choking, dizziness

[HHH] verb, transitive spread with the palm of the hand (mud, plaster, water on the wall or floor)

[HHH] verb, transitive shake liquid in a bowl to distribute it evenly over the surface

[HHH] verb, transitive dance with specific steps, dance a specific dance, generally a leisurely a dance with outstretched arms