Ibibio English

[LHH] adjective young, not full grown

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL] noun a kind of yam formerly only planted by women, water yam

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun oil

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun root

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[HH] noun expanse e.g. ocean

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL] noun hut, improvised temporary shelter(in the bush or at the fishing ponds)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun jar, jug for storage of water

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHF] adjective cold

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHHH] adjective male (used with all animal names except those few which have a special word for the male); yielding little, unproductive

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive watch out for; wait to do harm to; watch over, protect, look after

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive carry on the head, carry about (a worry)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive spread out, lay flat, lay down (mats, tiles, carpet, cloth)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb shine (of sun or moon)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HLL] verb, intransitive move about here and there doing many things at once, look busy, become busy

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun tooth.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun flying squirrel.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun body (of a human being, an animal, fruit, nut), self (used as a reflexive). aj (?) emphatic, even, particular, the very.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun a small round leech found in dry mudflows.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun whip; cane; belt

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL HL] noun door hinge

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun fish (general)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive tell a fable, proverb, riddle

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] adverb there, over there, yonder

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[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 (pl. of kpat)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] ideophone describes a quick action; describes a completed action or state.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] verb, transitive become late; take a long time; continue in time

Speaker: itoro ituen

[L] verb, transitive cajole, entice, lure.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] verb, intransitive become near, stay near; approach

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] verb, transitive become tough, hard (of meat, rubber, wood)

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] ideophone sound of the fall of a very heavy object such as a concrete block or a huge blag of flour, it falls with a thud.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive cut off the end of a periwinkle ( a kind of mollusk) so the fish can be sucked out.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[L] verb, transitive crow (of a cock).

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] verb, transitive loosen, untie, unwrap, unfasten, dismantle (plural of kpọk)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive cut palm fruit from the cluster when there are very few remaining

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive catch sight of (see)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive knock

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[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

[LL] noun exhaustion, fatigue

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLHD] noun groundnut

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun leaf (gen term esp for leaves which are not eaten)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun periwinkle

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHL] noun a kind of edible frog (prob a water frog)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun a kind of tree which blooms in dry season, its leaves are used for afere

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LHLHL] noun a kind of insect (similar to millipede)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun sandfly

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun fart

[LH] roar (of thunder)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, intransitive become stupid

[H] ideophone sound of a bell

[HLHH] noun jostling; a kind of game in which children lean against each other

[HLHH] noun stain

[LL] pronoun we, us, our

[HF] noun the gums

[LH] noun my father

[LLL LLL] adverb unsteadily

[HHLLLL] noun a kind of large forest bird, eagle, it can beat the air with its wings and make a great noise

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

[LH] verb, intransitive verbal aggression

[LL] verb, intransitive become greedy

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

[LHL] noun a kind of imported fish, herring

[HH] verb, intransitive talk in an angry, high-piched voice; ideophone: sound of a frightened, wounded dog

[L] verb, intransitive become black

[HHH] verb, intransitive become childish, act childish (pl. of sere)

[HH] verb, transitive look at

[HH] verb, transitive split, tear, cut up, divide; open; reveal, give an answer, give an explanation, mention (var. siak)

[HH] verb, transitive take out, remove, remove from

[HL] noun sixpence

[HL] noun sugar (possibly English loanword)

[HH] verb, intransitive become left over, remain

[H] verb, intransitive walk with small quick half running steps as when carrying a heavy load

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

[L] ideophone sound of wood being cut

[HH] verb, intransitive weep, cry

[LLH] verb, intransitive become short, squat, and fat (of people or animals)

[LL] verb, transitive hurt a sore place by accident

[LH] verb, intransitive become sluggish

[H] verb, intransitive increase

[LH] noun calamity

[LHF] noun fourth-born son

[LHDH] noun fourth-born son

[LHH] noun fifth-born son

[LHH] noun byword, slang phrase, scandal

[HH] noun oppression

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

[LL] noun a game of struggle

[LHD] noun a kind of fish with a hard skull and whiskers, good to east (Goldie: a species of catfish); (var akpakot)

[LHH] adjective many, much

[HF] noun chicken, fowl

[HH] noun childhood

[L] verb, transitive write

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

[H] verb, transitive suck

[HH] verb, transitive pinch

[L] verb, transitive cut into large pieces (as tree into logs, a fish into large chunks)

[H] verb, transitive turn, mix, stir