Ibibio English

[LHH] adjective young, not full grown

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF HL] noun pimple

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[HHHH] noun thought, meditation, hope, expectation, consideration, care

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HLF] noun sneeze

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun a kind of large bush rat which tunnels in the ground

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun crying, weeping

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, intransitive fall off, snap off, drop off(ripe or dead fruit), fall out(of hair)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HL] noun yam

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] ideophone describes the sudden stopping of noise or action

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, intransitive become black, become ripe

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun pawpaw

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive tie, bind

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive lick (a spoon or the fingers in eating), eat something soft of liquid with a spoon or fingers

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive make an error, err, miss, offend, do unwittingly, do by chance.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun tooth.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun flying squirrel.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL] noun small drum, two or three tuned to different pitches are played at once with the hands.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, intransitive become hot, warm.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, intransitive become mouldy (of coconut, palm kernel).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun a kind of small crocodile (Goldie monitor lizard) cf afiom, utai.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHL] noun women, wives

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun lice (pl. of ndaN).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun firewood.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun face, front, future (also eko iso)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHF] noun a kind tuber with mushrooms growing on it, usked in preparing ikpan

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun a blow with the fist; a charm which enables the wearer to strike powerful blows

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LF] noun impotent man

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun foot race, running

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun cassava (the term includes varieties of Manihot utilissima and Dioscorea dumetorum

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive/ verb, intransitive close the eyes and turn the head aside in a gesture of disapproval

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HL] ideophone sound made by a flat object when it falls flat to the ground.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive restrain, prohibit, stop; warn; rebuke

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[H] verb, transitive judge a case

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive plead, plead with, entreat.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LL] verb, transitive slow down and walk carefully (as when one has seen something dangerous).

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[LH] verb, transitive bend over so as to expose the buttocks

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[HH] ideophone sound of an automobile horn

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

[L] verb, transitive vomit

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] adverb only

Speaker: itoro ituen

[LL] verb, transitive close; shut in, confine; completely (emphatic)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, intransitive cough

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun weeds, grass

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLLLH LLLLH] adjective dry and crisp, rough

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HLHLHL] noun armpit

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HLH] noun trouble, problem, ruckus, commotion

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHDHHF] noun butterfly

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH HL] noun shin

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] verb, transitive see clearly, discern

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

[L] ideophone sound of nails being driven

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

[LHLLH] adjective sharp, brave, fierce, potent

[LLHL] adjective leaky (var. ndre ndre, ndidIt, ndidIt)

[HHH] noun race, competition

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

[HLL] noun shadow

[HHHH] noun a corner inside a house

[LH] noun fear

[LH] noun a rattle, musical instrument filled with seeds or pebbles which is shaken; strings of seeds worn around ankles and wrists to make noise when dancing

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

[HDH] interrogative noun what?

[HH] noun sand

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

[LL] noun my mother

[LH] noun folktale, proverb

[HHH] noun thorn, splinter, nail (fastener), needle

[LH] noun oyster

[L] verb, transitive help; contribute (money, food, labor)

[LLH] adjective granular, in grains

[LHH] noun a shrine

[HH] noun weeds, grass

[LLH] verb, transitive give (pl. of nọ)

[HH] verb, intransitive become agile, sprightly, lively, smart (in action or dress)

[HHH] verb, intransitive become foolish, stupid (pl. of sịme)

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

[HH] verb, intransitive become sandy

[H] verb, intransitive originate, come from

[F] noun tea

[HH] ideophone sound of a car (automobile) horn

[LH] verb, transitive place an order

[H] verb, transitive hollow out

[L] verb, transitive grate

[HF] noun mortar

[HF] noun house

[LH] noun cssave fufu, it has no smell due to being well soaked before cooking

[LH] noun loving, likeness

[HF HF] adverb slowly, carefully

[LLL] noun beauty

[HHH] noun any insect which pinches

[HF] noun voice, order, edict

[HH] noun childhood

[H] verb, intransitive become many, become much

[HL] noun guava

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