Ibibio English

[HHL HF] noun town, village

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL] noun thunder

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun trap, ordeal

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHF] noun chameleon

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] verb, intransitive lean against, lean on(for help)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] verb, transitive rev. of biom put down what one has been carrying on the head

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] become broken, break(of its own accord)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, intransitive call, shout (at), scream (at), cry out

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive scratch, itch

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive bite

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] verb, intransitive become bitter

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] verb, intransitive fall, fall down

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] verb, intransitive spill

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] verb, intransitive become untidy and wet (of a messy wet animal), become wet, become untidy.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive; verb, intransitive marry

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive tell

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive become sick, become sick with

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive climb (tree, hill)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun the back (anat).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHHL] noun nest.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun suicide by hanging a tight knot.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun phantom, ghost of ancestors. in traditional government, the police arm, now a society (to which nearly all the men belong) which has masquerades at various times of year such as the turning of the year and the harvest of new yam.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHHL] noun sacred place where family heirlooms are kept; archive.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun a kind of tree bearing an edible nut, Coula edulis (Dalziel).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] verb, intransitive run, run away.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive be sated, make overfull (from eating).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive overlook, let off, let go, forgive.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHL] noun women, wives

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHF] noun gorilla (Goldie baboon, chimpanzee).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun firewood.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun tobacco, snuff.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun whip; cane; belt

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun someone shorter than normal. a stunted person

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun tortoise.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHH] noun a kind of fish with poisonous spines

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun vagina

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun neck, throat; desire, greed

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHL] noun blood

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, intransitive show off, become pompous

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive roast, fry (a food to make it dry or crisp esp groundnuts in sand, gari in a pot); season a new pot by placing it on the fire

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL LL] one by one, one at a time, each to each (lit. keet e keet)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, intransitive become high, tall, elevated

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

[HH] ideophone sound of a palm kernel or ekOm nut when it is cracked with a stone; sound made by snapping the fingers; sound made in a gun when it fails to fire because the powder is wet.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive even, even if, unless, not even.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[L] verb, transitive pay attention (used with utON, as in a kpaN utON, listen).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive respect, esteem, honor, worship

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, intransitive go a long distance on foot; limp

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] ideophone sound of a short blast of a launch horn

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] verb, intransitive hang, hang on, snag; become hooked on; become bent; pick at, bicker, harass; become a responsibility

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, transitive remove from a hook, unhang (rev. of kọọn̄ [HH])

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHL] noun specialist, practitioner (pl. of abia)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun dirt, refuse, garbage

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun engagement (before marriage)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun pity, sympathy

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, intransitive become patient; hold back, have control

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive choose, select (pl. of mek)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive swallow

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHL] noun a kind of plant with small bitter fruits

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHLLH HL] noun rough skin, tough skin

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL] noun a kind of palm oil obtained by burning the palm kernel, its uses include pomade for the skin, medicine for boils and wounds, antidote for poison, (taken as an emetic), protection against juju

[LH] adjective fresh (not cooked, dried or smoked)

[HHHH] noun bedbug, cimex rotundata (in Ibibio bugs pinch rather than bite)

[LH] noun fear

[LH] noun mother, grandmother, old woman (address or referent)

[LH] interrogative what

[HF] noun the gums

[LH HL] noun village crier, he beats a drum and makes announcements

[HFHF] noun smallpox

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

[LL] ideophone sound of oil dropped in the fire

[L] verb, transitive intimidate, pressurize

[LH] verb, transitive open the eyes wide (to show seriousness and thus make a child comply)

[HHHH] noun bell, clock, hour

[LH] noun folktale, proverb

[HF] noun second-born daughter

[LH] verb, transitive tickle

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

[L] verb, transitive select, select out, sort out

[HHL] noun starch (for laundry)

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

[L] verb, transitive put down, set down (a pot on the fire); cook, boil

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

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

[LHDH] noun fourth-born son

[HH] noun oppression

[LL] noun a game of struggle

[HF] noun a polite term for itịt, vagina

[LH] noun fishhook

[LL] verb, transitive tear, rend, scratch, tear off, tear up, tear out; pay a debt in installments

[L] verb, transitive tear, rend, scratch, tear off, tear up, tear out; pay a debt in installments

[H] verb, transitive suck

[HH] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive move about, become restless, fidget; move about, wriggle

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