Ibibio English

[LLL] noun God, god

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHL HF] noun a tattler

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] noun path in the bush

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun a kind of black stinging ant which lives in palm trees

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun challenge, dare; resolution

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun practitioner, specialist, expert

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHH] noun top, apex

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun a kind of reed; a sleeping mat woven from reed

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive lean something against, place against

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLLH] verb, intransitive become ruined, spoiled, destroyed(pl of biara)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] verb, intransitive become cooked, done(of food)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive bury

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive tie, bind

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] verb, transitive imitate

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] verb, transitive rinse

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL.H] verb, transitive collect, gather, pull down tendrils or other vegetation from a tree or the side of a house; tap on the back to get a persons attention

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] verb, transitive not know, doubt, have doub about, refuse to recognize

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] verb, intransitive become quiet, calm, lonely (of a place, of wind or water)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HF] noun a place set aside for something esp a fireplace; a focal place.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHHH] noun big, huge.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun rat, mouse (gen term).

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun meat, rat.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHH] noun contribution, contributive society.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLL] noun a flowing gown, usually worn by women.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHL] noun crazyness, mad person.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HLHL] noun red

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LH] noun witchcraft, witch.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] noun a case

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHH] noun a kind of fish with a small head, dried and used for soup

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHLL] noun a kind of bird, black with a white throat and a large beak (Goldie a small hornbill)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHLH] number eight

(Igbo) asato

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] noun stone, mile

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LLH] verb, transitive follow, company; help

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LL] ideophone sound made when a person falls flat on his face or back.

Speaker: itoro ituen

[LL] verb, transitive prepare, get ready.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[L] ideophone sound made by ekOmO drums, the small one goes kpim or kpom or kum, the large one goes kpim or kum.

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

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

[L] verb, transitive hop on one leg, limp.

Speaker: Itoro Ituen

[H] adverb only

Speaker: itoro ituen

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

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HH] verb, intransitive ref. hang, hang on oneself, choke

[HH] verb, transitive hang (an object on a hook, around a person’s neck, cloth pot to dry)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HHH] verb, transitive lick, clean out, clean up, scoop out (esp. the flesh of a soft succulent fruit)

[HH] noun thick porridge

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HLLL] noun armpit

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[LHL] interjection no

[LHL] adjective without response

[HF] possessive pronoun they, them, their

[LH] roar (of thunder)

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[H] verb, transitive injure, wound

[HF] noun a kind of white clay from the river, it is eaten, used as a treatment for diarrhea, used as a whitewash, and is rubbed on the body for decortion or against heat rash

[LLLH] noun business

[HLHHH] noun disorder

[LL] noun sore, septic wound

[LHH] noun calamity

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

[HD] noun young woman (address or referent), a term of endearment for a young woman

[HF] noun the gums

[HHLHDH] noun wart

[LL] ideophone sound of oil dropped in the fire

[L] verb, transitive to stretch out, stretch forward, stick out, point; intransitive: stick out, extend

[LHH] adjective wasted, empty, not being put to use, free

[LLLL] noun rust

[HHHLLLHL] noun locust

[LLH] adjective granular, in grains

[L] verb, intransitive become black

[HH] verb, intransitive flicker; transitive: flash a light on and off

[LHH] noun a shrine

[HHL] noun man, male

Speaker: Mfon Udoinyang

[HL] noun shirt

[LH] verb, intransitive faint, lose consciousness; become lowered

[L] verb, intransitive be small

[HH] verb, intransitive, verb, transitive hop, jump; jump over; abate, let up (pl. of tamma)

[H] verb, transitive to contribute

[HHH] verb, intransitive kneel

[LF] noun the edible kernel of the raffia palm fruit

[LH] noun canoe

[LH] noun birth mark

[LHLL] noun rice

[LL] noun grave

[LH] noun right (direction)

[HH] noun friend

[LHDH] noun fourth-born son

[LHH] noun slap

[HF] noun slavery (var. ufʌn)

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

[LHF] noun your grandfather

[HH] noun ear

[HHH] noun any insect which pinches

[HF] noun voice, order, edict

[L] verb, transitive write

[L] verb, transitive kill

[L] verb, intransitive wilt, melt, dissolve, digest; become lazy, become weak

[HH] verb, transitive pinch

[HHH] verb, transitive satisfy (with food, information)

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