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Ibibio

Language
Ibibio

Family
Niger-Congo

Ethnologue
ibb

ISO
ibb

glottolog_id
ibib1240

Verbs table

gloss layer stem phonology neutral prs 1 sg neutral prs 2 sg neutral prs 3 sg neutral prs 1 pl neutral prs 2 pl neutral prs 3pl preceding contrastive prs prs 1 sg preceding contrastive prs prs 2 sg preceding contrastive prs prs 3 sg preceding contrastive prs prs 1 pl preceding contrastive prs prs 2 pl preceding contrastive prs prs 3pl following contrastive prs prs 1 sg following contrastive prs prs 2 sg following contrastive prs prs 3 sg following contrastive prs prs 1 pl following contrastive prs prs 2 pl following contrastive prs prs 3pl hort prs 1 sg hort prs 2 sg hort prs 3 sg hort prs 1 pl hort prs 2 pl hort prs 3pl prs neg 1 sg prs neg 2 sg prs neg 3 sg prs neg 1 pl prs neg 2 pl prs neg 3 pl preceding contrastive sequential 1 sg preceding contrastive sequential 2 sg preceding contrastive sequential 3 sg preceding contrastive sequential 1 pl preceding contrastive sequential 2 pl preceding contrastive sequential 3 pl
buy lexeme H tone Ńde̍p V̀dép V́de̍p ìdép èdép éde̍p Ńdép V̀dép V́dép ìdép èdép édép Ńdêp V̀dèp V́dêp ìdèp èdèp édêp Ńdêp V̀dêp V́dêp ìdêp èdêp édêp Ńdép:ké údép:ké ídép:ké ídép:ké ídép:ké ídép:ké
buy prefix H tone N V V i e e N V V i e e N V V i e e N V V i e e N u i i i i N V V V V V
buy tone H tone H-D L-H H-D L-H L-H H-D H-H L-H H-H L-H L-H H-H H-F L-L H-F L-L L-L H-F H-F L-F H-F L-F L-F H-F H-H L-H H-H H-H H-H H-H H-H L-H L-H L-H L-H L-H
dig lexeme L tone Ńdɔ̀k V̀dɔ̂k V́dɔ̀k ìdɔ̂k èdɔ̂k édɔ̀k Ńdɔ̂k V̀dɔ́k V́dɔ̂k ìdɔ́k èdɔ́k édɔ̂k Ńdɔ̂k V̀dɔ̀k V́dɔ̂k ìdɔ̀k èdɔ̀k édɔ̂k Ńdɔ̂k V̀dɔ̂k V́dɔ̂k ìdɔ̂k èdɔ̂k édɔ̂k Ńdɔ̀k:ké údɔ̀k:ké ídɔ̀k:ké ídɔ̀k:ké ídɔ̀k:ké ídɔ̀k:ké
dig prefix L tone monosyllabic N V V i e e N V V i e e N V V i e e N V V i e e N u i i i i N V V V V V
dig tone L tone H-L L-F H-L L-F L-F H-L H-F L-H H-F L-H L-H H-F H-F L-L H-F L-L L-L H-F H-F L-F H-F L-F L-F H-F H-L L-L H-L H-L H-L H-L H-F H-L H-F H-L H-L H-F
sit lexeme LH tone light Ńtìé V̀tìé V́tìé ìtìé ètìé étìé Ńtíè V̀tìé V́tíè ìtìé ètìé étíè Ńtíè V̀tìè V́tíè ìtìè ètìè étíè Ńtíè V̀tíè V́tíè ìtíè ètíè étíè Ńtìé:ké útìé:ké ítìé:ké ítìé:ké ítìé:ké ítìé:ké
sit prefix LH tone light N V V i e e N V V i e e N V V i e e N V V i e e N u i i i i N V V V V V
sit tone LH tone light H-LH L-LH H-LH L-LH L-LH H-LH H-F L-LH H-F L-LH L-LH H-F H-F L-L H-F L-L L-L H-F H-F L-F H-F L-F L-F H-F H-LH L-LH H-LH H-LH H-LH H-LH H-F L-LH H-F L-LH L-LH H-F
turn over lexeme LH tone heavy Ńkàppá V̀kàppá V́kàppá ìkàppá èkàppá ékàppá Ńkàppá V̀kàppá V́kàppá ìkàppá èkàppá ékàppá Ńkáppà V̀kàppà V́káppà ìkàppà èkàppà ékáppà Ńkáppà V̀káppà V́káppà ìkáppà èkáppà ékáppà Ńkàppá:ké úkàppá:ké íkàppá:ké íkàppá:ké íkàppá:ké íkàppá:ké
turn over prefix LH tone heavy N V V i e e N V V i e e N V V i e e N V V i e e N u i i i i N V V V V V
turn over tone LH tone heavy H-LH L-LH H-LH L-LH L-LH H-LH H-LH L-LH H-LH L-LH L-LH H-LH H-F L-L H-F L-L L-L H-F H-F L-F H-F L-F L-F H-F H-LH L-LH H-LH H-LH H-LH H-LH H-LH H-LH H-LH H-LH H-LH H-LH

Ibibio notes

Phonology/symbols

  • 1. Tone symbols: L = low, H = high, F = falling.
  • 2. The symbols N and V in the prefixes represent underspecified nasal and vocalic segments that assimilate to what follows.
  • 3. Inflectional class membership is predictable on the basis of syllable structure and tone. The terms 'light' and 'heavy' used here are not Kaufman's, but generalize over the following categories:
    • light: CVV, CVCV, CV₁V₂
    • heavy: containing either CC or V₁V₁

Paradigm

The forms shown here represent those subject-marked forms which are inflected solely by means of subject prefixes and tone, plus a representative (i) paradigm with the negative suffix, and (ii) sequential verb, i.e. non-initial verb in a serial verb construction; in these cases there are fewer distinct subject prefixes. Additional verbal forms are either based on these plus an element prefixed to the stem, or are fused serial verb constructions involving a small set of TAM-marking preverbs plus sequential verb forms.

References

Kaufman, Elaine Marlowe. 1968. Ibibio grammar. PhD Thesis, University of California at Berkeley.