Uyo Ibibio Dictionary - Computational Linguistics and Spoken ...

Uyo–Bielefeld Ibibio Dictionary (Urua, Ekpenyong, Gibbon)
n - kukuere /�kukuere/ [Nkukuere] LLLLH aj : last, unless, except (var. Nkukwere).
n - kuk k /�kuk k/ [NkukVk] HHH n: a lump (of meat, a clay), a mass; a nest made by
ants.
n - kuk k afia /�kuk k afia/ [NkukVk afia] HHH HLL n: a low fence around a trap, it
has one opening through which animals are driven.
n - kukumkpayo.riyo. /�kukumkpaj�rij�/ [NkukumkpajOrijO] LLLHLLHL n: locust (insect).
n - kukumkpo.yo.riyo. /�kukumkp�j�rij�/ [NkukumkpOjOrijO] HHHLLLHL n: locust (insect).
n - kukuo. /�kuku�/ [NkukuO] HHHH n: young curled cocoyam leaf.
n - kuk t /�kuk t/ [NkukVt] HLL n: welts from a beating.
n - kuon - /�kuo�/ [NkuoN] LHH n: a metal gong, beaten for plays (var. NkoN ).
n - kuo.n - o. /�ku���/ [NkuONO] HLLH n: a kind of plant (a grass) with blade-like leaves
which sway in the wind and which give rashes.
n - kuo.t abo.n /�ku�t ab�n/ [NkuOt abOn] LHH HL n: one of the styles of abon (a secret
society connected with the ekpe (leopard) masquerade.
n - n - n - wenn - n - wen /���wen��wen/ [NNNwenNNwen] LLHL aj : blackish, blackened (var.
aNweiNwen).
n - n - wa /��wa/ [NNwa] HF n: second born daughter.
n - n - waan /��waan/ [NNwaan] HHL n: wife, female (var. aNwaan).
n - nween n - nween /�nween �nween/ [Nnween Nnween] LLL LLL aj : blackish, blackened.
n - nween - wen /�nwee�wen/ [NnweeNwen] LLHF aj : blackish, blackened.
n - nwen - n - wen /�nwe��wen/ [NnweNNwen] LLHL aj : blackish, blackened.
n - n - wo.o.n - /��w���/ [NNwOON] HHH n: (AnaaN var.) water.
n - wo /�wo/ [Nwo] LL n: bribe, dishonest business practices.
n - una /�una/ [Nuna] HH tv: bother, harass, worry (???entry).
n - wa /�wa/ [Nwa] H tv: do an open-eye (pull down one or both lower eyelids in a taunting
gestures a if to say I told you so).
n - wa /�wa/ [Nwa] HF n: hair (body hair, animal hair, feather but gen not hair on the
head).
n - waak /�waak/ [Nwaak] LL ideo: sound of dry cloth or paper crumpling.
n - waan /�waan/ [Nwaan] LL tv: dry at a heat source; barbecue in coals (no contact with
a flame) (var. Nwan).
n - waan - /�waa�/ [NwaaN] LL tv: mark property to identify it or to keep people or evil
away (eg. put a talisman tied in red string on ones fruit trees so no one will take the
fruit) (var. NwaN ).
n - waana /�waana/ [Nwaana] HHH tv: fight; struggle; try (var. Nwana).
n - wagha /�wa�a/ [NwaRa] HH iv: become congested; become odorous; smell of fish.
n - wai /�wai/ [Nwai] HH iv: shine like a cats eyes (said of a persons eyes when he is
excited, or when he should be ashamed but isnt); shine intensely, brightly (of the sum).
n - wai /�wai/ [Nwai] HH iv: talk in an angry, high-pitched voice; ideo sound of a frightened,
wounded dog.
n - wam /�wam/ [Nwam] L tv: help; contribute (money, food, labour).
n - wan /�wan/ [Nwan] L tv: dry at a heat source; barbecue in coals (no contact with a
flame).
n - wan - /�wa�/ [NwaN] L tv: mark property to identify it or to keep people or evil away
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