Uyo Ibibio Dictionary - Computational Linguistics and Spoken ...

Uyo–Bielefeld Ibibio Dictionary (Urua, Ekpenyong, Gibbon)
(eg. put a talisman tied in red string on ones fruit trees so no one will take the fruit).
n - wana /�wana/ [Nwana] HH tv: fight; struggle; try.
n - wan - a /�wa�a/ [NwaNa] LH iv: become clear, light, bright; fig become clear, understandable;
become large, wide; expand; tv clear (as a road); expand, enlarge.
n - wanna /�wanna/ [Nwanna] LH tv: rev of Nwan remove from a heat source something
that is being dried.
n - wan - n - a /�wa��a/ [NwaNNa] LH tv: pour into; empty out; open wide.
n - wara /�wara/ [Nwara] LLH aj : granular, in grains.
n - wariwa /�wariwa/ [Nwariwa] LHHH n: a small plant, its leaves are used for enemas
and in juju.
n - waya /�waja/ [Nwaja] HH tv: cast the eyes about, look all around.
n - weeghe /�wee�e/ [NweeRe] LLH iv: sigh (with relief, boredom, fatigue).
n - week /�week/ [Nweek] HH iv, tv: breathe, take a breath, take a deep breath.
n - weem /�weem/ [Nweem] HH tv: lick, lick off.
n - ween /�ween/ [Nween] LL iv: become black.
n - weene /�weene/ [Nweene] LLH tv: have an abundance, come into an abundance (by a
sudden windfall or after doing without).
n - weeye /�weeje/ [Nweeje] LLH, LLH iv: sigh (with relief, boredom, fatigue).
n - wei /�wei/ [Nwei] L ideo: fiery.
n - wek /�wek/ [Nwek] H iv: breathe a quick short breath.
n - wekke /�wekke/ [Nwekke] HH iv: draw in the stomach, hold the breath.
n - weme /�weme/ [Nweme] LH iv: expose oneself (esp to more trouble than one would
have if one played it safe), put oneself in the limelight; become prominent.
n - wemme /�wemme/ [Nwemme] LH iv: stop short of colliding (on purpose or accidentally);
frighten with a look, threaten (eg. with a knife).
n - wemme /�wemme/ [Nwemme] LH tv: give an hospitable welcome.
n - wen /�wen/ [Nwen] L iv: become black.
n - wen - /�we�/ [NweN] H ideo: describes a sudden action.
n - wene /�wene/ [Nwene] HH iv: flicker; tv flash a light on and off.
n - wewep /�wewep/ [Nwewep] LHH n: a kind of shrub with soft leaves.
n - wi.n /�w�n/ [NwIn] H tv: roll up, fold, coil, twist into a circle; draw up slowly, contract
(voluntarily).
n - wi.ne /�w�ne/ [NwIne] HH iv: become coiled, twisted (of a rope, a snake).
n - wi.p /�w�p/ [NwIp] HH n: weeds, grass.
n - wo.gho.n - wo.gho. /�w����w���/ [NwORO NwORO] LLL LLL aj : loose, big and ill-fitting
(of clothes).
n - wo.mmo. /�w�mm�/ [NwOmmO] LH iv: become untidy (with sloppy clothes and an
unwashed face).
n - wo.mmo. /�w�mm�/ [NwOmmO] LH tv: make faces to scare a child.
n - wo.mmo. /�w�mm�/ [NwOmmO] LH iv: become outsized.
n - wommo /�wommo/ [Nwommo] LHH n: a shrine.
n - wo.mo. /�w�m�/ [NwOmO] HH (LH) iv: become outsized.
n - wo.n - /�w��/ [NwON] H tv: drink; smoke.
n - wo.n - o. /�w���/ [NwONO] Hh tv: promise, swear; swear by (not used for a serious oath
such as swearing by God).
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