Uyo Ibibio Dictionary - Computational Linguistics and Spoken ...
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<strong>Uyo</strong>–Bielefeld <strong>Ibibio</strong> <strong>Dictionary</strong> (Urua, Ekpenyong, Gibbon)<br />
ukak /ukak/ [ukak] HH n: a kind of calabash covered with bulbous projections cf kaka.<br />
ukako /ukako/ [ukako] LHD n: a kind of tree, its wood is used for chewing sticks syn<br />
akOk.<br />
ukam /ukam/ [ukam] LF n: your gr<strong>and</strong>mother also ukauka.<br />
ukan - /uka�/ [ukaN] HF n: side, area, ones own place, ones people gen qualified: ukaN<br />
nJIn our place, our country.<br />
ukana /ukana/ [ukana] LHL n: oil bean tree, Pentaclethra macrophylla (Dalziel).<br />
ukana /ukana/ [ukana] LLL n: fate, luck.<br />
ukarakpa /ukarakpa/ [ukarakpa] HHHH n: a creature (fish? serpent?) which stretches<br />
the whole length of a river or sea.<br />
uke /uke/ [uke] LH interog n: where? (general, refers to a wide area).<br />
uke /uke/ [uke] LD interog n: where? (general, refers to a wide area).<br />
uke /uke/ [uke] HD n: where? (general, refers to a wide area).<br />
uke /uke/ [uke] LL aj : ordinary, average (person, object).<br />
ukeme /ukeme/ [ukeme] LLH n: ability.<br />
ukeet /ukeet/ [ukeet] HLL adv: completely.<br />
ukeukem /ukeukem/ [ukeukem] LHLH n, aj, adv: middle of ufuOOt; aj equal, adv<br />
equally.<br />
uki.m /uk�m/ [ukIm] HH n: silk cotton tree, Ceiba pent<strong>and</strong>ra (Delziel).<br />
uki.me /uk�me/ [ukIme] LLL n: a kind of climbing plant, it usually climbs on oil palm<br />
trees, it has medicinal <strong>and</strong> sacrificial uses.<br />
uko /uko/ [uko] HD n: over there, yonder (refers to a wide area) to umi kaa uko! Start<br />
here, go there!.<br />
uko /uko/ [uko] LH : courage, bravery; a strong vigorous man; awo uko a brave man lit<br />
person of courage.<br />
uko. /uk�/ [ukO] HF n: the rubber seed <strong>and</strong> the seed of another forest tree (name not<br />
known), the seeds are used for games that require pieces; a particular game using the<br />
seeds.<br />
uko. /uk�/ [ukO] HH n: liability, burden.<br />
uko.m /uk�m/ [ukOm] HH n: plantain (gen term) (mboro banana), Musa sapientum var.<br />
paradisiaca (Dalziel) (syn. mbriiJON, mmaniJON ).<br />
ukot /ukot/ [ukot] HH n: leg <strong>and</strong>/or foot; bottom, base; elongation, extension, movement,<br />
means, mode.<br />
ukot /ukot/ [ukot] HF n: in-laws, relatives by marriage.<br />
uko.t /uk�t/ [ukOt] HF n: a kind of palm tree (nearly every part of it is used), raffia<br />
palm, baaboo palm, palm wine tree, Raphia sp. (Dalziel); palm wine made from the sap<br />
of he raffia palm; any alcoholic drink or liquid refreshment taken for entertainment.<br />
ukpa /ukpa/ [ukpa] LL n: a game of struggle.<br />
ukpa /ukpa/ [ukpa] HF n: redwood tree, Ptero-carpus soyauxii (Dalziel), from its bark<br />
is obtained iduot, a reddish powder which is mixed with water <strong>and</strong> ndom <strong>and</strong> used as an<br />
ointment.<br />
ukpa /ukpa/ [ukpa] HF n: lot, quantity, instance of.<br />
ukpa anyen /ukpa a j en/ [ukpa aJen] LF LL n: state of being walleyed, wall-eyes (eyes<br />
that turn outward).<br />
ukpakot /ukpakot/ [ukpakot] LHD n: a kind of fish with a hard skull <strong>and</strong> whiskers,<br />
good to eat (Goldie a species of catfish) (var. akpakot).<br />
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