Uyo Ibibio Dictionary - Computational Linguistics and Spoken ...
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 />
saan - a /saa�a/ [saaNa] LLH iv: wonder around, walk about (pl. of saNa).<br />
saana /saana/ [saana] HHH iv: leave, let (always followed by another verb).<br />
saana /saana/ [saana] HHH iv: become clean; tv acquit, find innocent (pl. of sana).<br />
saap /saap/ [saap] HH tv, iv: poke (with a sharp object, a stick) (esp to find where yams<br />
are below the ground) (var. sappa).<br />
saara /saara/ [saara] HHH tv: scratch the ground (of an animal, of children at play);<br />
toss away what is rejected from a sorting process (pl. of sara).<br />
saat /saat/ [saat] HH iv: become dry (pl. of sat).<br />
saat /saat/ [saat] LL tv: select, select out, sort out (pl. of sat).<br />
sabo.t /sab�t/ [sabOt] HL n: [Eng?] saboteur (var. sabotwa, sabotuwa, sabotua).<br />
sagha /sa�a/ [saRa] HH iv: become dirty, untidy, shabby, rotten, messy; become nasty,<br />
unpleasant to look at, hear about, or touch; become demeaning; become sl<strong>and</strong>erous; tv<br />
soil, mess up; poke around in someones private life..<br />
sagha /sa�a/ [saRa] HH tv: filter, strain by shaking horizontally (cassava, abak, s<strong>and</strong>).<br />
sai /sai/ [sai] HH tv: split, tear, cut up, divide; open; reveal, give an answer, give an<br />
explanation, mention (pl. of siak).<br />
sai /sai/ [sai] HL ideo: describes something that passes by very fast (as a car speeds by<br />
or an insect flies by).<br />
sai /sai/ [sai] HL interj : indicates surprise or alarm.<br />
sak /sak/ [sak] H iv: laugh opt w imam laughter; pl only smile; tv laugh at aasak. He<br />
laughs (he doesnt take it seriously)..<br />
sak /sak/ [sak] L iv: become burnt (of things one puts into the fire).<br />
sak /sak/ [sak] L iv: become face to face, directly in front of w iso face..<br />
sakka /sakka/ [sakka] HH iv: open, spilt; germinate, sprout; explode.<br />
sam /sam/ [sam] H tv: welcome; sam ekpo welcome ekpo, other members of the society<br />
say certain welcoming things, sing <strong>and</strong> dance when ekpo appears (also used with other<br />
masquerade names.<br />
samma /samma/ [samma] HH iv: become agile, sprightly, lively, smart (in action or<br />
dress).<br />
san - /sa�/ [saN] H tv: [Efik?] roast, bake in hot s<strong>and</strong> or gravel (groundnut), fry in a pot<br />
(gari).<br />
san - /sa�/ [saN] L iv: move off, move away saN! Go on (Ill follow)!.<br />
san - a /sa�a/ [saNa] LH iv: move, move about, locomote, walk, go, go about, come;<br />
manage, come by; pl only w<strong>and</strong>er around, walk about.<br />
sana /sana/ [sana] HH iv: become thrust in sideways or at an angle (as a thorn or<br />
splinter in the flesh which partially protrudes), become slipped in sideways (of a piece of<br />
paper in a book), enter sideways, at an angle; become sharpened to a point; tv sharpen<br />
to a point.<br />
sana /sana/ [sana] HH iv: be clean; tv acquit, find innocent.<br />
sanna /sanna/ [sanna] LH tv: give a little leeway ( in space or time), move over; iv<br />
become a little bit more, move a little bit farther.<br />
san - n - a /sa��a/ [saNNa] LH tv, iv: give a little leeway ( in space or time), move over; iv<br />
become a little bit more, move a little bit farther.<br />
sap /sap/ [sap] H ideo: sound of splashing water.<br />
sappa /sappa/ [sappa] HH tv: abuse, humiliate.<br />
sappa /sappa/ [sappa] HH iv: become agile, sprightly, lively, smart (in action or dress).<br />
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