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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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