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<strong>Uyo</strong>–Bielefeld <strong>Ibibio</strong> <strong>Dictionary</strong> (Urua, Ekpenyong, Gibbon)<br />

sika /sika/ [sika] LH n: [Eng] cigarette.<br />

sikadet /sikadet/ [sikadet] LLF n: [Eng] cigarette.<br />

sikaret /sikaret/ [sikaret] LLF n: [Eng] cigarette.<br />

si.kke /s�kke/ [sIkke] LH iv: shift, make room, move aside, jerk, make a fuss tv jerk at,<br />

disturb, move aside, shift.<br />

si.m /s�m/ [sIm] H iv, tv: push as in childbirth.<br />

si.m /s�m/ [sIm] L tv: reach, get to, arrive at.<br />

si.me /s�me/ [sIme] HH iv: become foolish, stupid;.<br />

si.me /s�me/ [sIme] LH iv: become within reach; tv reach, reach out to get, catch up<br />

with, meet.<br />

simi /simi/ [simi] LH n: [Eng shimmy] a full slip, a shift.<br />

si.n /s�n/ [sIn] H tv: put, put in, put into; administer (an ordeal, ritual, initiation, enema).<br />

si.n /s�n/ [sIn] L tv: refuse (a request to do something, an invitation), deny, reject,<br />

ab<strong>and</strong>on, disown.<br />

si.ne /s�ne/ [sIne] HH iv: be in, inside of, get into.<br />

sin - ki.re /si�k�re/ [siNkIre] HLL n: [Eng] singlet.<br />

sin - ki.ret /si�k�ret/ [siNkIret] HLL n: [Eng] singlet.<br />

si.n - n - e /s���e/ [sINNe] HH tv: take out, remove, remove from; put forth, bring forth.<br />

This is one of the most commonest verb in ibibio.<br />

sio /sio/ [sio] HH tv: take out, remove, remove from; put forth, bring forth. This is one<br />

of the most commonest verb in ibibio .<br />

siogho /sio�o/ [sioRo] HHH tv: take out, remove, remove from; put forth, bring forth.<br />

This is one of the most commonest verb in ibibio (pl. of sio; var. sINNe).<br />

sion - n - o /sio��o/ [sioNNo] HHH tv: take out, remove, remove from; put forth, bring forth.<br />

This is one of the most commonest verb in ibibio (pl. of sio; var. sINNe).<br />

sio.n - o. /si���/ [siONO] LLH tv: cause dizziness, faintness.<br />

sioon /sioon/ [sioon] HHHH tv: curse (someone).<br />

sioon - /sioo�/ [siooN] HHH tv: throw up to someone what one has done for him or what<br />

he has done to one, reproach with past deeds.<br />

sio.o.n - /si���/ [siOON] HHH tv: throw up to someone what one has done for him or what<br />

he has done to one, reproach with past deeds.<br />

sioon - o /sioo�o/ [siooNo] HHHH tv: take out, remove, remove from; put forth, bring<br />

forth. This is one of the most commonest verb in ibibio (pl. of sio; var. sINNe).<br />

sio.o.p /si��p/ [siOOp] LLH tv: make a sound of disgust, impatience, disapproval, contempt;<br />

smack the lips over a good taste.<br />

sio.o.t /si��t/ [siOOt] HLL n: shirt.<br />

sio.t /si�t/ [siOt] HL n: shirt.<br />

si.p /s�p/ [sIp] L iv: sink; cause to sink.<br />

si.p /s�p/ [sIp] L iv: be small.<br />

si.ppe /s�ppe/ [sIppe] LH tv: shake out (a sponge, a cloth), shake with a jerky motion<br />

away from the body; sprinkle water (on cloth for ironing, on the floor prior to sweeping<br />

it) ; iv sprinkle (of rain).<br />

si.re /s�re/ [sIre] HH iv: become plugged, blocked (it is less wide than before)..<br />

si.rek /s�rek/ [sIrek] HF n: silk, any shiny material used for a head tie.<br />

si.ren /s�ren/ [sIren] HL n: shilling.<br />

si.rik /s�rik/ [sIrik] HF n: silk, any shiny material used for a head tie.<br />

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