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 />
tabi /tabi/ [tabi] LH tv: [Efik] taste (food or drink).<br />
tagha /ta�a/ [taRa] LH iv: become worn out, torn (esp of cloth).<br />
taghade /ta�ade/ [taRade] HHH tv: [Efik] waste, squ<strong>and</strong>er.<br />
taitai /taitai/ [taitai] LLHL n: [Eng tie] (rare) the dark brown or black fiber growing<br />
around the trunk of the raffia palm, used as twine.<br />
tak /tak/ [tak] L iv: become worn out, torn; become thin, emaciated; wear out; become<br />
lost, perish; become destroyed (esp bit by bit); digest.<br />
taksi /taksi/ [taksi] FL n: [Eng] tax, taxi.<br />
tam /tam/ [tam] H ideo: describes the action of cutting something all the way through.<br />
tam /tam/ [tam] L ideo: sound made when a light-weight thing falls to the ground.<br />
tamma /tamma/ [tamma] HH iv, tv: hop, jump, jump over; pl only abate, let up.<br />
tan - /ta�/ [taN] H tv: collect, gather together (pl.).<br />
tan - /ta�/ [taN] H tv: speak to, talk to, say, tell; rebuke, reprove often.<br />
tana /tana/ [tana] HH iv: become s<strong>and</strong>y.<br />
tan - a /ta�a/ [taNa] H tv: speak to, talk to, say, tell; rebuke, reprove often (pl. of taN ).<br />
tan - n - a /ta��a/ [taNNa] HH tv: gather, pick, collect here <strong>and</strong> there (selectivity is implied<br />
or searching due sparseness); iv pl become sparse; become very thin (of sticks or of a<br />
persons limbs, the later is very derogatory).<br />
tan - n - a /ta��a/ [taNNa] LH tv: make incantation, call down a curse on.<br />
tap /tap/ [tap] H ideo: describes a rope breaking.<br />
tap /tap/ [tap] L tv: entice, lure, bribe, cajole.<br />
tap /tap/ [tap] L ideo: sound of wood being cut.<br />
tappa /tappa/ [tappa] LH tv: dip out, ladle out (with a spoon or the h<strong>and</strong>); beckon<br />
with the h<strong>and</strong>, touch lightly to get someones attention.<br />
tara /tara/ [tara] HH iv: spread (of rumor, fire), loosen, unravel, unwind, open (of<br />
leaves), melt; tv melt.<br />
tat /tat/ [tat] H tv: spread, loosen, untie, unlock, unwind, open, melt.<br />
tata /tata/ [tata] HL n: address form for father, gr<strong>and</strong>father, old man, baby.<br />
te /te/ [te] L iv: say, mean, intend (defective verb) (used in giving a report, gen used<br />
after bo say or dOkO tell for emphasis).<br />
te /te/ [te] L iv: before, as (defective verb) (always followed by another verb).<br />
tebe /tebe/ [tebe] HH iv: smell (esp smell bad).<br />
tebe /tebe/ [tebe] LH tv: hold tightly (esp around the waist); support, hold up.<br />
tedo. /ted�/ [tedO] HL n: [Eng] tailour.<br />
teebe /teebe/ [teebe] HHH iv: smell (esp smell bad) (pl. of tebe).<br />
teek /teek/ [teek] LL iv, tv: become slack, loose, reduced; slacks loosen; tv slacken,<br />
loosen, lower, reduce in height.<br />
teem /teem/ [teem] LL tv: put down, set down (a pot on the fire); cook, boil, prepare<br />
afere (soup) (pl. of tem).<br />
teen - /tee�/ [teeN] LL iv: go down, descend (of the level of water, or a thing being<br />
lowered), bend slightly, become unsteady, totter (of a nodding, sleepy person, of a drunk)<br />
(pl. of teN ).<br />
teen - e /tee�e/ [teeNe] LLH iv, tv: hang down; tv weigh down, lower (as wet clothes lower<br />
a line or heavy fruits a branch).<br />
teet /teet/ [teet] HH tv: [Efik] pluck fruit (esp pepper) cf kippe (pl. of tet).<br />
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