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

adidun - /adidu�/ [adiduN] LHH n: settler.<br />

adieke /adieke/ [adieke] LHHL conj : if (var. edieke).<br />

adikpi.nne /adikp�nne/ [adikpInne] LLLL n: state of numbness in the limbs (var. idikpai,<br />

ibikpai).<br />

adikpo /adikpo/ [adikpo] HLL n: sweat (var. ibikpO, idikpO).<br />

adinam /adinam/ [adinam] HHH n: an act, action (var. edinam).<br />

adiogho /adio�o/ [adioRo] HHHH n: bleeding from the gums.<br />

adisana /adisana/ [adisana] LHLL aj : holy, clean, blameless (var. edisana).<br />

adisat /adisat/ [adisat] HHH n: comb (var. edisat).<br />

adisat /adisat/ [adisat] LLL n: discrimination (var. adusat, edisat).<br />

adisio idi.p /adisio id�p/ [adisio idIp] HHHH HD n: diarrhea, purging (var. edidio<br />

idIp).<br />

adita idip /adita idip/ [adita idip] HHH HD n: a mild but painful type of diarrhea.<br />

adita iwa /adita iwa/ [adita iwa] LHL HD n: boiled <strong>and</strong> sliced cassava (as snack).<br />

aditan /aditan/ [aditan] LHH n: a kind of shrub, its bitter leaves are used for soup (var.<br />

editan).<br />

aditan /aditan/ [aditan] LHH n: a kind of bush cat (prob a genet), it transforms itself<br />

into ekpe (leopard) (var. atan).<br />

aditi.be /adit�be/ [aditIbe] LLLH n: antidote.<br />

aditi.m /adit�m/ [aditIm] HHH n: water buffalo, water buck.<br />

aditi.m /adit�m/ [aditIm] LLL n: an uproar.<br />

adiwak /adiwak/ [adiwak] LHL n: many, much (var. ediwak).<br />

adiyi.k /adij�k/ [adijIk] HHH n: having ones teeth set on edge (of the teeth) causes the<br />

teeth to be set on edge.<br />

adiyi.k /adij�k/ [adijIk] HHH n: frightful thing.<br />

ado /ado/ [ado] HF conj : [last var is Efik <strong>and</strong> is rarely used] but (var. odo).<br />

ado. /ad�/ [adO] LL n: cross the fingers.<br />

ado /ado/ [ado] HL dem: that (near the person spoken to; that (anaphoric) (var. odo).<br />

ado /ado/ [ado] HL conj : [last var is Efik <strong>and</strong> is rarely used] but (var. odo).<br />

adodo /adodo/ [adodo] HHH n: bottle (var. ododo).<br />

ado.k /ad�k/ [adOk] LH n: gangosa; a person suffering from gangosa (var. OdOk).<br />

adom /adom/ [adom] HH n: married life (var. odom).<br />

adom /adom/ [adom] HH n: your husb<strong>and</strong> (?) (var. odom).<br />

ado.o.do. /ad��d�/ [adOOdO] LHHL n: yam beetle (edible) (var. OdOOdO).<br />

ado.o.do. /ad��d�/ [adOOdO] LLHL n: yam beetle (edible) (var. OdOOdO).<br />

ado.o.n - /ad���/ [adOON] LLL n: a mat made of still young yellowish palm leaves, it is<br />

used to wrap a chief in for burial (var. OdOON ).<br />

adot /adot/ [adot] HF n: market, week (two cycles each consisting of four market days)<br />

(var. odot).<br />

adu /adu/ [adu] HH n: a narrow deep hole, a crack (var. odu).<br />

adu /adu/ [adu] LF n: whisper; private conversation; plot, conspiracy (var. odu).<br />

adua /adua/ [adua] HF n: squirrel.<br />

aduan - /adua�/ [aduaN] HHF n: a kind of soft clay used for making pots.<br />

adube /adube/ [adube] LLL : a pit dug in the ground, a ditch (var. ube).<br />

aduben /aduben/ [aduben] LHL n: a shallow woven cradle made from a kind of reed or<br />

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