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 />
teghe /te�e/ [teRe] LH iv, tv: become slack, loose, reduced; slacks loosen; tv slacken,<br />
loosen, lower, reduce in height.<br />
tek /tek/ [tek] L iv: become slack, loose, reduced; slacks loosen; tv slacken, loosen, lower,<br />
reduce in height.<br />
tekke /tekke/ [tekke] LH iv: hang down; tv weigh down, lower (as wet clothes lower a<br />
line or heavy fruits a branch).<br />
tem /tem/ [tem] H tv: cut bush, clear bush w ikot bush.<br />
tem /tem/ [tem] L tv: put down, set down (a pot on the fire); cook, boil, prepare afere<br />
(soup).<br />
temme /temme/ [temme] LH tv: rev of tem remove a pot from the fire.<br />
temme /temme/ [temme] LH tv: explain, direct, tell how.<br />
ten - /te�/ [teN] L iv: go down, descend (of the level of water, or a thing being lowered),<br />
bend slightly, become unsteady, totter (of a nodding, sleepy person, of a drunk).<br />
ten - n - e /te��e/ [teNNe] LH iv: stagger so as to fall or nearly fall, bend far over (of a tree<br />
in the wind), settle (of impurities in water or dregs in palm wine) cf teN bend a little.<br />
tep /tep/ [tep] L ideo: describes water falling drop by drop.<br />
tep /tep/ [tep] L ideo: sound of the nearly weightless fall of a rotten thing such as an<br />
avocado or pawpaw.<br />
tere /tere/ [tere] LL ideo: describes a staggering walk.<br />
tet /tet/ [tet] H tv: [Efik] pluck fruit (esp pepper) cf kippe.<br />
tete /tete/ [tete] HD n: gr<strong>and</strong>father.<br />
ti /ti/ [ti] H v, iv: originate, come from; iv do first, become first (var. to).<br />
ti /ti/ [ti] F n: [Eng] tea.<br />
tiaam /tiaam/ [tiaam] HHH tv, iv: pour out a little bit of liquid (esp a little bit of palm<br />
wine in each cup), give a little (wine) to taste; add a little bit (as a seller does when he<br />
measures out snuff or gari); splatter, splash, sprinkle; iv splash, sprinkle (var. tiam).<br />
tiaara /tiaara/ [tiaara] HHHH iv: become oversized in growth (var. tiara).<br />
tiaara /tiaara/ [tiaara] HHHH iv: scream, shout at often w mkpo n scream, shout (var.<br />
tiara).<br />
tiaat /tiaat/ [tiaat] LLL iv: exp<strong>and</strong>, widen, stretch, spread; iv become exp<strong>and</strong>ed,<br />
stretched, spread (var. tiat, tiaN ).<br />
tiaat /tiaat/ [tiaat] LLL ideo: sound of cloth tearing (var. tiat).<br />
tiai /tiai/ [tiai] HHH tv, iv: kick, shoot <strong>and</strong> hit; irritate the mouth (as raw yam); iv<br />
stick out, protrude.<br />
tiam /tiam/ [tiam] HH tv: splash, sprinkle; itch, irritate; iv splash, sprinkle; jump about,<br />
jump up <strong>and</strong> down, stamp the feet (of a fussy child), jump up suddenly.<br />
tiamma /tiamma/ [tiamma] HHH tv: pour out a little bit of liquid (esp a little bit of<br />
palm wine in each cup), give a little (wine) to taste; add a little bit (as a seller does when<br />
he measures out snuff or gari); splatter, splash, sprinkle; iv splash, sprinkle.<br />
tian /tian/ [tian] HL n: [Eng tin] any (non-iron) metal object such as metal sheeting or<br />
metal containers, a tin (e.g. kerosene tin).<br />
tian - /tia�/ [tiaN] LL tv, iv: exp<strong>and</strong>, widen, stretch, spread; iv become exp<strong>and</strong>ed,<br />
stretched, spread.<br />
tian - n - a /tia��a/ [tiaNNa] LLH tv: exp<strong>and</strong>, widen, stretch, spread; iv become exp<strong>and</strong>ed,<br />
stretched, spread.<br />
tiap /tiap/ [tiap] HL n: [Eng cap?] a small container of zinc foil filled with phosphorus<br />
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