Uyo Ibibio Dictionary - Computational Linguistics and Spoken ...

Uyo–Bielefeld Ibibio Dictionary (Urua, Ekpenyong, Gibbon)
scraped from match heads, it is ignited and it in turn ignites the gun powder in a gun.
tiara /tiara/ [tiara] LLH tv: stretch, expand; iv become stretched, expanded.
tiat /tiat/ [tiat] LL tv: expand, stretch (esp as a man trying to wear a small hat stretches
it).
ti.be /t�be/ [tIbe] HH iv, tv: germinate, sprout; sg only happen; pl only roast (of maize);
tv pl only roast (maize) pierce through, make a hole, carve out.
ti.be /t�be/ [tIbe] LH tv: stop from happening, thwart, blunt.
tido /tido/ [tido] LH n: [source unknown] a kind of grey rock which is crushed to a
powder and used as a cosmetic for the eyes.
tie /tie/ [tie] LH iv: sit, stay; appear, seem.
ti.gha /t��a/ [tIRa] HH tv: kick, shoot and hit; irritate the mouth (as raw yam); iv stick
out, protrude.
ti.ghe /t��e/ [tIRe] HH tv: tickle.
ti.ghe /t��e/ [tIRe] LH tv: tickle.
tiik /tiik/ [tiik] HH tv: praise, flatter, play up to.
tiim /tiim/ [tiim] HH tv: beat, pound (esp food in a mortar, clothes on a log).
tiim /tiim/ [tiim] LL ideo: sound made when a palm fruit cluster or coconut falls to the
ground; sound made when an animal falls into mfine (a trap made of mud and sticks).
tiim /tiim/ [tiim] LL tv: stick into (a feather in a hat, a pen in its cap, a pencil in the
hair), pin, stick a pin into.
tiin /tiin/ [tiin] HH ideo: sound of a car (automobile) horn.
tiip /tiip/ [tiip] LL iv, tv: fail to mature, fail to develop fully; fall short of expectations;
miss out; miss (not fire of a gun); fail to rise (of pus in a boil); become blunt (of a knife);
tv (?) condemn, find guilty (pl. of tIp).
tiip /tiip/ [tiip] HH tv: contribute (pl. of tIp).
tiip /tiip/ [tiip] HH tv: pierce through, make a hole, carve out (pl. of tIp).
tiit /tiit/ [tiit] HH tv: stick something onto a sharp object (e.g. a piece of meat onto a
stick to be hung over the fire to dry) (pl. of tot).
tiiyo /tiijo/ [tiijo] HHH tv, iv: remind; iv remember (var. tijo, toijo).
ti.kke /t�kke/ [tIkke] LH iv: become depressed, go down (of earth when pressed with the
foot;) fig step down (of a person from power or position).
ti.kke /t�kke/ [tIkke] HH iv: emerge, appear suddenly (often precedes or follows wuO
come out, go out).
ti.kke /t�kke/ [tIkke] HH tv: tickle.
ti.m /t�m/ [tIm] H iv: beat, pound (esp food in a mortar, clothes on a log).
ti.m /t�m/ [tIm] L tv: stick into (a feather in a hat, a pen in its cap, a pencil in the hair),
pin, stick a pin into.
tim /tim/ [tim] L tv: taste liquid, take a sip, sip.
tim /tim/ [tim] L tv, iv: arrange, put in order; attend to, wait on; iv sg only do properly,
do well, emphatic (always followed by another verb).
tim /tim/ [tim] L ideo: sound made when a palm fruit cluster or coconut falls to the
ground; sound made when an animal falls into mfine (a trap made of mud and sticks).
timati /timati/ [timati] LHL n: [Eng] tomato (var. tomato).
ti.me /t�me/ [tIme] LH iv: (?) [Efik?] struggle, make a big effort; storm about in a
temper (?).
ti.me /t�me/ [tIme] LH iv: become stuck into, pinned.
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