Uyo Ibibio Dictionary - Computational Linguistics and Spoken ...

Uyo–Bielefeld Ibibio Dictionary (Urua, Ekpenyong, Gibbon)
ti.mede /t�mede/ [tImede] HHH tv: cause confusion, disturb.
ti.mme /t�mme/ [tImme] LH tv: rev of tim pull out what is stuck in or pinned on see
time2; cf toto1.
timme /timme/ [timme] HH tv: cause confusion, disturb.
timme /timme/ [timme] HH iv: go back, go back from where one was heading, return,
not continue; become absent; do again, repeat.
ti.n /t�n/ [tIn] L iv: wander, go here and there, dash about in a flurry; tv miss the way,
lose the way, mistake.
ti.n - /t��/ [tIN] H tv: pay close attention.
ti.n - /t��/ [tIN] L ideo: sound made when an arrow or dart pierces something.
tinaba /tinaba/ [tinaba] HLF n: [source unknown] a kind of mushroom syn kokobioko;
a kind of tinned fish (no longer available) perhaps tinapa was a brand name, people say
a thing is sweet like tinaba but it is not clear whether this refers to the mushroom or the
fish. (cf Eng tuna).
tinapa /tinapa/ [tinapa] HLF n: [source unknown] a kind of mushroom syn kokobioko;
a kind of tinned fish (no longer available) perhaps tinapa was a brand name, people say
a thing is sweet like tinaba but it is not clear whether this refers to the mushroom or the
fish. (cf Eng tuna).
ti.n - n - e /t���e/ [tINNe] HH tv: eat a little bit at a time, pick up and eat tiny bits of food
(such as grains of rice), pick tiny leaves.
ti.nno. /t�nn�/ [tInnO] LH iv: become sluggish.
t no. /t n�/ [tVnO] LH tv: warn, threaten, discipline (verbal or physical).
ti.p /t�p / [tIp ] H tv: contribute.
ti.p /t�p/ [tIp] L iv: 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.
ti.p /t�p/ [tIp] H tv: germinate, sprout; sg only happen; pl only roast (of maize); tv pl
only roast (maize) pierce through, make a hole, carve out.
ti.p /t�p/ [tIp] L ideo: sound made when an arrow or dart pierces something.
ti.ppe /t�ppe/ [tIppe] HH iv: germinate, sprout; sg only happen; pl only roast (of maize);
tv pl only roast (maize) pierce through, make a hole, carve out.
ti.re /t�re/ [tIre] HH tv: plough, dig up (var. tre).
ti.re /t�re/ [tIre] LH tv: cease, stop, prohibit, prevent; iv cease, stop, fail (neglect; miss
attainment) (var. tre).
ti.ro /t�ro/ [tIro] HH n: [ult Eng] threepence (var. trO).
tisa /tisa/ [tisa] HL n: [Eng] teacher (var. titia, atisa, atitia).
ti.t /t�t/ [tIt] H tv: stick something onto a sharp object (e.g. a piece of meat onto a stick
to be hung over the fire to dry) (var. tot).
ti.t /t�t/ [tIt] H iv: swell, rise as dough.
ti.t /t�t/ [tIt] L tv: fail to heed advice.
tita /tita/ [tita] HL n: address form for father, grandfather, old man.
titia /titia/ [titia] HLL n: [Eng] teacher.
to /to/ [to] H tv: originate, come from; iv do first, become first.
to. /t�/ [tO] H tv: plant (seeds or tubers); dig up roots in order to plant tubers.
to. /t�/ [tO] H tv: hit; hit the mark; knock against; knock down; throw down; drop; w pl
tOi plant (seeds or tubers); dig up roots in order to plant tubers.
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