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 />
t m /t m/ [tVm] L tv: taste liquid, take a sip, sip.<br />
t m /t m/ [tVm] L tv: arrange, put in order; attend to, wait on; iv sg only do properly,<br />
do well, emphatic (always followed by another verb).<br />
to.mbi.ra /t�mb�ra/ [tOmbIra] HLLL n: [Eng tumbler] a glass tumbler.<br />
t mo. /t m�/ [tVmO] LH tv: appeal for protection or to settle an argument.<br />
t n /t n/ [tVn] H iv: become stupid, retarded.<br />
tun - /tu�/ [tuN] H tv: hollow out.<br />
tun - /tu�/ [tuN] L tv: hurt a sore place by accident.<br />
t n - /t �/ [tVN] L ideo: sound made when an arrow or dart pierces something.<br />
t nno. /t nn�/ [tVnnO] LH iv: become sluggish.<br />
t n - n - o. /t ���/ [tVNNO] HH tv: carve out, dig out, remove something esp from a small<br />
hole (dirt from the ear, a chigger from the flesh, eyes from a fish, pus from a wound, meat<br />
from a bone.<br />
t n - n - o. /t ���/ [tVNNO] HH iv, tv, prep, conj : start.<br />
t no. /t n�/ [tVnO] HH iv: become stupid, retarded.<br />
t no. /t n�/ [tVnO] LH tv: reprim<strong>and</strong>, warn, threaten, discipline (verbal or physical).<br />
t n - o. /t ��/ [tVNO] HH iv: repeat, do again, <strong>and</strong>, also (always followed by another verb).<br />
t n - o. /t ��/ [tVNO] HH iv: become deep (of a hole, a river).<br />
t n - o. /t ��/ [tVNO] HH iv, tv, prep, conj : start (var. tONO).<br />
t ppo /t ppo/ [tVppo] HH tv: exclaim.<br />
t ppo. /t pp�/ [tVppO] HH tv: throw up to, reproach with; go overboard (?), get carried<br />
away (?);.<br />
tutu /tutu/ [tutu] LL prep, conj; adv: very much, until; so that.<br />
tuuk /tuuk/ [tuuk] HH tv: touch; fig affect.<br />
tuuk /tuuk/ [tuuk] LL tv: polish, scrub; grate (pl. of tVk).<br />
tuuk /tuuk/ [tuuk] LL tv: cheat (pl. of tVk).<br />
tuum /tuum/ [tuum] LL tv: arrange, put in order; attend to, wait on; iv sg only do<br />
properly, do well, emphatic (always followed by another verb) (pl. of tVm).<br />
tuun - /tuu�/ [tuuN] HH tv: hollow out.<br />
tuun - /tuu�/ [tuuN] LL tv: hurt a sore place by accident.<br />
tuuno. /tuun�/ [tuunO] LLH tv: reprim<strong>and</strong>, warn, threaten, discipline (verbal or physical).<br />
tuuno. /tuun�/ [tuunO] LLH tv: nip off (as a bud, a boil); thwart (as a childs behaviour).<br />
tuun - o. /tuu��/ [tuuNO] HHH iv, tv: shake, become unsteady, become poorly balanced;<br />
tv shake.<br />
tuun - o. /tuu��/ [tuuNO] HHH tv: disturb, disorder (the vegetation in passing by, the<br />
water in entering it).<br />
tuut /tuut/ [tuut] HH iv: shift oneself (while seated), move aside, move over (while<br />
seated), move long on the buttocks using the h<strong>and</strong>s to propel oneself, crawl; tv shift, push<br />
aside to make space (clothes on a line, beads on a string, objects on a table).<br />
wa /wa/ [wa] L tv: sacrifice.<br />
waagha /waa�a/ [waaRa] HHH iv: become mixed (of dry things with dry, wet things<br />
with wet) (var. wuaRa).<br />
waak /waak/ [waak] HH tv: mix; adulterate (as palm wine by adding water).<br />
waak /waak/ [waak] LL tv: tear, rend, scratch, tear off, tear up, tear out; pay a debt in<br />
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