Uyo Ibibio Dictionary - Computational Linguistics and Spoken ...

Uyo–Bielefeld Ibibio Dictionary (Urua, Ekpenyong, Gibbon)
weene /weene/ [weene] HHH iv: become poor.
weere /weere/ [weere] LLH iv: have a pattern or decoration, become written on, marked
with, patterned; decorate, mark, stain oneself.
weet /weet/ [weet] HL n: [Eng] a well of the European type (a deep artesian well).
weet /weet/ [weet] LL tv: write (pl. of wet).
wen /wen/ [wen] L tv: level the ground (in building a house, heap sand to fill in depressions
and then smooth it out flat).
wen - /we�/ [weN] H tv: soothe, pat, rock a child.
wene /wene/ [wene] LH tv, iv: flatten the top of something which has been heaped up,
level off the top.
wenne /wenne/ [wenne] LH tv: flatten the top of something which has been heaped up,
level off the top.
wen - n - e /we��e/ [weNNe] LH tv: treat with respect; treat kindly; handle with care, give
a warm welcome.
were /were/ [were] HH iv, tv: roll.
were /were/ [were] LH iv: have a pattern or decoration, become written on, marked
with, patterned; decorate, mark, stain oneself.
wet /wet/ [wet] L tv: write.
winde /winde/ [winde] HL n: [Eng] window (var. windo, awindo).
wi.ppe /w�ppe/ [wIppe] LH iv: burst, give way.
wo.ba /w�ba/ [wOba] HL n: guava (var. awOfa, wOfa).
wo.bo. /w�b�/ [wObO] LH tv: carry a person, esp a child, on the back, the child is not
tied on but holds the shoulders of the person carrying him.
wo.fa /w�fa/ [wOfa] HL n: guava.
wo.k /w�k/ [wOk] H iv: swim; become loose.
won - /wo�/ [woN] H tv: soothe, pat, rock a child.
wo.n - n - o. /w����/ [wONNO] HH tv: turn aside, turn off, move aside.
woobo /woobo/ [woobo] LLH iv: do patiently, stay patiently, become patient (always
followed by another verb) (var. wuubo).
wo.o.k /w��k/ [wOOk] HH iv: become loose (pl. of wOk).
woomo /woomo/ [woomo] HHH tv: scoop up with the hands (not water).
woop /woop/ [woop] LL iv: do patiently, stay patiently, become patient (always followed
by another verb) (var. wuup).
woot /woot/ [woot] LL tv: kill (pl. of wot).
wo.o.t /w��t/ [wOOt] LL tv: lend, borrow.
wo.o.t /w��t/ [wOOt] HH tv: show; do for (pl. Of wOt).
wop /wop/ [wop] L iv: do patiently, stay patiently, become patient.
wo.p /w�p/ [wOp] H tv: suck.
woppo /woppo/ [woppo] HH tv: scoop up with the hands (not water).
wo.ppo. /w�pp�/ [wOppO] LH tv: talk loosely, vulgarly.
wo.ppo. /w�pp�/ [wOppO] HH tv: rev of wOp stop sucking.
wot /wot/ [wot] L tv: kill.
wo.t /w�t/ [wOt] H tv: show; do for.
wuagha /wua�a/ [wuaRa] HHH iv: become mixed (of dry things with dry, wet things
with wet).
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