Uyo Ibibio Dictionary - Computational Linguistics and Spoken ...

Uyo–Bielefeld Ibibio Dictionary (Urua, Ekpenyong, Gibbon)
yi.k /j�k/ [jIk] L tv: doubt; surprise.
yi.kke /j�kke/ [jIkke] HH iv: become surprised; become impressed; become frightened.
yi.kke /j�kke/ [jIkke] HH iv: become set on edge (of the teeth).
yi.m /j�m/ [jIm] L ideo: sound made by a heavy object when it falls to the ground.
yi.me /j�me/ [jIme] LL ideo: describes the way the flesh of a fat person plops as he walks.
yi.n /j�n/ [jIn] H n: child, offspring.
yi.p /j�p/ [jIp] L tv: steal.
yi.p /j�p/ [jIp] L ideo: sound of the heartbeat, feel of the pulse.
yi.ppe /j�ppe/ [jIppe] HH tv: pinch.
yi.ppo. /j�pp�/ [jIppO] LH tv: hit (esp with a stick, also with the hand or fist).
yi.re /j�re/ [jIre] HH iv: adhere, stick, become sticky; hang; hang oneself; insist, persist;
tv hang on to; pester; persecute; hate.
yi.ren - /j�re�/ [jIreN] LL iv: slither, move with a gliding movement, move like a snake or
rope, move like a jellylike substance.
yi.ro.k /j�r�k/ [jIrOk] LL ideo: describes the sound of fufu or some other smooth substance
passing down the throat.
yi.t /j�t/ [jIt] H tv: attach, put together, fasten, lock, hang (from a point, or curtains, tie
on (so that it may hang).
yo. /j�/ [jO] L tv: care for, nurse (a sick person, esp at a sacrifice to oneself), rear a child;
tolerate.
yogho /jo�o/ [joRo] HH iv: move about, become restless, fidget; tv move about, wriggle.
yo.gho. /j���/ [jORO] HH iv: become full; tv fill, complete.
yoi /joi/ [joi] LL tv: put the edges of two things together and secure them (as a ropes
or two pieces of wood).
yo.i /j�i/ [jOi] HH tv: saw, cut with a sawing motion (an animals throat, or in shredding
certain leaves such as afaN) (pl. of jOOk).
yo.i /j�i/ [jOi] HL ideo: describes something that passes by very fast (as a car speeds by,
or an insect flies by).
yok /jok/ [jok] H iv: move about, become restless, fidget; tv move about, wriggle.
yok /jok/ [jok] L tv: cut into large pieces (as a tree into logs, a fish into large chunks).
yo.k /j�k/ [jOk] H iv: become full; swell.
yo.k /j�k/ [jOk] L tv: warm food, reheat afere (soup) (until it is very hot).
yokko /jokko/ [jokko] HH tv, iv: see at an unexpected time or place, occur unexpectedly,
do unexpectedly.
yo.kko. /j�kk�/ [jOkkO] LH tv: rev of jOk remove from the fire what has been reheated.
yom /jom/ [jom] H tv: look for, search; want (var. Jem).
yom /jom/ [jom] L tv: make a lot of noise (used esp for the noise of a festival).
yo.m /j�m/ [jOm] L tv: cook a very small quantity of rich afere (soup) full of meat or fish
(a way special or appetizing dish).
yommo /jommo/ [jommo] HH iv, tv: become pregnant, conceive (var. jVmmo).
yommo /jommo/ [jommo] LH tv: mock, hoot at, jeer at (var. jVmmo).
yo.mmo. /j�mm�/ [jOmmO] HH tv: sharpen on a leather strop.
yomo /jomo/ [jomo] LH tv: make noise by talking (pl make a lot pf noise (used esp for
the noise of a festival).
yo.n /j�n/ [jOn] H iv: stroll, wander (in a small area with a purpose), move back and
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