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Uyo–Bielefeld Ibibio Dictionary (Urua, Ekpenyong, Gibbon)
akan - /aka�/ [akaN] LH n: shortage of food, famine.
akan - /aka�/ [akaN] LH n: alum (used in the preparation of snuff, in medicine, in the
fermentation of cassava, in soup to soften leaves, in the preparation of atON).
akan - /aka�/ [akaN] LH n: time, occasion used with numerals.
akan - kan - /aka�ka�/ [akaNkaN] LHH n: [onomat?] a two pronged metal percussion
instrument, each prong is tuned at a different pitch; a single pronged metal percussion
instrument, one end is held against the stomach or rested on the ground for playing.
akan - kan - /aka�ka�/ [akaNkaN] LLL n: a kind of long curved sword.
akan - kan - idi.m /aka�ka�id�m/ [akaNkaN idIm] LHH LH n: a pebble from the stream
used in a catapult.
akara /akara/ [akara] LLL n: a fritter made from blackeyed peas and pepper.
akari /akari/ [akari] LLH n: [source unknown] cassava in a dry granula form, mixed with
water to form a paste and eaten with soup, gari (var. akari, Nkadi, garri).
ake /ake/ [ake] HL relative particle: that, which, where.
akebe /akebe/ [akebe] LLH n: box (var. ekebe, ekeme).
akee /akee/ [akee] HLH interrog n: which, which one? interrog aj which?.
akeme /akeme/ [akeme] LLH n: box (var. ekebe, ekeme).
aken /aken/ [aken] HD quant, adv: other, another, more (var. aNko, afen).
akenam /akenam/ [akenam] HHF adv: never.
akepkep /akepkep/ [akepkep] LHH n: lightening.
aki iko.n - /aki ik��/ [aki ikON] LL HL n: clay cooking pot (var. ako ikON, oko ikON ).
akikaak /akikaak/ [akikaak] HLHL n: a small bird, it preys on the hawk.
akikere /akikere/ [akikere] HHHH n: think, meditate, worry, brood; hope, expect;
consider; become concerned with, care (var. ekikere).
akiko /akiko/ [akiko] LLL n: civet cat (var. ekiko, ikiko).
akiko. /akik�/ [akikO] HHH n: a plant with succulent leaves, both leaves and stem contain
a milky, sticky fluid.
akiko.(unen) /akik�(unen)/ [akikO (unen)] LHL HL n: rooster (var. ekikO).
akiko.i /akik�i/ [akikOi] HLHL n: retch, vomit (var. ekikOi).
akiko.n - eto /akik��eto/ [akikON eto] HHH LL n: a kind of bird which makes holes in
trees with its beak, wood-pecker, woodcarver.
akiko.n - eto /akik��eto/ [akikON eto] HLF HH n: a kind of bird which makes holes in
trees with its beak, wood-pecker, woodcarver.
akikua /akikua/ [akikua] HHLLL n: a kind of rodent found in the top of palm trees,
they move in small groups.
akime /akime/ [akime] LLL n: an edible vegetable (poss in the pepper family).
aki.raasi /ak�raasi/ [akIraasi] LLHLL n: glass, a small glass from which to drink ufOfOp
[illicit gin].
aki.ri /ak�ri/ [akIri] LLH n: a dish similar to maimai but made of maize (var. akIdi).
aki.t /ak�t/ [akIt] HH n: unspecified past or future time, sometime.
ako /ako/ [ako] HL dem: that yonder, that one over there.
ako /ako/ [ako] LL n: clay cooking pot (var. oko).
ako. /ak�/ [akO] LH n: fence built rather than planted (var. OkO).
ako. /ak�/ [akO] LL n: a kind of play, performed when someone dies, activities include
carrying the coffin around the village, taking palm wine from anywhere in the village it
can be found, cutting down plantains with a sword, and dancing with and brandishing
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