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<strong>Uyo</strong>–Bielefeld <strong>Ibibio</strong> <strong>Dictionary</strong> (Urua, Ekpenyong, Gibbon)<br />

akpa iso.n - /akpa is��/ [akpa isON] LL HL n: a small black stinging, stinking ant which<br />

lives on the floor of mud houses.<br />

akpa nto /akpa nto/ [akpa nto] LH HD aj : firstly.<br />

akpaakpa ikpa /akpaakpa ikpa/ [akpaakpa ikpa] LLHL HH n: a kind of plant, if it is<br />

pulled up it gets its roots into the ground <strong>and</strong> grows up again (ikpaaga it doesnt die).<br />

akpaakpa ikpaagha /akpaakpa ikpaa�a/ [akpaakpa ikpaaRa] LLHL HHHH n: a kind<br />

of plant, if it is pulled up it gets its roots into the ground <strong>and</strong> grows up again (ikpaaga it<br />

doesnt die).<br />

akpaana /akpaana/ [akpaana] LLLL n: a long yellow-fleshed yam prob Discorea<br />

cayenensis (Dalziel).<br />

akpafi.t ikan - /akpaf�t ika�/ [akpafIt ikaN] HHH HH n: a kind of plant, the leaves are<br />

used to heal burns (?), Commelina nudiflora (Dalziel).<br />

akpaiikpai iko.n - /akpaiikpai ik��/ [akpaiikpai ikON] LHHHHH HD n: a dry cough,<br />

tuberculosis.<br />

akpaikpai iko.n - /akpaikpai ik��/ [akpaikpai ikON] LHHHH HD n: tuberculosis.<br />

akpakara /akpakara/ [akpakara] HHHH n: a winged insect found in stagnant streams,<br />

carries its eggs on its back.<br />

akpakara /akpakara/ [akpakara] LHHH n: chair with arm rests.<br />

akpakkpak /akpakkpak/ [akpakkpak] LHH n: a kind of plantain with many small fruits<br />

to the branch.<br />

akpakot /akpakot/ [akpakot] LHD n: a kind of fish with a hard skull <strong>and</strong> whiskers,<br />

good to eat (Goldie a specie of cat fish) (var. ukpakot).<br />

akpakpa /akpakpa/ [akpakpa] LLL n: maize (corn) (var. abakpa, akpakpa, ibikpot).<br />

akpan /akpan/ [akpan] HH n: the first-born son;.<br />

akpan /akpan/ [akpan] HF n: a square basket woven of cane or rattan with a wooden<br />

bottom, it is used for carrying loads to market, marriage gifts from the groom to the<br />

brides mother are placed in it.<br />

akpana n - kpa /akpana �kpa/ [akpana Nkpa] LLL LL n: a kind of bitter cassava (iwa<br />

cassava).<br />

akpana n - kpa iwa /akpana �kpa iwa/ [akpana Nkpa iwa] HHL LH HD n: a kind of<br />

bitter cassava (iwa cassava) (iwa cassava).<br />

akp<strong>and</strong>an - /akp<strong>and</strong>a�/ [akp<strong>and</strong>aN] LLLL aj : left over-night.<br />

akpan - kpan - /akpa�kpa�/ [akpaNkpaN] LHH n: [onomat?] a brass or copper plate in<br />

which gifts are presented, old ones are used by children as toys.<br />

akpap /akpap/ [akpap] LH n: a kind of tree with a thorny trunk <strong>and</strong> branches,<br />

Macaranga barteri (Dalziel).<br />

akpara /akpara/ [akpara] HHH n: frame, loom.<br />

akpara /akpara/ [akpara] LHL aj : small.<br />

akpara /akpara/ [akpara] LLH n: [yoruba] Agbada, mens robes.<br />

akpara /akpara/ [akpara] LLL n: prostitute; customer for a prostitute; a wild, loose<br />

young man or woman.<br />

akparawa /akparawa/ [akparawa] LLHL n: a young man.<br />

akpasa /akpasa/ [akpasa] LHL n: basket.<br />

akpasak /akpasak/ [akpasak] HHH n: a venereal disease in men, involves swellings on<br />

the groin which are painful <strong>and</strong> impede walking.<br />

akpasat /akpasat/ [akpasat] LHF n: tuberculosis.<br />

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