Uyo Ibibio Dictionary - Computational Linguistics and Spoken ...

Uyo–Bielefeld Ibibio Dictionary (Urua, Ekpenyong, Gibbon)
akpet@k).
akpetuk /akpetuk/ [akpetuk] LHL aj : eaten away (as an eben fruit is eaten away by
beetles) (var. akpet@k).
akpetuk eben /akpetuk eben/ [akpetuk eben] HHH HL n: a cluster of eben fruits (var.
akpet@k).
akpi.n /akp�n/ [akpIn] HH n: young tightly curled leaf (sucker?) or shoot of a palm or
plantain, the as yet unspread foliage (it can be wrapped around the waist for dancing).
akpi.re /akp�re/ [akpIre] LHL aj : [Efik] small (var. ekpIri).
akpi.ro.ito.n - /akp�r�it��/ [akpIrO itON] HHH HD n: wind pipe.
akpi.t /akp�t/ [akpIt] HH n: the stem of banana, plantain, oil palm fruit, it goes through
the bunch and extends above, the fruit hanging below.
akpo /akpo/ [akpo] HH n: corpse (var. okpo).
akpo /akpo/ [akpo] HH n: a skin disease (esp of the scalp) (var. okpo).
akpo /akpo/ [akpo] LF n: someone not initiated into a society, a non-member (var.
okpo).
akpo /akpo/ [akpo] LL n: status, class, rank (var. okpo).
akpo. /akp�/ [akpO] HH n: bone; stem; the prominent, conspicuous or salient part of
something; a single one of several, an individual one (used esp with bone-like or stalk-like
obyect but also with people) (var. OkpO).
akpo. /akp�/ [akpO] LF n: rubber tree; rubber; a piece of rubber placed on the bed under
a baby (var. OkpO).
akpo. /akp�/ [akpO] HH : akpO NkON spine of a leaf (var. OkpO).
akpo ebot /akpo ebot/ [akpo ebot] LH HL n: billy goat, the male goat (ebot goat)
(var. okpo ebot).
akpo.eka edo.n - /akp�eka ed��/ [akpO eka edON] HH HL HL n: a kind of cassava (var.
OkpO eka edON ).
akpo mfem /akpo mfem/ [akpo mfem] HH HL n: ringworm (var. ekpo mfem).
akpo.usin - /akp�usi�/ [akpO usiN] LL HL n: a ball or mass of fufu (var. OkpO usVN ).
akpo. /akp�/ [akpO] LH n: a kind of small white yam, it keeps well for up to two years
(var. OkpO).
akpo. /akp�/ [akpO] LH n: stilts, stilt dance, stilt dancer (var. OkpO).
akpobom /akpobom/ [akpobom] LHL aj : great (var. okpobom).
akpogho /akpo�o/ [akpoRo] HHH n: box (var. okpoRo).
akpogho /akpo�o/ [akpoRo] LLL n: manilla (old money) (var. okpoRo).
akpo.k /akp�k/ [akpOk] LH n: lizard (gen term); a kind of lizard, greenish with a white
belly (var. OkpOk).
akpo.ko. /akp�k�/ [akpOkO] HHL n: large wooden implemevt with a large hook or fork
on the end used for plucking fruits from the tree (var. OkpOkO).
akpo.ko.n - iwuot /akp�k��iwuot/ [akpOkON iwuot] HHF LLL n: skull (iwuot head) (var.
OkpOkON iwuot).
akpokop nti /akpokop nti/ [akpokop nti] HHH LH n: mumps (nti the area around the
ears and under the yaw) (var. Okpokop nti).
akpo.ko.p ube /akp�k�p ube/ [akpOkOp ube] HHF HL n: the hoe used for cocoyam
(ube hoe handle) (var. OkpOkOp ube).
akpo.ko.p udo.k /akp�k�p ud�k/ [akpOkOp udOk] HHF HL n: the forked or hooked
wooden handle of a hoe to which the metal part is attached; latch of a door (var. OkpOkOp
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