Uyo Ibibio Dictionary - Computational Linguistics and Spoken ...

Uyo–Bielefeld Ibibio Dictionary (Urua, Ekpenyong, Gibbon)
bo.o.ro. /b��r�/ [bOOrO] LLH tv: answer a question, answer a call (in the latter case only
used negatively, i.e. fail to answer a call).
boot /boot/ [boot] LL tv: burst (non-destructive).
bo.o.t /b��t/ [bOOt] HL n: ball.
bo.p /b�p/ [bOp] H tv: tie, bind.
boro /boro/ [boro] HH iv: become round (of a stone, of something moulded).
bot /bot / [bot ] H tv: mould out of clay.
bo.tukiisi /b�tukiisi/ [bOtukiisi] HLHLL n: Portuguese.
bo.wi.t /b�w�t/ [bOwIt] HL n: bowl (cf. abawIt, bawIt).
boyo /bojo/ [bojo] LH tv, iv: pass by (cf. boijo, boo, bijo).
bo.iyo. /b�ij�/ [bOijO] LH tv: imitate.
bresiden /bresiden/ [bresiden] HLL n: president.
bu /bu/ [bu] L iv: rot, become rotten (esp of edible things), spoil (of improperly dried
fish, it gets mould on it), sour.
bugho. /bu��/ [buRO] LH iv: become buried.
b k /b k/ [bVk] L tv: reveal a secret, narrate a story, convey information, inform, relate
(all have a derogatory connotation).
b�kko /b�kko/ [b@kko] HH iv, tv: become disordered, roiled, stirred up; tv disorder,
roil, stir, mix up, scatter (cf. bokko).
b�kko /b�kko/ [b@kko] LH tv: rev of buuk dig out; unbury, unearth, exhume; throw
up to someone all thats been done for him or all the bad things hes been guilty of (cf.
bokko).
b n - /b �/ [bVN] H tv: break (a long thin object such as a stick or bone).
b n - n - o. /b ���/ [bVNNO] HH iv: become broken; break of its own accord (of a long thin
object such as a bone or stick); break up in confusion (of a gathering).
b p /b p/ [bVp] H iv: blister, swell (as the result of a burn) (var. bIp).
b p /b p/ [bVp] H tv: ask, ask for (var. bIp).
butaas /butaas/ [butaas] LHL n: potash, it is mixed with palm wine and drunk in large
amounts every morning as a cure for gonorrhea (var. botaas,botaasi).
butiro.n - /butir��/ [butirON] LLF n: petrol (cf. Betrood).
b to. /b t�/ [bVtO] HH iv: become rotten to the semi-liquid state, become decomposed,
disintegrated (of an orange, a wet cracker, a dead body); become wet and messy, wet and
sloppy; become watery to the point of nearly falling apart.
buuk /buuk/ [buuk] LL tv: bury.
buume /buume/ [buume] HHH tv: ask, ask for (var. biime).
buun - /buu�/ [buuN] HH tv: break (a long thin object such as a stick or bone).
buusi /buusi/ [buusi] LH n: cat (var. abuusi,abOOsi, akpOOsi).
buut /buut/ [buut] LL tv: burst (non-destructive).
buut /buut/ [buut] LL ideo: tightly.
da /da/ [da] H iv: stand.
da /da/ [da] L n: term of address used between men of equal age and status, its use
generally implies intimacy, it is occasionally used to address a stranger and is currently
used by young girls although this latter use is considered improper by men.
da /da/ [da] L v: shine (of sun or moon).
daa /daa/ [daa] HH iv: stand; shine (of sun or moon).
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