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

dudio.n /dudi�n/ [dudiOn] HLL tv: play prank on, do mischief to.<br />

dudu /dudu/ [dudu] HD n: the game of Ludo (var. dudo).<br />

due /due/ [due] LL tv: make an error, err, miss, offend, do unwittingly, do by chance.<br />

dueghe /due�e/ [dueRe] HHH iv: become fine in texture (in small pieces).<br />

dueghe /due�e/ [dueRe] LLH iv: become fine in texture (in small pieces).<br />

dueghe /due�e/ [dueRe] LLH iv: become fine in texture (in small pieces).<br />

duei /duei/ [duei] LLL ideo: describes the redness <strong>and</strong> ripeness of pepper.<br />

duek /duek/ [duek] HH tv: chew, eat something nutty , crunchy, crisp; chew happily (as<br />

a dog on a bone).<br />

dueme /dueme/ [dueme] LLH tv: brush against, brush off, rub on (all implies a light<br />

touch) (var. dueppe, duemme).<br />

duemme /duemme/ [duemme] LLH tv: brush against, brush off, rub on (all implies a<br />

light touch) (var. dueppe, duemme).<br />

duen /duen/ [duen] LL iv: become cowardly; become stupid; become excited, crazy.<br />

duep /duep/ [duep] HH tv: gnaw (as a rat on a yam).<br />

duep /duep/ [duep] LL tv: dust, dust off, rub off (as a speck of dust).<br />

dueppe /dueppe/ [dueppe] HHH tv: gnaw (as a rat on a yam).<br />

dueppe /dueppe/ [dueppe] LLH tv: brush against, brush off, rub on (all implies a light<br />

touch).<br />

d gho. /d ��/ [dVRO] LH iv: fall, fall down (var. duO).<br />

d k /d k/ [dVk] H tv: enter, go into; join (a society of the modern type which involves<br />

only a simple process).<br />

d k /d k/ [dVk] L tv: strain, filter skim.<br />

d kko. /d kk�/ [dVkkO] HL tv: strain, filter skim.<br />

dukpi.reke /dukp�reke/ [dukpIreke] HDHH iv: make jittery movements as though one<br />

had ants in ones clothing move away fast on ones toes in a jittery way (i.e. walk like a<br />

European); swagger, strut to show off.<br />

dukpo /dukpo/ [dukpo] HL iv: move about here <strong>and</strong> there doing many things at once,<br />

look busy, become busy.<br />

dukpo.o.ro. /dukp��r�/ [dukpOOrO] HDHH iv: walk here <strong>and</strong> there, zigzag.<br />

d n - /d �/ [dVN ] H iv: dwell; pl continue to dwell in a place, live near, live together.<br />

d n - n - o. /d ���/ [dVNNO] HH iv: become slow <strong>and</strong> sluggish, become a weakling.<br />

d n - n - o. /d ���/ [dVNNO] HH iv: become slow <strong>and</strong> sluggish, become a weakling.<br />

d nno. /d nn�/ [dVnnO] HH iv: become slow <strong>and</strong> sluggish, become a weakling.<br />

d n - o. /d ��/ [dVNO] HH iv: dwell; pl continue to dwell in a place, live near, live together.<br />

duo /duo/ [duo] LL adv: used as follows: duo ammO none of them (var. ndomo, domo).<br />

duo. /du�/ [duO ] LH iv: fall, fall down.<br />

duogho /duo�o/ [duoRo] HHH tv: put something in a hole <strong>and</strong> turn it around.<br />

duo.gho. /du���/ [duORO] LLH tv: forbid; feel sorry for, have mercy on, have pity on.<br />

duo.i /du�i/ [duOi] LLL tv: pour, pour out, spill (pl. of duOk).<br />

duo.k /du�k / [duOk ] LL tv: pour, pour out, spill.<br />

duo.ko. /du�k�/ [duOkO] LLH iv: spill;.<br />

duo.mmo. /du�mm�/ [duOmmO] LLH iv: stick out, stick up, protrude (of a heap, a lump,<br />

a long nose); sag, hang down; become heavy, sagging (of a part of the body).<br />

duo.nno. /du�nn�/ [duOnnO] LLH iv: stick out, stick up, protrude (of a heap, a lump, a<br />

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