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

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

duo.nno. /du�nn�/ [duOnnO] HHH iv: become slipper (of a wet rock, the floor, of character);<br />

slip.<br />

duo.nno. /du�nn�/ [duOnnO] HH iv: become slipper (of a wet rock, the floor, of character);<br />

slip.<br />

duo.n - n - o. /du����/ [duONNO] LLH iv: fall, fall down.<br />

duo.o.k /du��k / [duOOk ] HHH tv: throw away, lose.<br />

duop /duop/ [duop] LL num: ten.<br />

duo.to. /du�t�/ [duOtO] LLH iv: stick out, stick up, protrude (of a heap, a lump, a long<br />

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

duo.to. /du�t�/ [duOtO] LLH iv: stick out, stick up, protrude (of a heap, a lump, a long<br />

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

d po. /d p�/ [dVpO ] LH iv: become untidy <strong>and</strong> wet (of a messy wet animal), become<br />

wet, become untidy.<br />

dusi.me /dus�me/ [dusIme] HLL iv: fool around.<br />

d t /d t / [dVt ] L tv: pull, drag; draw; pl make a drawing, draw many lines; massage.<br />

dutagha /duta�a/ [dutaRa] HLL tv: waste, squ<strong>and</strong>er.<br />

dutaghade /duta�ade/ [dutaRade] HLLL tv: waste, squ<strong>and</strong>er.<br />

dutere /dutere/ [dutere] HLL iv: flop about, stagger about.<br />

duti.n /dut�n/ [dutIn] HL iv: w<strong>and</strong>er, go here <strong>and</strong> there, dash about in a flurry; tv miss<br />

the way, lose the way, mistake.<br />

dutuara /dutuara/ [dutuara] HLLL iv: talk aimlessly.<br />

duumo. /duum�/ [duumO] LLH iv: become untidy <strong>and</strong> wet (of a messy wet animal),<br />

become wet, become untidy.<br />

duun - o. /duu��/ [duuNO] HHH tv: investigate, search carefully (for something one is not<br />

meant to see).<br />

duut /duut/ [duut] LL tv: pull, drag; draw; pl make a drawing, draw many lines; massage<br />

(pl. of dVt).<br />

duwene /duwene/ [duwene] LHH iv: become full up to the brim.<br />

duwenne /duwenne/ [duwenne] LHH iv: become full up to the brim.<br />

duyen - /duje�/ [dujeN] HL iv: hang around.<br />

duyi.te /duj�te/ [dujIte] HLL iv: stick together; become elastic (as many things adhere<br />

to each other).<br />

e /e/ [e] F interrogative particle: how is, where is, what about, what of.<br />

e /e/ [e] L interrog n: who?.<br />

eba /eba/ [eba] HH n: breast.<br />

eba /eba/ [eba] LL : used in the following: duop eba twelve (from duop ye iba ten <strong>and</strong><br />

two?).<br />

ebaenaenan - /ebaenaena�/ [ebaenaenaN] HHHLHL n: a kind of plant with a tuber at<br />

the root which is used in jaundice cures, Anchomanes difformis (Dalziel).<br />

ebaetienaenan - /ebaetienaena�/ [ebaetienaenaN] HHHHLHF n: a kind of plant with a<br />

tuber at the root which is used in jaundice cures, Anchomanes difformis (Dalziel).<br />

ebai /ebai/ [ebai] LHH n: a kind of fish, flat with white flesh, fast moving <strong>and</strong> hard to<br />

catch.<br />

ebana /ebana/ [ebana] LHH n: a kind of plant with hairlike spines on its leaves, it gives<br />

a rash.<br />

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