Uyo Ibibio Dictionary - Computational Linguistics and Spoken ...

Uyo–Bielefeld Ibibio Dictionary (Urua, Ekpenyong, Gibbon)
edi.m /ed�m/ [edIm] HF n: rain.
ediogho /edio�o/ [edioRo] LLLH n: failure to recognize; doubting.
ediok ntan /ediok ntan/ [ediok ntan] LLL HL n: a piece of baked clay or sand, one of
three such placed in the fire to support a pot.
edi.p /ed�p/ [edIp] HH num: twenty.
edo. /ed�/ [edO] HD n: a weed that comes up after farmland is cleared, used for enemas.
edomo /edomo/ [edomo] HHL n: a climbing plant with aerial tubers on the stem, air
potato, potato yam, Dioscorea bulbifera (Dalziel).
edo.n - /ed��/ [edON] HH n: knee.
edo.n - /ed��/ [edON] HF HL n: sheep.
edo.n - o. /ed���/ [edONO] LHH n: a kind of edible frog.
edo.n - o. /ed���/ [edONO] LHH n: message, errand, request.
edop /edop/ [edop] HF n: a kind of large antelope.
eduat /eduat/ [eduat] HHF n: spear.
edundun /edundun/ [edundun] LLF n: a kind of lizard, slim and snake-like with smooth,
cold, slippery skin (var. eduOnduOn, eduOnnO, edunnO ndunnO).
edunno.ndunno. /edunn�ndunn�/ [edunnO ndunnO] HHH HLL : a kind of lizard, slim
and snake-like with smooth, cold, slippery skin (var. eduOnduOn, eduOnnO, edunnO
ndunnO).
eduo.nduo.n /edu�ndu�n/ [eduOnduOn] HLLHL n: a kind of lizard, slim and snake-like
with smooth, cold, slippery skin (var. eduOnduOn, eduOnnO, edunnO ndunnO).
ed t /ed t/ [edVt] LH n: an uncircumcised man or woman.
ee /ee/ [ee] HH interj : yes.
eesa /eesa/ [eesa] LLF n: so-and-so, whats -his-name (not used derogatorily but rather
when one prefers not to mention a persons name).
efa /efa/ [efa] LF n: comb, crest of a cockerel or certain snakes.
efaan - /efaa�/ [efaaN] HHH n: the flexible fibre on the outside of the oil palm or raffia
palm frond, the former is used to weave baskets, the latter to stitch.
efaan - /efaa�/ [efaaN] HHH n: argument, dispute.
efe /efe/ [efe] LL n: flying squirrel.
efiaan - ikpo.n - /efiaa�ikp��/ [efiaaN ikpON] LHHH HL n: a kind of cocoyam.
efiaan - udia /efiaa�udia/ [efiaaN udia] LHHH HDH n: a kind of yam, crooked in shape,
consequently it is very hard to dig out of the ground in one piece prob yellow Guinea
yam, Dioscorea cayenensis (Dalziel).
efiat /efiat/ [efiat] LHH n: a kind of bitter fruit taken like kola, bitter kola, Garcinia
kola (Dalziel).
efi.k /ef�k/ [efIk] LH n: a disease involving swelling of the testes; an insult (if a person
called another person efik and make a fist it is a challenge to fight).
efi.t /ef�t/ [efIt] LH num: fifteen.
efo.k /ef�k/ [efOk] HF n: nest (esp of a bird or squirrel); package.
efoot /efoot/ [efoot] HHH n: blow on (as with the mouth or bellows to cool, or to make
a fire flame up), blow (a whistle, a wind instrument), whistle.
efuo.o.t /efu��t/ [efuOOt] HHHL n: nest.
ef t /ef t/ [efVt] HF n: buttocks, anus; bottom.
egusi /egusi/ [egusi] LHH n: [Yoruba] the seed of a kind of white-fleshed melon, they
are dried, ground and used to thicken (var. ekusi; cf. ikon).
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