Uyo Ibibio Dictionary - Computational Linguistics and Spoken ...

Uyo–Bielefeld Ibibio Dictionary (Urua, Ekpenyong, Gibbon)
fu /fu/ [fu] L iv: become lazy.
fufu /fufu/ [fufu] LH n: [source unknown] poss used by some speakers to refer to fermented
and washed pounded cassava, refers to any pounded food.
f gho. /f ��/ [fVRO] LL iv: become covered; cover oneself (with a cloth or blanket);
become sad, mourn.
f k /f k / [fVk ] H tv: cover (a person with a blanket, food with a cloth, a house with
a roof, a hole with dirt, but not used for cover something with its own cover) cf kup.
f kko. /f kk�/ [fVkkO] HH tv: rev of fuk uncover, take off.
f m /f m/ [fVm] L tv: fan, wave, swing; iv hover, float in the air.
f mmo. /f mm�/ [fVmmO] LH iv, tv: stagger, get off balance; tv trim (quickly, as a
bush), slash down.
f n - /f �/ [fVN ] L tv: wave, twirl around, fling; jump over, leap over, clear.
f nno /f nno/ [fVnno] HH iv: emerge, appear suddenly (come up for air from a dive,
appear from around a corner).
f nno. /f nn�/ [fVnnO] LH tv: treat like a slave, mistreat, abuse, torture.
f n - n - o. /f ���/ [fVNNO] LH tv: skip, omit, by pass; cross; surpass (used to make comparisons).
f no. /f n�/ [fVnO] LH tv: bother, harass, worry.
fuo.i. /fu��/ [fuOI] LLL tv: scratch lightly, graze, give a secret sign by touching, nudge,
touch lightly to get a persons attention; take a pinch, a bit.
fuo.k /fu�k/ [fuOk] LL tv: scratch lightly, graze, give a secret sign by touching, nudge,
touch lightly to get a persons attention; take a pinch, a bit.
fuo.n - /fu��/ [fuON] LL tv: scent, lend a smell to; iv emit a smell.
fuo.n - /fu��/ [fuON] LL iv: rev of fOt untie, unloop, remove a loop of rope from around
a stump of wood or an animals neck; peel, remove covering (e.g. from maize) iv rev of
fOrO take off ones clothes; shed skin (of a snake), become scratched, blistered, peeled off
(of skin).
fuo.n - o. /fu���/ [fuONO] LLH tv, iv: rev of fOt untie, unloop, remove a loop of rope from
around a stump of wood or an animals neck; peel, remove covering (e.g. from maize)
iv rev of fOrO take off ones clothes; shed skin (of a snake), become scratched, blistered,
peeled off (of skin).
fuo.ro. /fu�r�/ [fuOrO] LLH tv: rev of fOt untie, unloop, remove a loop of rope from
around a stump of wood or an animals neck; peel, remove covering (e.g. from maize)
iv rev of fOrO take off ones clothes; shed skin (of a snake), become scratched, blistered,
peeled off (of skin).
f ro. /f r�/ [fVrO] HH iv: become narrow, small; tv wrinkle, frown, contract narrow.
f ro. /f r�/ [fVrO] LH iv: pass, pass by (esp of time); tv pass, pass by, cross, surpass
(var. frO).
f t /f t/ [fVt] H tv: fold, roll up into a cylinder, make narrow.
f tto. /f tt�/ [fVttO] HH tv: unfold, unclench.
fuuk /fuuk/ [fuuk] HH tv: cover (a person with a blanket, food with a cloth, a house
with a roof, a hole with dirt, but not used for cover something with its own cover) cf kup.
fuum /fuum/ [fuum] LL tv, iv: fan, wave, swing; iv hover, float in the air.
fuun /fuun/ [fuun] HL n: [Eng] funnel (var. foon).
fuun - /fuu�/ [fuuN] LL tv: wave, twirl around, fling; jump over, leap over, clear.
fuun - o. /fuu��/ [fuuNO] HHH tv: rev of fuk uncover, take off.
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