Uyo Ibibio Dictionary - Computational Linguistics and Spoken ...
Uyo Ibibio Dictionary - Computational Linguistics and Spoken ...
Uyo Ibibio Dictionary - Computational Linguistics and Spoken ...
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<strong>Uyo</strong>–Bielefeld <strong>Ibibio</strong> <strong>Dictionary</strong> (Urua, Ekpenyong, Gibbon)<br />
iboi /iboi / [iboi ] LHH n: a kind of rat which lives in holes or on the ground (var.<br />
eboi).<br />
ibo.k /ib�k/ [ibOk] HH n: medicine, cure, poison, talisman, juju.<br />
ibo.k (dialectal i.kono area) /ib�k (dialectal �kono area)/ [ibOk (dialectal Ikono area)]<br />
HL n: monkey (var. ebOk).<br />
ibom /ibom/ [ibom] HF n: greatness, great size, largeness occurs as the second word in<br />
a few phrases: abasi ibom God Almighty.<br />
ibo.m /ib�m/ [ibOm] HF n: a kind of snake, in the python family (?) (Goldie cerastes).<br />
ibo.n - /ib��/ [ibON] HH n: kola nut, cola acuminata (Dalziel) cf efiat.<br />
ibo.o.n - /ib���/ [ibOON] HDH n: hereditary chief; lord (religious) (var. ObOON ).<br />
ibo.t /ib�t/ [ibOt] H-HL n: tsetse fly.<br />
iboto /iboto/ [iboto] LLL n: a rafia mat used for ceiling thatch; a large hat made of this<br />
mat used as an umbrella (var. ibiti, ikpoto).<br />
idaan - /idaa�/ [idaaN] HDH n: a kind of metal (prob brass).<br />
idaat /idaat/ [idaat] HHL n: crazyness, mad person.<br />
idagha /ida�a/ [idaRa] LHH n: st<strong>and</strong>ing; height, stature, position; moment in time,<br />
time, time when.<br />
idagha /ida�a/ [idaRa] LLH n: beneath, underneath; shade (var. adaRa).<br />
idaidat /idaidat/ [idaidat] HLHL aj : red (var. ndadndat, ndaidat).<br />
idan - /ida�/ [idaN] HF n: arrow.<br />
idan - /ida�/ [idaN] LL n: extra-marital sex.<br />
idan - /ida�/ [idaN] HH n: lice (pl. of ndaN ).<br />
idap /idap/ [idap] HH n: sleep.<br />
ideen /ideen/ [ideen] HHL n: men (pl. of owodeen).<br />
ideep /ideep/ [ideep] LLL n: a kind of tree, it grows near water (?), sasswood (?).<br />
idem /idem/ [idem] HH n: body (of a human being, an animal, fruit, nut), self (used as<br />
a reflexive). aj (?) emphatic, even, particular, the very.<br />
idet /idet/ [idet] HF n: hair (on the head or growing densely as on the head).<br />
idian - /idia�/ [idiaN] LHH n: cricket.<br />
idibene /idibene/ [idibene] LLLL n: wall (var. ibibene, ibene).<br />
idibiak /idibiak/ [idibiak] HHHH n: sweat (var, ibibiak, idikpO, ibikpO, ikpO).<br />
ididiat /ididiat/ [ididiat] LLLL n: downslope, ground which slopes down. (var. idiata).<br />
idikpai /idikpai/ [idikpai] LLLL n: state of numbness in the limbs (as when ones arm or<br />
leg is asleep); state of being shrivelled from immersion in water (var. ibikpai, ibikpInne,<br />
idikpInne).<br />
idikpi.nne /idikp�nne/ [idikpInne] LLLL n: state of numbness in the limbs (as when<br />
ones arm or leg is asleep); state of being shrivelled from immersion in water (var. ibikpai,<br />
ibikpInne).<br />
idi.m /id�m/ [idIm] HF n: stream.<br />
idi.m /id�m/ [idIm] HF interj : said when a person is excited by drumming or other<br />
intense vibrating sounds.<br />
idio /idio/ [idio] HHH n: whirlwind.<br />
idio.k /idi�k/ [idiOk] HHF n: gorilla (Goldie baboon, chimpanzee).<br />
idio.k /idi�k/ [idiOk] LLH aj : bad, ugly.<br />
idio.n - /idi��/ [idiON] HHF n: divination; a society devoted to divining, fortune telling.<br />
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