Uyo Ibibio Dictionary - Computational Linguistics and Spoken ...

Uyo–Bielefeld Ibibio Dictionary (Urua, Ekpenyong, Gibbon)
idioon /idioon/ [idioon] HHHH n: something desirable, something real (?).
idi.p /id�p/ [idIp] LH n: belly.
idi.t /id�t/ [idIt] HF n: piassava, the fiber from the trunk of ukOt (rafia palm).
idi.t /id�t/ [idIt] HH n: country, nation, tribe, clan, group of people esp foreigners; a
group who follow a leader; household; humanity, human nature.
idoidot /idoidot/ [idoidot] LHF aj : bitter (var. idotidot).
idot /idot/ [idot] HF n: bitter.
id k /id k/ [idVk] HH n: rope.
iduot /iduot/ [iduot] HHL n: a reddish powder obtained by scraping the bark of the
ukpa tree (var. iduut).
iduut /iduut/ [iduut] HHH n: country, nation, tribe, clan, group of people esp foreigners;
a group who follow a leader; household; humanity, human nature.
iduut /iduut/ [iduut] HHL n: a reddish powder obtained by scraping the bark of the
ukpa tree, the powder is mixed with water a ndom and used as an ointment (var. iduot).
ifan - /ifa�/ [ifaN] LF quant: how many? how much? a few, few.
ifeifi.t /ifeif�t/ [ifeifIt] LLHL aj : mouldy, scruffy.
ifen /ifen/ [ifen] LL n: a single large round object; used with the names of such fruits
and vegetables such as: ifen ayop , a palm fruit cluster.
ifia /ifia/ [ifia] HHH n: firewood.
ifiaku /ifiaku/ [ifiaku] LHHL n: a variety of oil palm tree, the fruits are bright red all
over (not dark at the tip as in other varieties), they give inferior oil, Elaeis guineenssis
var. idolatrica or communis (Dalziel).
ifian - /ifia�/ [ifiaN] HHF n: [Efik] a kind of large cray fish, its segments are widely spaced;
a curse to an awkward person.
ifiit /ifiit/ [ifiit] HDH n: a broom made of the fibrous husk of the oil palm fruit left after
the fruits have been cut off).
ifi.k /if�k/ [ifIk] HH n: a small round leech found in dry mudflows.
ifi.k /if�k/ [ifIk] HH n: effort.
ifi.m /if�m/ [ifIm] HH n: [Efik] stool (Goldie says this word is a loan from Aqua).
ifi.m /if�m/ [ifIm] HF n: [Efik] a garbage pit, a refuse pit (var. itoon).
ifi.n /if�n/ [ifIn] HF n: slave (var. ifVn).
ifiom /ifiom/ [ifiom] HHH n: a whistle.
ifiot /ifiot/ [ifiot] HDH n: a broom made of the fibrous husk of the oil palm fruit left
after the fruits have been cut off).
ifi.re /if�re/ [ifIre] LHL aj : whole, complete.
ifot /ifot/ [ifot] LH n: a person who performs evil juju; a witch; a person who performs
uben; a poisoner; a person who calls down an ancestral spirit to harm someone in a family
(the term is broadly used but in the real sense involves killing peoples spirits so they will
work for one and one will gain financially).
ifo.t /if�t/ [ifOt] LH n: witchcraft, witch.
ifot n - kanya /ifot �kanja/ [ifot Nkanja] LH HLL n: spines on the rafia palm, when
stripping the fiber from the frond, these spines are apt to get under ones and cause
infection.
if kko. /if kk�/ [ifVkkO] LHD n: thigh; lap.
if kko. /if kk�/ [ifVkkO] LHL n: thigh; lap.
if n /if n/ [ifVn] HF n: slave (var. ifIn).
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