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

iso /iso/ [iso] HH n: a set of five yams.<br />

isobo /isobo/ [isobo] LHH n: crab.<br />

iso.n - /is��/ [isON] HF n: earth, l<strong>and</strong>, ground, floor, country; a council of elders.<br />

iso.ti /is�ti/ [isOti] HHH n: smallpox.<br />

isua /isua/ [isua] HHF n: year.<br />

is n - /is �/ [isVN] LH n: debt (var. isOn).<br />

isuo. /isu�/ [isuO] HHF n: a kind of tuber with mushrooms growing on it, used in<br />

preparing ikpan.<br />

ita /ita/ [ita] LH num: three.<br />

ita /ita/ [ita] LL n: a blow with the fist; a charm which enables the wearer to strike<br />

powerful blows.<br />

ita /ita/ [ita] LF n: occurs in the following: ita ndan, ita akpOk, ayaara ita (akpOk) the<br />

common red lizard (refers to the male).<br />

ita /ita/ [ita] LF n: [Eng tar?] coal tar.<br />

itafio.n - /itafi��/ [itafiON] LHLL n: a kind of bird, black with a white throat <strong>and</strong> a large<br />

beak (Goldie a small hornbill).<br />

itai /itai/ [itai] LHL n: [Eng tar ?] coal tar.<br />

itai us n - /itai us �/ [itai usVN] LLL HL n: door hinge.<br />

itak /itak / [itak ] HH n: base, foundation esp base of a tree trunk; pl only dregs,<br />

sediments.<br />

itam /itam/ [itam] LL n: hat, cap.<br />

item /item/ [item] HF n: advice.<br />

itembe /itembe/ [itembe] LHHH n: a kind of dance performed in the moonlight.<br />

itene /itene/ [itene] LLL aj : soft, fat, fleshy, tight (of fruit or a persons flesh).<br />

itene /itene/ [itene] HHL n: cooking hearth.<br />

itere /itere/ [itere] LLL aj : soft, fat, fleshy, tight (of fruit or a persons flesh).<br />

iteti.ghe /itet��e/ [itetIRe] HLHL n: heel of the foot (var. etIRitIRi, itIRitIRi).<br />

itiaba /itiaba/ [itiaba] LHLL num: seven (a sacred number in ibibio) n physical power,<br />

the power of seven men.<br />

itiaita /itiaita/ [itiaita] LHLH num: eight.<br />

itiat /itiat/ [itiat] HHH n: stone; mile (miles are marked by stones).<br />

iti.ghe /it��e/ [itIRe] HHL n: the remains of something, remainder, stump, lump; half.<br />

iti.ghiti.ghi /it��it��i/ [itIRitIRi] HHLHL n: heel of the foot.<br />

iti.me /it�me/ [itIme] LHL n: a kind of tree planted on farm boundaries.<br />

iti.me usun - /it�me usu�/ [itIme usuN] LHL LL n: door frame, the pillars of the door<br />

frame.<br />

iti.mo. /it�m�/ [itImO] LHL n: a kind of tree planted on farm boundaries.<br />

itiokeet /itiokeet/ [itiokeet] LHLLL num: six.<br />

itoon /itoon/ [itoon] HHL n: garbage pit, refuse pit.<br />

ition /ition/ [ition] LHL num: five.<br />

iti.t /it�t/ [itIt] HH n: vagina.<br />

ititi.ghe /itit��e/ [ititIRe] HLHL n: heel of the foot.<br />

ito /ito/ [ito] HD n: small pox.<br />

ito. /it�/ [itO] LF n: impotent man.<br />

ito.k /it�k/ [itOk] LH n: foot race, running.<br />

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