Uyo Ibibio Dictionary - Computational Linguistics and Spoken ...

Uyo–Bielefeld Ibibio Dictionary (Urua, Ekpenyong, Gibbon)
ito.n - /it��/ [itON] LH n: neck, throat; desire, greed.
itu /itu/ [itu] LF n: manatee (?), a large thick skinned animal which lives in abandoned
water channels.
itu /itu/ [itu] HF n: bunch of plantain or bananas, gen qualified: itu mbooro bunch of
bananas, itu ukOm bunch of plantains.
itu /itu/ [itu] HF n: a disease in which the rectum protrudes (piles?); a cyst in the
womb(?), when a woman carries a baby for an abnormally long time it is attributed to
this.
ituen /ituen/ [ituen] LLL n: a large fishing bird, its feathers are used in crowns and for
juju.
ituet /ituet/ [ituet] LLL n: a leech; a kind of fish with long needle-like mouth (?) (var.
etuet).
it mo. /it m�/ [itVmO] LHL n: a kind of tree planted on farm boundaries.
it n - /it �/ [itVN] HF n: a corner inside a house.
ituok /ituok/ [ituok] LHH n: a kind of fish with poisonous spines.
ituut /ituut/ [ituut] LHH n: caterpillar (gen term).
iwa /iwa/ [iwa] LH n: cassava (the term includes varieties of Manihot utilissima and
Dioscorea dumetorum (?) (Dalziel)).
iwaat /iwaat/ [iwaat] LLL n: young men, youths.
iwaat /iwaat/ [iwaat] LLL n: bedding plants germinated in bulk in the garden then
transplanted when they are young shoots to the farm.
iwan - ko. /iwa�k�/ [iwaNkO] LHHL n: rheumatism (var. ewaNkO).
iwat /iwat/ [iwat] HH n: gray hair; mould (on food, leather).
iwo.n - /iw��/ [iwON] HH n: hip joint.
iwuo /iwuo/ [iwuo] HHH n: nose.
iwuot /iwuot/ [iwuot] HHL n: head; memory; sake, behalf.
iya /ija/ [ija] HD n: mother, old woman; interj of amusement or surprise, has it happened!?.
iyak /ijak/ [ijak] HH n: fish (gen term).
iye /ije/ [ije] LH interj : its great!.
iyeiye /ijeije/ [ijeije] HLHF n: a kind of plant, its leaves exude a sticky liquid and draws
like okra.
iyiip /ijiip/ [ijiip] HHL n: blood.
iyi.ro. /ij�r�/ [ijIrO] LHL n: a missile, something thrown (as a stick thrown as a weapon
or to knock down fruits from a tree) (var. iyrO).
iyo /ijo/ [ijo] LH interj : no.
iyo. /ij�/ [ijO] LH interj : no.
ka /ka/ [ka] L iv: always precedes another verb, with the following functions: emphatic,
exhorting; advising, reassuring, persuading; signals new information is to follow; indicates
contrast or contingency.
kaa /kaa / [kaa ] LH tv: go to, go for; var ke (used only when another verb follows).
kam /kam/ [kam] H tv: agree to, be willing to; run errands opt w utom message, errand,
work.
kaama /kaama/ [kaama] LLH tv: stir (as in soup).
kaan /kaan/ [kaan] HH iv: wander, go around, come and go; pl come and go and linger
at a place.
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