Uyo Ibibio Dictionary - Computational Linguistics and Spoken ...

Uyo–Bielefeld Ibibio Dictionary (Urua, Ekpenyong, Gibbon)
kaana /kaana/ [kaana] LLH iv: become old, ancient; look old (of inanimate objects).
kaan - a /kaa�a/ [kaaNa] HHH tv: promise, vow (involves an exchange, something given
for something done).
kaan - a /kaa�a/ [kaaNa] LLH tv : cross over, step over, step over something high so that
one has to lift ones leg; empty.
kaap /kaap/ [kaap] HH tv: pick at, scratch, dig out, bore a hole, curve out, force ones
way into (gen some effort is required).
kaat /kaat/ [kaat] LL tv: hold out, extend.
kabinta /kabinta/ [kabinta] HDL n: [Eng] carpenter (var. akabinta).
kado.n /kad�n/ [kadOn] HL n: [Eng] gallon.
kagha /ka�a/ [kaRa] LH tv: make tired, tire (personal subject only).
kagha /ka�a/ [kaRa] HH iv: excess (excess salt or pepper in food).
kai /kai/ [kai] HD interj : indicates surprise or alarm.
kai /kai/ [kai] LL ideo: sound of shoes with heels.
kai /kai/ [kai] HH iv: ache; become strong, hard, difficult; emphatic (with verbs that
mean become old, strong, hard, difficult); ideo describes the way something is tied strong,
tightly.
kai /kai/ [kai] HH ideo: sound of a stick breaking cf kak.
kak /kak/ [kak] H ideo: sound of a chair cracking or breaking; sound of jaws being opened;
sound of a clock ticking.
kak /kak/ [kak] L tv: make tired, worn out, bored, fed up, bewildered; tire of.
kaka /kaka/ [kaka] HH iv: show off, become pompous.
kam /kam/ [kam] L tv: curse.
kam /kam / [kam ] H tv: agree to, be willing to; run errands opt w utom message,
errand, work.
kama /kama/ [kama] HH tv: hold in the arms or hands; have, keep; owe; use; treat,
behave towards.
kan /kan / [kan ] H iv: wander, go around, come and go; pl come and go and linger at
a place.
kan /kan/ [kan] L iv: become able, know how; tv surpass, excel (used in making comparisons),
triumph over, beat (win).
kan - /ka�/ [kaN] H tv: roast, fry (a food to make it dry or crisp esp groundnuts in sand,
gari in a pot); season a new pot by placing it on the fire.
kan - /ka�/ [kaN] H tv: deny, refute, prove innocent.
kanna /kanna/ [kanna] HH tv, iv: encircle; turn around, turn; go around, go here and
there.
kan - n - a /ka��a/ [kaNNa] LH tv: stretch out, hold out arms or legs, walk or ride a bicycle
with arms or legs thrown out a bit (to show off).
kan - ta /ka�ta/ [kaNta] HHL n: [Eng counterfeit?] counterfeit money illicit gin.
kan - tafit /ka�tafit/ [kaNtafit] HHDL aj : [Eng counterfeit?] counterfeit money illicit gin.
kap /kap/ [kap] H tv: pick at, scratch, dig out, bore a hole, curve out, force ones way
into (gen some effort is required).
kap /kap/ [kap] 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.
kappa /kappa/ [kappa] HH tv: scoop out, pick out, pick at (generally a soft substance).
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