Uyo Ibibio Dictionary - Computational Linguistics and Spoken ...

Uyo–Bielefeld Ibibio Dictionary (Urua, Ekpenyong, Gibbon)
ko. /k�/ [kO] L tv: gather, collect (leaves, fish, crayfish).
kobo /kobo/ [kobo] LH iv: function, work, accomplish its aim (esp of juju); tv cure (as
medicine or juju).
ko.bo. /k�b�/ [kObO] LH iv: hang, hang on, snag; become hooked on; become bent; pick
at, bicker, harass; become a responsibility.
ko.buru /k�buru/ [kOburu] HLL n: [Eng] corporal.
ko.do. /k�d�/ [kOdO] HL n: [Eng] colour.
ko.fi /k�fi/ [kOfi] LH n: [Eng] coffee tree, coffee (beverage).
ko.gho. /k���/ [kORO] HH iv: become set (of a trap), become piled up, heaped up; tv
carry piled up (a stack of bulky things such as books or firewood, walking is impeded).
koi /koi/ [koi] HH tv: draw water, scoop up liquid (from a stream, well, pot).
koi /koi/ [koi] LL iv: do deliberately (always followed by another verb) (var. kookoi).
koi /koi/ [koi] LL ideo: sound of shoes with heels.
kookoi /kookoi/ [kookoi] LHLH iv: do deliberately (always followed by another verb)
(var. koi).
ko.i /k�i/ [kOi] LL ideo: sound of shoes with heels.
ko.i /k�i/ [kOi] LL tv: retch, vomit gen used w ibOk medicine, udia food (pl. of kOk).
ko.k /k�k/ [kOk] H tv: grind between two stones (small things such as beans, pepper); w
pl kOOk cure, heal, perform juju for curing and certain other purposes (implies grinding
medicines).
ko.k /k�k/ [kOk] L tv: retch, vomit gen used w ibOk medicine, udia food.
kokko /kokko/ [kokko] HH iv: rise, puff, swell (of rice in cooking, of bread); become
conceited, swell-headed.
koko /koko/ [koko] HL n: [Eng cocoa] cacao tree; cocoa (beverage).
ko.kko. /k�kk�/ [kOkkO] HH tv: rev of kOOk unbend, uncross, undo an arrangement,
undo a preparation; make way, give way, move out of the way, duck, remove an obstacle;
dislocate (of a joint).
ko.kko. /k�kk�/ [kOkkO] LH tv: let fall from the mouth, spit out (food, not liquid).
ko.kko. /k�kk�/ [kOkkO] LH tv: make way, step aside.
koko /koko/ [koko] LH n: namesake (also used as an endearment).
koko /koko/ [koko] LH n: a disease of the cacao tree, swollen shoot.
kokobioko /kokobioko/ [kokobioko] LLHLL n: a kind of mushroom that grows on fallen
trees (var. okokobioko).
ko.ko.mba /k�k�mba/ [kOkOmba] HDL n: [ult Eng] cucumber.
ko.m /k�m/ [kOm] H iv, tv: think, intend, care, understand.
ko.m /k�m/ [kOm] L iv: become bent from injury.
ko.m /k�m/ [kOm] H tv: greet, thank, congratulate, express (var. kOOm).
kon /kon/ [kon] L tv: stand on tiptoe, stretch to see something high; become high, raised
up (esp of the ground or of something which should be flat) (var. konno).
kon - /ko�/ [koN] H iv: become high, tall, elevated.
ko.n - /k��/ [kON] H iv: cough.
ko.n - /k��/ [kON] L tv: knock, tap.
kon /kon/ [kon] H iv: run on tiptoe, run away (out of shame or embarrassment).
kon /kon/ [kon] H ideo: describes how a person stumbles along on his toes when he is
pushed.
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