Uyo Ibibio Dictionary - Computational Linguistics and Spoken ...

Uyo–Bielefeld Ibibio Dictionary (Urua, Ekpenyong, Gibbon)
ko.n - n - o. /k����/ [kONNO] HH tv: rev of kOON remove from a hook, unhang.
ko.n - o. /k���/ [kONO] HH iv: ref. hang, hang on oneself; chock.
ko.nsi.n /k�ns�n/ [kOnsIn] HL n: [Eng consul, council?] government; white colonial officer.
ko.o.bo. /k��b�/ [kOObO] LLH tv: rev of kOp remove from a hook, remove what hangs,
unentangle (esp wipe away strands of cobweb).
ko.o.gho. /k����/ [kOORO] HHH iv, tv: 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).
kook /kook/ [kook] HH iv: rise, puff, swell (of rice in cooking, of bread); become conceited,
swell-headed.
ko.o.k /k��k/ [kOOk] HH tv: overlap, cross, heap, pile on top of; arrange, set up, prepare
for use.
ko.o.k /k��k/ [kOOk] HH tv: cure, heal, perform juju for curing and certain other purposes
(implies grinding medicines) (var. kOk).
ko.o.m /k��m/ [kOOm] HH tv: greet, thank, congratulate, express.
koomo /koomo/ [koomo] LLH tv: remove palm fruit from the pot with a basin or
calabash.
ko.o.mo. /k��m�/ [kOOmO] LLH tv: rev of kOp remove from a hook, remove what hangs,
unentangle (esp wipe away strands of cobweb).
koon /koon/ [koon] HH iv: walk on the balls of the feet, walk on tiptoe.
koon - /koo�/ [kooN] HH iv: become high, tall, elevated.
ko.o.n - /k���/ [kOON] LL tv: knock (var. kON ).
ko.o.n - /k���/ [kOON] HH tv: hang (an object on a hook, around a persons neck, cloth
pot to dry).
ko.o.n - /k���/ [kOON] HH iv: cough (var. ).
koono /koono/ [koono] HH iv: 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).
koono /koono/ [koono] LLH tv: gather up, take, pick up (pl. of ben).
ko.o.p /k��p/ [kOOp] HL n: [Eng] cup esp a metal or enamel cup, cigarette tin or other
container used as a unit of measure for beans, rice, gari (var. kOp).
ko.o.p /k��p/ [kOOp] HH tv: hang (on a hook, peg, line), spread out to dry; hook, link,
lock, entangle (pl. of kOp).
ko.o.ro. /k��r�/ [kOOrO] HHH tv: lick, clean out, clean up, scoop out (the flesh of a soft
succulent fruit).
koot /koot/ [koot] HH tv: pull up, hoist up, draw in (as a fishing net).
ko.o.t /k��t/ [kOOt] LL iv: grow (of people, animal, plants, hair) (pl. of kOt).
koot /koot/ [koot] HH tv: call, invite, read.
ko.o.t /k��t/ [kOOt] LL tv: eat palm fruit, a palm kernel or a bit of meat by putting it in
the mouth and turning it about slowly removing the flesh (pl. of kOt).
kop /kop/ [kop] L tv: perceive, feel, sense; taste; hear, understand; listen to, heed;
respond to.
ko.p /k�p/ [kOp] L tv: hang (on a hook, peg, line), spread out to dry; hook, link, lock,
entangle.
koppo /koppo/ [koppo] HH tv: draw water, scoop up liquid (not with the hands).
ko.ppo. /k�pp�/ [kOppO] LH tv: rev of kOp remove from a hook, remove what hangs,
unentangle (esp wipe away strands of cobweb).
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