Uyo Ibibio Dictionary - Computational Linguistics and Spoken ...
Uyo Ibibio Dictionary - Computational Linguistics and Spoken ...
Uyo Ibibio Dictionary - Computational Linguistics and Spoken ...
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<strong>Uyo</strong>–Bielefeld <strong>Ibibio</strong> <strong>Dictionary</strong> (Urua, Ekpenyong, Gibbon)<br />
kpam /kpam/ [kpam] H ideo: describes a quick action; describes a completed action or<br />
state.<br />
kpan /kpan/ [kpan] L tv: restrain, prohibit, stop; warn; rebuke.<br />
kpan - /kpa�/ [kpaN] H tv: cut with a glancing motion (as in scrapping bark from a tree,<br />
peeling the rotten part from a yam, shaping a pestle out of wood).<br />
kpan - /kpa�/ [kpaN] L tv: pay attention (used with utON, as in a kpaN utON, listen).<br />
kpan - /kpa�/ [kpaN] H tv: fold, fold over (arms, paper, cloth, leaves).<br />
kpan - /kpa�/ [kpaN] L conj : even, even if, unless, not even.<br />
kpana /kpana/ [kpana] LH tv: construct a framework.<br />
kpan - n - a /kpa��a/ [kpaNNa] HH iv: die, perish; become exhausted, overcome; fade; heal<br />
(pl. of kpa).<br />
kpap /kpap/ [kpap] H tv: talk rubbish; brag; talk lewdly, vulgarly.<br />
kpap /kpap/ [kpap] H ideo: sound of firewood breaking; sound of corn cracking as it<br />
roasts.<br />
kpappa /kpappa/ [kpappa] LH tv: lift something very heavy <strong>and</strong> of huge girth requiring<br />
both arms around it; try to carry something heavier than one is capable of, take on more<br />
than one can manage.<br />
kpara /kpara/ [kpara] HH tv: push a heavy object for a distance; shove away from a<br />
distance (as an insect with a long stick); wheel, roll, push something on wheels.<br />
kpat /kpat/ [kpat] H tv: push a heavy object for a distance; shove away from a distance<br />
(as an insect with a long stick); wheel, roll, push something on wheels.<br />
kpaiya /kpaija/ [kpaija] HH iv: become puckered (of the mouth from acid, of the h<strong>and</strong>s<br />
from immersion in water).<br />
kpe /kpe/ [kpe] H tv: judge a case.<br />
kpe /kpe/ [kpe] HL interj : expression of concern, regret, apology.<br />
kpe /kpe/ [kpe] L tv: st<strong>and</strong> in a certain relative position, as in kpe iso or kpe edem.<br />
kpe /kpe/ [kpe] H tv: plead, plead with, entreat, beg (var. kpeije).<br />
kpe /kpe/ [kpe] H tv: pay.<br />
kpee /kpee/ [kpee] HH tv: plead, plead with, entreat, beg.<br />
kpee /kpee/ [kpee] LL tv: st<strong>and</strong> in a certain relative position.<br />
kpeek /kpeek/ [kpeek] HH tv: plead, plead with, entreat.<br />
kpeek /kpeek/ [kpeek] LL tv: cajole, entice, lure.<br />
kpeek /kpeek/ [kpeek] LL iv: slow down <strong>and</strong> walk carefully (as when one has seen<br />
something dangerous).<br />
kpeek /kpeek/ [kpeek] LL tv: prepare, get ready.<br />
kpeen /kpeen/ [kpeen] HH tv: soil, dirty.<br />
kpeen - /kpee�/ [kpeeN] LL iv: slow down <strong>and</strong> walk carefully (as when one has seen<br />
something dangerous).<br />
kpeen - /kpee�/ [kpeeN] LL tv: prepare, get ready.<br />
kpeene /kpeene/ [kpeene] LLH iv: become late; take a long time; continue in time.<br />
kpeen - e /kpee�e/ [kpeeNe] HHH tv: cut (esp many small sticks <strong>and</strong> brush as when<br />
clearing l<strong>and</strong> for farming (pl. of kpIkke).<br />
kpeep /kpeep/ [kpeep] LL tv: learn; teach.<br />
kpeme /kpeme/ [kpeme] LH tv: watch, guard, look after.<br />
kpenne /kpenne/ [kpenne] HH tv: soil, dirty.<br />
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