Uyo Ibibio Dictionary - Computational Linguistics and Spoken ...

Uyo–Bielefeld Ibibio Dictionary (Urua, Ekpenyong, Gibbon)
sending a message.
kp�n - n - o /kp���o/ [kp@NNo] LH tv: bend over so as to expose the buttocks (carelessly
or on purpose to receive an enema) (var. kpoNNo).
kp nno. /kp nn�/ [kpVnnO] LH tv: pull down the lower eye lid to show triumph, to
mock.
kpuubo /kpuubo/ [kpuubo] LLH iv: become tough, hard (of meat, rubber, wood);
become difficult (of a task).
kpuum /kpuum/ [kpuum] HH ideo: sound of abodom being played with bamboo sticks
in sending a message.
kpuun - o. /kpuu��/ [kpuuNO] LLH iv, tv: become loose, untied, unfastened; fall apart.
kpuun - o. /kpuu��/ [kpuuNO] LLH tv: alter, change, become different, differ, vary (pl. of
kpVRO).
kpuup /kpuup/ [kpuup] LL iv: become tough, hard (of meat, rubber, wood); become
difficult (of a task).
kpuup /kpuup/ [kpuup] LL iideo: sound made by a heavy object (a person, a coconut,
a palm fruit cluster) when it falls to the ground.
kpuut /kpuut/ [kpuut] LL tv: gather together with the hands something that is in grains
or particles (gari, rice, sand), no lifting is involves; collect into bulk or heap.
kua /kua/ [kua] LL aj : every, each.
kuaagha /kuaa�a/ [kuaaRa] HHHH iv: become old and hard (of a person); tv grind (as
gravel into the ground with the foot), do something that makes a grinding sound.
kuaagha /kuaa�a/ [kuaaRa] HHH tv: grind the teeth together to make a grating sound
(pl. of kwaRa).
kuaan - a /kuaa�a/ [kuaaNa] HHHH iv: pl of kuaNa (var. kwaaNa).
kuagha /kua�a/ [kuaRa] HHH iv, tv: become old and hard (of a person); tv grind (as
gravel into the ground with the foot), do something that makes a grinding sound (var.
kwaRa).
kuai /kuai/ [kuai] HHH iv: become boney, become thin and dry without much flesh
(var. kwai).
kuai /kuai/ [kuai] HHH iv: become first esp when being first is difficult, take the plunge
(var. kwai).
kuai /kuai/ [kuai] HHH ideo: sound of studded shoes (var. kwai).
kuak /kuak/ [kuak] HH tv: [Efik] knock two things together and make a sound (var.
Kwak).
kuan - a /kua�a/ [kuaNa] HHH iv: become curved, crooked, not straight (esp of a road or
branch of a tree) (var. kwaNa).
kuanna /kuanna/ [kuanna] HHH tv: scoop up the whole of the very small amount of
liquid remaining in a container (var. kwanna).
kuanna /kuanna/ [kuanna] LLH tv: clear the throat (var. kwanna).
kuat /kuat/ [kuat] HH tv: scrape, scrape off, shave (var. kwat).
kuaya /kuaja/ [kuaja] HHH iv: become boney, become thin and dry without much flesh
(var. kwaya).
k bo. /k b�/ [kVbO] HH iv: become covered; become heaped up; become humped up,
lie in a humped up, unnatural position (esp the knee chest position often adopted by
children for sleeping), crouch (?); become capsized (of a boat).
kue /kue/ [kue] HH tv: cover (esp obscure from view) (var. kwe).
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