Uyo Ibibio Dictionary - Computational Linguistics and Spoken ...

Uyo–Bielefeld Ibibio Dictionary (Urua, Ekpenyong, Gibbon)
kueek /kueek/ [kueek] HHH tv: gnaw, nibble, crunch (var. kweek).
kueen - e /kuee�e/ [kueeNe] LLLH iv, tv: become finished; tv finished (var. kweeNe).
kuei /kuei/ [kuei] HHH tv: gnaw, nibble, crunch (var. kwei).
kuek /kuek/ [kuek] HH tv: gnaw, nibble, crunch (var. kwek).
kuere /kuere/ [kuere] LLH iv: become finished; tv finished (var. kwere).
k gho. /k ��/ [kVRO] LH iv: become closed, shut, shut in, confined.
k k /k k/ [kVk] L, LL tv: close; shut in, confine; completely (emphatic).
k ko. /k k�/ [kVkO] LH tv: rev of kuk open see kugO.
kukubarakpa /kukubarakpa/ [kukubarakpa] LLHHH n: [Efik] a creature (fish? serpent?)
which stretches the whole length of a river or sea (var. okukubarakpa).
ki.m /k�m/ [kIm] L ideo: sound of the fall of a very heavy object such as a concrete block
or a huge bag of flour, it falls with a thud.
ki.m /k�m/ [kIm] H tv: pierce, stab, sew.
ki.m /k�m/ [kIm] H ideo: sound of the fall of a very heavy object such as a concrete block
or a huge bag of flour, it falls with a thud.
k n - /k �/ [kVN] H tv: copulate ekuNO n copulation cf naa inaa.
k�nno. /k�nn�/ [k@nnO] LH iv: become heaped up, pushed up, convex due to pressure
from below (var. konno).
k n - n - o. /k ���/ [kVNNO] LH iv: have a hump, become humped.
kuo. /ku�/ [kuO] HH iv, tv: sing (var. kwO).
kuo.fa /ku�fa/ [kuOfa] HHL n: [Eng?] guava (var. kwOfa).
kuo.i /ku�i/ [kuOi] HHH tv: peel with a knife; sharpen to a point (as a stick, an arrow)
(var. kwOi).
kuo.k /ku�k/ [kuOk] LL tv: sweep; take the remains of something (var. kwOk).
kuoko /kuoko/ [kuoko] LLH tv: rub off, erase, wipe clean, polish (var. kwokko).
kuo.ko. /ku�k�/ [kuOkO] LLH tv: plane (as wood), iron (clothes); iv become smooth (var.
kwOkkO).
kuon /kuon/ [kuon] LL tv: gather up, take, pick up (var. kwon).
kuo.n - o. /ku���/ [kuONO] LLH iv: have a hump, become humped (var. kwONO).
kuook /kuook/ [kuook] LLL tv: rub off, erase, wipe clean, polish (var. kwook).
kuo.ro. /ku�r�/ [kuOrO] LLH iv: preach, repeat over and over, moralize, advise (var.
kwOrO).
k p /k p/ [kVp] H tv: cover, close with a cover or lid; heap up.
k ppo. /k pp�/ [kVppO] HH tv: rev of kup open a cover or lid.
kusa /kusa/ [kusa] LH n: [Source unknown] a kind of plant; a fibrous scrub for bathing
made from this plant.
kusi kusi /kusi kusi/ [kusi kusi] HF HF n: different kinds (it would appear to be from
ke usi ke usi but there is no usi attested).
k t /k t/ [kVt] H iv: [onomat?] cluck (of a hen about to lay an egg, of a mother to a
yawning child).
kuubo. /kuub�/ [kuubO] HHH 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).
kuuk /kuuk/ [kuuk] HH iv: exhibit pride.
kuuk /kuuk/ [kuuk] LL tv: close; shut in, confine; completely (emphatic).
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