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Uyo–Bielefeld Ibibio Dictionary (Urua, Ekpenyong, Gibbon)
mbimbi /mbimbi/ [mbimbi] LLLL n: pawpaw (papaya), Carica papaya (Dalziel).
mbi.me /mb�me/ [mbIme] LHH n: [Efik] a kind of fish, mud fish (var. mbume).
mbi.n /mb�n/ [mbIn] LH n: this year (var. ndIn).
mbi.n /mb�n/ [mbIn] LH n: trading.
mbio /mbio/ [mbio] HHH n: dirt, refuse, garbage.
mbio /mbio / [mbio ] LLL n: pl people.
mbio.ko. /mbi�k�/ [mbiOkO] HLLH n: measles.
mbiomo /mbiomo/ [mbiomo] LLLH n: load, burden, what one carries (in any fashion,
not just on the head).
mbio.n - /mbi��/ [mbiON] HHH n: hunger (var. abiON ).
mbiot /mbiot/ [mbiot] HHH n: weeds, grass (var. mbiet, mbiit).
mbiot /mbiot/ [mbiot] HHH n: a seat of polished mud along the wall of a house; a boil
(var. mbot, mboot).
mbi.p /mb�p/ [mbIp] HF n: a kind of yellow-brown ant found in trees, it makes a nest
of two leaves, tailor ant.
mbi.p /mb�p/ [mbIp] HF n: engagement (before marriage).
mbi.re inyo.n - /mb�re i j ��/ [mbIre iJON] LLL HD n: plantain (var. mbreiJON, mmani-
JON, ukOm).
mbi.reiyoom /mb�reijoom/ [mbIreijoom] LLLLLL n: a kind of plant, its stem is beaten
on a board (var. mbreijoom).
mbi.ritem /mb�ritem/ [mbIritem] HHHH n: a kind of plant, where it is found the soil
is fertile, its leaves contain an acidic liquid used for cleaning wounds and cleaning snails,
its stem is chewed, bush cane, Costus after (Dalziel) (var. mbritem).
mbi.t /mb�t/ [mbIt] LH n: black birth mark, mole (var. ubIt).
mbi.t /mb�t/ [mbIt] HH n: mat.
mbo.b k /mb�b k/ [mbObVk] LLL n: a kind of ant, found where palm oil is kept.
mboi /mboi/ [mboi] HHH n: the large sticks which form part of the wattle of a house.
mbo.k /mb�k/ [mbOk] HH n: wrestling, wrestling bout.
mbo.k /mb�k/ [mbOk] HD interj : please.
mbo.k /mb�k/ [mbOk] LH n: neigbour (var. mbOk idVN ).
mbo.ko. /mb�k�/ [mbOkO] LLL n: sugar cane, Saccarum officinarum (Dalziel).
mbo.ko.k /mb�k�k/ [mbOkOk] LLL n: sugar cane, Saccarum officinarum (Dalziel).
mbo.m /mb�m/ [mbOm] HH n: pity, sympathy.
mbo.n /mb�n/ [mbOn] LL n: scar, welt.
mbo.n - /mb��/ [mbON] HF n: crawcraw on the head, sores on the head resulting from
parasitical infestation.
mboom idaan - /mboom idaa�/ [mboom idaaN] LLL HDH n: a kind of plant, the leaves
are used for goat fodder, Alchornea cordifolia.
mboom mbo.n - /mboom mb��/ [mboom mbON] LLL HD n: a kind of plant, the leaves
are used for fodder, negro peach, Sarcocephalus esculentis its root is eaten as a cure to
cough, its stem is used to cure adiogo (bleeding from the gums).
mbo.o.n - /mb���/ [mbOON] HDH n: hereditary chief; lord (religious) (pl. of abOON;
ObOON ).
mbo.o.p /mb��p/ [mbOOp] HHH n: dressing up, masquerade costume (including mask).
mbopo /mbopo/ [mbopo] HLH n: the process of fattening a woman prior to marriage;
the woman who undergoes the process.
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