Uyo Ibibio Dictionary - Computational Linguistics and Spoken ...

Uyo–Bielefeld Ibibio Dictionary (Urua, Ekpenyong, Gibbon)
mbo.ribo. /mb�rib�/ [mbOribO] LHLH n: gooseflesh.
mboro /mboro/ [mboro] LLH n: banana (var. mbooro).
mbuba /mbuba/ [mbuba] HHH n: race (var. nduba).
mbubi /mbubi/ [mbubi] HHH n: evening (dusk until midnight) (var. ndubi).
mbubi.t /mbub�t/ [mbubIt] LHH aj : black (pl. of abubIt).
mbume /mbume/ [mbume] LHH n: [Efik] a kind of fish, mud fish (var. mbIme).
mb t /mb t/ [mbVt] HH n: thick porridge.
mb t /mb t/ [mbVt] LH n: no clue, no idea.
me /me/ [me] H iv: become patient; hold back, have control.
me /me/ [me] F conj, adv: or; whether, if adv introduces a yes-no question, choice
question, a persuasive statement, or a command.
meek /meek/ [meek] LL tv: bend, incline (a stick, a part of the body).
meek /meek/ [meek] LL tv: slow down and walk cautiously as when one sees danger, or
because of mud.
meek /meek/ [meek] LL tv: choose, select (pl. of mek).
meem /meem/ [meem] LL tv: slacken; relax the body or part of the body.
meem /meem/ [meem] LL iv, tv : become soft, weak, easy (pl. of mem).
meen - e /mee�e/ [meeNe] HH iv, tv: ignore, delay in responding.
meen - e /mee�e/ [meeNe] LLH tv: swallow (pl. of men).
meghe /me�e/ [meRe] HH iv: become accustomed to, familiar with, associated with;.
mek /mek / [mek ] L tv: choose, select.
mekke /mekke/ [mekke] LH tv: push out of the normal position.
mem /mem / [mem ] L iv: become soft, weak, easy.
men /men / [men ] L tv: swallow.
mfa /mfa/ [mfa] HH aj : new (pl. of ufa).
mfa /mfa/ [mfa] LH n: forked stick.
mfaan - /mfaa�/ [mfaaN] HHH n: argument, dispute (var. mfaaNa, afaaNa).
mfafagha /mfafa�a/ [mfafaRa] LHHH aj : narrow (var. mfaRa).
mfam /mfam/ [mfam] LF n: a kind of juju used to get money from someone.
mfan - /mfa�/ [mfaN] HF n: leaf (gen term esp for leaves which are not eaten).
mfan - adian - /mfa�adia�/ [mfaN adiaN] HF HLL n: a kind of fish with a flat body, it
moves like a fan.
mfan - adian - n - a /mfa�adia��a/ [mfaN adiaNNa] HF HLLL n: a kind of fish with a flat
body, it moves like a fan.
mfana /mfana/ [mfana] LHH n: a short round-bottomed jar encased in a basket.
mfanifa /mfanifa/ [mfanifa] HHHH n: beetle (gen term).
mfat /mfat/ [mfat] HH n: itch, rash, crawcraw.
mfat adian - n - a /mfat adia��a/ [mfat adiaNNa] HF HLLL n: a kind of fish with a flat
body, it moves like a fan.
mfeefi.m /mfeef�m/ [mfeefIm] LLHL aj : foot-loose, unsteady, unstable.
mfefeere /mfefeere/ [mfefeere] LHHHH aj : lightly, easily.
mfefeere mfefeere /mfefeere mfefeere/ [mfefeere mfefeere] LHHHH LHHHH adv: easily,
fluently (or speaking a foreign language).
mfefeghe iko. /mfefe�e ik�/ [mfefeRe ikO] HDLL HF n: a small creeper, its leaves fold
when touched, shame lady.
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