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<strong>Uyo</strong>–Bielefeld <strong>Ibibio</strong> <strong>Dictionary</strong> (Urua, Ekpenyong, Gibbon)<br />

mkpaedo.n - /mkpaed��/ [mkpaedON] HHHL n: a kind of plant with small bitter fruits<br />

(var. NkpaedON ).<br />

mkpafaafagha /mkpafaafa�a/ [mkpafaafaRa] HLHLHL n: armpit (var. NkpafaafaRa,<br />

NkpafaRa).<br />

mkpafafagha /mkpafafa�a/ [mkpafafaRa] HLLHL n: armpit (var. NkpafaafaRa, NkpafaRa).<br />

mkpafagha /mkpafa�a/ [mkpafaRa] HLHL n: armpit (var. NkpafaafaRa, NkpafaRa).<br />

mkpafagha /mkpafa�a/ [mkpafaRa] HLLL n: armpit (var. NkpafaafaRa, NkpafaRa).<br />

mkpafan - /mkpafa�/ [mkpafaN] LLL n: path, narrow place, space, gap (var. NkpafaN ).<br />

mkpai /mkpai/ [mkpai] HHH n: small sticks used to support young yam shoots (var.<br />

Nkpai).<br />

mkpai ayop /mkpai ajop/ [mkpai ajop] LHH HL n: the kernel of the unripe oil palm<br />

fruit, the shell is soft <strong>and</strong> can be broken with the teeth.<br />

mkpak /mkpak/ [mkpak] LH n: penis, some speakers say that this is a polite term,<br />

others that it is slang, still others that it is a childs word. (var. Nkpak).<br />

mkpakpana /mkpakpana/ [mkpakpana] LHHH n: a long narrow light weight knife used<br />

for cutting grass; the flat part of a knife; a knife without a h<strong>and</strong>le (var. Nkpakpana).<br />

mkpan - /mkpa�/ [mkpaN] LF n: scar (var. NkpaN ).<br />

mkpap itit /mkpap itit/ [mkpap itit] LF HL : skin of the vagina (var. Nkpa itIt, Nkpap<br />

itIt).<br />

mkpap uduan - /mkpap udua�/ [mkpap uduaN] HF HLL n: small hard balls of excrement<br />

(var. Nkpap uduaN ).<br />

mkpara /mkpara/ [mkpara] LHL aj : small (var. Nkpara).<br />

mkparawa /mkparawa/ [mkparawa] LLHL n: young men (pl. of akparawa; var.<br />

Nkparawa).<br />

mkparikpa /mkparikpa/ [mkparikpa] LHHH n: a large calabash used as a buoy for nets<br />

(var. Nkparikpa).<br />

mkpasi /mkpasi/ [mkpasi] HHH n: a small, hard, round object, seed, kernel, grain (var.<br />

Nkpasi).<br />

mkpasip /mkpasip/ [mkpasip] HHH adv: a small, hard, round object, seed, kernel, grain<br />

(var. NkpasIp).<br />

mkpasop /mkpasop/ [mkpasop] HHH adv: a small, hard, round object, seed, kernel,<br />

grain (var. Nkpasop).<br />

mkpat /mkpat/ [mkpat] LL n: foot (var. Nkpat).<br />

mkpata /mkpata/ [mkpata] HHH n: waste material left after sifting or straining something<br />

dry (esp cassava) (var. Nkpata).<br />

mkpataatat /mkpataatat/ [mkpataatat] LLHDH n: a creeping plant with tiny leaves,<br />

Selaginella sc<strong>and</strong>ens (var. Nkpataatat).<br />

mkpatak /mkpatak/ [mkpatak] HHH n: the heavy dregs (yeast) from palm wine which<br />

settle at the bottom of the calabash (var. Nkpatak).<br />

mkpatat /mkpatat/ [mkpatat] LLH n: a creeping plant with tiny leaves, Selaginella<br />

sc<strong>and</strong>ens (var. Nkpatat).<br />

mkpedio.gho.mmo.o.n - /mkpedi���mm���/ [mkpediORO mmOON] LLLLH HLL n: a<br />

pool of water (var. NkpediORO mmOON ).<br />

mkpefio.k /mkpefi�k/ [mkpefiOk] HHLL LLLL n: regret (var. NkpefiOk).<br />

mkpekpem /mkpekpem/ [mkpekpem] HLL n: a kind of small house bat (var.<br />

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