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Uyo–Bielefeld Ibibio Dictionary (Urua, Ekpenyong, Gibbon)
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aa /aa/ [aa] HH interj : indicates surprise.
aa /aa/ [aa] HF interj : indicates surprise.
aafo /aafo/ [aafo] LHL n: [Eng Half] half penny.
aafu /aafu/ [aafu] LHL n: [Eng Half] half penny.
aak /aak/ [aak] HD HF interj : please (emphatic, persuasive, very polite).
aakpo.n - o. /aakp���/ [aakpONO] LLHH n: named child (someone named after another,
each is akpONO to the other).
aba edem /aba edem/ [aba edem] HF LL n: the back (anat) (edem back, side).
aba /aba/ [aba] LL n: cavity, hollow, hole.
aba /aba/ [aba] LL num: forty.
aba /aba/ [aba] LL adv: again, anymore, still (used most commonly with a negative
verb).
abaak /abaak/ [abaak] LHH aj : young, not full grown (abaak can be used with the
name of any domestic animal).
abaakan - /abaaka�/ [abaakaN] HLLL n: a kind of tree which often grows very large in
the bush, its succulent leaves are used for goat fodder, African nutmeg (Adams), wild
nutmeg (Dalziel), Pycnanthus kombo (Dalziel).
abada /abada/ [abada] HHH n: mens robes, [yoruba] Agbada, .
abai /abai/ [abai] HHL HF n: pillar.
abakan - /abaka�/ [abakaN] HHL n: a kind of tree which often grows very large in the
bush, its succulent leaves are used for goat fodder, African nutmeg (Adams), wild nutmeg
(Dalziel), Pycnanthus kombo (Dalziel).
abakpa /abakpa/ [abakpa] LLL n: maize (corn) (var. akpakpa, adukpa, ibikpot).
abara /abara/ [abara] LLH n: mens robes.
abasi /abasi/ [abasi] LLL n: God, god.
abebet /abebet/ [abebet] LHH n: waiting, waiting for.
abebi.t /abeb�t/ [abebIt] HHH aj : black, ripe, mature (var. abubIt, obubIt).
abeden - /abede�/ [abedeN] LLL n: valley, abyss.
abek /abek/ [abek] HF n: a bundle, a bundle of long, stiff objects; a bundle of twenty;
a ten (in the decimal system of mathematics); num twenty (archaic).
abem /abem/ [abem] LH n: next year (in the context of future), last year (in the context
of past).
abia /abia/ [abia] HHL HF n: specialist, practitioner (pl. mbia).
abia /abia/ [abia] HHL HF n: a tattler, rumor-monger (pl. mbia).
abia akpo. /abia akp�/ [abia akpO] HHL HL n: bone specialist, bone setter.
abia awuen /abia awuen/ [abia awuen] HHL LHH n: needle (var. abia aween, aween,
awuen).
abiit /abiit/ [abiit] HHL n: umblical cord (var. abit, abiot).
abio /abio/ [abio] HHL n: town, village (gen used with place names) (var. obio).
abio akpo. /abio akp�/ [abio akpO] LLL LH n: stilts, stilt dance, stilt dancer.
abio.n - /abi��/ [abiON] HHH n: hunger (var. ObiON ).
abioyai /abiojai/ [abiojai] HHLLL n: a kind of bird, multicolored (var. abio ujai,
abiojaja).
abi.ran - ki.n /ab�ra�k�n/ [abIraNkIn] LLHL n: [Eng] blanket (var. abraNkIt).
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