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Uyo–Bielefeld Ibibio Dictionary (Urua, Ekpenyong, Gibbon) nn k /nn k/ [nnVk] HL n: knuckle. nn k /nn k/ [nnVk] HF n: horn of animal. nn n - /nn �/ [nnVN] HH n: descendants. nnun n - /nnun �/ [nnunVN] LLL n: mangrove tree (it is not clear whether this term refers to the red mangrove, Rhizophora racemosa, or to the white mangrove, Avicennia nitida, or to both (botanical terms from Dalziel) (var. ndunVN ). nnuun /nnuun/ [nnuun] LHH n: digit (anat), finger, toe. nnuun /nnuun/ [nnuun] HDH n: digit (anat), finger, toe. no. /n�/ [nO] L tv: give; do for (benefactive). no. /n�/ [nO] L iv, tv: be able to, know how to, master. no.mmo. /n�mm�/ [nOmmO] LH tv: strike on the head with the knuckles made in a fist. no.mo. /n�m�/ [nOmO] LH tv: bring misfortune on, cause trouble for. no.n - n - o. /n��/ [nONNO] LH tv: give (pl. of nO). no.n - n - o. /n��/ [nONNO] LH tv: smell, sniff (?? Check gloss). no.o.gho. /n��/ [nOORO] LLH iv: become greedy (for food), freeload, sorn (food). no.o.n - o. /n��/ [nOONO] LLH tv: give (pl. of nO). nuuno /nuuno/ [nuuno] LLH tv: smell, sniff (var. Nuune). nsa /nsa/ [nsa] HD n, interj : a word of emphatic denial, God forbid, (it can be said to someone who sneezes to protect him), a gesture of denial which may accompany the uttering of nsa, the person moves his hands from the back of his neck to the front, or wipes his hands ton his arms (symbolically wiping away the evil idea). nsa /nsa/ [nsa] LH n, interj : a word of emphatic denial, God forbid, (it can be said to someone who sneezes to protect him), a gesture of denial which may accompany the uttering of nsa, the person moves his hands from the back of his neck to the front, or wipes his hands on his arms (symbolically wiping away the evil idea). nsa /nsa/ [nsa] HH n: any game played with seeds, pebbles, dice, pieces; the seeds, so used; ornament of shells or fruit pits worn on ankles or wrists to make noise when dancing. nsa /nsa/ [nsa] HH n: a diseased condition of poultry in which little quill feathers begin to grow all over the body. nsadan - /nsada�/ [nsadaN] HHL n: a sharpened stick. nsagha /nsa�a/ [nsaRa] LHH n: mockery. nsaisak /nsaisak/ [nsaisak] LLHL aj : become burnt (of things one puts into the fire). nsak /nsak/ [nsak] HH aj : dirty, shabby. nsak /nsak/ [nsak] LH n: a rattle; a musical instrument filled with seeds or pebbles which is shaken; strings of seeds worn around ankles and wrists to make noise when dancing. nsama /nsama/ [nsama] LHH n: an arboreal primate with big eyes. nsama /nsama/ [nsama] LHL n: a kind of brown bean. nsan /nsan/ [nsan] LF n: a kind of thorny plant (?); the pins on palm fronds; any sharp object (thorns, palm frond pins, bamboo, broken glass) placed on the ground and covered with sand to deter children from bothering trees. nsan - /nsa�/ [nsaN] HH n: ochre, a kind of clay used for plastering walls, for floor or wall decoration, and for body decoration. nsan - /nsa�/ [nsaN] LF n: a kind of plant similar to akOnO (a grass that has soft stems and blade like leaves only at the plant top) but with much smaller leaves. nsasak /nsasak/ [nsasak] HHH n: a kind of bird, very tiny, the king of all birds, sunbird (Adams). 92
Uyo–Bielefeld Ibibio Dictionary (Urua, Ekpenyong, Gibbon) nse /nse/ [nse] LH : what (var. nsoo). nseesip /nseesip/ [nseesip] LLHL aj : small, very small (syn. et@ket@k). nsei /nsei/ [nsei] HHL n: a powdered vegetable mixture used in juju sacrifices. nsek /nsek/ [nsek] LH n, aj : childishness; aj young, immature (of people, animals, plants). nsema /nsema/ [nsema] LHL n: a kind of brown bean (var. nsama). nsen /nsen/ [nsen] LL n: used as in ubaRa nsen morning. nsen unen /nsen unen/ [nsen unen] HF HL : n [Efik] egg (unen chicken) (syn. Nkwa unen). nsene /nsene/ [nsene] LHH n: sperm, semen. nsesi.k emian - /nses�k emia�/ [nsesIk emiaN] LLL HLL n: a kind of bony small bat; a small bony person. nsia /nsia/ [nsia] LLL n: intestines. nsiim /nsiim/ [nsiim] LLL n: a kind of basket used for catching fish or crabs, small ones are made of palm fronds, large ones of cane. nsiip /nsiip/ [nsiip] HHH n: the pitch of akOOk (the center stalk of the raffia palm frond). the term is used when the cover of the stalk is removed and the pitch is cut into sticks-like pieces. nsi.m /ns�m/ [nsIm] LL n: the end of something, the tail end, the tip. nsin /nsin/ [nsin] HL n: [Eng engine] (var. njin, enjin). nsi.n - /ns��/ [nsIN] HF n: the gums. nsinia /nsinia/ [nsinia] HLHL n: [Eng engineer] repairer of car, bicycles, broken plates, etc.. nsinia /nsinia/ [nsinia] LLHL n: [Eng engineer] repairer of car, bicycles, broken plates, etc.. nsinsi /nsinsi/ [nsinsi] HHHH n: eternity. nsio.n - /nsi��/ [nsiON] HHH n: potsherd. nsi.p ito.n - /ns�p it��/ [nsIp itON] HH HD n: a lump in the neck (a cyst or tumor which can be cut out). nso /nso/ [nso] HH n: face, front, future. nso. /ns�/ [nsO] LH n: my father. nso.k ayi.n /ns�k aj�n/ [nsOk ajIn] LH HH n: feast on the marriage of adiaRa (the first-born daughter). nso.k /ns�k/ [nsOk] HF n: the young of a kind of frog, greenish, found on plantain leaves. nso.k /ns�k/ [nsOk] HF n: incitement, provocation. nso.n - /ns��/ [nsON] HF n: a kind of red clay used for plastering mud houses. nsoo /nsoo/ [nsoo] HDH interrog n: what?. nsoo /nsoo/ [nsoo] LLH interrog n: what?. nso.o.n - /ns��/ [nsOON] HHL n: a kind of red clay used for plastering mud houses. nsu /nsu/ [nsu] LL n: lies. ns n - /ns �/ [nsVN] HF n: a kind of black fly, the common housefly. ns n - id n - /ns �id �/ [nsVN idVN] LH HL n: village crier, he beats a drum and makes announcements. ns n - ikan - /ns �ika�/ [nsVN ikaN] HF HL n: smoke; steamboat, ship. ns n - utom /ns �utom/ [nsVN utom] LH HL n: village crier, he beats a drum and makes 93
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