Uyo Ibibio Dictionary - Computational Linguistics and Spoken ...
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<strong>Uyo</strong>–Bielefeld <strong>Ibibio</strong> <strong>Dictionary</strong> (Urua, Ekpenyong, Gibbon)<br />
announcements (var. isVN utom).<br />
nta /nta/ [nta] HF n: practitioner, specialist, expert (pl. of ata).<br />
nta /nta/ [nta] LH num: third, three.<br />
nta /nta/ [nta] LF : practitioner, specialist, expert (pl. of ata).<br />
nta afio.n - /nta afi��/ [nta afiON] HL HLL n: a childrens running <strong>and</strong> hiding game played<br />
by moonlight.<br />
ntaa /ntaa/ [ntaa] HLL n: a childrens running <strong>and</strong> hiding game played by moonlight.<br />
ntaa nta /ntaa nta/ [ntaa nta] LHH LF interj : said in teaching a child to walk.<br />
ntaat idan - /ntaat ida�/ [ntaat idaN] LLL HL n: that part of an arrow (feather or other<br />
material) which directs its course, fletching.<br />
ntaatam /ntaatam/ [ntaatam] LLHL n: a small insect of the cricket type.<br />
ntafio.n - /ntafi��/ [ntafiON] HDLL n: star; firefly (var. ntanta OfiON ).<br />
ntafio.n - /ntafi��/ [ntafiON] LLHH n: a kind of stinging ant, large, black <strong>and</strong> bad smelling.<br />
ntak /ntak/ [ntak] HH n: reason, cause, origin, beginning.<br />
ntaki.ro.k /ntak�r�k/ [ntakIrOk] HHHH n: [onomat?] a musical instrument consisting of<br />
a section of Indian bamboo or a piece of hollowed out wood with a slit cut into it, it is<br />
beaten with a stick by the village crier (var. ntakrOk).<br />
ntan /ntan/ [ntan] HH n: s<strong>and</strong>.<br />
ntan /ntan/ [ntan] LH n: a small plant, its leaves are irritating to the skin, Urera mannii<br />
(Dalziel).<br />
ntan - /nta�/ [ntaN] HF HL n: feather (esp quill feather); hair always qualified by a<br />
body part.<br />
ntanta /ntanta/ [ntanta] HFHF n: smallpox.<br />
ntanta afio.n - /ntanta afi��/ [ntanta afiON] HFHF HLL n: star; firefly.<br />
ntatan /ntatan/ [ntatan] HHH n: fine s<strong>and</strong> for building.<br />
nte /nte/ [nte] LH n: my father.<br />
nte /nte/ [nte] LL conj : where.<br />
nte /nte/ [nte] LH conj : where.<br />
nte /nte/ [nte] LL prep: like, as; conj as to, according to the way that, so that, how also.<br />
nte /nte/ [nte] LH conj : whether, if.<br />
nte /nte/ [nte] LL conj : whether, if.<br />
nte /nte/ [nte] LL adv: introduces an interrogative, suppositional or conditional sentence<br />
(rare).<br />
nteeti.p /nteet�p/ [nteetIp] LLHL aj : stunted, blunt, undercooked (var. iteetIp, iteitIp).<br />
nteghe nteghe /nte�e nte�e/ [nteRe nteRe] LLL LLL adv: sloppily, spread out.<br />
nten /nten/ [nten] HF n: larva of a beetle which nests in rotted raffia palm tree, it is<br />
roasted <strong>and</strong> eaten.<br />
nten - e nten - e /nte�e nte�e/ [nteNe nteNe] LLL LLL adv: unsteadily.<br />
ntere ntere /ntere ntere/ [ntere ntere] LLL LLL adv: sloppily, spread out.<br />
nti /nti/ [nti] HF aj : good, genuine.<br />
nti /nti/ [nti] LL n: the area around the ears <strong>and</strong> under the jaw.<br />
ntiantia /ntiantia/ [ntiantia] HHLHHL n: a grass which opens at noon <strong>and</strong> closes at<br />
about five o clock in the afternoon, time is reckoned by it, noon grass.<br />
ntiiti.p /ntiit�p/ [ntiitIp] LLHL aj : stunted, blunt, undercooked (var. iteetIp, iteitIp).<br />
nti.m /nt�m/ [ntIm] HH n: a diseased condition of the skin on the legs involving pus<br />
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