Uyo Ibibio Dictionary - Computational Linguistics and Spoken ...

Uyo–Bielefeld Ibibio Dictionary (Urua, Ekpenyong, Gibbon)
flapping in the wind; tremble, move about.
nyen - n - e / j e��e/ [JeNNe] LH tv: check a blow, stop short of giving a blow.
nyen - n - e / j e��e/ [JeNNe] LH iv, tv: sway (as a tree in the wind) shake as a bottle on
the shelf when a heavy truck goes by, as flesh when a person moves) tv shake, shake out.
nyie / j ie/ [Jie] HH tv, iv: have; iv sg only have to, must; appear to be, exist.
nyien - e / j ie�e/ [JieNe] HHH tv: have (pl. of Jie).
nyiik / j iik/ [Jiik] HH iv: whine (of a child).
nyiik / j iik/ [Jiik] HH tv: shake, bounce a person as on a couch.
nyiim / j iim/ [Jiim] LL tv: refuse, hold back something when one has it to give (pl. of
JIm).
nyiim / j iim/ [Jiim] LL tv: squeeze (a fruit, a wet cloth), press (oil from ayop) (pl. of
JImme).
nyi.mme / j �mme/ [JImme] LH tv: squeeze (a fruit, a wet cloth). press (oil from ayop),
milk.
nyiin - / j ii�/ [JiiN] HH tv: eat (meat) a shred at a time.
nyiin / j iin/ [Jiin] HH tv: put into water, dip, immerse; mix a dry substance with a
liquid one; tease, drown, try to drown (a person); .
nyiin / j iin/ [Jiin] HH tv: show the teeth.
nyiin - e / j ii�e/ [JiiNe] HHH tv: eat (meat) a shred at a time.
nyi.k / j �k/ [JIk] H tv: shake, bounce a person as on a couch.
nyi.k / j �k/ [JIk] L tv: intimidate, pressurise.
nyim / j im/ [Jim] L tv: refuse, hold back something when one has it to give.
nyi.mme / j �mme/ [JImme] HH iv, tv: agree, approve; respond (as in antiphonal singing).
nyin / j in/ [Jin] H tv: show the teeth.
nyine / j ine/ [Jine] HH iv: be immersed in water; remain underwater, soak oneself in
water.
nyi.nne / j �nne/ [JInne] HH tv: rev of njiin remove from water (no wringing out is
implied, what is taken from the water is dripping, it may be a child who is in the water
and is uncomfortable).
nyi.n - n - e / j ���e/ [JINNe] HH tv: eat (meat) a shred at a time.
nyoi / j oi/ [Joi] LL ideo: sound of a car overtaking another at high speed.
nyo.mmo. / j �mm�/ [JOmmO] HH iv: become sour.
nyo.n - / j ��/ [JON] H tv: return to, go back to, leave to go back to.
nyo.n - o. / j ���/ [JONO] HH tv, iv: return to, go back to, leave to go back to; iv return,
come back, go back.
nyo.o.n / j ��n/ [JOOn] LL iv: crawl (of a baby, a snake).
nyo.o.n - / j ���/ [JOON] LL iv: be tall, long, far, high, deep.
nyo.o.no. / j ��n�/ [JOOnO] HHH iv: do something more slowly than expected (esp so as
to tax someones patience).
nyo.p / j �p/ [JOp] H ideo: sound of a small cockerel which has lost the mother (var.
jOOp).
ny kko. / j kk�/ [JVkkO] LH iv: be tilted, bent stiffly over.
ny mmo. / j mm�/ [JVmmO] HH iv: become sour.
ny n - / j �/ [JVN] L iv: then, and, also (always followed by another verb).
nyuuk / j uuk/ [Juuk] LL tv: tilt, bend over stiffly, bend over slightly.
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