Uyo Ibibio Dictionary - Computational Linguistics and Spoken ...

Uyo–Bielefeld Ibibio Dictionary (Urua, Ekpenyong, Gibbon)
nyuun - o. / j uu��/ [JuuNO] LLH tv: peep into (a matter, a house); peep out (without
being noticed), peep at.
n - ka /�ka/ [Nka] LL n: age group; age-mate; company association, cooperative society.
n - ka /�ka/ [Nka] LL n: my mother.
n - ka /�ka/ [Nka] LL aj : big, huge (var. eka).
n - kaan /�kaan/ [Nkaan] HHL aj : ancient, former; old (of inanimate objects).
n - kadi /�kadi/ [Nkadi] LLH n: [source unknown] cassava in a dry granular form, mixed
with water to form a paste and eaten with soup, gari (var. Nkari, kadi, kari).
n - kakat /�kakat/ [Nkakat] LLL n: a kind of white termite.
n - kam /�kam/ [Nkam] HH n: whiskers; the small fibrous roots of a plants.
n - kam /�kam/ [Nkam] LF n: my grandmother.
n - kan - /�ka�/ [NkaN] HF n: the side of the body from armpit to waist; the side of a box
as opposed to the front and back.
n - kan - a /�ka�a/ [NkaNa] LHH aj : empty, wasted, not being put to use, free.
n - kan - atuk /�ka�atuk/ [NkaNatuk] HHLLL n: burnt wood; the burnt wood left on the
ground after a piece of land has been burnt for planting.
n - kanafan - /�kanafa�/ [NkanafaN] HHHH n: rust.
n - kanda /�kanda/ [Nkanda] LLLL n: a large bird with long colorful feathers, it lives
near the river; a play connected with ekpe society, by the old men of the society, many
drums are used.
n - kanika /�kanika/ [Nkanika] HHHH n: bell, clock; hour.
n - kanika ubo.k /�kanika ub�k/ [Nkanika ubOk] HHHH HL n: wrist watch.
n - kanya /�ka j a/ [NkaJa] HHH n: a mat woven from ndak (the leaflets of the raffia palm
frond) used for roof thatch; used loosely.
n - kara /�kara/ [Nkara] LLL n: a small thorny palm which grows by the river, its branches
are used for fences, a kind of rattan palm, Eremospatha macrocarpa (Dalziel).
n - karafan - /�karafa�/ [NkarafaN] LLLL n: rust.
n - karasi.n /�karas�n/ [NkarasIn] HHHF n: kerosene (var. akarasIn, karasIn).
n - kari /�kari/ [Nkari] LLH n: [source unknown] cassava in a dry granular form, mixed
with water to form a paste and eaten with soup gari.
n - karika /�karika/ [Nkarika] LLHF n: a plant with hot peppery fruit and leaves which
are chewed esp with palm wine.
n - karika /�karika/ [Nkarika] LLHL n: a plant with hot peppery fruit and leaves which
are chewed esp with palm wine.
n - ke /�ke/ [Nke] HD interrog n: where? (gen describes a narrow area).
n - ke /�ke/ [Nke] LH interrog n: where? (gen describes a narrow area).
n - ke /�ke/ [Nke] LL conj : until, until the time, when.
n - ke /�ke/ [Nke] LH n: folktale, proverbs.
n - kek /�kek/ [Nkek] HH n: joint (of arm, leg, bamboo).
n - kekem /�kekem/ [Nkekem] LLL n: a kind of insect, a larva.
n - keken - /�keke�/ [NkekeN] HLL n: a waste from crayfish (feelers, dust), the result of
straining it in a basket.
n - kem /�kem/ [Nkem] LH n: colour, many colors (as on cloth or an animal).
n - kene /�kene/ [Nkene] LLH n: basket (gen term).
n - kere /�kere/ [Nkere] LHH n: a single (or double?) pronged metal gong, used by idiON
and abire isON society (var. ekere).
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