Browse Ibibio Lexicon (LEGO Version)

Source: Ekpenyong, Moses , Dafydd Gibbon & Eno-Abasi Essien Urua. 2004. Uyo Ibibio Dictionary. ABUILD (Abidjan-Bielefeld-Uyo Introduction to Language Documentation) Language Documentation Curriculum Project, Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD). University of Bielefeld, Germany and University of Uyo, Nigeria.

a b d e f g i j k m n o p s t u w
Form Grammatical Info Definition
aa interj indicates surprise
aafo n [Eng 'Half'] half penny
aafu n [Eng 'Half'] half penny
aak interj please (emphatic, persuasive, very polite)
aakpONO n named child (someone named after another, each is 'akp'ON'O to the other)
aba edem n the back (anat) ('ed'em back, side)
aba(1) n cavity, hollow, hole
aba(2) num forty
aba(3) adv again, anymore, still (used most commonly with a negative verb)
abaak aj young, not full grown ('ab'a'ak can be used with the name of any domestic animal)
abaakaN 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 n men's robes, [yoruba] 'Agbada,'
abai n pillar
abakaN 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 n maize (corn)
abara n men's robes
abasi n God, god
abebet n waiting, waiting for
abebIt aj black, ripe, mature
abedeN n valley, abyss
abek 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 n next year (in the context of future), last year (in the context of past)
abia n specialist, practitioner
abia n a tattler, rumor-monger
abia akpO n bone specialist, bone setter
abia awuen n needle
abiit n umblical cord
abio n town, village (gen used with place names)
abio akpO n stilts, stilt dance, stilt dancer
abiojai n a kind of bird, multicolored
abiON n hunger
abIraNkIn n [Eng] blanket
abIre n a kind of yam formerly planted only by women, water yam, Discorea alata (Dalziel); a women's dance danced at the time of the water yam harvest; a society of old women associated with water yam harvest
abo n a market day
abodom n a drum made from a section of a tree tunk which is hollowed out, it is beaten with sticks of 'ns'i'ip 'ak'O'Ok and is used for sending messages and as musical instrument
abOikpa n an adolescent girl. This is a contracted form of 'ab'Ob'O 'ikp'a one who wears leather, i.e. a belt, formerly young girls wore only a brief piece of skin at the waist
abom n the central beam of a house, it runs the length of the roof
abon n a mud fish
abOn n secret society connected with the 'ekp^e masquerade
abON n mosquito
abOn n gunpowder
abON(1) n pimple
abON(2) n a creeper with a segmented stem, cane chairs and baskets are woven from it, Ancistrophyllum secundiflorum (?) (Dalziel)
abOO n collector
abOON n chief; lord (traditional or religious)
abOrO n a creeper with a rope-like segmented stem, a ring of it placed around a hen's eggs, when she had laid them in the bush, will keep snakes away
abOrO n sexual organ of snail
abu n a small shrimp, 'cray fish'
abu n dust (from the road that blows about; that is raised by sweeping)
abu edO n a weed that comes up after farmland is cleared, used for enemas
abu ekem n a type of large shrimps
abubit aj black, mature, ripe
abufIm n traditional woven tray made from reeds; fan
abukpOk n a plank; the board for the game of draughts (checkers)
abuma(1) n a kind of game involving going around in circles with interlocked arms
abuma(2) n thunder
aburuusi n [Eng] police, policeman
abuusi n cat
abuut n shame
abuut abuut adv, aj shyly, shamefully
abVk n flesh (animal, human, fruit, nut); muscle
ada n a kind of fish, 'mud skipper'
ada n sleeping room esp in women's houses
ada n barren woman; aj barren (of animal, trees)
adadaRa n supporting pillars to a house
adak n something put underneath to collect liquid
adan n oil (implies palm oil unless otherwise qualified); grease, pomade
adaNa n boundary (natural or created by planted trees, heaping by planted trees, heaping sand), limit; time, space of time
adaRa n beneath, underneath
adeedeke aj over-indulged, spoiled, holding gently (fragile stuff)
adeen n man, male
adeesi n rice
adektrik n electricity
adere n the day before business; Sunday; church service, church used in the names of certain market days
adere n the upper part of a slope; inland, interior; north
aderimbot n world; the upper part of a slope; inland, interior; north
aderimbot n world; the upper part of a slope; inland, interior; north
adet n the day before business; Sunday; church service, church used in the names of certain market days
adi conj [last var is Efik and is rarely used] but
adia ntok inuen n a kind of small black and white bird, it goes in pairs, one has a long tail and the other doesn't lit first born daughter of small bird also called 'ns'im 'ns'im 'aj'OR' O 'ef^Ok in some areas, in other areas this last name is a syn for 'ad'u^a
adiaha n title of first daughter either to father or mother
adiaN n a kind of tail tree, the seeds from its large fruit are roasted and eaten, prob 'African breadfruit,' Treculia africana (Dalziel)
adiaN n a kind of fish with a flat body, it moves like a fan
adiaNNa n a kind of fish with a flat body, it moves like a fan
adibene n wall
adidaRa n supporting pillars to a house
adidem n king; God
adidian ekpa n spleen
adidian ekpa n spleen
adidian itON n sore throat, tonsilitis
adidIme n electric fish
adidiON n blessing, fixing up, repairing, improving, decorating, adorning, preparing
adiduN n settler
adieke conj if
adijIk n frightful thing
adijIk n having one's teeth set on edge (of the teeth) causes the teeth to be set on edge
adikpInne n state of numbness in the limbs
adikpo n sweat
adinam n an act, action
adioRo n bleeding from the gums

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