Nkọwa okwu · 327 entries
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- -daAV
- warm; heat up
- press (cloth)
- -dàAV
- fall; befall; occur; happen to (of something tragic); suffer from; fail; set (of sun)
Ògù dàlù — A fight broke out
Akụ mmīli nà-adà — Hailstones are falling
- -dà àbaAV
- fall on the back
- -dà adàAValso ada
- fall; fall down (usually of persons ( -dà 1.))
Ọ dàlù adà — She fell down
- -dà akaAV
- lay hands on
- -dà àkàkpòAV
- be stunted in growth
- be stunted (of person)
Ọ dàlù àkàkpò — He is stunted in growth
- -dà àkwụkwùAV
- have epilepsy; be epileptic; have epileptic fits
Òfọ nà-adā ākwụkwù — Òfọ has epilepsy
- -da anyaAV
- shirk one’s duty
Ọ nà-àda anya ọlū — He is shirking the work
- -dà ibìAV
- have hydrocele
- -dà mbàAV
- be lazy; be exhausted, worn out, very tired
- be very tired and exhausted; be tired by a task to the extent that one can no longer go on with it; be worn out
- -dà mkpùnaAV
- have hernia
- -dà n’akaAV
- take by the hand
- -da n’ọkụAV
- warm (soup, etc.)
- -dà n’ụkwụAV
- happen in one's presence
- -da ǹdamanyaAV
- be lazy; malinger; loaf about
- -dà ǹgwọlōAV
- be lame
- -dà ǹgwụlōNNC
- be lame
- -dà nraAV
- fine
Fâ gà-adā yā nra — They will fine him (compare -li nra)
- -dà nrāNNC
- fine
- -dà ǹzuzōAV
- hide oneself
- -da ǹzuzoAV
- hide oneself
- -dà òbòAV
- be idle (= -dì òbò)
- -dà ọbùAV
- fall into pit trap
- fall into pit-trap (Proverb)
Ò jọfùlù àkù nnà ya n’ụjō sì nà enyi nà-adàa ọbù tanaa — The person who was too cowardly to reclaim his father's wealth said that elephants fall into pit-traps and perish. (Used when appealing to someone who has suffered some loss to forget and stop brooding over it)
- -dà òbùlùbùAV
- fall upon one in a mass
- -dà ogbènyàAV
- be very poor
- -dà ogbènyèNNC
- be, become poor
- -dà ogbīAV
- be dumb
Ì dịrō àza m ajùjụ m nà-àjụ gī. Ì dàlù ogbì? — You do not answer my questions. Are you dumb?
- -dà ọkpụ ābaAV
- fall on the back
- -da ọkụAV
- brand; cauterize
- -dà ọmàAV
- embrace
Ànyị nà-èje izùtè nwunyì m sī òbòdò oyìbo nāta. Ife mbụ m gà-ème ọgè m fùlù yâ bù ịdà yà ọmà — We are going to meet my wife just back from the United Kingdom. What I shall do first when I see her is to embrace her
- -dà ọnūAV
- be expensive
- -dà ùbìàmAV
- be poor, a pauper
Chukwu ekwēkwọna kà m dàa ùbìàm — May God not let me be poor
- -dà ùdàAV
- sound
- give sound
Anùlù m ùdà egbè — I heard the sound of a gun
- -dà-jụAV
- be quiet calm, peaceful
- -dàbàAV
- fall in with; correspond; be in agreement with
- -dàbànyeAV
- fall into; match; correspond
- -dàbelụAV
- lean upon
- -dàbepùAV
- fall off from (of part)
- -dàchasịAV
- lose all one’s resources; be liquidated (business); fail in all subjects (in exam)
Ọlụ ānyị amā-adàchasị ncha — Our business cannot fail completely
- -dàchiAV
- fall across (so as to block)
- -dàchìgha àzụAV
- fall back sideways; rebound horizontally; backslide (e.g. as child’s progress)
Àda mū nà-àdachìgha āzụ n’akwụkwọ — My eldest daughter is falling behind at school
- -dàdoAV
- lean against; fall upon
Nkwụ afù dàdòlù n’enu ụnò — That palmtree fell on top of the house
- -dàfègaAV
- fall across something, e.g. stream
- -dàfoAV
- clear and open up as a result of a fall (e.g. of tree)
- -dàgbuAV
- fall heavily upon, so as to kill
- -dàghalịAV
- toss about; be restless
Ogè ọ ŋùsìlì mmanya, ò na-ādàghalị — When he had taken the palmwine, he started to fall about
- -dàjiAV
- fall across and break
Ogbè ụkwà adàjigo mkpọ — A fruit of ụkwà has broken the walking stick.
Mkpọ igwè m dàjìlì n’ùtụtù — My steel walking-stick fell and snapped in the morning
- -dàjinaAV
- have a hole, hollow, groove (of wall)
- -dàjụ obìAV
- propitiate; appease; atone
- -dakọAV
- press (cloth, to dry it)
- -dàkọ ọnụAV
- coincide; be in harmony
- -dàkọ ọnūNNC
- coincide; be in harmony
- -dàkọlịtaAV
- be in harmony with (literally sound together or fall together)
- -dàkpòAV
- fall upon violently; pounce upon (of people fighting)
- -dàkpọAV
- fall into ruins; fall down flat
- -dakpò àrụAV
- feel ill
- -dàkpuAV
- fall in
Nwoōkoyè adàkpugo n’ọnụ — Nwookoye has fallen into a hole
- -dàkpudoAV
- fall upon
- -dàkụlụAV
- fall against
- -dàkwàsịAV
- fall on; befall
Ọ dàkwàsìlì ya — It fell on him, or it befell him (of fate, etc.)
- -dakwàsịESUF
- fall upon (of thing) Ọ dākwàsì nénu ọche It fell on the chair Ọ nọ kwàsì nénu ikpo akwụ She sits on the heap of palmnuts O biìkwàsì yà aka He lays his hands on him
- -dàkwepùAV
- snap
- -dàkwepù amūAV
- laugh loudly; burst out laughing
- -dàkwo
- (of fruit) fall from tree before it is ripe
- -dàlụAV
- fall short of what was expected
- -dàlụ akaAV
- take by the hand
- -dànarịAV
- fall off; slip off; fall from
- -dànyeAV
- give in; submit; fall into
- -dapùAV
- fall off (of whole, from a place)
Akwụkwọ afù àdapùgo — That paper has fallen off (e.g. the table)
- -dapùtaAV
- happen; occur unexpectedly
- -dàsịsịAV
- drop one by one
Akwụ nà-adàsịsị — Palm-nuts keep on falling
- -dàwaAV
- fall and break
- -dàwụsaAV
- fall against; sprinkle; scatter upon (as rain)
mmilī ǹdà arò — the first rain of the year
- -dazèAV
- melt slowly
- -deAV
- mark; write; press
- sound; rumble
- -dèAV
- be soft (as ripe fruit); be soft and wet, soggy (as muddy ground, wet clothes); dissolve in water (compare -di-dè)
- disappear
- -de akwàAV
- iron clothes
- -de akwụkwọAV
- write letter
- -de letàAV
- write letter
- -de mmilīAV
- threaten rain (with thundering)
- -de n’ileAV
- taste; place on the tongue
- taste
- -dè ǹdèAV
- be sickly, delicate
- disappear
Ọ nà-edē ǹdè — He is sickly
Dibìa à nà-edē ǹdè — This dibịa has the power of disappearing
- -de ùlìAV
- decorate the body with ùlì
- mark parts of the body with ùlì
- -de-AV
- put; place
- -dè-beESUFalso -dò-be
- near(er)
- -debàAV
- write into
- -debeAV
- appoint; place
- take care of; keep; observe
- -debe ọnū duuAV
- be silent
- -debe uchèAV
- think; imagine
- -dechapùAV
- erase; cancel
- -dedoAV
- write upon
- -defìèAV
- write incorrectly
- -degalụ akwụkwọAValso letà
- write (letter) to
Achòlù m idēgalụ onye isī akwụkwọ — I want to write to the manager
- -degalụ letàNNC
- write letter to
A gà-èdegalụ yā letà — He will be written a letter
- -dekwuAV
- write more
- -delụ akwụkwọAV
- write (letter) to
- help to write a letter
- -delụ duuAV
- stop talking; remain silent
- stop talking
- -delụ letàNNC
- write letter to; help write letter
Ànyị gà-èdelụ yā letà — We shall write him (a letter)
- -demùAV
- murmur; mutter; growl; grumble
- -denyeAV
- write in(to); enter by writing; include
- -depùtaAV
- write out; copy out
Depùta ǹke à — Copy this out
- -derubeAV
- rumble; sound around
- -dèsị mmilīAV
- drip (as of wet clothes)
- drip
- -deta letàAV
- write letter to (the speaker)
Òbi kwù nà nya gà-èdeta letà ogè nya lù Òbòdò Oyìbo — Obi said he would write when he reaches the United Kingdom
- -detòAV
- lampoon; write against; libel
- -detụ ọnūAV
- taste
- -dìAV
- endure; be patient
- -dịPV
- be (in a state of); have (a certain quality)
- (probably originates from -dị 1., in Onitsha used only in the negative; it marks the progressive or habitual negative verb forms
Chikē adī-àbịa — (So) Chike is not coming/does not usually come
Nkịtā adī àta ọjī — Dogs never eat kolanuts
- -dị abadabaNNC
- be wide, broad, flat Wètalụ m#nni ǹkè m n’ime afele dī abadaba Bring me my own food in a broad flat plate
- -dị alọNNC
- be heavy
Akpàti ǹkaà dì alọ — This box is heavy
- -dị ànìPV
- be low
- be humble, low, of low estate, contemptible
Oche à dì ànì — This chair is low
- -dị anyaNNC
- be distant, far
Ebe mkpọtụ sì àbịâ dì anya — Where the noise is coming from is far away
- -dị chìmNNC
- be firm
- -dị èbelèNNC
- be kind-hearted
- -dị èbùbèPV
- be esteemed
- -dì èdìAV
- endure
Ị gà-edī yā èdì — You have to endure it
- -dị èdo èdòNNC
- be yellow
- -dị efèNNC
- be vacant
- -dị egwùNNC
- be dangerous, dreadful
- -dị enūPV
- be out of reach
- -dị gbeleleNNC
- be thin
- -dị ghòlòghòlòNNC
- be watery
- -dị ichèPV
- be different
Ọ dì ichè — It is different
ife dī ichè — a different thing
- -dị ikePV
- be able
- -dị ìlèAV
- (of medicine or sorcery) be efficacious
- -dị imēPV
- be pregnant
Ọ dì imē — She is pregnant
Ọ dì ime ọnwa ītọ — She is three months pregnant
Proverb: Echî dì imē — Nobody knows tomorrow (literally tomorrow is pregnant)
- -dị iweNNC
- annoy
Ife o mèlù dì m iwe — What he did annoys me
- -dị jùùNNC
- be quiet, calm
Ebe à dì jùù — This place is calm
Ogè ọ bàtàlù ebe niīne dì jùù — When he entered, every place was quiet
- -dị kàPV
- seem probable, as if; resemble; look like
Ọ dì m kà m fùlù ya — I imagined that I saw him
Ọ dì kà ò fùlù mụ n’anya — He seems to like me
- -dị kà àgàsịPV
- be as if
- -dị kịlịkịlịNNC
- be very tiny, small
Achòlù m àgwa dī kịlịkịlị — I want small beans
- -dị mbalāNNC
- be spacious, wide
Ebe à dì mbalā — This place is spacious
- -dị mfeNNC
- be light
Ọ dì mfe — It is light
- -dị mkpàPV
- be necessary
- be necessary, needful, essential, important
Igwè dì m mkpà — I need a bicycle
Ọ dì mkpà nà nne nà nnā ōbụnà gà-azùnite ụmù fa n’ụzò ezi òmùme nà ịtū egwūū Chinēkè — It is important that all parents should bring up their children in the way of righteousness and the fear of God
- -dị mmāPV
- be good; please
- be good, beautiful, well, satisfactory, friendly
Ọ dì mmā — It is good
Mụ nà yâ dì mmā — He and I are friendly
- -dị mmā n’anyaPV
- be a pleasant sight
- -dị mmili mmiliNNC
- be wet, damp, watery
Kèdu ife kpātalụ nà ụnō à dì mmili mmili? — Why is this house so wet?
- -dị n’akaPV
- be responsible
- -dị n’anyaPV
- desire; wish
- -dị n’iloNNC
- be enemies
Fâ dì n’ilo — They are enemies
Mụ nà Òbi dì n’ilo — Obi and myself are enemies
- -dị n’isi ānyịPRN
- be our responsibility
- -dị n’ìwuNNC
- be forbidden, illegal, forbidden by law
- -dị n’obìPV
- be dear to one; be in one’s heart
- -dị n’òfuPV
- be in agreement, at one
Bìanù kà ànyị dị n’òfu — Come and let us agree together
- -dị na nsọNNC
- be forbidden, prohibited, taboo
Ọ dì na nsọ — It is forbidden
- -dì ǹdìdìAV
- be patient
- -dị ndùPV
- live; be alive
- be raw, fresh, uncooked, etc.
- -dị nkọPV
- be sharp
- -dị nsọPV
- be holy, separate
- be holy, revered
- be a saint
Ọ dì nsọ — It is holy
Pọòlụ dī nsọ — St Paul
Òlili Nsọ — (Christian usage) Holy Communion
- -dị ǹsoNNC
- be near; be at hand
- -dị nwaayòPV
- be meek, calm, quiet, humble
Ọ dì nwaayò — She is gentle
- -dị ǹzuzōPV
- be secret
Ọ nò n’ebe dī nzuzo — She is in a secret place
- -dị ŋàlàŋàlàNNC
- be warm, lukewarm
Bùtelụ m mmili dī ŋàlàŋàlà — Bring me some warm water
- -dị òbòPV
- be idle, lazy (= -dà òbò)
- -dị òchaAV
- be fair in complexion; be white, clean
- be pure, clean
- -dị ògòPV
- be grateful, polite, modest, well-behaved, courteous, nice- looking
- -dị oke ọnūPV
- be dear, expensive
- -dị òkìlìkiliPV
- be round
Ùwà dì òkìlìkili — The world is round
- -dị òkòlòkọlọPV
- be round in shape
Nye m ìtè afū dī òkòlòkọlọ — Give me that round pot
- -dị ọkụNNC
- be hot
Ọ dì ọkụ — It is hot
- -dị uchuPV
- be industrious, diligent
Àdâ dì uchu — Ada is industrious
- -dị ùfùPV
- be painful, distressing
- -dị ùfụNNC
- be painful, distressing
- -dị ụjōPV
- be cowardly; fear
— I am cowardly or, I can’t bear physical pain long
- -dị walalaPV
- be narrow
Ụzō ǹkaà dì walala — This road or path is narrow
- -di-de
- continuously; persistently
- -dì-dèAV
- soak; soften
Achìchà ị bànyèlù nà mmilī n’ùtụtù èdìdègo — The biscuit you steeped in water in the morning has become soft
- -di-nàAV
- lie down; have sexual intercourse with; sleep with, a woman
A nà-èdinā x — A (a man) sleeps with x (a woman)
- -dịbaPV
- begin to live
- -dịbuAV
- exist before
Ọ dìbù àdịbu — It has been existing
- -dịchiliPV
- block
- -dìdè obìAV
- make to feel sick; cause nausea
- yearn over; be affectionate (literally soften heart)
- make feel sick; cause nausea
- yearn over; be affectionate
- -dịdèbePV
- be near
Unò nwoke afù dịdèbèlù ụnò ọgwù — The man’s house is near the hospital
- -dìdo obìAV
- be patient
- -dịfùPV
- exist; be well
- -dịlịPV
- belong to
- -dịlịlịPV
- remain; continue
- -dinà àbaAV
- sleep on the back
- -dinà mmakpùAV
- lie on the stomach
- -dinà n’àbaNNCalso dinà
- sleep on the back
- -dinà nkọAV
- lie on the side
- -dinàji onuAV
- strain or crick the neck while sleeping
Edīnàjì m onu — I strained my neck while sleeping
- -dinàkọAV
- have sexual intercourse (literally lie together)
- -dịnyelụPV
- side with
- -dịrịPV
- get better; recover from illness
- -dịwanye mmāPV
- improve
- -doAV
- set up; make; place; arrange
- extensional suffix against; fast (in, on) (implies continuity; compare -do 1.)
Kà ànyị doo ife à èdoo — Let us arrange this thing properly
- -dòAV
- be clear, settled, shady; settle, become clear (of liquids)
- -dọAV
- draw; pull
- stay; place
- -do AgbàlàAV
- perform routine sacrifice to Agbala
- swear blood-brotherhood; make covenant (between two or more parties) vowing not to do anything to endanger either party’s life safety, etc.
- perform routine sacrifice to the god Agbàlà
- -do ajāAV
- build a wall
- -do àjàAV
- deposit joyless sacrifice
- place object(s) of sacrifice in a place
- -dọ aka na ntìAV
- advise; warn
- -do àkanyaNNC
- make thatch
- -do akanyaAV
- make thatch
- -dọ àkpịlīNNC
- long after
- -dọ akpịlīAV
- long after
- -do alūsịAV
- erect a shrine
- -do ànìAV
- settle a country; establish place
- -dò anyaAV
- be clear
Ife à dò m anya — This thing is clear to me
- -dò àrụAV
- recuperate
- get stout
- -dọ dọònịdōAValso dọòlịdō
- pull against one another; have a tug-of-war
- -dò èdòAV
- be clear (of liquids)
- -do iruAV
- face; turn face to incline towards
- -do iyīAV
- place object(s) like charm or something obnoxious on property in the belief that the charm will bring evil on a person who defies the charm and steals the property; protect an object by a fetish
- -dọ mbọAV
- tear with nails
- -dọ mmà ọdūAV
- saw a piece of timber by pulling (this is usually done by two people -one in a pit across which the timber is laid, and the other at ground-level)
- -dọ n’aghaAV
- take prisoner in war
- -dò ǹdòAV
- be shady (of place)
- -dọ ndọAV
- persist; haggle; bargain
- have a tug-of-war
- -dọ ǹdùdòAV
- argue; draw out a discussion
- -dọ nkìAV
- cut a face mark
- -dọ ǹkìNNC
- cut face, body marks; tattoo
- -do nsọAV
- consecrate
- -dọ ntìAV
- warn; admonish; exhort (compare -dọ aka na ntì)
- -do ntìNNC
- warn; admonish; exhort
- -dọ ọdùAV
- sit down (in speaking to children)
- sit in the market at one's stall, or at a particular section of market
Nne m#nà-àdọ n’ọdù akwà màkà nà ọ nà-èbu akwà — My mother usually sits at the cloth stall because she deals in clothes
- -dọbaNNC
- put on, at
- put down, set down
Dòba mmīli afù n’ànì — Put that water on the floor
- -dọbèAV
- break off (leaves or stalks of a plant)
- -dọbìAV
- break off by pulling
- -dọchìgha àzụAV
- give a setback to; retard
- -dọdoAV
- hold fast
- -dogbuAV
- kill or spoil by placing
- -dọgbuAV
- strangle
- -doghaAV
- change; change place of; re-arrange; reverse; turn (something) round
- -dọghaAV
- change position of something
- -doghalịAV
- change place
- -dọgòAV
- pull crooked or wrongly
- pull crooked
- -dọkaAV
- be torn; tear
- be torn (by pulling); tear
- -dọka akwụkwọAV
- dismiss a case
- dismiss a case (literally tear paper)
- -dọka anụAV
- tear, rend (flesh)
- -dọkalịAV
- tear from and take
- -dọkalìAV
- tear in pieces
- -dọkasịAV
- tear to pieces; to torn to pieces
- -dọkọAV
- pull together
- -dọkpụAV
- drag; draw; pull along (e.g. goat with rope round its neck)
- -dọkpụpùAV
- draw out; pluck out forcibly
- -dokwaAV
- make peace; settle quarrel
- arrange; decorate
- repair; put in the proper position; (fig.) settle quarrel Ọ nà-èje idōkwa motò ya me mmebì She is going to repair her lorry which has got a fault
Ọ gà-èdokwa ya bụ okwu — He will settle that case
- -dọlìAV
- tear into pieces
- -dọlụAV
- attract; convey
- -dọlụ adọlụAV
- remain; be left over; be stagnant (of water)
- -dolu ànìAV
- put down
- -dolu àrụ ànìAV
- take things easy
- take things quietly
- -dọlụ kìlìlìAV
- be round, spherical (as a ball)
- -doniAV
- set up; build up
- -dọnìAV
- wrinkle; be wrinkled (used for a material which has been stretched beyond its elastic limit, and then relaxed)
- -dọnòAValso -dọ n’ànì
- sit down
- -dọnòrubeAV
- sit around
- -dọnyeAV
- lay in; put into
- -dọpùAV
- draw out
- -dọpùtaAV
- draw out; pull out; rescue
- -dọsàAV
- pull apart or into pieces
- -dọsòAV
- pull after
- -dọtịAV
- be extended; extend
- -dọtị ụtaAV
- draw a bow (ready to shoot)
- -dọwaAV
- rend, tear (of cloth, not flesh)
- -doziAV
- arrange; prepare; settle; repair
- repair; correct; rectify
- -dozi ànìAV
- remove pollution from a community
- -dozi okwuAV
- settle a case
- -duAV
- lead; accompany
- put out (roots, shoots)
- extensional suffix first; beforehand; precede (compare -godu, and perhaps -du 1.)
- -dùAV
- advise; give advice
- plant (the stem, cutting of stem or branch, of a plant)
- -dụAV
- prick; pierce; sew
- regurgitate; vomit (compare -gbọ)
- -dụ adụAV
- retch
- -du akaAV
- help
- -dụ akaAV
- poke
- -du anakāAV
- put out shoots, suckers
- -dụ isiAV
- swear one's innocence by a deity
- -dù ọdùAValso ọdụ
- advise; give advice
- -dù ọdụNNC
- advise; warn
Dùa nnwā gị ọdụ — Warn your child
- -dụ ọfọlòAV
- punt
- -dụ ọfòlòNNC
- punt
- -dụ ubìlìAV
- belch
- -dụ ukòlòAV
- belch
- -dù-dùAV
- be in a dull state
- -dubàAV
- introduce; lead in, into
- -dudoAV
- take root
- -dufìèAV
- mislead
- -dufùAV
- seduce; lead astray
- -dugaAV
- accompany
- -dụgbuAV
- pierce
- -dụkọAV
- sew together
- -dukọtaAV
- muster
Dùkọta ndi aghā afù màkà nnene — Muster the troops for inspection
- -duluAV
- accompany; seduce
- -dụmi ụnòAV
- construct framework of roof before thatching or fixing the sheets
- -dụmì ụnòNNC
- lay rafters, roof, of a house
- -dunaAV
- lead; escort home
- -dupùAV
- lead out; accompany; escort; push off a boat
- -durukaAV
- lead a little way
- D.AV
- be blind
- used in
- daaNNC
- day by day; daily
Ọ nà-èkwu ife à daa — He says this all the time
- dàalụINTJ
- thank you; a form of greeting
- dàalụ nùINTJ
- a form of greeting (to more than one person in the same
- dàalụ ọlūINTJ
- salutation to those working
- well done! salutation to person or people at work
- dàalụ sọòINTJ
- thank you very much!
- dàalụ zịINTJ
- form of greeting used by a person leaving a place to the person he is leaving; dàalụ zị nù such a greeting directed to more than one person
- dàalụkwọ nùINTJ
- place); I greet you all
- dandāNNC
- sugar-ant (compare arụrụ ọcha)
- deèmeINTJ
- thank you!
- DeìNNC
- name of one of the founding fathers of one of the nine quarters of Onitsha; hence Umùdeì, a village in Onitsha founded by him
- diNNC
- husband
- di ānyịPRN
- such a one, so and so (e.g. where a name is unknown); friend
- such a one; so and so!; (used to address a man, or less often to refer to him, either where name is unknown or by wives referring to husband)
- di jīNNC
- farmer; one who successfully cultivates much ground
- di mgbaNNC
- wrestler
- convulsions (because the child suffering a convulsive attack behaves like a person who is wrestling, in this case with an unseen wrestler)
- di mkpàNNC
- strong (young) man, originally one who could cultivate a large number of yams (stored on mkpà)
- strong young man, originally one who could cultivate many yams
- di ntāNNC
- hunter
- di nwēnuNNC
- owner; master
- di òchìNNC
- palm wine tapper
- professional palm wine tapper
- di ōkpaNNC
- term of respectful address to men in general, especially an elderly one; master
- term of respectful address to men in general (but strictly elderly and responsible men, e.g. head of household)
- di òkpàNNC
- cock
- di ọkpalaNNC
- first-born son
- eldest man, and therefore priest, in a patrilineage
- dibìàNNC
- native doctor; a member of the professional corporate group of traditional medicine men and diviners
- which rings when struck on ground
- dibìà afāNNC
- a native doctor who specializes in divination
- dibīa àjàNNC
- a dibìà who specializes in preparing the various sacrifices associated with the alūsị and the mmụō
- dibìà ọgwùNNC
- medicine man who specializes in medical treatment
- dikēNNC
- strong or courageous person
- DinwēnuNNC
Jesù bù Dinwēnu ānyị — Jesu is our Lord
- Dinwenu ānyịPRN
- Our Lord
- Dinwēnu ānyịNNC
- Our Lord; the Lord
- dịnwọòDEMalso dịọò
- this (emphatic)
Amārọ m ife dịnwọò — I do not know this thing
- dọkịtàNNC
- doctor (English)
- dooNNC
- quiet; calm; in an orderly, quiet manner
Ebe à dì doo — It is quiet here
- dọònịdōNNCalso dọòlịdō
- tug-of-war
- dòtịNNC
- catapult
- dirt; filth (colloquial, English dirty)
- dụNNC
- enclitic marks interrogative
Gịnī dụ bù ǹke à? — What is this?
Gịnī kwọ bùdù ǹke à? — What is this again?
- du onye ìsìAV
- lead a blind person
- dumAV
- quantifier all; the whole (compare niīne, which is the common Onitsha form)
- duuNNC
- still; quiet
Source: Igbo API (Nkọwa okwu), Apache-2.0 · Tier 3