Nkọwa okwu · 108 entries
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- -gaAV
- go; pass; move
- thread (so as to hold together
- (probably originates from -ga 1.) marks the future verb forms
Bikō mèghe ụzò kà nne ānyị wèlu fụ ụzò ga ife onu#ya — Please open the door so as to allow our mother to see well to thread her necklace
Chikē gà-àbịa — Chike will come (future affirmative)
Chikē agā-abịa — Chike will not come (future negative)
Chikē gà na-ègo jī — Chikē will be (habitually) buying yams (future progressive affirmative)
Ụzò kpùchìsìlì ụnò ya, mmilī agā naabā yā — Ụzọ roofed his house so that rain might not come in (future progressive negative)
Chikē gà-ègogo jī — Chike will/must have bought yams (future perfect, affirmative)
Chikē gà na-ègogo jī — Chike will/must have been (habitually) buying yams (future progressive perfect affirmative)
- -ga àzụAV
- be retrogressive, not making good progress
- -gà mbọAV
- scratch with nails
- -ga n’iruAV
- go forward; go in front; progress
- go forward; go in front; progress; be progressive
- -ga òfụmaAV
- prosper; succeed; go well
- -ga-chaAV
- take off
- -gà-la
- be proud
- -ga(lụ) agaAV
- be past; ago
- -gabaAValso -jebe
- go away
- go on; continue to go; henceforth; thenceforth
Mèlu gàba etu mbụ — Continue as hitherto!
- -gabìdoAV
- go in front and intercept
- -gabìgaAV
- come round to intercept someone
- -gabìga (compare - gafèga)AV
- go in front of; overtake
- -gabulu n’iruAV
- go before, carrying something
- go before
- -gachataAV
- snatch off
- -gàdoAV
- hold firm (with fingers or claws)
- hold with nails, claws, or teeth
- -gadoAV
- hold together
- -gado akaAV
- hold someone responsible
Ọ gàdò m aka — He held me responsible
- -gado ezēAV
- grip (but not bite into) with teeth
- -gadobeAValso -gadebe
- stop moving
- -gadòbeAValso -gadèbe
- move nearer
- -gafèAV
- cross; pass (away, over, through)
- -gafè okèAV
- be in excess
Ife gafèlù okè dì njọ — Enough is as good as a feast
- -gafègaAV
- go in front of; overtake
- -gafètaAV
- come over
- -gaghalịAV
- wander; stroll
- -gakọAV
- pass towards
- thread, string (together)
- bring together with thread (e.g. beads)
Ọ nà-àgakọ jìgìda — She is threading the waistbeads together
Ànyị nà-àchọ ịgbākọ mmilī màkà echi — We want to draw water into a large container for tomorrow (literally fetch water together)
- -gàla ngàla
- be proud
- -gàla ọnūNNC
- be dear
Nni gàlàlù ọnụ n’ebe à — Food is dear here
- -gala ọnūNNC
- be dear
- -gamìAV
- go in; pass deeply; travel inland
- -garubeAV
- surround; go round
- -garụkaAV
- go a short distance; go aside (especially for discussion)
- -gataAV
- pass here (towards speaker)
Nye m efè kà m gata — Let me pass!
- -gatè akaAV
- go far away
- -gatè/jetè akaNNC
- go far away
- -gawaAV
- pass, go, straight on
- go further, straight on
Àrụ nsògbu yā nà-àgawanye n’iru — His illness is becoming worse (literally going further and further)
- -gawagaAV
- pass, go, straight on
- -gawalụAV
- go away
- -gazùAV
- go through
- be beyond; be farther off
- -gèAV
- listen
- -gè ǹgìgèAV
- cordon round with rope or fence
- cordon round with rope
- -gè ntìAV
- listen
- -gi-deESUFalso -ji-de, -de
- against
- -gị-gàdoAV
- catch hold of (of someone weak, e.g. spider)
- -gịgàdo akaNNC
- catch hold of lightly
- -goAV
- buy; hire (men, things)
- Ọ nātago He has arrived
- Ụmù akwụkwọ nà-akwàgo motō Ōbelē enu ugwu#Students are pushing Obele's car up the hill.
Ọ gwūgo — It has finished
Ì pùtago ūla — Good morning (literally Have you come out of the sleeping room?)
Afù m Obelē kà ọ nà-àgbago ụzò ụnò akwụkwọ — I saw Obele going upwards in the direction of the school.
Afù m Obelē kà ọ nà-àlịgo ajā — I saw Obele climbing up the wall
- -gòAV
- make a noise
- be related by marriage
- make, be bent (compare ngò crookedness)
- -gọAV
- deny
- worship
- bless
- -gọ àgìgòAValso àgùgò
- deny (a fact)
- -gọ agọAV
- deny
- -gọ àgùgòNNC
- deny
Adā m àchọ ūkpa onye nā-agọ àgùgò ife o mēlụ — I do not like the company of anybody who denies what he has done ( - gọ 1. deny)
- -gò akwaAV
- bewail; lament
- -gọ alūsiNNC
- worship a spirit
- -gọ alūsịAV
- worship a deity
- -gò iruAV
- be coy; hesitate to grant a request or favour which one actually wants to grant
- -gọ mmụōAV
- worship spirits (by presenting kolanuts)
Fâ nà-àgọ mmụō — They are worshipping spirits
- -go ngoAV
- give a reward or inducement
- give a present, reward
- -gọ òfọAV
- bless with òfọ, the symbol of authority
- bless with òfọ, the soul or emblem of kingship
- -gò ọgòAV
- perform duties of a relation by marriage
- -gọ ọjịAV
- offer kolanuts to the ancestors or deities
- -go-du
- first; beforehand; preceding (compare -du 3.) going to the market
- -go-siAV
- show
O gōsigo ōnwe yā — He has shown himself (in his true colours)
Ọ nà-èje igōsi ya ụnō Ōfọ — He is going to show him Ọfọ's house
- -gokọAV
- buy together
- -gokọlụAV
- buy all
- -gòliAV
- rejoice; make a joyful noise
- -goluAV
- buy; hire (things)
- -gọnarịAV
- deny (knowledge of something)
- -goteAV
- buy from
- -gotelụAV
- buy for someone
- buy for
- -gọziAV
- bless; invoke a blessing
- -gu
- see -gwu
- -gùAV
- give name to; name
- embrace; grip; enclose in arms
- -gụAV
- count; read
- see -gwụ
- -gù afàAV
- name; give a name to
- -gụ agụūAV
- hunger; desire; long for ( -gụ 2. desire)
- hunger; desire; long for
- -gù àkpịlīNNC
- make to lose voice
Ukwalà gùlù m àkpịlī — A cough has taken away my voice
- -gù mmilīAV
- be damp (as of salt)
- -gu ọbāNNC
- make a barn of yams
- -gụ ọnūAV
- count; reckon
- -gụ-AV
- desire; like; want; need (with thing desired or needed as subject)
- bring; fetch; pick out
- -gù-gùAV
- soothe, hush, comfort (e.g. small child)
Ọ nà-àgụgū yā akwa — She is soothing (the baby) to make it stop crying
- -gụdàAV
- read through
- -gụfìèAV
- misread
- -gùgùtaAV
- soothe; comfort; soothe to make stop crying (small child)
- -gụkọtaAV
- add up; reckon; count
- -gụmìAV
- read deeply
- -gụnwùAV
- read again
- -gụnyeAV
- add; reckon; count in
fì gụnyego fā? — Have you counted them in the group?
- -gụnye nàAV
- reckon as; account
- -gụpùAV
- count out
- -gụpùtaAV
- rescue (from fire or water
Ọ gụpùtàlì yà nà mmilī — He rescued him from drowning
- -gụsi ikeAV
- read out forcefully
- -gụta ọkụAV
- fetch fire
- -gụtè akaAV
- read for a long time
agụkata àgbà àwarị — an uncountable number
- -gute jiAV
- harvest yams
- ga
- optional plural marker know
- gànàgànàNNC
- staggering walk
- gàrịNNC
- dried and grated cassava; gari
- genye nàCJN
- unless; until
Agà m anò ebe à genye nà ò bìàlù — I will be here until he comes
Àyị amā eje ọlū genye nà ò mèlù ife ayị chòlù — We shall not work unless he does what we want.
- gịPRN
- (independent; 2nd pers. sg.) you, your (sg.); thou; thee; thy (compare ǹgị)
- gìdìgìdìNNC
- disorder; trouble (compare Yoruba gìdìgìdì of violent physical movement, especially fighting)
Ụnō à nà-adà gìdìgìdì — There is great trouble in this house.
Ogè ife à mèlù mmadù niīne wèe na-àgba gìdìgìdì — When this thing happened all the people were running helter-skelter
- gịlịgịlịNNC
- thinness; slightness; slenderness
- gịnī kpàtàlù?INTJ
- why?
- gịnī mèlù?INTJ
- what happened?
- gịnī zị?INTJ
- what? what then?
- gịnī?INTJ
- what?
- gogògoNNC
- fish sp. (Ichthyborus besse)
- gologoloNNC
- wateriness (of soup, broth, etc.; compare ghòlòghòlò)
Achòlù m ofe dī gologolo — I want a watery soup
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