Nkọwa okwu · 368 entries

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-gbàAV

1. lie across
2. give a hand in carrying
3. join; pair; add
4. wear any kind of ring or anklet, etc., on any part of the body (the object, of any material, must go round the particular part of the body)
5. force to drink liquid (e.g. drug, water, wine, etc.)
6. grow big or strong; grow, become stout; come of age; be fully-grown
7. Mkpi gbàlù àgbà The he-goat is fully-grown

-gba (àzì) anyàsìAV

take supper

-gba (àzì) efìfìèAV

take lunch

-gba afaAV

1. practise divination. This is part of the work of certain native doctors. A collection of various objects is used, including human and animal teeth, cowries, seeds, coins, pieces of bone, seeds of certain plants. This collection is kept in a container. Divination is then carried out by collecting these objects in the hand and throwing them on the floor or table, picking them up and repeating the throwing one or several times more. The diviner then remains silent or mutters some incantation. He stares steadily at the objects for some minutes, then directs his gaze to his client, to whom he tells the revelation of the divination. Before concluding this report he can throw the objects once, twice or more times with the necessary additional revelation. He sometimes takes up some of the objects and gives them special attention. Some diviners tie the objects of divination to a string. The throwing is then done in this form
2. divine; practise divination

-gba afịaAV

trade

-gba àfù ọnūAV

grow beard, moustache

-gba àghalāAV

riot; be disorderly; be rascally

-gbà agịdịgịNNC

be fat, plump; have stout build (of human being only)

-gba ajịlịjaAV

perspire

-gba akaAV

1. snap fingers to show interest
2. be empty-handed empty-handed
3. snap fingers to show interest (v) kick
4. be empty-handed; go without

Agà m àgba akā je be ezè — I shall go to the King’s house

-gba aka ebēAV

bear witness; stand surety

-gba aka nnwāAV

be childless

Òkụkō ji ofû gbà aka nnwā — A hen with one chicken is childless

-gba aka nwāNNC

be childless

-gba aka ōkpọrọAV

1. be empty-handed
2. be empty-handed (compare aka nkịtị)

Gịnī kpàtàlù nà ị gbà aka ōkpọrọ bịa ebe à? — Why do you come here empty-handed?

-gba aka ọlūAV

be unemployed

-gba akpụkpọAV

flay

-gba akụAV

grow pubic hair

-gba akwụkwọNNC

prosecute (by law)

Ọ bụlụ nà ị bàta ugbō m ọgē ōzọ agà m àgba gī akwụkwọ — If you dare trespass on my farm another time I shall prosecute you

X: Agà m àgba gī akwụkwọ Y: Ì pụrò ya; mà jèe gbàa m#ọ bụlụ nà ị nwèlù ike X: Ò bù m gbaa gī ì dọkaa? — X: I shall prosecute you! Y: You can’t; just go and prosecute me if you can X: If I prosecute you, can you get it dismissed?

-gbà akwụkwọAV

1. wed (in church or under ordinance)
2. marry by church and/or ordinance, especially by church wedding

Roseline nà-àkwadebe ịgbà akwụkwọ n’ọnwa nā-abịa — Roseline is preparing to wed next month

— Ndụ will get married tomorrow

-gba àmàAV

1. bear witness; divulge secret; betray
2. act as informer; bear witness (in bad sense); reveal secrets; betray

Ndi àmà Chukwu — God’s witnesses; the martyrs

Unù bù ndi àmà m — You are my witnesses

Ndi àmà Ị nà-etō ị n’enu igwē — Thy Martyrs (witnesses) are praising Thee in Heaven

Ndi àma Jèhovà — Jehovah`s Witnesses

-gba amùAV

castrate

-gba anya mmīliAV

shed tears

Ife nā-ēme n'ogè kịtāà nà-àgba ìmèliìmè mmādù anya mmīli — What is happening at the present time is making many people shed tears

-gbà anya ōchịchịīAV

1. dim the vision
2. have dim vision

-gbà aròAV

be a year old; be so many years old

— The child is five years old

-gbà àrụAV

be stout

-gba asọAV

spit

-gba àzìAV

take food, eat (especially in early morning)

-gba àzị ūtụtùAValso - gba ūtụtù

take breakfast

-gba dòtịNNC

shoot catapult

Dòtị kà o jìlì gbagbu nnùnù afù — It was a catapult that he killed the bird with

-gba duuAV

keep silence; refrain from answering; endure, tolerate

-gba egbèAV

fire gun

-gba egwuAV

dance

-gba ekwòlòAV

1. compete (in bad sense); be jealous, envious
2. compete (in envy); be jealous, envious

-gbà eliliAV

wear strings round ankles

-gba enūNNC

be shallow

-gba enu#AV

1. be shallow
2. be well-known

Mmilī afù gbàlù enu# — The stream is shallow

-gba ghalịịAV

confuse

Okwu afù gbàlù m ghalịị — I didn't understand that word

-gba ghòlòghòlòAV

be watery

-gba ibēNNC

pledge; give as security

Ejìlì m ewu gba Òbi ibē — I pawned my goat to Obi

Ejìlì m ụnò m gbalụ ibē — I gave my house as security/mortgaged my house

Ọ gbàlù ndù ya n’ibē — He insured his life

Ò jì m gba ibē? — Am I a pawn at his mercy?

-gba igwèAV

ride bicycle

-gba imēAV

abort; commit abortion

-gbà iyīAV

bind with an oath; adjure

-gba iyīNNC

bind with an oath; adjure

-gba ìzùAV

take counsel together; whisper

Kà ànyị je gba ìzù — Let us go and have a consultation

-gba jiNNC

train yams along short sticks

-gba mbìbìAV

borrow; go about borrowing

Ogè niīne kà ọ nà-àgba mbìbì egō — He always goes about borrowing money

-gba mbòAV

strive; attempt; try hard, persist; be enterprising, industrious

-gba mbọAV

1. pare nails (compare -be mbọ)
2. pare nails

-gba mfeAV

1. relieve; lesson; be light
2. be light

Ọ gbà mfe — It is light

-gba mgbaAV

struggle; wrestle

-gba mkpòlògwùAV

take root

-gba mmadùAV

buy, pawn person

Mmadù adā àgbazị ibè ya n'ogè kịtāà — People no longer buy each other nowadays

-gbà mmanyaNNC

make drunk

-gbà mmanya (manya)AV

make drunk

-gba mmeēNNC

bleed; shed blood

-gba mmeē (compare - gba òbàlà)AV

bleed

-gba mmilīAV

1. pour water on (fainting or shocked persons as treatment)
2. bring out water, sap, etc. (as tree) flowers the person who has fallen from a height am hurrying to bring water to be poured on a person who has fallen from a height

Achòlù m kà ị gbaa òdòdo mmilī — I want you to water the flowers

A gà-àgba onye dālụ enu#mmilī — Water should be poured on the person who has fallen from a height

Anà m èje ọsọ ōsọ ikute mmili a gà-àgba onye dālụ enu# — I am hurrying to bring water to be poured on a person who has fallen from a height

-gbà mmilīAV

1. force to drink water (e.g. primitive way of feeding baby); force to drink water by pushing the victim under water
2. force to drink water (as primitive way of feeding baby, or by pushing victim under water)

-gba mmili alāAV

contain breast milk; have flow of milk from the breast

-gba n’ugbōAV

cultivate adjoining farms; be farm neighbours

-gba nchālaAV

rust; corrode

-gba ngìlìgòAV

be circuitous; have many bends

-gba ngòAV

1. be bent, crooked, curved
2. be crooked, wrong, false
3. reckon up bride-price
4. be bent, crooked

Mkpịsīǹke à gbàlù ngò n’ọnū — This spike is bent towards the tip

ǹke à bù ụzō gbālụ ngò — This is a crooked path

Ụzō gbālụ ngò kà i sì àbịa okwu nwā m — The way you are approaching me for my daughter (whom you want me to give you in marriage) is wrong. (Lit. The way through which you come for my daughter is crooked)

Òmùme afù gbàlù ngò — That deed is wrong

-gba ǹjeAV

run to and from; be going to and from a place (including the world of spirits)

-gba nkeAV

lie in wait

-gba ǹkịtìAV

keep silence; refrain from answering (compare -gba duu)

-gba nkịtìNNC

be silent; endure (an insult, provocation)

-gba nlòAV

be soft; be watery (especially of food)

-gba nnuAV

spit salt on (e.g. wound)

-gba nrịraAV

run from husband to another man

-gba ntaNNC

hunt

-gba ntìAV

probe the ear

-gba òbàlàNNC

bleed; shed blood

Aka m nà-àgba òbàlà — My hand is bleeding

-gba òbàlà (compare -gbaAV

bleed; shed blood

-gbà òchịchịīAV

1. be dark, get dark
2. be, get, dark

-gba òdìbòAV

1. work as servant; serve; wait on (on a master-servant basis)
2. serve (as a servant)

Agū nà-àgbalụ m òdìbò — Agụ is working for me as my servant

-gba òfalàNNC

celebrate the òfalà festival

-gba ògìgèAV

fence compound or farm

Agà m àgba ugbo m ògìgè — I shall fence my farm

-gba ògùAV

side with; defend; fight for

-gba ọgwùAV

inject (drug with syringe)

Anà m èje ụnò ọgwù ịgbā ọgwù — I am going to the hospital to have an injection

-gbà òkolobìàAV

become adolescent (of man)

-gba òkpoòfùfùNNC

1. perspire
2. labour over; take pains over; sweat over

-gbà ọkpụkpụAV

1. become physically stronger (of growing young person) (literally toughen bones)
2. (fig.) be special, important, pressing

Bikō gwà nnā ānyị ya bikō bìa màkà nà nnukwu okwū `dì, okwu afù gbàlù ọkpụkpụ — Please tell father he should please come because there is a serious discussion about something; the discussion is very important

-gba ọkụAV

1. burn (1) trans.
2. (combined with another verb) make bright; do thoroughly

ị gà-àgba ụnò ọkụ ọ bụlụ nà ị kpāchàpùrò anya — You will burn (set fire to) the house if you are not careful (2) intrans.

Ụnò nà-àgba ọkū — The house is burning (on fire)

Achò m kà i figbaa akpụkpọ ụkwū afù èfigbaa — I want you to give those shoes a thorough polishing

-gba omeAV

1. send out shoot when yet unplanted
2. send out shoot when not yet planted

-gba òmụNNC

tie young palm-fronds round an object, e.g. tree (for taboo purposes)

-gba orùNNC

work as slave

N'ogè kịtāà madù adā àgbazịlị ibè ya orù — Nowadays no one works as a slave for another

-gba òsiālịAV

bear witness

-gba òsịālịNNC

bear witness

-gba ọsọAV

1. run; run away; abscond; run race
2. run

Ànyị gà-àgba ọsō — We are going to run

-gba òtọAV

be naked

Òbî gbà òtọ — Obi is naked

-gba òwuNNC

thread

-gbà ufìèAV

1. lie across or crosswise
2. spread (as of cloud over view); becloud; become dark

-gbà ùfìèNNC

lie across or crosswise

-gba ụgbọAV

1. go in a vehicle
2. move (as liquid) (1) flow, run (liquid as subject)

-gbà ùgègbè anyāNNC

wear glasses

Ikê gbà ùgègbè anyā — Ike has glasses on

-gbà ugègbè anyāAV

wear glasses

-gba ụkaAV

be sour

-gba ụkwụAV

1. kick (with foot (vi) abort
2. kick (with foot)

-gbà umeAV

1. encourage (literally strengthen the heart)
2. be so many years old, ago

O kwèsìlì kà ànyị jee gbàa ụmù akwụkwọ nā-akwado ijē nnene akwụkwọ ume — We ought to go and encourage the students preparing for examinations

-gba ụtaAV

shoot arrow with bow

-gba ụtụAV

be affected with boring grub (of wood)

-gba ùtụNNC

suffer from boring grub

-gba ùtụtùNNC

take breakfast; breakfast

-gba ùzọAV

1. go out very early in the morning
2. go out early in the morning; do something early, rather early

Agà m àgba ūzọ je Nneēwi — I shall go to Nneewi early in the morning

(fig.) Mbâ gbàlù ùzọ ọnwū — Mba died young (lit early)

-gba-AV

1. crack; split; snap; break
2. be fixed; fix
3. turn

-gbà-doNNC

extensional suffix all; entirely (compare -gbà 3.)

-gba-lìAV

be slender, slim

-gba-zèAV

melt; change consistency of

-gbabàAV

run into, in; (fig.) trust in; confide

Gbabàanù ime ụnò — Run (you pl.) into the house

-gbàbaAV

spread (as mats, etc.)

-gbaba ọtọNNC

make naked; strip

Òbî gbàbàlù Ọjì òtọ — Obi stripped Ọjị naked

-gbabàtaAV

run in, into towards the speaker

Ụmù akā, gbabàtanù ime ụnò! — Children, run into the house

-gbabeNNC

1. lean against
2. lean something against somewhere

Bikō gbàbebe ọbē n’enu ajā — Please lean the ladder against the wall

-gbabèAV

1. stop running; run out of breath (compare
2. snap asunder; cut; (fig.) die suddenly or unexpectedly

Mmilī gà-àgbabè n’elekele īsiì — The water will stop running at 6 o'clock

Elili àgbabègo — The rope has snapped

Òfu nwa ikolobìà gbabèèlù ebe à ǹnyàafù — A young man died here suddenly yesterday

-gbabebeAV

(causative of)

-gbabìdoAV

1. hold up; waylay; intercept (literally run to a halt against)
2. enclose (especially with fence); encircle; ambush; waylay

-gbabidoAV

enclose; cut off; ambush; waylay

-gbaboAV

1. break off
2. break; break off part of wall, ground or anything of that consistency, such as anthill, mud seat, etc.

Okpòlò igwē dī n’ime ụnò gà-àgbabo ajā — The rod in the room will break off a piece of the wall

Wèlụ nwayòò màkà ị gbābo ajā — Be careful lest you break off the wall

-gbabo ànìAV

kick up the ground

Òkwute ị dèbèlù n’ebe afù gà-àgbabo ànì ụnò — The stone you placed in that place is going to break the floor

-gbabu okwuAV

1. speak all together
2. speak all together; jumble words together

Wèlụ nwayòò na-èkwu, rapù ịgbābu okwu — Speak a bit more slowly and stop jumbling your words

-gbachaAV

leave off raining

-gbacha afeleAV

clean the plate (of food)

-gbacha isiAV

trim the hair (of head)

-gbachiAV

foil; counteract; supplant; stop up (e.g. road or gap); lock door; shut box or window; fence

Gbàchie ụzò — Lock the door

Ọ nà-àbụ ebe ōbụnà mụ èjènà ịchō ọlụ, Agū èjee gbachie nà ya — Wherever I go in search of a job, Agụ goes there to mar my success

Achòlù m mà ị gbachie āzụ ụnō ānyị — I want you to erect a fence to screen our back yard

-gbàchiAV

be cloudy, dark, gloomy, lowering

-gbachi ǹkịtìAV

keep silence; refrain from answering; endure;

-gbachi nkịtìNNC

keep silence; refrain from answering; endure

-gbachi ùgòdìAV

turn the key

-gbachibìdoAV

waylay; ambush; fence round; stop up

-gbadàAV

run down; descend

-gbadebeAV

stop running

Mmilī nà-àgbadebe n’elekele ìtènaānị — Water stops running at 9 o'clock

-gbadoAV

fix; stick (as an arrow); hold tightly; choke; take by the throat; compress by pressing fingers firmly on

— When Èke and Ọnyìdo were fighting yesterday, Ọnyìdo threw Eke to the ground and squeezed his throat with his fingers

-gbàdoAV

hold to the ground (by lying across, as wrestler); pin down

-gbado anyaAV

1. fix the eye on, persevere, be diligent
2. fix the eye on; persevere; be diligent; e.g. (greeting)

— Take care of yourself

-gbado mkpòlògwù(gwù)AV

take root

-gbadùbaAV

make dull; becloud

-gbadùba iruAV

1. be morose, sulky, downcast
2. frown, scowl; make sour face; grimace

Gịnī mèlù nị jì gbadùba irū? — Why are you sulky?

-gbafìèAV

shoot and miss

-gbafoAV

disperse; scatter; clear (of people, e.g. from market, or of clouds)

Nwèe ǹdìdì, chi gàfụ āgbafo — Be patient, the weather will soon clear up.

Afịa āgbafogo — The market has cleared

-gbafùAV

pour away, off; pour to waste

Gbafùe mmili dī n’ime ìtè — Pour off the water in the pot

-gbafù obìAValso -gbafù ume

1. take the breath away; startle; shock; make shudder
2. take the breath away; startle; shock; make shudder (literally make the heart run away)

-gbagbuAV

kill by shooting

-gbàgbuAV

suffocate; choke; drown

-gbaghàAV

1. overtake
2. overshoot (one's target)

-gbaghaAV

contradict; argue

-gbàghaAV

1. turn round (especially of a boat)
2. spread (across, as mat, cloth, etc.); lie (across)

— I want you to spread cloth on the bed

-gbagha okwuNNC

contradict; argue

-gbaghàgaAV

run past

-gbaghalịAV

1. run about
2. stir; turn round

-gbaghalị egōAV

(exchange money)

-gbaghalị nniAV

stir food

-gbaghàlụAV

pardon; forgive; leave; let alone

-gbagheAV

open box or window; unlock door; untie (parcel)

Bikō gbàgheelụ m ụzò — Please unlock the door for me

-gbaghepùAV

throw open (door, window, box, etc.); untie and expose (parcel)

-gbagoAV

ascend; run up

-gbagòAV

bend; make crooked

-gbagò àgbagòAV

be bent

-gbagotaAV

ascend (towards the speaker)

-gbagwaAV

mix; dilute; run together (of liquids and solids)

-gbagwòju anyaAV

1. confuse; abash
2. be abashed; be confused by

Ife à gbagwòjùlù m anya — This has confused me

-gbajeAV

run to

-gbajebeAV

run somewhere

-gbajiAV

break; snap (stick, bone, etc.)

-gbajipùAV

break off

-gbakaAV

go sour; stale (of soup, palm wine, etc.); be spoilt (of person); be grieved, sullen

-gbakà àrụAV

torment; afflict (iii) shoot; fire

-gbakasịAV

make spots or scars on

-gbakìlì ànìNNC

run hither and thither; make fuss; be dilatory, going hither and thither without anything being seen done by the person; dilly- dally

-gbakìli ànìAV

run hither and thither without anything being done; make fuss; dilly-dally

-gbakọAV

run together

-gbàkọAV

reckon; reckon up; take account of; count; add

-gbakòbaAV

1. meet together; come, run, together
2. come together

Gbakòbanù n'òfu ebē — Come (you pl.) together in one place

-gbakòba ọnūAV

meet together; assemble, run together

-gbakòtaAV

hold all together

-gbakpọAV

break (by itself) Àkwa àgbakpọgo The egg has broken (e.g. while being boiled)

-gbakpò ìzùAV

plot secretly against someone

-gbakpọ ìzùAV

consult well about a matter

-gbakpùAV

obscure; move across and cover (as clouds the sun)

-gbakù(rị)taAV

neglect; turn back on

Ọ gbākùrìtàlù m àzụ ọgè m nò na nsògbu — He turned his back on me when I was in trouble

-gbakụta

contest all

-gbakùta àzụAV

1. turn back; desert; neglect
2. turn the back on

-gbakùta āzụAV

turn the back on

-gbakuteAV

run to (someone)

Gbàkute nnā ānyị — Run to our father

-gbakwo imēNNC

abort; miscarry

-gbakwopù imēAV

1. cause abortion; abort
2. spread; scatter
3. abort; miscarry

-gbakwu(te)ESUFalso -

run towards, to

-gbàkwụnyeAV

add to; enlarge (e.g. a house) by addition of more rooms; extend

-gbàkwụnye ụnòAV

1. enlarge, extend house (by adding more rooms at either or both ends or sides);
2. enlarge, extend house (by adding more rooms)

— I am enlarging my house by two more bedrooms

-gbalìESUF

dissolve; crush; break into small pieces

Mkpụlụ ọgwū dānyelụ n’ime mmīli agbalìgo — The tablet which has fallen into water has dissolved

-gbalì àgbalìAV

be slender, slim

-gbalụAV

recover pawn or pledge

-gbalùAV

1. foul; defile; be defiled, polluted (as when water containing sediment, standing in a jar, is stirred, or when the water of the stream is polluted by the activities of fish)
2. pollute by mixing

-gbalù àgbalùAV

change for worse; be polluted, fouled, defiled

-gbalù iruAV

1. look gloomy
2. sulk; scowl; lower (of sky)

-gbalù mmilīAV

defile, pollute water

-gbalụ ọgwùAV

neutralize effect of poison

-gbalụ ọsọAV

dodge; avoid

Mba nà-àgbalụ m ọsọ — Mba is running away from me, or Mba is dodging me, or Mba tries to avoid me

-gbamiAV

shoot far

-gbamì mkpòlògwùAV

send roots deep

-gbamì mkpòlògwù(gwù)AV

send roots deep

-gbanaAV

run home

-gbana n'òsuAV

seek refuge with a deity

-gbana n’òsuNNC

seek refuge with a deity

-gbanarịAV

1. outrun; run away from; forsake; abandon
2. run away from (something); abscond from (something, someone)

Nkịtā m àgbanarịgo m — My dog has run away from me

Agà m àgbanarị gī n’ọsọ — I can outrun you

Nkịtā m zùtàlù ǹnyàafù àgbanarịgo m# — The dog I bought yesterday has run away (from me)

-gbanataAV

run home (from another place towards the speaker)

-gbanùAV

be in a hurry; hurry

-gbanwèAV

change; exchange

Gbanwèelụ m ji ǹkaà — Change this yam for me

-gbanwụNNC

wither; shrink; be numb

-gbanyeAV

pour (liquid) into a container

-gbànyeAV

1. reckon with; regard; care for; consider (as important)
2. mate (mammals); wed; marry

— I have no regard for him or I do not consider him/it important

-gbanye mkpòlògwùAV

be rooted in; be connected with a place by birth

-gbanye mkpòlògwù(gwù)AV

be rooted in; be connected with a place by birth

-gbànyè n’ifeNNC

reckon with; regard; care for; consider (as important)

-gbapùAV

1. pour out
2. redeem; ransom

Gbapù mmili dī n’ime ìtè — Pour out the water in the pot

-gbapù àzị ūtụtùAV

take breakfast (usually a light one and taken in a hurry); just breakfast

-gbapù n'orùAV

redeem from slavery, servitude

-gbapù n’orùNNC

redeem from slavery, servitude

-gbapù(ta)AV

exude; pour out (of liquids)

-gbapùtaAV

1. run out, away
2. redeem; ransom

-gbaputeAV

break ground (of shoot)

-gbaràAV

leave and forget

-gbasaAV

splash

-gbasàAV

1. scatter; spread
2. scatter; disperse

Ụkà àgbasàgo — The service has ended (and people have gone home)

-gbasà akwàAV

spread cloth

-gbasà iruAV

1. look cheerful (literally 'spread face')
2. look cheerful; smile

-gbasà Ozi ỌmaAV

spread the Gospel

-gbasà Ozi ọmaNNC

spread the Gospel

-gbasà uteNNC

spread mat (in general, without necessarily implying for purpose of sleeping)

Jèe gbasàa utē n’anwū — Go and spread the mat in the sun

-gbasàpùAV

stretch out; spread out (as a bird its wings)

-gbasàsịAV

be scattered about

-gbasịAV

1. rub off grains from cob
2. run out

-gbasìAV

toughen

-gbasị ògbàdụAV

rub off grains from maize cob

-gbasòAV

run to, after

-gbasuAV

startle by firing a gun

Di ntā afù àgbasugo ụmù nnùnụ bēkwàsìlì n’enu osisi afū dī n’ètiti ubì — The hunter has dispersed the birds on that tree standing in the middle of the farm

-gbatịAV

stretch; unroll

-gbatị àrụAV

stretch oneself (e.g. for exercise)

-gbatị ònweAV

stretch oneself (e.g. for exercise)

-gbatì ònweNNC

stretch oneself (e.g. for exercise)

-gbatịpùAV

1. stretch out
2. wrestle; fight

-gbatòAV

1. shoot badly (victim would be mutilated)
2. foul by treading on or stirring (e.g. with finger on pears or rod in àkàmù); rub bloom off (fruits)

-gbatọAV

break; cut; tear

-gbatùAV

shoot down; kick down

-gbawaAV

1. run away; abscond
2. crack; split

Ọ chòlù ịgbāwa — He wants to run away, abscond

-gbawalụAV

1. run away; abscond
2. run away

Gwa yā kà ọ gbawalụ — Tell him to run away

Nwa òdìbò m rāpùlù m gbawalụ ọgè ànyị nò n'Òbòdò Oyìbo — My servant left me and ran when we were in the United Kingdom (ii) move in vehicle; ride

-gbawụsaAV

1. pour upon; sprinkle; splash
2. pour, splash on

Gịnî mè i jì gbawụsa yā mmili? — Why did you splash water on her?

-gbawụsa asọAV

spit upon (ii) sting; irritate the throat (sometimes painfully, as after eating fresh or improperly cooked cocoyam)

-gbazè

melt

-gbàzìAV

make straight; correct; advise; instruct

-gbeAV

crawl; move stealthily

-gbèAV

mix, prepare (e.g. custard, cornflour, starch, or anything which thickens in hot water)

-gbe àkàmùNNC

mix, prepare liquid pap

-gbè àkàmùAV

mix, prepare liquid pap

Achòlù m igbè àkàmù — I want to prepare hot pap

-gbe anyaAV

steal a look at

-gbè àrụAV

tire completely (make body soft, weak, like pap)

-gbe egbeAV

move stealthily, stalk

-gbe igbēAValso igbe

crawl (like children)

Ọ nà-ègbe igbē — He is crawling

-gbebàAV

creep in; encroach

-gbechìghaAV

crawl back

-gbefèAV

crawl over, past

-gbelè

loiter; creep about

-gbelèghalịAV

loiter, creep (about)

-gbenataAV

crawl home

-gbepùtaAV

crawl out

-gbòAV

1. prevent (aggravation); stop; staunch (blood); check or relieve, prevent (disease); protect
2. Achòlù m kà ị gbòo ōgbụgbọ ife sī n’ọkụ nà-àgbọ I want you to check the bubbling of the thing on the fire

-gbọAV

1. vomit
2. bark; roar
3. remain; be over (compare -fọ 1.)
4. break off (forcibly and roughly)
5. boil (of water); bubble; foam; froth

Anùlù m ogè nkịtā nà-àgbọ òdùm nā-agbọ n'òzàlà — I heard when the dog was barking at the lion that was roaring in the wilderness

Mmilī nà-àgbọ — The water is boiling

-gbọ agbọAV

remain over; be left

-gbọ àgbọAV

steam and bubble

Ìtè nà-àgbọ āgbọ — The pot is steaming and bubbling

-gbọ agbọōAV

1. vomit
2. vomit (vomit)

Àda nà-àgbọ agbọō — Ada is vomiting

Ọ gịnī kpàtàlù ị jì àgbọ agbọō n'ùtụtù? — Why were you vomiting in the morning?

-gbò akwàAV

cover with cloth

-gbò mkpàAV

1. relieve need; satisfy want; suffice; be useful
2. be useful

Igwè Nnā āyị zụtaalụ m n'arō gālụ aga nà-egbòlụ m nnukwu mkpà n'arō à màkà nà ọ bù ya kà m jìzì èje akwụkwọ n'ụnò akwụkwọ m ọfụū tēlụ aka ri nnē — The bicycle bought for me by our father last year is very useful to me this year, because it is the bicycle that I ride to my new school, which is very far away

-gbò ògùAV

1. part (antagonists); arbitrate and make peace
2. part (antagonists, fighters, combatants)

-gbọ ùfụfùAV

foam; froth

Nni dī n’ọkụ nà-àgbọ ūfụfù — The food on the fire is frothing

-gbọ ùjàAV

bark; roar

-gbọ ùjaNNC

bark, roar (of animal)

— My dog never barks

-gbọ-tòAValso -gba-tò

lay down

Ebe à kà ọ gbōtòlù òkpu m nà-àchọ — It is here that he abandoned the hat I was looking for

-gbòbìAV

part; prevent from fighting

-gbòchiAV

cover (so as to prevent looking in or attack)

-gbòdoAV

cover

-gbọfọAV

remain over; be spare

-gbọjàAV

shout at suddenly (so as to frighten)

-gbọkàpùAV

1. cut up meat
2. prune (tree); break off with force (e.g. as tree branch breaking during a storm)

-gbọkwoAV

pluck (unripe fruit); miscarry (especially of animals, but also of humans)

-gbọkwopùAV

break off; pluck off; miscarry (very severe and accidental)

-gbòpùAV

uncover

-gbọpùAV

vomit out

-gbòsàAV

part (antagonists)

-gbọtòAV

vomit and leave the mess

-gbọwaAV

split; hew (wood)

-gbọwapùAV

split up

-gbuAV

1. kill; cut; chop
2. plant (tubers)
3. blow (musical instrument)
4. build, lay, mud wall
5. place (knees, elbows) against
6. coat, permeate (as paint, oil, dye, etc.)
7. flash; glitter; shine
8. hurt

-gbụAV

shed (leaves); remove

Ọjī dī n’iru ụnō ānyị nà-àgbụ akwụkwọ — The iroko tree in the front of our house is shedding its leaves

-gbùAV

lose appetite for; have eaten sufficiently and want no more off; be fed up

Nnī gbùlù m — I have no appetite for food (in general)

Elīgo m ji ogonogo ọgè; kịtāà ọ gbùgo m — I have eaten yam

-gbu afịfịaAV

clear weeds

-gbụ àgbụAV

1. be slippery, slip on or off (of rings, bracelets)
2. be shed (leaves)

-gbù àgbùAV

be fed up; have lost appetite for; have no appetite for

Ùdị ọlū à nà-agbū àgbù ọsọ ōsọ — This kind of work quickly becomes boring

-gbu aja ụnòAV

build walls of mud building

-gbu akwụAV

cut palm fruit

-gbu aŋāNNC

collect cane from bush

-gbu ēgbuAV

intoxicate

Mmanya ikē nà-ègbu ēgbu — Local gin is intoxicating

-gbu egbugbuAV

tattoo; mark

-gbu fìàfìàAV

flash; glitter

-gbu ichiAV

cut ichi marks

-gbu ikpèlèAV

kneel

Bìanù kà ànyị gbue ikpèlè n'ànì — O come and let us kneel down

-gbu ikpèlè ụkwūAV

fall on one's knees; kneel

-gbu ìnyège ìnyègèAV

glisten (as water or glass in sun)

Ọ dì ìnyègè, ogè ọ fùlù ya — It was very faint when he saw it

-gbu màlàmàlàAV

1. shine; glitter
2. glitter

-gbu mgbuAV

1. clear prospective farm; clear bush of trees
2. hurt; cause pain
3. be painful, hurtful

Ụkwụ nà-ègbu m mgbu — My leg is hurting me

Ọ nà-ègbu m#mgbu — It is hurting me

-gbụ mgbụAV

shed leaves; strip

Osisi dī nà mbala afīa adī àgbụ mgbụ — The tree in the market place never sheds its leaves

-gbu mgbu obìAV

pain in the heart

-gbu nchàAV

soap oneself

-gbu ōchiAV

draw blood with horn or horn-shaped calabash from any part of the body to relieve pain, swelling, congestion; get rid of impure or stagnant blood

-gbu òchiNNC

cup; let blood

-gbu ọchùAV

1. commit murder (or manslaughter, but strictly murder)
2. commit murder, manslaughter

-gbu ògùgòAV

gladden

Ife ọ gà-ewètalụ m nà-ègbu m ògùgò — Something he is going to bring for me is making me happy

-gbu òjàAV

1. blow flute, whistle
2. blow whistle

Afùlù m ndị nā-egbu òjà — I saw some people playing flutes

-gbu ọkìkàAV

1. tattoo
2. tattoo (compare -dọ nkì)

-gbu òkpòlòfifìèAV

whistle

Ùfọdụ mbà nà-àsọ igbu#òkpòlòfifìè nsọ — Some towns forbid whistling

Gbùelụ m òkpòlòfifìè ogē ōbụnà ị nà-àgafè — Whistle to me whenever you are passing

-gbụ ọnụ mīliNNC

spit

-gbụ ọnụ mmīliAV

spit

-gbu òpìAV

blow horn, bugle

-gbu ugbōAV

1. farm, cultivate
2. make farm; farm

Ugbō kà Nwankwọ nà-ègbu èri o jìlì si n’ọlụ oyìbo zùlụ ikē — Nwankwọ has been farming since his retirement from the Civil Service

-gbu ùlìAV

mark parts of the body with ùlì

-gbubèAValso -bè

1. more commonly used)
2. cut off, across; chop off

Gbubèe yā isi — Cut off his head, or Behead him

Egbubègo m agwọ afù ìbùọ — I have cut the snake into two

-gbuchaAV

cut side of something; trim hedges; peel bark

-gbụchaAV

shed leaves; slip; be slippery

-gbụcha ọnūAV

wash, rinse mouth

Ogē òbùnà ị tàsìlì atụ gba mbò gbùchaa ọnū gị — Whenever you finish using your chewing stick, try and rinse your mouth

-gbụchapùAV

slip off; be out of joint

-gbudoAV

cut and place; fix firmly

-gbudo anyaAV

perceive; observe

-gbudo ǹkù akāAV

place the elbows against

Egbudozina ǹkù akā n’enu oche nnī — Stop putting your elbows on the table

-gbufoAV

hack a way through

-gbugwòAV

1. cut open (of pot or pot-like object, e.g. coconut, or something breakable, e.g. plate, with knife or matchet) break that coconut (by cutting) till (something hard)
2. cut open (pot, etc.), till (something hard)

Àchọrō m kà i gbugwòo akụ oyìbo afù — I do not want you to

-gbujiAV

cut off with knife or matchet; cut across

Àda nà-àchọ igbuji ọdū — Ada is going to cut the pestle (into two)

-gbujipùAV

break off; cut off; chop off; (with knife, matchet)

-gbujiràAV

cut into two

-gbukasịAV

hew; cut to pieces

-gbukeAV

shine

-gbulìAV

till (something soft)

-gbunyeAV

cut up and bring together into

-gbụnyeAV

put on (ring, bracelet)

Gbùnye mgbànaka ǹke à kà m fụ etu ọ gà-àdị gī — Put on this ring and let me see how it fits you

-gbunye akpụAV

steep, soak cassava in water

-gbunye ọgwùAV

cut up and bring together into a pot various herbs, roots and other ingredients of native medicine

Achòlù m igbu#nye ọgwù ịbà — I want to brew malaria medicine

-gbupùAV

kill outright; cut off

-gbụpùAV

take off (e.g. shoe, ring); fall off (of leaves)

Achòlù kà ị gbụpù mgbànaka gī tupu ì bàta ụnò — I want you to remove your ring before you enter the house

Ọjī dī n'òbi nà-àgbụpù akwụkwọ ọgè ǹcha — The iroko tree (Milicia excelsa) in the court sheds leaves at all times

-gbusịsịAV

annihilate

-gbụtòAV

slip off and abandon

Afūgo m ebe ọ gbūtòlù akpụkpọ ụkwū ya — I have seen where she (slipped off and) abandoned her shoes

-gbutòpùAV

massacre; complete the killing or cutting

-gbutùAV

fell; cut down (e.g. trees)

-gbuwaAValso -gbuwe

1. cut open, break into two (e.g. coconut)
2. split by cutting (especially with axe or matchet)

-gbuwa akụ oyìboAV

speak out, break the news, bluntly (literally break the Nsugbe

-gbuwa ụzòAV

1. cut new road
2. cut a new road

( -gbọ 1.NNC

vomit; = ògbụgbọ)

gbaAV

1. move
2. independent movement (i) run
3. shine (of moon only); burn
4. bend
5. speak (in certain special ways)
6. tie; twine round; make basketwork frame
7. remain in a state
8. cut
9. take meal
10. sprout; spring out, up; grow out
11. be without
12. buy, pawn (person); buy (land, tree, e.g. palm tree, etc.)
13. change; spoil; pollute
14. stop up; close; enclose; obstruct by moving; open
15. lean
16. cultivate (cassava and other plants propagated by cuttings)

gbààNNC

used in

gbàdo anyāNNC

greeting to a departing friend

gbakurịtaESUF

Ọ nà-àgbakwu nne ya — She is running to her mother

gbalagbalaNNC

cleverness; smartness; agility

gbamgbamNNC

tin; enamel pan; anything made of tin; corrugated iron sheet

gbaràpùAV

forsake; abandon

gbeleleNNC

thinness

gbiìgbiìNNC

catfish (Clarias lazera)

gbooNNC

early; formerly; long ago; ancient; olden (times)

Jèe gboo — Go early

Nàa gboo — Go where you are going safely, and come back in time

Ọ dì gbo — It has been so for a long time

gbọòINTJ

word asking for confirmation or denial of a report; e.g. A narrates to B something concerning C, and B turns to C saying 'Gbọò', which implies 'You have heard what A has said. Is it true?' B then expects C to confirm or deny A's statement

gboo gbooNNC

long, long ago

gboo lìNNC

early; formerly; long ago; ancient; olden (times) (stronger than gboo)

gbùlùgbulùAV

roundness; surroundings

Onye ndi ilō gbàlù gbùlùgbulù nà-èche bē ya nche mgbè niīne mgbè niīne — A person surrounded by enemies always keeps watch over his house

Source: Igbo API (Nkọwa okwu), Apache-2.0 · Tier 3