Nkọwa okwu · 42 entries
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- -ghaAV
- change (usually for worse); turn; alter; turn round
- scatter, throw (broadcast); sow (broadcast)
- -ghàAV
- pass; overtake; leave; surpass; let alone; leave off; fail
- -gha aghaAV
- change, alter (usually for worse)
- -gha anyaAV
- turn the eyes; long for; expect
Bikō ghà anyā — Please look this way
- -gha anya n’àzụNNC
- look backwards; look back; glance back
- -gha anya n'àzụAV
- look backwards; look, glance back
Agwàlù m yà kà o jìsie ikē ghàlụ ịghā anya n'àzụ — I told him to strive hard without looking backwards
Onye nā-amù ịgbā igwè adā àgha anyā n'àzụ ọgè ọ nò n’enu#ya — A person just learning to ride a bicycle does not look backward while on it
- -gha mkpụlūAV
- sow seeds (broadcast)
- -gha mkpụlụ osisiAV
- sow seeds (broadcast)
- -gha-lị
- see -gha 1.B.
- -ghagbuAV
- confuse; play complicated trick (on someone); cheat
Ibè àghagbugo m; o kwèsìlì kà mụ kèta ego īli n’ego mụ nà ya kètàlù, mà sòọsò ego īnọ kà m kètàlù — Ibe has tricked me; I ought to get one naira out of the money we shared, but I got only forty kobo
- -ghàgbu -ghàlụ = -ghàAV
- leave someone far behind
Ndị mmụ nà fa yìbido ijè aghàgbugo m — The people I started the journey with have left me far behind
- -ghaghalịAV
- turn round, about
- -ghakpù iruAV
- turn upside down; lie face downwards
- -ghalị àzụAV
- turn round; go back
- -ghasàAV
- sow by scattering; scatter
- -gheAV
- be open; open; yawn; gape
- fry
- -ghèAV
- be properly cooked
- -ghe nsiNNC
- prepare poison
- -ghe ògèdèAV
- fry plantains
- -ghe ogheAValso -ghe
- be open
- -ghe oghēNNC
- be open
Ụzò ghè oghē — The door is open
- -ghe ughelēAV
- yawn
Ọ nà-èghe ughelē — He is yawning
- -ghè-liAV
- cut into pieces
Ghelìe anụ afù — Cut that meat into pieces
- -ghèdèAV
- cook very soft (especially of carbohydrate food)
- -ghekpọAV
- yawn; pant
- fry dry
- -ghèkpòAV
- cook properly (especially of meat, fish); be well cooked
- -ghọAV
- go wrong; miss; be mistaken
- catch (object falling from a height or thrown)
- -ghòAV
- change, develop into; become
- play trick; trick; work deceit
Kèdụ ife ị nà-aghò ebe afù? — What trick are you up to there?
- -ghọ afịaAV
- suffer loss in trade
Àda àkwụsigo mgbele azù màkà nà ọ ghōgo yā afịa — Ada has stopped her fish trade because it has shown a loss
- -ghọ aghọAV
- be a mistake; show a loss
Ibè akpāchàpùrò anya wèlụ gbu ewu mmadù kamà ọ ghòlù yà àghọ — Ibe did not deliberately kill another man's goat; it was a mistake
- -ghò aghùghòAV
- be tricky, cunning, fond of setting persons against one another (such activity usually being done underground); carry on double-dealing
- be cunning; deceive; work deceit; play trick; trick
Èmeka āna aghòka aghùghò — Emeka is very fond of double-dealing
- -ghọdoAV
- understand well
Achòlù m kà ị ghọdo ife m nà-èkwu òfụma — I want you to understand what I am saying well
Àghọdōsịrọ m okwu ị nà-èkwu n'ùtụtù màkà nà anà m akù mgbanù ọgè ị nà-èkwu okwu# — I did not quite get what you were saying in the morning because I was in a hurry when you were speaking
- -ghòdoAV
- trick someone into missing something elsewhere
- -ghògbuAV
- confuse, play trick on someone
- -ghòlịAV
- ‘deceive’ by exerting pre-natal influence on child to resemble oneself. If a pregnant woman keeps constant company with another person, during much of the pregnancy, the child is very likely to resemble that person when born
Òbìàgèlî ghòlìlì Àda ọgè a dì ime Āda, ị fūrọ etu Àda sìlì yi yā? — Ọbịageli ‘deceived’ Ada while Ada was in the womb; don't you see how Ada resembles her?
- -ghòlụAV
- change, develop into; become
Akpụkpa dī n'àrụ Īwu aghòlụgo ọyà ọcha — The rash on Iwu's body has developed into leprosy
- -ghọlụ = -ghọAV
- catch
- pick, pluck fruit
Ghòlụ ife ọ nà-àchọ ịtūpùlù gị — Catch what he is going to throw to you
- -ghọtaAV
- understand
Achòlù m kà ị ghọta okwu#m — I want you to understand my word
Aghōtago m ife ị nà-àkụzili m — I have understood what you are teaching me
- -ghuAV
- cook; boil (compare -si)
- -ghụAV
- (compare -gwò) pluck out; extract (e.g. like eyes); remove, scoop (e.g. coconut flesh from shell)
- bath
- -ghụlụAV
- pluck out; extract (and take away)
- ghòlòghòlòNNC
- watery, light consistency (of soup, broth, etc.; compare gologolo)
Source: Igbo API (Nkọwa okwu), Apache-2.0 · Tier 3