Nkọwa okwu · 52 entries
gw
- -gwaAV
- tell (no vowel suffix)
- mix
- revenge; avenge
Gwa m ife mēlụ ị bīarọ ùnyàafù — Tell me why you did not come yesterday
Ọ chò igwā m ịfe — He wants to tell me something
- -gwa agwaAV
- mix
- -gwa gàrịAV
- mix gari
- -gwa mmanyaAV
- mix wine with water or other wine
- -gwa ọchùAV
- take revenge
- -gwa okwuAV
- address
- -gwagbuAV
- slander (a person) to death; curse bitterly
- -gwaghalịAV
- tell again
- -gwakwụlụAV
- reply
- -gwataAV
- hint to a person
- -gwaziAV
- mix properly
- -gweAV
- pound, grind (usually dry objects)
- -gwe ọkàAV
- pound corn
- -gwelìAV
- pound well
- -gwesịAV
- pound all
- -gwòESUF
- into pieces (something harder than -lì)
- scrape, scoop out (compare -ghụ)
- -gwọAV
- mix; cure
- sit with the lower limbs twisted and drawn up, as a lame person or as Moslems during prayer; sit with the lower limbs drawn up (usually on the floor)
- -gwò àgwòAV
- be flexible, pliant
Osisi à gwòlù àgwò — This tree is flexible
- -gwò egwuNNC
- dance very well in type of dance in which back muscles come into play
- -gwò ileAV
- speak in metaphor or slang unintelligible to an outsider
- clip words
- -gwọ ǹgwụlōAV
- sit with the lower limbs drawn up (like a lame person, usually on the floor) (compare -kù ǹgwụlō)
- sit with the legs drawn up (like a lame person, usually on the floor)
- -gwọ nsịAV
- work sickness or death by means of magic or poison
- -gwọ nsiNNC
- work sickness or death by means of magic or poison
- -gwò ofeAV
- take all the meat, etc., of soup at expense of others
- -gwọ ọgùAValso ọgwù
- make poison or medicine
- -gwọ ọgwùNNC
- prepare medicine
- -gwọ ọyàAV
- cure disease
- -gwọ ụlaAV
- keep oneself awake by using kolanuts, drugs, etc.
- snore
dibìà ọkpùlụ ōgwọọ! — praise name for a native doctor (literally doctor who cures as soon as he sips). Native doctors sometimes sip or chew certain medicines in the mouth, then spit it on any part of the patient's body, or in the air, following this sometimes by incantations
- -gwọlụAV
- be seated on flat surface (e.g. floor) and unable to stand
- -gwuAValso -gu
- dig
- -gwùAV
- swim
- play
- -gwụAValso gụ
- finish
- -gwù egwuAV
- play
- -gwụ ikeAV
- tire; be weary; be tired; have one's energy sapped
- tire; make weary, tired; sap energy (literally finish energy)
Ife à àgwụgo m ike — I am tired of this thing, or, This thing has tired me
- -gwù mmilīAV
- swim
- -gwu ọbaAV
- make a barn of yams
- -gwù unyìAV
- dig, mine coal
- -gwu unyì okwutēNNC
- dig, mine coal
A nà-ègwu unyì okwutē n’Enugū — Coal is mined at Enugu
- -gwụchaAV
- finish; end
- -gwufèAV
- swim across
- -gwufìèAV
- dig in the wrong direction
- -gwụfọAV
- finish, leaving a little quantity
Ọ gūfọgo — It is just about to run out
- -gwùli egwuAV
- play about
- -gwumìAV
- dig deep inside
- -gwupùteAV
- dig up
- -gwurubeAV
- dig around
Ọ nà-ègwurube ànì n’ukwù osisi — He is digging holes around the tree
- -gwụsịAValso -gụsị
- finish
- finish; complete
Ọ gà-àgwụsị echī — It will finish tomorrow
- -gwùsò egwuNNC
- play with someone
- -gwùso egwuAV
- play with someone
- -gwusò egwuAV
- play with someone
- -gwuteAV
- dig up
- gwègèlègwègèlèNNC
- weak flabbiness
Source: Igbo API (Nkọwa okwu), Apache-2.0 · Tier 3