Nkọwa okwu · 167 entries

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-laAValso -lụ

1. drink
2. sleep
3. have coition with

Ọ chò ịlā ya — He wants to sleep with her

-làAV

1. entice; seduce; deceive
2. stare at

-la diAV

have sexual intercourse (of woman); be promiscuous, sexually loose (of woman)

-la oke mmānyaAV

drink to excess; get drunk

-là ùlàAV

1. entice; charm; persuade
2. seduce; entire; draw away

-la-chaAV

lick; eat (juicy fruit); drink (soup)

-la-paAV

stick to; cling to

-lachalị

lick; (fig.) make the most of; enjoy

Ọ bụlụ nà ulù àdapùtalụ m#ebe m jèkò m lachalịa yā — If I get some profit (usually unexpected) where I am going, I will make the most of it

-làdàAV

soothe, rock (a baby)

-lafọAV

drink and leave some remaining

-làfùAV

seduce; deceive

-laju afọAV

1. drink to satisfy
2. drink to satiety

-lakwuAV

drink again, in addition, the remainder

-lalụAV

drink a part

-lamì ụlaAV

1. fall fast asleep
2. fall deeply asleep

-lapado n’àrụAV

stick to body

-lapalụ n’àrụAV

cling (to somebody)

-lapùta ileNNC

put out the tongue

-làpùta ileAV

put out the tongue

-larụ alarụAV

congeal, coagulate, curdle (e.g. oil)

-larụ ụlāAValso -lụ ụla

sleep

-larụ ụlaNNC

sleep

-leAV

1. sell
2. be rotten
3. brand with hot thing; burn, touch with fire or hot object; be hot

-lèAV

1. fulfil; come to pass; (of medicine or sorcery) be efficacious
2. (used with movement) about; used only in

Àda nà-ègbelèghalị ebe a nà-èsi ōlili — Ada is hanging about where a feast is being prepared

-le (afịa) ọkshòmAV

sell wares at an auction

-le afịa ọkshòmNNC

sell wares at an auction

-le ọkshòmNNC

sell at an auction; sell by auction

Ọ chòlù ilē ife yā niīne ọkshòm — She wants to sell all her belongings by auction

-le ọkụAV

1. be hot, warm
2. brand with hot object; burn or touch with fire, hot object
3. be hot, warm; brand with hot object; burn or touch with fire or hot object

Àrụ gī nà-èle ọkū — Your body is hot

Ì nà-àchọ ilē m ọkụ? — Are you going to burn me?

-le ùleAV

1. rot; be rotten; be corrupt; be lazy
2. be rotten, lazy, corrupt

-lebe (= -lesị)AV

sell to

-ledàAV

sell cheaply

-ledoAV

blaze out; catch fire

-lefọAV

sell, leaving some parts

-lefùAV

sell into slavery

-lejiAV

cut asunder by burning

-lesịAV

sell to

Ị mā elesị m#ewu gī?

-letòAV

be very rotten

-letòsịAV

be completely rotten

-lèzùAV

fulfil; come to pass

-liAV

1. eat; acquire; absorb
2. on; against

-lìESUF

reduce to small units; splinter; crush (something softer or more fragile than -gwò)

-lịAValso li, -li

1. climb; creep
2. for one's own benefit; to oneself
3. about; around (often combined with -gha 1.B)
4. still

Ọ nà-èje n’ebe a nà-aŋùlị aŋùlị nnwā ịmā mà ọ nwè ịfe ọ gà-àfụ kpachalị — She is going to the place where a naming ceremony is going on to see whether there is something she could get to eat (or, take away)

Ànyị nà-egòli — We are rejoicing

-li àkùAV

inherit wealth

-lị alịAV

creep (of insects, etc.)

-li àrụ efèAV

be at ease, free from care

Ọ nà-èli àrụ efè — He is just resting quietly at home, or He is at ease

-li èlèlèAV

gain

-li èlìlèNNC

gain

-li izìzìNNC

tickle

Ọ nà-èli izìzì n’ọnū — It is sour to his taste

-li ìzìzìAV

tickle

Ọ nà-èli m#ìzìzì — He is tickling me

-li ǹgàlìAV

take bribe

-li ngōAV

accept a bribe

-li ngoNNC

receive money, reward, or bribe for services

-li ngọNNC

accept a bribe

-li nniAV

eat food; feed

-li nrāAV

1. fine; impose a fine
2. fine

Fâ lìlì ya nrā — They fined him

-li obìAV

resemble in behaviour; behave in exactly the same way as another person

-li ọkùAV

1. inherit wealth
2. livestock

Ọkù adī èkwu okwū — Livestock never speak (i.e. they can’t complain)

-li òliliAV

have a feast

-lì òlìlìAV

announce news, usually to summon people to a meeting

-li ọnūAV

dumbfound; astonish

O lì m ọnū — It astonished me

-li ụgwōAV

receive salary, wages, etc.

-lị ugwuAV

1. climb mountain, hill; move uphill
2. climb mountain, hill

-li ulùAV

gain; profit; benefit

-li ùwàAV

1. enjoy; enjoy life
2. enjoy life

Ndi nā-alụ ọlū n’ụnō àkù Kingsway nà-èli ùwà — The members of staff of the Kingsway stores enjoy life

-lì-lìAV

be very old (of thing)

Àfè m elilìgo — My garment is already tattered

-lị(-ta)

against; opposing; opposite their heads together outside

-lichapùAV

eat up; devour

-lidàAV

cause someone to spend all he has

-lịdàAV

descend; go down

-lịfètaAV

climb over

-lifọAV

eat and leave some remaining

-ligbàdoAV

1. eat altogether
2. eat up

-ligbuAV

defraud (otherwise than in trading)

-lịgoAV

climb

-lịgotaAV

climb up

-liju afọAV

eat to satiety

-likọAV

eat together

-likpùAV

overwhelm, swallow up (of water, mud, etc.)

-lịkwàsịAV

climb upon; climb up again

-likwuAV

eat more

-lìlì èlilìAV

be old and tattered (of clothes); crumble (of a wall)

O yì àfe lilì èlilì — She is wearing an old and tattered dress

-lipùAV

1. devour; eat up
2. eat up

-lịpùAV

alight from a vehicle

-lita n’ùkwùAV

inherit; gain by inheritance

-liteAV

1. accommodate; contain
2. eat from; have a share of (inheritance)

-lite ekpēAV

inherit

-lite ùtàNNC

accept an invitation

-loAV

1. be painful; ache
2. be among; be one of

Ebo lòlù na ndi a chụpùlù n’ọlụ — Ebo was one of the people dismissed from work

-lòAV

1. think (about a problem)
2. dream
3. be thick (of liquids)

-lọAV

bend; twist; be bent, twisted

-lò àlòAV

be thick (of liquids)

O tègo m jì wèlụ èli ofe dī gololo, mà kịtāà achòlù m ilī ofe lōlụ àlò — For a long time I have been eating watery soups but now I want to eat a thick soup

-lò anyaAV

eye; look at angrily or with contempt

Ọ nà-alō m#anya — She is eyeing me

-lo eloAV

be useful; be fitting

-lò èlòAV

think

-lo ìlìlòAValso ìlòlò

1. think
2. think; suggest

-lo iloAV

1. hurt; ache; be painful
2. bear a grudge; be enemies

-lọ mmụōAV

offer food to the ancestors; feast the dead

-lo n’ifeAV

be useful

-lò nlọAV

1. dream
2. dream a dream

Alòlù m kà Èjìma bīalụ — I dreamt that Ejima arrived

-lòchìghaAV

repent; reflect

-lòfìèAV

think wrongly; be mistaken

-lòghaAV

repent; change one's mind

-lọgòAV

be crooked, bent, winding, sinuous, tortuous Mkpịsị afù lò(lù) àlọ The spike is bent

-lọjiAV

twist yam tendrils round the stake

-lọji onuAV

break the neck

-lọkọAV

curl hair

-lòkọbaAV

consider

Anà m èlokòba ife o mè m — I am thinking of all the things he has done to me (good or bad)

-lòlu ǹnwaNNC

adopt a child

-lòpùtaAV

think out; suggest

-lòtaAValso -lòte

remember

-lòtalụAV

remind

-lòzọAV

forget

O lòzọgo afà ya — She has forgotten his name

-luAV

1. reach; arrive at; amount to; reach a time
2. grow; breed
3. overflow, rise (of river in rainy season)

O lūe — It is time

Ò lue mgbè afù, ... — When it was time, ...

Ò luzịa — It happened; it came to pass; then

Òrìmmìlì lùù n’arō à — The Niger has overflowed this year

-lùAV

1. become soft; soften
2. (of pears) soften by warming (in hot ashes, water, etc.)
3. (of cassava) become soft by fermentation
4. threaten (of rain)
5. stick in, out
6. (compare -lụ 3.) polluting; spoiling

Mmilī nà-elù — Rain is threatening

-lụAV

1. work; construct; make
2. defile; desecrate; be faulty, defective
3. see -la 2.
4. (-lu after o u, -lị after ị, -li after i) ablative suffix denoting from, away in meaning with unambiguously, zūtagolu m), proving that this is a different suffix from -lụ 6.). For rules of combination with -lụ 5., see - lụ 5

Ọ nà-àlụ ọlū — He is working

-lụISUFalso -lu, -lị, -li

1. (-lu after o u, -lị after ị, -li after i) neutral tense marker, denoting past with action verbs and present with non- alternating stative verbs
2. (-lu after o u, -lị after ị, -i after i; follows inflectional suffixes) dative suffix, denoting that the action is done to or for the benefit of the indirect object

Ì lìlì gịnī? — What did you eat?

Fâ jèlù afịa — They went to market

Àdâ màlù mmā — Ada is beautiful

Ọ chòlù egō — He wants money. With alternating stative verbs, its absence denotes present time and its presence past time

Àdâ bù ìtè — Ada is carrying a pot

Àdâ bùlù ìtè — Ada carried a pot. It is often reduced to -V (i.e. a vowel identical with the preceding vowel) or entirely dropped

Kèdụ mgbè i jìlì/jìì/jì bịa? — When did you come?

Ọ rìlì/rìì/rì enū — He climbed up. When followed by another suffix of the same shape (i.e. -lụ 6 or -lụ 7.), the first one is dropped entirely if the sentence is unemphatic and reduced to -V if the sentence is emphatic

O sìlì yà nni — She cooked food for him

O sììlì yà nni — She did cook food for him (-lụ 5. + -lụ 6.)

Edèlù m nyà akwụkwọ — I wrote to him

Edèèlù m nyà akwụkwọ — I did write to him (-lụ 5. + -lụ 6.)

Bikō nyèlụ yā aka chìkọọlụ yā òlòma dī n’ime ụnò — Please help her gather and take away the oranges in the room (-lụ 5., + -lụ 6.; more emphatic than chìkọlụ, implying that the, oranges are scattered and take longer to collect

Achò m kà ị gokọọlụ m#ōkụkò abùke n’afịa — I want you to help go round in the market and buy me abuke fowls (-lụ 5. +, -lụ 6. more emphatic than gokọlụ, implying that every single, one from all parts of the market must be bought)

Ọ gbàwàlù ọsọ — He ran away (at the first sight of danger)

Ọ gbàwààlù ọsọ — He ran away (in the midst of the battle) (-lụ 5. + -lụ 7.)

Ọ zūtagolu m#ewu — He has bought a goat for me. If there is no indirect object, it is understood to be for the benefit of the subject (reflexive)

Bùlu jī — Carry yams (for yourself). For rules of combination with -lụ 5. (neutral), see under -lụ 5.

-lụ (nni) ọgwùAV

1. neutralise effect of poison
2. (fig.) To prove that food and drink presented by the host to his guests have not been poisoned, the host usually tastes from every eatable thing presented before allowing his guests to have their share. This tradition is called ịlū ọgwù call the master of the house to come and taste the eatables (traditionally, to prove absence of poisoning)

Anà m èje ịkpō dibīa ga-alụ ọgwù ànyị lòlù nà e tìnyèlù n’ime nni e bùnyèlù ànyị — I am going to call a native doctor who is going to neutralise the effect of the poison we think has been added to the food offered to us

Bikō kpòọ di bī ụnò kà ọ bịa lụalụ ānyị nni ọgwù — Please call the master of the house to come and taste the eatables (traditionally, to prove absence of poisoning)

-lụ afọAV

have stomach-ache

-lu AgwùNNC

perform the preliminary sacrifice before being initiated into Agwù

-lụ ajọ ōlụAV

do work badly

-lụ ajō ọlụAV

do work badly

Ọ nà-àlụ ajō ọlụ — He is a bad worker

-lu akaAV

receive; reach

-lù akaAV

point out; put finger on

-lụ alūAV

be defiled, corrupt; commit abomination

-lu ànìNNC

arrive at a settlement or conclusion

-lụ ànìAV

1. wreak havoc; commit treachery, abominably wicked or cruel act
2. commit abomination, havoc, treachery

Ibè lùlù ànì — Ibe committed an abomination

-lu anìAV

arrive at a settlement, conclusion

-lu àrụAV

receive; reach

-lụ àrụ ụkàAV

be self-controlled

-lu arụrụAV

breed worms

-lu dòtịAV

be dirty, filthy

Ndù nà-èlu dòtị — Ndụ is usually dirty

-lù èlùAV

become soft

-lu inyiAV

1. be dirty, filthy
2. be dirty

O lù inyi — It is dirty

-lu ogōAV

1. reach age (for doing particular things); perform ceremony (for girl reaching puberty); be able to
2. be of age, mature enough to be able to do something

Elū go m ogo ịnū nwaànyì

Ụmù akā ezi òmùme gà-ènyelụ nne nà nnà fa akā ogè fa lùlù ogō — Good children will help their parents when they are of age

-lụ ọlụAV

work

-lụ onwē ụkàAV

be disciplined, self-controlled

Ọ nà-àlụ onwe yā ụkà — He is self-controlled

-lụ ugboAV

work a farm

-lụ ugbōNNC

work a farm

-lụ ụkàAV

dispute with; argue

-lù ụkwụAV

limp

-lù ụlaAV

be sleepy

-lụ ụlaNNC

sleep

-lụ ụnòAV

build a house

-lu unyiNNC

be dirty

Akwà gî lùlù unyi — Your cloth is dirty

-lụcha ànìAV

cultivate land; clear weeds

-lùchìAV

obscure (sun, of clouds)

-lùdoAV

1. stick in
2. persist

-lùdo osisiAV

stick a stick into the ground

-lụgbaAV

do thoroughly

Ọ sì nà nya gà-àlụgba ọlū afù àlụgba — She said that she was going to do the work thoroughly

-lukpùAV

overflow; drown; submerge

-lụkwaESUF

repair

-lụlịta ụkàAV

debate; discuss

-lụmìAV

go far with a task

Ndù àlụmìgo ugbō yā — Ndụ has gone very far in the cultivation of his farm

-lụniAV

build up

-lụnwùAV

rebuild

-lùnye akaAV

poke finger into

-lusàAV

overflow; spread

-lụsịAV

finish a piece of work

Alūsịgo m#ọlụ m# — I have finished my work

-lụsi ikeAV

work hard, energetically

-lụsi ọlụ ikeAV

work hard, energetically

Lùsie ọlū gị ike — Do your work energetically

-lụtaAV

earn

-luteAV

1. arrive at; reach
2. grow (head hair)

-lụziAV

rectify; correct

letàNNC

letter (English, compare akwụkwọ)

lìADV

indicates politeness (can follow verb or (pro)-noun)

Kwùe nyā lì — Say it, the

Jèelì afịa — Please to go market

Gwa m#lì ife i kwùlù — Please tell me what you said

Bìalì — Please come!

lìlìlìNNC

shivering or quivering state

lòkene!AV

think, please! just think of it (usually of something bad)

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