Nkọwa okwu · 1055 entries

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-ŋòAV

borrow (anything but money) (compare -nwù 3.)

-ŋò iyīAV

borrow thing used by another for oath-taking

-ŋò-miAV

imitate

-ŋòtalụAValso -ŋùtalụ

borrow for; help borrow

Jèe ŋòtalụ m òfu ochē — Go and borrow a chair for me

-o

see -a

(obì) -dị n’àzụNNC

1. be extremely wicked child who is ill is extremely wicked
2. be foolhardy (= nzuzù) snake is foolhardy

Ịpīa nwatà àrụ esirō ike ìtàlì bù obì ịdī n’àzụ — Flogging a child who is ill is extremely wicked

Ijī aka jìde agwọ dī ndù bù obì ịdī n’àzụ — Picking up a live snake is foolhardy

(obì) -dìdèAV

feel sick; feel nausea

Obì nà-èdidē m# — I feel nausea

(ògùgò) -gbuNNC

be happy

Ògùgò nà-ègbu m — I am happy (because of a specific thing)

(òlu ụlā) -tụNNC

1. slumber; doze
2. sleeping sickness; trypasonomiasis

(olù ụlā) -tụAV

slumber; doze

Olù ụlā àtụbago yā — He has started to doze

(òlù ụla) -tụNNC

1. slumber; doze
2. sleeping sickness; trypasonomiasis

— You look like someone suffering from sleeping sickness

(onye) àbànì dì egwùNNC

bandit (literally the night is dangerous) Onye àbànì dì egwù

(òrà)NNC

Ndù bù ọnụ nā-ekwulu ānyị — Ndụ is our spokesman

(òsụsọō) -suNNC

perspire; sweat

Òsụsọō nà-èsu m — I am perspiring, sweating

(oyī) -tụNNC

feel cold, chilly

Oyī nà-àtụ m — I am feeling cold, chill.

o

1. see ọ
2. used at end of sentence when speaking to someone at a distance; sign of affirmation, or assent to a salutation

Bìa ebe à o — Come here!

"Dàalụ nù o" "Oo, gàba o" — "Greetings to you all". "Yes, come in"

O bù ibuNNC

It is big

ò bụnāAValso ò bụnāda

if; even; even if

ò bụnādụAV

Bikō nye m#nni ò bụnāda ǹkè oyī — Please give me some food, even if it is cold

Bikō nye m nwantịntị egō ò bụnāda (ò bụnādụ) kọbò — Please give me some money, even a kobo

ò bụràbaAV

1. even; even if; although; be it
2. even if

Bikō nye m#egō, ò bụràba afù — Please give me some money, be it (i.e. even if it is) only a half-kobo

Nnwa nà-àgụ m ò bụràba nwaànyì — I want a child, even a girl

Bikō nye m egō ò bụràba kọpò — Please give me some money, even a kobo

ò gịnī?INTJ

what?

o mēekwe m (= o mā ekwe m)PRN

I cannot

o mekwaPRN

afterwards

o mèkwaPRN

or else; otherwise; if not; failing this

o mesịa

afterwards

O mèsìàlù bịa bē m — She came to my house at last

o mesịzịa

afterwards; eventually

o mèzìPRN

or else; otherwise; if not; failing this

o nwee

if; suppose; supposing that

ÒbàNNC

1. name of a town
2. (colloq.) palm wine (prob. in origin from town name, since Òbà is a centre for palm and raphia wine)

òbàgwù

see òbògwù

òbàlàNNC

blood

òbàla òbàlàNNC

red, reddish

Anya gī nà-àcha òbàla òbàlà — Your eye is red

òbàlàkeètNNC

blanket (English)

òbàǹteNNC

pants; underwear

obēNNCalso ọbē

ladder; cross; cross-shaped loom

Wèlu obē lìgolu enu ụnò — Go up the house with a ladder

òbèjìlìNNC

sword with sheath

obelēNNCalso ọbelē

1. small size
2. kind of bird

obele nnwāNNC

small child; caressing words used by mothers to their children

obìNNC

1. heart; chest; bosom; breast; centre
2. a fathom (used mainly for measuring cloth)
3. act of dwelling (-bi 1. dwell)

òbiNNCalso òbu

1. ancestral house of the father (founder) of a village; house belonging to the head of the family (as opposed to mkpukè, woman’s house). The head of the house often retires here for a rest or to entertain visitors, to perform ceremonies, settle cases, and sometimes make offerings of his god(s). This building also houses the family's images like chi, nkwù, arò etc.; part of it is used as a store, e.g. for ropes for climbing palmtrees
2. palace; court; reception house

òbiNNC

title of a King

obi agūNNC

daring, fearless like a leopard; brave

obì agūNNC

daring, fearless like a leopard; brave

Enwèlù m obì agū, ejīgo m aka tigbue nkịtā alā — I am very brave, I once beat a mad dog to death with my hands

obì akwàNNC

one Igbo yard of cloth

obī ēbelèNNC

1. kindness; mercy
2. mercy; kindness

Ụkòchukwu bī n’òbòdo ānyî nwèlù obī ēbelè — The priest who lives in our town is kind, merciful

obì ikēNNC

hardheartedness; relentlessness

obì mgbalùAV

1. melancholy; trouble in one's mind
2. melancholy; troubled mind

obì mgbawaAV

great anger; broken heart

Ìlùlò bànyelụ ọnwụ ụmū Ōbi naàbò n’otù mbòsì nà- ewètalụ yā obì mgbawa — Brooding on the death in one day of his two children is causing Obì heartbreak

obì mkpofùNNC

act of forgiving people; good-natured character

Ndù nwèlù obì ọkū mà nwekwuazị obì mkpofù — Ndù is quick-tempered but he does not bear a grudge

obì mkpūNNC

queen termite

òbì n’ànà alā ajāNNC

one who lives underground but does not absorb earth (i.e. masquerade)

obì ndidèAV

1. nausea (caused by indigestion)
2. nausea

obì nlòNNC

1. tenderness
2. tenderness; tender-heartedness

Enwèlù m obì nlò — I am tender-hearted

obì ọchaNNC

pure heart

obì ọjọōNNC

ill-will; malice; bad temper; wickedness

obì ọkūNNC

anger; hot temper

obī ōkwutēNNC

stony-heartedness; hard-heartedness

obī okwutēNNC

stony-hearted

obì ọmaNNC

goodness; kindness; benevolence

O jì obì ọma me ife o mèlù — He acted in good faith

obì ònyìnyeNNC

generous mind; benevolent disposition

obì ụnòNNC

homesickness

Obì ụnò nà-ème m — I am homesick

obī ūsọNNC

cheerfulness; happiness

Ọdùdụ nnē m ènweka obī ūsọ — The last-born of my mother is very cheerful, jovial, has a rich sense of humour

ÒbìàgèèliàkùAV

name for a girl born into a wealthy family

òbibiNNC

living (-bi 1. dwell)

òbìbìNNC

1. termination; end (-bì 2. terminate)
2. printing (-bì 1. press)

òbịbịaAV

coming; advent

òbìbìàAV

squeezing; compressing

Òbịbịaā KraìstAV

Advent

obiì ònyìnye

generous mind; benevolent disposition

òbòNNC

1. disease where holes appear in flesh
2. laziness; idleness
3. a general name for fish in the Mormyridae family; elephant- snout fish

Achòrò m ijē afịa, mà òbò ekwērọ m — I want to go to market, but I feel too lazy

Òbò nà-èsi m ijē sụ akwà — I am too lazy to wash my clothes

òbò asāNNC

Mormyrops deliciosus

òbò ọdàaNNC

Mormyrus rume

òbò ọnụ ogonogoNNC

Gnathonemus tamandua

òbòdòNNC

town; country. An òbòdò is, in the Onitsha area, usually subdivided into three 'quarters' and named Ezi, Ìfìtè and Ìkeǹgà

Òbòdò Isi ŌjiNNC

Africa

obodoboNNC

width; breadth (compare obosala)

obodobo irūNNC

broad face

ōbodòlòboNNC

Di ntā gbàgbùlù òsa wèlụ akwụkwọ òbodòlòbo kechie yā — The hunter killed a squirrel and wrapped it in a broad leaf

Proverb: Akwụkwọ ōbodòlòbo gwàlù òsa kà ọ wèlụ nwayòò na-àkpọ màkà nà ọ bụlụ nà di ntā àbịa gbagbue yā nà ọ bù ya bū akwụkwọ ōbodòlòbo kà di ntā gà-akùlụ wèlụ kechi ōsa — Lit. The broad leaf warned the squirrel to call gently because when the hunter was attracted by the squirrel's call it was he, the broad leaf, that the hunter was going to cut and use for wrapping up the squirrel. Meaning- Be careful how you expose yourself to danger, risks, trouble, etc., because whenever you involve yourself in trouble it is going to be I (we) who will bear the brunt of it

òbògwùNNCalso òbàgwù

(compare òdògwùmà) duck

obosalaNNC

width; breadth; levelness (of surface) (compare obodobo)

òbu

see òbi 1.

òbùNNC

Senegal Coucal (Centropus senegalensis)

òbụ

see ògbụ

òbù àsị èje ogbèAV

a gossip

òbụbaAV

breaking

òbùbàAV

entrance, entry; initiation

òbùbà afàAV

giving a name

òbubeAV

crying

òbùbèAV

ending; stopping

òbụbọAV

raking; digging;

òbùbòNNC

heap (compare òòbò)

òbùbò ọkūNNC

heap of glowing coals

òbubuAV

carrying; bearing

òbùbùAV

1. stoutness
2. hatching (of eggs)
3. uprooting

òbụbụAV

becoming

òbùbụ ākwaNNC

contents of egg

òbùbùbùNNC

(slang) a mass of persons or things

òbụbụūNNC

caterpillar (= ègu)

òbụnàAValso òbùnà

any; every

Nye m#ife ōbụnà — Give me anything

òbùnàAV

any; every

Nye m#ife ōbụnà — Give me anything

Mmadū ōbụnà gà-anòdị ànì — Every person shall sit down

òchaNNC

whiteness; cleanliness; purity

Achòlù m òcha na-enwērọ ntùpọ — I want spotless white (fig.)

Òchâ dì mmā, òjî dì mmā — White is good, black is good (meaning all is welcome, acceptable to me without discrimination)

Aka m dì òcha — My hands are clean (literally and fig.)

Ụmù m bikō dòo nù ònwe ụnù òcha — My children, please keep yourselves undefiled

Ngọzị nà-àdịlị ndi dī ọcha n’obì — Blessed are the pure in heart

òchàNNC

wild animal whose horn is made into an òpì, a transversely blown signal horn

òchàǹjàNNC

1. a small oil-lamp with cloth wick
2. the market in Onitsha formerly called Àlàhàmbrà was named after this, because the lamp was used in the market, which was held in the evening
3. now, the name of a motor park (on the same site)
4. (colloq.) anything inferior or fake

ocheNNCalso ọche

chair; stool; bench; seat

òche anwūNNC

umbrella; sunshade

òche ānwụAV

umbrella; sunshade

oche ezèNNC

throne

òche ǹdòAV

1. anything giving shade (literally giver of shade)
2. anything giving shade

Oche ǹke à dì chìmNNC

This chair is very firm

òche ògùAV

1. praying mantis (literally the one offering fight)
2. praying mantis

òchiNNC

1. cupping; drawing of blood with horn or horn-shaped calabash from any part of the body to relieve congestion, swelling, pain; getting rid of impure or stagnant blood
2. instrument used for cupping or letting blood

òchìNNC

palm wine tapper

òchì aghaAV

1. military officer, leader; commanding officer
2. male name
3. military officer; commanding officer; military leader

òchịchaAV

1. washing; scrubing
2. scorching; beating (of sun)

Anwụ chàlù — The sun shone

òchicheNNC

1. waiting; watching (-che 1. watch, wait)
2. offering (-che 2. present, offer)

òchìchèAV

thinking; pondering; meditating

òchìchì

1. scrubbing
2. grunt; sound made with effort

òchịchịNNC

rule; government; ruling (-chị 1. C. rule, govern)

òchịchị aka ikēNNC

tyranny

òchìchì akwāAV

hard sobbing

òchìchị nsịAV

defecation with grunts

Onye ọyà afù nà-achī nsị — The sick man is defecating with grunts

òchịchịīNNC

darkness

òchịchọAV

seeking; desire; wish

ochīèNNCalso ochìè

old; aged; ancient

òchọògùNNC

praying mantis (literally looking for a fight)

òchụchụAV

driving; pursuing

òde ākwụkwọAV

clerk; letter-writer

òdìNNC

taciturn person

òdì-NNC

being; state; condition; used as first element of nouns formed for phrases with -dị be

òdìbendiNNC

custom (from -dị be ndi be in the home of people; compare òmenàànì)

òdìbòNNC

servant

òdìbù àdịbuPV

something (e.g. habit, custom) that has been existing for a long time

òdìdàAV

fall; fall of a great or rich person; failure

òdìdà anyaanwūNNC

sunset; West

òdìdà anyanwūAValso òdìda chī

West; sunset

òdideAV

writing; pressing; marking

òdìdèNNC

small stool; footstool

òdịdịPV

1. appearance; likeness; being; form; shape
2. taking one’s part, siding with

òdịdọAV

pull(ing)

òdịdọ n’aghaAV

captivity as result of war

òdìegwùNNC

the tragic; the wonderful

òdiìnaàbòNNC

midnight

òdìkòọdīrọ yaNNC

hypocrisy; pretence; uncertain state, character (compare iru naàbò)

òdìmmāNNC

1. well-being; prosperity
2. friend (in good or bad sense)

òdìnàànìPV

custom

òdìnàànị ǸrìNNC

1. Nri culture
2. (in Nri) the highest ritual-political title in Nri and Oreri

Ǹrì bù echichi — Nri is a title

òdìniiruNNC

1. that which is to come
2. cult of the face, symbolizing one's commanding personality and influence, symbolized by a wooden chalice
3. future

òdìnjọNNC

calamity; adverse circumstances; misfortune

òdìnoobìNNC

sweetheart; favourite

òdìọfụūNNC

the new

odōNNC

wooden mortar for yam, etc.

òdọNNC

area where a particular thing is plentiful

òdọ akpūNNC

1. cassava, raw fufu stalls - a section of the market where cassava, raw fufu, is displayed for sale
2. area full of cassava-farms

òdọ mmīliNNC

1. pond
2. pool, pit where rainwater collects; reservoir

òdọ ǹdùdòAV

argumentative, difficult, disagreeable person; fretful, testy child

odòdoNNC

1. purple, crimson
2. man’s name

òdòdòNNC

flower

òdogwuNNC

champion; one of great prowess; hero; title for such a one; male name

Òdogwu kà ọ bù — He is a hero

òdogwu mmūọNNC

1. any type of masquerade with horned head (For other types of masquerade, see àkàtaàkà, àtùmà, ìgbàdikē, ùlàgà)
2. Follows name of object (usually plant) to denote a poisonous, non-edible, degenerate, or abnormal variety, as opposed to the non-poisonous, edible, normal kind

òdogwu nnùnùNNC

kind of large bird

òdogwu òzàlàNNC

1. (compare akpì)
2. scorpion
3. (fig.) a tough powerful person

odogwu òzàlàNNC

scorpion

òdògwùmàNNC

(compare òbògwù) duck

òdọlụkòọdòNNC

title-name taken by or given to a wealthy person; inexhaustible wealth

òdoziNNC

repairer

òdozi òbòdòNNC

1. one who takes care of a town or a community
2. the name of a chief notorious in Abakaliki for his manipulation of a secret head-hunting cult. He was hanged in1959 for the murder of several people

òduNNC

Kemp's Gerbil (Tateri kempi)

òduduAV

leading; guidance

òdụdụAV

pricking; piercing; sewing

òdùdùNNC

1. tsetse fly (they bite human beings and animals and suck their blood)
2. plant for hedging, with edible leaves

òdùdù enyīNNC

species of ….

òdùdù okèNNC

1. plant planted along boundaries
2. a kind of plant used for fences and for marking land boundaries

òduduūNNC

damp; cold(ness)

òdùmNNC

1. lion
2. any animal or person of great size and strength

òfalàNNC

festival marked by ritual public appearance of kings (especially of Ònìchà, Ògidi, Nnoòbì, etc.)

ofeNNCalso ọfe

1. "soup"; sauce; stew
2. (= aŋàlà, anyàlà) a kind of egg-plant with tiny fruits and edible leaves

ofèNNCalso ọfè

1. far side of river or road
2. excess (i.e. passing the limits) (from -fè 2. cross)

òfeNNCalso òfe

free gift (derived from Yoruba òfè)

ofe ēgwusiNNC

1. melon, egusi soup
2. melon soup

ofe ÌgbòNNC

1. type of palm-oil
2. in a more restricted sense, the upland people to the east of the Niger (also ndị Ìgbò), contrasted with Olu (also ndị Olū), the riverain Igbo. The people of Onitsha itself do not classify themselves with either Ìgbò or Olu (Henderson 1972 40 - 41, 89 noun)
3. palm oil (= mmanụ akwū)

ofe nsalaNNC

1. kind of soup which is watery (sometimes with little or no oil); "pepper soup"
2. watery kind of soup

ofe ōnịnọAV

1. soup prepared with okra, or ọgbọnọ, or both
2. soup prepared with ògbònò and okro

ofe ōnugbùNNC

soup prepared with bitterleaf

ofe ÒwèlèNNC

watery kind of soup very common among the Owere people

ofe ùtàzìNNC

ùtàzì soup

òfegàNNCalso ofega

used in

òfèkèNNCalso òfèkè

a rascal

òfelèNNCalso òfelè

ease

Ọ dì òfelè — It is easy

òfìNNC

yaws (compare àkwùmà)

òfịfịAV

twisting

òfifiNNC

boil (-fi 3. develop a boil)

òfifieAV

binding

òfifoAValso òfufo

breaking (of day)

Chi èfogo — Day has dawned

ofiliNNC

used in

ofìlìNNC

1. a weight for keeping a door shut
2. heavy club

ofili isīAV

pillow

òfọNNC

1. symbol of justice, righteousness, and the authority which descends from the ancestors, represented by small piece of wood; right; guarantee of truth; (sometimes) part of the regalia of the umù alūsị
2. used in

òfọ ògòlìNNCalso ògèlì

a prodigal; spendthrift; womaniser

Ọjì bù òfọ ògèlì — Ọjị is a wild character

òfuNNC

one; the same; a certain; united; alone; lone

Òfu nwokē bìàlù ebe à n’ùtụtù — A certain man came here in the morning

Onye ezè afù gwàlù ndi yā kà fa ghàlụ ịnūsòzì ònwe fā ògù màkà nà fâ bù òfu — The chief pleaded with his subjects to stop fighting each other, for they were one

Òfu nnwā kà m bù — I am the only child of my parents, or I am an only child

òfu àNNC

this same

òfu afù

1. that very one
2. that very thing

òfu chīNNC

1. (fig.) having the same character or behaviour (of two people)
2. one god
3. (fig.) same character or behaviour (of human beings only, to describe two persons with similar character) behave the same way, or have the same idiosyncrasies

Ọ bù òfu chī kèlù Okaàfò nà Nwoōsu

òfu efùNNC

(one) at all (with verb in negative); not even one

Ji noōne dì n’ọbā? Òfu efù adīrọ dị nà ya — How many yams are in the barn? Not even one is there

òfu jīNNC

seed yam

òfu mgbè (= otū mgbè)NNC

once upon a time; at one time; once

òfu mkpụlūNNC

only one

òfu obìNNC

one heart; (fig.) unanimity, co-operation, agreement, unity

òfu ōfuNNC

one by one; singly

òfu ogèNNC

at one time; once upon a time; once

òfu onyeNNC

one person; a certain person

Achòlù m òfu onyē — I want one person

òfu ùgbòlòNNC

once

òfufeAV

1. flight (of birds, flies, aeroplanes)
2. sprinkling; casting; throwing

òfùfèAV

1. service; worship; adoration
2. crossing; passing

O fègo — He has passed

Ogè efègo — The time has long passed

òfùfè nrùAV

church service; religious worship

òfùfe ǹrùNNC

1. traditional presentation of gifts to the ọkpala, especially at great feasts
2. church service; religious worship (Protestant usage)

ōfufoAV

1. period of daybreak as light grows stronger
2. be open, clear

òfufoAV

mentioning

òfufo chīAV

dawn

òfùfùAValso mfù

loss

òfụfụAV

seeing

òfụfụ anya ụzòAV

sight

òfụmaNNC

properly; well

òfuù nụnwàNNC

this same; this very thing

ògaNNC

master; used in addressing someone whose name is unknown (Yoruba)

ògàalụNNC

a creeping plant whose yellow juice is used to decorate the body

ògàchaNNC

(slang) beautiful, glamorous person, usually a woman; prostitute

ògàlànyàNNC

one rich in money, goods or children

ògàniiruAV

progress

ògàzìNNC

guineafowl

ògàzị mwùNNC

African pike (Hepsetus odoe) ( = ògba)

ògbaNNC

African pike (Hepsetus odoe) (= ògàzị mwù)

ògbàNNC

row; line (mwù)

Ògbà agūNNC

secret night society (using agụ ọgbà); Leopard Society

ògbà agūNNC

secret night society (using agụ ọgbà); leopard society

ògba ēgwuAV

dancer

ògba mgbaAV

wrestler

ògba ntaAV

1. hunter (iv) snap (with sharp sound); spring up (as corn) with a popping sound, as when roasting
2. hunter

ògbaā tumtumNNC

motor-cycle (-gba 1. C.iii 'shoot' + noun agent prefix + tumtum 'sound of motor-cycle')

ògbàdụNNC

maize (Zea mays Linn.) (= ọkà)

ògbakasịNNC

chickenpox

ògbambùlùAV

anything round

ògbànchiNNC

decorated iron or brass staff or spear of a chief

ògbanjeNNC

(= nwa ōgbanje) (from -gba nje make several trips to and from a place; literally maker of several trips or recurrent visitor) 'repeater'; child believed to belong to a band in the world of spirits to which he/she returns in infancy; from there he goes back to his mother's womb to be born again, only to die and return to the spirit world again in infancy. Ògbanje is born several times, dying each time and returning to the world of spirits. A mother who experiences frequent child mortality is believed to be visited by a member or members of the ògbanje group. The new-born baby is regarded as the one who died last; and the child's death is to be expected any time, unless a native doctor specialist in ògbanje spirits is provided and performs successfully certain rituals which include the ògbanje object known as iyi ògbanje or iyi ùwà, on which the ògbanje swore to return to the spirit world. The place where the object is hidden is known only to the doctor and the ògbanje. (But an ògbanje can decide to stay and live to old age without the native doctor's rituals and/or propitiation to the other members of his particular ògbanje band.) Sometimes a part of the dead ògbanje's body, e.g. a finger or an ear, is amputated, and as proof that it was the same child who returns next time it is believed that such amputated parts are missing on the new baby's body. The amputation of parts of the body is done in the belief that the ògbanje would feel the pain and/or shame and on the next return to the world would remember it and refuse to die again. An ògbanje who stays is given excessive petting and care to the disadvantage of the other children. The parents who have suffered greatly at the hands of the ògbanje and become improverished do everything possible in order to prevent a recurrence of the bitter experience. The ògbanje behaves in his own peculiar way. Sometimes his character and physical features may bear no resemblance to those of any member of the family. The surviving ògbanje sometimes exploits this difference and the special treatment of his parents ruthlessly and selfishly by, for instance, demanding that a particular kind of clothes must be bought for him, otherwise the parents run the risk of losing him. Certain proper names are often though not invariably given to surviving ògbanjes. The names are believed to help in preventing the ògbanje from returning to the world of spirits. The names include Nònyelụm stay with me; Nwoōsu the son of òsu (but this does not make such a child an òsu. It is meant to bring shame on the ògbanje as explained above).

ogbeNNCalso ọgbe

sample; specimen

ogbèNNCalso ọgbè

1. lump; piece; loaf; whole (of ball-like objects, e.g. bread, cake, ụkwà, etc.)
2. 'village', i.e. a residential unit smaller than one of the three 'quarters' (Ezi, Ìfìtè, and Ìkeǹgà) into which a 'town’ (òbòdò) is divided, and larger than a lineage or 'family' (ụmù nnà)

Ọgò m nwokē wètààlù m ọgbē àchìchà naàbò ǹnyàafù, m nyawaa ōfu ọgbè ìbùọ nye Ēke òfu mkpekele, wèlụ ōfu ọgbē fōdụlụ debe n’ime akpàtì nnī — My father-in-law brought me two loaves of bread yesterday. I broke one loaf into two and gave Eke one half, and kept the remaining loaf in the food-box.

ògbeNNCalso ògbe

one variety of "garden egg" or egg-plant (probably Solanum incanum Linn.); compare àfụfā, the general term for all varieties of Solanum

ògbè

1. quietly; softly
2. a small market
3. gourd used for carrying water

ogbè akwūNNC

head of palm nuts

ògbè mmānyaNNC

calabash for wine

ogbènyàNNCalso ogbènyè

poverty; poor person; pauper; orphan

ogbènyè ọnụ ntūNNC

very poor, destitute, person

ogbīNNCalso ogbì

(deaf and) dumb person; dumbness

Ogbī adīrọ èkwu okwū — A dumb person never speaks

ògboNNC

1. sponge; rolled fibre used in sponging the body during bath
2. loofah; creeper whose fibre is used for scouring (Luffa aegyptiaca Mill.)

ògbòNNC

1. namesake; age-mate (compare agù)
2. place farmed at least once before

ògbọNNC

age-set

ògbòdìNNC

(colloquial) fool; ignoramus

ogbòlòNNC

traditional seat in village square, consisting of pieces of wood supported by forked sticks

ògbòmàNNC

wizard; kind of male witch capable of travelling where it wishes unseen by day. Fewer in number than the ordinary witch, but capable of greater damage once offended (compare Yoruba ọsò)

ògbòǹdùNNC

cannon

ògbònòNNCalso àgbònò

seed of tree ugilī (Irvingia gabonensis (Aubry-Lecomte ex O'Rorke) Baill.); the pulpy yellowish fruit resembles a small mango. The seeds are widely used in making soup

ògbuNNC

1. depth
2. killer (-gbu kill)

ògbụNNCalso òbụ

type of fig tree planted in the compound and used for feeding livestock (Ficus eriobotryoides Kunth. and Bouche) and in many cases for shade. It represents Ànì and is planted at her shrines. The sap is pure white and can serve as rubber

Ògbu āgụNNC

1. title; holder of Ògbu āgụ title
2. male name (literally leopard killer)

ògbu ānụNNC

animal-killer

ògbụ chīNNC

1. fig-tree planted near dwelling to represent one's chi
2. (specifically and more particularly) life-essence of the universe; God
3. fig-tree planted to represent one's Chi

ògbu mīliNNC

deep water; the sea

ògbu mmādùAV

1. ‘man-killer’; a much-coveted honour in the olden days conferred on anyone who possessed a human head
2. intoxicate

ògbu mmadùNNC

1. murderer
2. "man-killer"; a much-coveted honour in the olden days conferred on anyone who possessed a human head

ògbu mmīliNNC

deep water; the sea

ògbu ụlāNNC

deep sleep

ÒgbuēfiNNC

title; used for non-title holders as mark of respect; master; head chief; male name (literally slayer of cattle)

Ògbu ēfi Nnànyèlùgò Onye ọ gà-àdịlị mmā — Title for late Dr. Nnamdì Azìkiwe

ògbùgbàAV

1. carrying
2. maturity

— Please help me to carry the tied goat in this basket to the lorry

ògbụgba ākwụkwọNNC

1. legal prosecution
2. school

ògbugbeAV

crawling

ògbùgbòNNC

intervention; warding off (of need) (-gbò ward off)

ògbụgbọAV

1. vomit (noun)
2. foaming

ògbugbu mmadùAV

manslaughter; murder

ògbunamkpọNNC

disease of fowls

ogèNNCalso ọgè

time, opportunity; time span (compare mgbè)

Agū nà-àbịa ebe à ùfọdụ ogè — The leopard sometimes comes here

oge ìkpe āzụ

the last time; at the end of the time; at the end of the world

ogē àNNC

this time; at this time

ogē ìkpe āzụNNC

the last time; at last; finally

ogè ịwā jiAV

annual yam festival

ogē mbụNNC

at first; initially

ogē nā ogèNNC

from time to time; now and then

ogè ǹchaINTJ

1. always; at all times
2. at all times; always (compare ọgè niīne)

ogè niīneNNC

always; at all times

ogē òbùnàNNC

every time; any time

ogē ūfọdụNNCalso ùfọdụ

sometimes; from time to time

ògèdèNNCalso ògèdè

plantain, banana (Musa sapientum var. paradisiaca Linn.)

ògèdè oyìboNNC

pawpaw

ògenèNNC

metal gong; iron clapperless bell

ògene mkpì naàbòNNC

double gong, pieces usually joined to each other at the tail

oghēNNCalso ọghē

opening

ogheleAV

opening; opportunity

oghēleNNCalso ọghēle

opening; opportunity (compare oghē; -ghe 1. be open)

oghele imīNNC

nostril

òghigheAV

frying

òghìghèAV

being properly cooked

òghọm̄NNC

mistake; mishap; loss

Ife kpātalụ nà òtụtụ mmādù adī àgba mgbele bù màkà nà fa nà-àtụ egwū òghọm — The reason why many people do not trade is because of their fear of loss

oghūNNC

play; fun

òghùNNC

flying squirrel

òghụghaAValso òghịgha

1. change, turning (usually for worse)
2. scattering

aya ōghụgha, enu ōghụgha, ife ōghụgha — changing of state of things for the worse, especially in social matters, fashion, etc.

Ọ bù aya ōghụgha mèlù nà ụmù àgbọghò nà-èjizi akā fa aròlụ di sōlụ fa — It is the changing of the state of things for the worse that has brought about marriageable girls choosing their husbands by themselves

òghùghàAV

passing, etc.

Ghàa yā aka — Leave him alone!

Ụgbọ afù ghàlù àyị nà Nnoòbì — The car overtook us at Nnoobi

òghụghọAV

1. mistaking
2. catching

Anà m èje ịghō ife ọ nà-àchọ ịtūpùlù m site n’enu osisi — I am going to catch what he is going to drop for me from the top of the tree

òghùghòAV

changing

òghughuAV

cooking

Gịnī kà ị nà-àchọ ighu#? — What are you preparing to boil?

òghụghụAV

plucking out; extraction

Ì jèkò ịghū m anya? — Are you going to pluck out my eye?

oghùlùNNC

tall tree with bole up to 3-4' in diameter (Hannoa klaineana Pierre and Engl.). It is fast-growing; the wood is light and white and used for planks, canoes, etc. Medicinally the back is used for curing fevers (ịbà) by soaking pieces of it in water for some days and drinking the water, and by other ways of preparation

ogìdìNNC

pillar; column

ògịgaAV

a pass; passing

ògìgèNNC

enclosure; garden; yard; compound; fence; hedge (-gè 2. fence off)

ògìlìNNC

seed of a kind of pumpkin; ingredient used for flavouring soups, made from ògìlì seeds

ògìli ūgbaNNC

castor oil plant (Ricinus communis Linn.)

ògilìsìNNC

sacred tree (P. Beauv.) Seeman ex Bureau), (Newbouldia laevis much used as a live fence and commonly seen around shrines, especially of Agwù. A white cloth is often tied round its trunk as an offering. It is honoured as a divinity)

ògịnìNNC

brown striped rat

ogōNNC

1. height; maturity; full age
2. platform of logs for sitting outdoors

ògoNNCalso ogò

namesake

ògòNNC

1. farm (compare ugbō, ubì)
2. kindness; a present

ògòdòNNC

loin-cloth

ògòlìNNC

(rare) wife; especially first wife (when a person has more than one wife) (compare nwunyè)

ògòlòNNC

(= ngwò) raphia palm-wine; raphia palm (Raphia hookeri Mann and Wendl.) (compare Yoruba ògòrò)

ogonogoNNC

length, height (of persons, trees, but not buildings)

Ibè tòlù ogonogo — Ibe is tall

Egbùlù m agwọ tōlụ ogonogo n’ùtụtū à — I killed a long snake this morning

ogonogo ndùNNC

long life

ogonogo ogè òne?NNC

How long? (of time)

Ogonogo ogè òne kà ị gà-anò nà mmilī? — How long are you going to stay at the stream?

ogùNNC

piece of wood used in taking oaths

ògụNNC

(-gụ 1. count) used in

ògùNNC

fight; fighting; war

ògụ ākwụkwọNNC

reader; scholar

Akwụkwô bàlù ulù — Book knowledge is useful

ògụ ēgwuNNC

singer; minstrel

ògù ikpe ōmụmaNNC

an unjust fight

ògụ ìsàNNC

chatterbox (especially women and children)

ògù ụnòNNC

fighting between people of same town or village

ògùdùNNC

used in

ògùdu ànìNNC

wine from felled palm-tree

ògùgòNNC

joy; gladness

ògụgụAV

figures; number(s); counting; reading; recitation

ogùgùNNC

stripped midrib of palm fronds

ògùgù

see ògwùgwù

ògụgùaNNC

1. comforter, consoler
2. male name (-gù-gù comfort)

ògùlùNNC

yellow(ness)

ògùlù akwūNNC

1. inferior palm-oil
2. inferior palm-oil (yellow in colour)

ògùlu ògùlùNNC

yellow

ogùlùgùNNC

rainbow

ogumogwūNNC

thumb-piano (compare ùbọ)

ògwaNNC

verandah; porch; covered gateway; reception room

ogwèNNCalso ọgwè

1. trunk of tree
2. tree across pathway or stream, used as a bridge

ogwè akāNNC

arm

ogwè ụkwūNNC

leg

ògwọNNC

used in

ògwọ ǹnù ọyàAV

panacea; medicine capable of curing all diseases (literally curer of 400 diseases)

ògwọ òyàNNC

doctor (literally curer of diseases)

ogwūNNC

thorn

ogwu akāNNC

whitlow

ogwū nà ọkìlìkàNNC

1. hedge
2. (fig.) trouble; tribulation is in great trouble

Òyị m nwokē Deviìd nò n’ogwū nà ọkìlìkà — My friend David is in great trouble

ògwụgwaAV

1. telling
2. mixing

ògwugweAV

pounding

ògwùgwòAV

scraping; scooping out

ògwụgwọAV

curing

ògwugwuAV

digging

ògwùgwùAV

swimming

ògwụgwụAV

ending (compare ngwụsị)

ogwùgwùNNC

hole

ÒgwùgwùNNCalso Ògùgù

a female spirit who gives or withholds husbands and children, and helps men to achieve ambitions such as taking a title

ogwùlùgwùNNC

1. plentifulness; abundance
2. well-developed or -proportioned (of humans)

òhoò!INTJ

Oho! (surprise)

òjàNNC

wooden whistle; flutes played in sets; (arch.) spheroidal ocarina made from bush-orange (Oncoba spinosa) shell used to send message in war

ojìNNC

iron bell-staff; ceremonial staff of dibìà

ÒjiNNC

Africans; Black race

òjiNNC

blackness

òjìNNC

used in

òjì ǹkùNNC

freshwater flying fish; butterfly fish (Pantodon buchholzi) (= nwaànyì akpù obì)

òji ōjiNNC

black; blackish

ojiīNNC

black

òjijeAV

outwards (of a journey)

òjijiAV

breaking; snapping

ojōNNC

kind of light wood used for canoe making (Cleistopholis patens (Benth.) Engl. and Diels)

òjòNNCalso èjò

general name for fish of the genus Distichodus

òjògòlòNNC

casting-net

òjujuAV

being full

òjụjụAV

1. asking
2. refusing; rejecting

òjukwūNNC

variety of oil-palm, which does not produce heavy crops of nuts, but whose oil is bright red in colour and highly esteemed

òkaNNC

used in

òkàNNC

mightiest; greatest; expert; specialist; used in

òkà àkaNNC

1. the mightiest; greatest
2. male name

òka e kwukwuESUF

chatterbox

òkà ekwukwūNNC

chatterbox

òka elùlòNNCalso òka ìlòlò

counsellor; thinker; adviser

òka ìlòlòNNC

adviser; counsellor

òkà malaàjụNNC

person who is fond of asking questions, inquisitive person

òka ǹtùgbuAV

jigger

òkà okwūNNC

1. orator
2. eloquence
3. orator; eloquence

òkà ụtāNNC

archer

òkàlàNNC

half; part; portion

òkàlà aròNNC

mid-year

òkàla naàbòCD

two halves

òkàlà naàbòNNC

two halves

Kèe yā òkàlà naàbò — Divide it into two equal parts

òkàlà ọnwāNNC

half-month

òkàǹgàNNCalso òkàǹga

type of music; set of three ceremonial drums, used with òjà during the Òfalà feast

òkazìNNC

plant used in soup (Gnetum spp.)

okeNNC

1. male
2. big size

okèNNCalso ọkè

mark; boundary; line of demarcation (from -kè 1. divide)

òkeNNC

rat

òkèNNC

portion; share; division (-kè 1. divide)

oke ākpaNNC

1. long broom of palm fronds
2. large broom (for outdoor sweeping) (= ǹzìzà)

oke àmàmifeAV

great wisdom

oke anwūNNC

intense sunshine

oke ārụNNC

1. serious sickness
2. any serious misfortune

Ọ yàlù oke ārụ — He was seriously sick

oke ēfifìè naàbòNNC

noonday; midday

oke egōNNC

fantastic riches

oke egwùNNC

terror

oke èkwulèkwuNNC

talkativeness; bragging

oke ekwulèkwuNNC

talkativeness; bragging

oke ìkùkùNNC

tempest

oke mkpàNNC

great need

oke mmadùNNC

a man of great reputation

oke mmādùNNC

a man of great reputation

oke mmīliNNC

heavy downpour of rain

òkè naàbòNNC

two parts

oke nnyòcha

great curiosity (especially about small things)

oke ōbụgbōNNC

type of lily

oke ōchịchọAV

excessive desire; greed

oke ọfīaNNC

thick bush; jungle

òke ọfīaNNC

bush rat

oke òkpàNNC

cock

oke ōliliNNC

great pain

oke ōliloNNC

great pain

oke ọnūNNC

1. of great price; costly; expensive; dear gba Christmas na-abịa I am going to buy my wife costly clothes for the celebration of next Christmas
2. precious redeemed by Christ's precious blood different previous metals in our king's court
3. big mouth (used to describe a talkative person) nà-èkwu okwū My servant is a chatterbox; he talks all the time and everywhere
4. great mouth (used to describe a person, usually a child, who surpasses others in eating); gluttonous akā ībè ya sòọsò ya The child is a voracious eater, he has eaten the food placed for him and other children all by himself

Agà m àzụtalụ nwūnyè m akwā dī oke ọnū ọ gà-èji wèlụ gba Christmas na-abịa — I am going to buy my wife costly clothes for the celebration of next Christmas

Òbàla Kraìst dị oke ọnū àgbapùtago ānyị — We have been redeemed by Christ's precious blood

Ọnā dī ichè ichè dị oke ọnū dì nà òbi èze ānyị — There are different previous metals in our king's court

Nwa òdìbò m nwèlù oke ọnū; ogè ǹcha nà ebe niīne kà ọ nà-èkwu okwū — My servant is a chatterbox; he talks all the time and everywhere

Nwatà afù nwèlù oke ọnū, o līsịgo nni e dèbèèlù ya nà ụmù akā ībè ya sòọsò ya — The child is a voracious eater, he has eaten the food placed for him and other children all by himself

oke ọnụ afīaNNC

(compare oke ọnū A. and B.)

Agà m ejì ife dī oke ọnụ afīa wèlụ je kènee nnē m n’ogē èzùmiike m na-abịa — I am going to give my mother a precious gift during my forthcoming leave

oke òrìmìlìNNC

sea; ocean

oke òrìmìlì nnūNNC

ocean

oke osisiNNC

(fig.) great person (literally great tree)

oke ọyàNNC

great sickness; leprosy

òke oyìboNNC

guinea-pig

oke ozūNNC

great man

oke ụbòsìNNC

great day

oke ufèlèNNC

great wind

òke ụnòNNC

1. house rat (Rattus rattus)
2. house rat

ÒkeēkeNNC

male names (for someone born on Èke)

òkekeleNNC

a small high-pitched drum used with òkàǹgà

òkelekwūNNC

rat, or any small animal

okēlụwàNNCalso okelùwà

fate

okènyèNNCalso okènyà

full-aged, elder, principal person; senior (person)

òkịkaAV

surpassing; being bigger than

òkìkàAV

ceremony

òkìkà manyaAV

ceremonial drinking

òkìkà mmānyaNNC

ceremonial drinking; feast

òkikeAV

tying

òkìkèNNC

creation; (in Nri thought) one of the aspects of Chukwu, manifested in the creation of things visible and invisible and in the laws of nature (-kè create)

òkikēNNC

ivory tusk (of elephant)

okìlìNNC

1. guinea-corn
2. iron object with two prongs into which a charm can be inserted and which is then pushed into ground (larger than àbà)

òkìlìkàNNC

second-hand clothing

òkìlìkiliNNC

round shape (circular, not spherical); surrounding parts

òkìlìkili ụnòNNC

round about the house (fig.)

Òkìlìkilî bù ijè Agwù — (Lit. cycle is the movement of Agwù), i.e. Agwù moves in a cycle, or Agwù moves from one person to another until appeased). Used by workers or performers, e.g. doctors and actors, who run rounds of duty, to describe the nature of their work. Also used by other people to describe such people, or similar conditions which are rotative in nature

òkịtịkpā

see kịtịkpā

okoNNC

head, ear (of corn, etc.)

òkòNNC

1. full strength; one's best or utmost
2. yam cultivar

òkọ īsiAV

1. barber
2. barbar

oko ọkàNNC

1. ear of corn (maize)
2. bunch (of plantains, bananas)

oko unèlèNNC

bunch of bananas

okōkòòkoINTJ

exclamation of pain, grief, surprise

okokpòlòNNC

1. bachelor
2. poor person (fig.)

okòlòNNC

under; the underpart (of persons, between the thighs)

òkoloNNC

boy; youth; young man; male name

òkolọbìàNNCalso òkolobìà

(ìkolobìà is an old pl. form, but nowadays both ò- and ì- are

òkòlòkọlọNNC

round shape

okòmNNC

yam cultivar

okonkoNNC

empty container

òkoòkoNNC

parrot (compare icheǹkù or ichoòkù)

okoòkpòNNC

(from oke òkpò) tapeworm

òkòsoNNCalso kòso

1. small snail-shell used for playing tops; also a metal type made by blacksmiths
2. the game itself (compare Yoruba ìkòto)

okotiNNC

used in

okoti ākpoNNC

male lizard

òkọtọNNC

very many; very much; many

òkpaNNC

1. stake; stick
2. used in

òkpàNNC

1. cock; also di òkpà, oke òkpà
2. kind of nut; groundnut (Arachis hypogaea Linn.)

òkpa ìkeleNNC

groundnut

òkpa nnakā yaAV

person who is fond of going alone, who is never found going

òkpa nnịkā yaAV

anywhere in company of friends; solitary person

òkpàǹgaNNC

mourning dance for a man

okpēnsi

see okpōsi

okpēsi

see okpōsi

okpètèNNCalso ọkpètè, okpòtò, ekpètè

1. sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum Linn.)
2. ginger lily (Costus afer Ker-Gawl. and/or C. schlecteri Winkler)

okpìNNC

stoutness, sturdiness (e.g. of tree, not of person)

okpì nkūNNC

hard wood

òkpòNNC

1. intestinal worm
2. kind of large tree, white wood, very small leaves

òkpọNNC

1. general name for fish in the Bagridae, Aridae and Mochokidae families
2. fist; blow with fist; boxing

òkpo ābaNNC

Synodontis membranaceus

òkpọ èbùnù = òkpọ isi nkịtāNNC

S. batensoda

òkpọ mmānụNNC

S. clarias, S. sorex, S. eupterus, S. ocellifer, S. gobroni, S. nigrita

òkpọ na-àkpọ òkùAV

echo

òkpọ nà-àkpọ òkùNNC

echo

òkpọ ọchaNNC

Clarotes laticeps and Chrysichthys nigrodigitatus

òkpọ ọfūNNC

Bagrus bayad (= ugọnọm)

okpodiNNC

male agama lizard (compare ǹgwèlè)

òkpokōNNC

1. large bird, plantain-eater
2. large morsel of pounded food

òkpòkọNNC

pipe (for smoking) (word used mostly by old people) (compare òkụ ūtabà)

òkpokō ụtàlàNNC

large morsel of fufu

okpokoloNNC

empty (container)

okpòkoloNNC

can; small pot used for keeping oil, etc.

okpokolo isīNNC

1. skull, cranium
2. (fig.) empty-headedness; foolishness
3. skull; cranium
4. (fig.) empty-headedness, foolishness

okpòkpòNNC

walking stick

òkpọlèNNC

1. frame with wooden wheels used to teach child to walk
2. bicycle (old term)

okpoloNNC

highway; street; road (especially in town; more specific than ụzò in referring to a large road or highway)

okpòlòNNC

stalk; rod; stem

okpòlò igwèNNC

rod of iron

okpolo īloNNC

road, street (especially in town)

Pùta n’okpolo īlo — Leave the road

okpòlò osisiNNC

rod of wood; stalk of plant; stem of young tree of sapling

okpolo ụzòNNC

roadway; public path (less specific than okpolo īlo)

òkpòlòfifìèNNC

whistle; whistling

okpòlokōNNC

1. stockfish = azù nkū
2. variety of oil-palm which produces nuts of very fine appearance, but which have not much flesh, the kernel being large in proportion

òkpòmọkụNNC

heat (from -kpò ọkụ be hot)

Ànị Òkpòmọkụ — the Tropics (literally hot land)

Ndi bī n’ànị òkpòmọkụ nà-àdị galagala — People in the tropics are brisk and active

òkpọnkụAV

dryness

òkpòntụNNC

grey

òkpoǹzàlaNNC

plant with edible fruit (Aframomum daniellii (Hook. f.) K. Schum.)

òkpoòdùdùNNC

kind of bean that provokes thirst

òkpoòfùfùNNC

perspiration

òkpọrọNNCalso ùkpọrọ

for nothing; in vain (compare nà ǹkịtị)

Ì lò nà mụ nà-àta afụfụ n’ebe à òkpọrọ? — Do you think I am suffering here for nothing?

okpōsiNNCalso okpēsi, okpōnsi, okpēnsi

1. simple, faceless image carved (usually from ògilìsì) to
2. represent a dead ancestor after his final funeral rites; they are usually dumb-bell shaped, except that those for married daughters are cylindrical; all the family okpōsi are kept together and offered food or libations from time to time while the protection of the ancestors is solicited

okpòtò

see okpètè

okpotokpoNNC

big size (of persons, fruits)

okpotokpo mmadùNNC

huge person; person of big build

okpotokpo mmādùNNC

huge person; person of big build

Ụmū Okeēke ànaàgbaka okpotokpo — Mr Okeeke's children are usually big for their age and of sturdy build

Q. Kèdụ ūdị àgwà ị chòlù kà m zụtalụ gī, ọ bù ndị gbālụ okpotokpo kòọ ndị gbālụ kịlịkịlị? — Q: What kind of beans do you want me to buy for you from the market, the big type or the small type?

A. Zùtalụ m ndị gbālụ okpotokpo — A. Buy me the big type

òkpuNNC

hat; cap; head covering

òkpụNNC

(-kpụ 3. shave) used in

òkpùNNC

piles (on human anus); callosity (on buttocks of baboons, etc.)

òkpu ezèNNC

crown

òkpụ iìsiAV

shaver; barber

òkpụ iìsi eliì ngoAV

ring-worm of the head (literally barber who receives no pay)

òkpụ īsiNNC

1. shaver; barber
2. ringworm of the head (tinea capitis)
3. barber; shaver

Òkpụ īsi adīrọ n’isi m# — There is no ringworm on my scalp

òkpụ īsi elī ngoNNC

1. ringworm of the head (tinea capitis) (literally barber who receives no pay)
2. ringworm

òkpụ ìtèAV

potter

òkpù n’ekwèNNC

1. back of head; occiput (compare akpù)
2. fault; blemish; goal or point scored against one in game

òkpù n’okwòNNC

1. back of head; occiput (compare akpù)
2. fault; blemish; goal or point scored against one in game

òkpu onye mmānyaNNC

a schoolboy's cap worn sideways (by carefree person)

òkpụkpaAV

propelling

òkpụkpa ànìAV

making of boundary

òkpùkpà isiìAV

plaiting of hair

òkpukpeAV

reporting; judging

òkpùkpòNNC

bed of raised earth (= ìkpò)

òkpụkpọ nkụNNCalso òkpụkpọ nkū

drought; dryness

òkpùkpùNNC

storey, floor (of a house); roofing

òkpụkpụNNC

round-shaped mass (of mud); cassava balls (from -kpụ 2. mould)

òkpùkpu īkwuNNC

1. ridging of a house
2. set, group; stack (from -kpù 1. cover

Òkpùkpu īkwû bù ọlụ sīli ike — Ridging a house is hard work

òkpùkpù naàbòNNC

double stack

Ị gà-èdo jī òkpùkpù naàbò n’ime ọbā — You will place the yams in two stacks inside the barn

okpuluNNC

kind of stiff bag made by Hausas for packing clothes, etc.

òkpulùNNC

under; beneath; the underpart; bottom

Ọ nò n’òkpulù m — He is junior to me (literally He is under me). (fig.) the real thing; the inside story

Gwa m òkpulù okwū — Tell me what really happened. (fig.) secret

Àdịrō m èkwu okwu ōkpulù — I do not talk in secret

òkpùlùNNC

poor, pitiable, person or object; term of commiseration

Èkeèmezie adī ènyeju ụmù ya afō, nwoòkpùlù, ò nwerō onye ēnyemaka — Ekeemezie no longer feeds his children properly, poor man, he has no helper

okpulukpuNNC

shell (like that of the tortoise)

okpùlùkpùNNC

kind of instrument

okpulukpu mbèNNC

tortoise shell

okpùlùkpu òkwèNNC

stringed instrument

òkpùn’okwòNNC

back of head; occiput

òkùNNC

1. a call, shout; invitation; feast; festival
2. pipe (for tobacco); snuff-box

Bìa sòlu m jèe òkù nà Ǹneēwi — Accompany me to a feast at Nnewi

òkǔ jīNNC

Yam festival (no longer celebrated)

òkụ òkpòkpòAV

influenza

okụ ukpēNNC

lamp

òkụ ụtabàNNC

tobacco pipe; snuff-box

òkùkòAV

swelling; distending; bulging

òkụkọAV

telling, relating; guessing

okukoNNC

skin of a fruit, used by dibìà

òkụkòNNCalso òkụkù

fowl

okuko ākwaNNC

eggshell

òkụkò oyìboNNC

fowls kept by agricultural settlements and institutions. It is called European because it was introduced by the Agricultural Department and is also larger than the local type

òkùkùAV

blowing; fanning; breathing

òkụkụAV

1. planting; time for planting
2. knocking; striking; ringing

Agà m àbịa n’òkụkụ ọkà — I shall come during the maize- planting season

òkukūNNC

horn-shaped calabash used for cupping and divining (fig.)

Etīnyezina ọnū n’ime ōkukū wèlụ èkwu okwū — Stop speaking behind someone's back (literally Stop putting your mouth into a small calabash while you talk)

òkụkù abùkeNNC

kind of fowl which never grows to a large size but is tough (usually used for sacrifice)

òkụkū ìkìkèNNC

small fowl; pullet

òkùkù umeAV

lung (human)

okùokwèNNC

yam cultivar

òkutāalso òkutē

see òkwutē

òkùtàNNC

officers and leading members of a divinity's club or cult

òkwàNNC

1. (-kwà 4. blow (pipe), sing)
2. francolin; bushfowl

òkwa àbùAV

soloist

òkwa àkwàAV

1. tailor
2. tailor (literally sewer of clothes)

òkwa òjàAV

1. piper; flute-player
2. whistle-player

òkwèNNC

1. kind of tree (Ricinodendron heudelotii (Baill.) Pierre ex Pax), sometimes sacred when grown at shrines, with long stalk and broad leaves, used as livestock food
2. bean which grows in a pod, red, brown or white in colour and used mainly in eating shredded cassave. Òkwè when properly boiled is mashed thoroughly with shredded cassava by hand, with other normal cooking ingredients - pepper, oil and salt - added
3. see òkwè

òkwè oyìboNNC

horse-radish tree (Moringa oleifera Lam.)

òkwoNNC

a general name for fish of the Polypteridae family

òkwo àfòyìNNC

Polypterus ansorgei, P. endlicheri, Calamoichthys calabaricus (= ùkata)

òkwo igwèNNC

Polypterus senegalus (= ùkata)

òkwòliNNC

kingfisher

okwuNNCalso ọkwụ

1. word; speech; affair; matter; dispute; quarrel
2. cover; lid; stopper; cork (from -kwu 2. cover)

Bikō rapū m aka màkà nà okwu adīrọ n’ètitì mụ nà gị! — Please leave me alone, since there is no quarrel between us

òkwuNNC

1. refers to 'home'; specific uses are
2. a small house with a steep thatched roof and a single door, used as a sleeping house in mosquito-infested areas and as a storehouse
3. shed for domestic animals
4. nest for ants
5. shrine

Arụrụ èrika n’ebe à. Bìa kà ị fụ òkwu fā — There are many ants here. Come and see their nest

òkwùNNC

friend (good or bad sense)

okwu alūNNC

blasphemy; abominable word

òkwu alūsịNNC

1. shrine
2. shrine of a spirit

òkwu ÀnìNNC

communal shrine for the Earth Goddess

okwu āsịNNC

lie

Okwu Chūkwu — Word of God; the Gospel; sermon

okwu īnyoNNC

foolish talk

okwu mkpalịNNC

insulting word(s)

okwu nà ụkàNNC

trouble; quarrel

okwu ọlàNNC

(fig.) stale, old quarrel

Rapùzia okwu afù nà ọ bàgo ọlà — Drop the quarrel (issue), for it is now stale

okwu wàyoNNC

deception

okwuchiNNCalso ọkwụchi

cork; stopper; lid (compare okwu 2.)

òkwùdùkwudūNNC

owl (= okwumkwudo)

òkwụkwaNNC

1. funeral
2. (from -kwa 2. B. keep funeral)

òkwùkwàAV

pushing

òkwukweNNC

agreement; assent; obedience (from -kwe 1. agree)

òkwùkweNNC

belief; faith

òkwùkwèNNC

creed; faith (-kwe 1. agree)

òkwùkwe Ndi OzīNNC

The Apostles' Creed

òkwukwo

plucking

òkwụkwọNNC

grinding; grating; sawing Fa nà-àkwọ osisi fa gbùlù n nyàafù They are sawing the tree they felled yesterday

òkwukwuESUF

speaking

òkwụkwụAV

1. paying Anà m àbịa ịkwụ onye ọ bụnà dịkà ọlụ yā sìlì dị I am coming to pay everyone according to his work Ibì egō adā àdị ọlọ kà òkwụkwụ yā Borrowing money is not usually as difficult as repaying it
2. jumping

òkwụkwụ (ụgwọ )AV

payment (of debt, wages)

òkwụkwụ ngòAV

payment of bride-price

òkwukwuū

see òkwùdukwudù

òkwùlùNNC

womb (compare àkpà nnwā)

òkwùmaNNC

shea butter (Vitellaria paradoxa)

òkwùmaNNC

a kind of native ointment; shea-butter

okwumkwudoNNC

1. (arch.) owl
2. (fig.) advance warning (as the owl warns by hooting)

Òkwùdùkwudū sì nà afà ya bù okwumkwudo, mà azì nà- àkpọ yā òkwùdùkwudū — The owl says that his name is 'okwumkwudo', but young people call him 'òkwùdùkwudū'

Okwu à bù okwumkwudo — This is an advance warning

òkwutēNNCalso òkutā, òkutē

rock; stone (compare Yoruba òkuta, Ẹdo (Bini) òkutá)

òkwute anwūlùNNC

stone for grinding snuff

òkwutē ùwà tụùwàNNC

Rock of Ages (ref. to Bible)

òlaNNCalso ùla

slap on the face

òla ǹjùnàNNC

herb, Aspilia africana (Pers. C.D. Adams), used to treat slight bruises or injuries

òlakaNNC

used in

òlaka mmānyaNNC

drunkard

òlaka mmanyaNNC

drunkard

oliNNC

food made from maize

òliNNC

one who eats (-li 1. eat)

òli àkùAV

1. (loved) wife; heir; inheritor
2. (beloved) wife (literally devourer of wealth)

Ndùbụezè nà òliàkù ya nà-àbịa — Ndụbụeze and his wife are coming

òli mmadùNNC

cannibal

òli mmādùNNC

cannibal

òli ǹzèlèNNC

chief; titled man

olìghìlì

see èlùlù

òlịlaAV

a drinking

òlileAV

(art of) sale

òlìlèAV

fulfilling; coming to pass

òliliNNC

meal; feast

òlịlịAV

a creeping, stroll

Òlili NsọAV

Holy Communion

òlịlịīNNCalso òlịlī

stroll

òliloNNC

pain

ÒlìsàNNC

The Great God

Òlìsà ebùlu ùwà — God who supports the world

Òlìsà elòka — God thought deeply (male name)

Òlìsà èmeka — God has done a lot (male name)

Nwolìsà — the son of God (male name)

òlìsìlìNNC

used in

òlìsìlì ọkùNNC

treasure

òlokōNNC

praying mantis

òlòkòmbụbā

see ùlùkòmbụbā

ololoNNC

bottle (compare onono, the typical Onitsha form)

òlòmaNNC

orange (Citrus aurantium Linn.)

òlòma nkịlịsịNNC

1. lime (literally small orange)
2. lime (Citrus aurantifolia Swingle)

òlòma oyìboNNC

grapefruit

olòngōnoNNC

1. praying mantis
2. (fig.) very slim person

OluNNC

"people that live by the water", term used to denote those who live by the bank of the River Niger

òluNNC

used in

òlu ụlāNNC

doze

òlù ụlaNNC

doze

olubuluNNC

kind of lizard, brightly coloured;? Bosc's Monitor (but only about 1' long without tail)

òlùkpùNNC

blackened teeth

òlùkpùlùNNC

septic mouth (common in neglected children); cancrum oris

òlukuNNC

cotton (plant)

òlùlòAV

being thick

òlụlụAV

1. working; constructing; making
2. work; task; work to be done; working in my house

Òlili nà òlụlû dì be m# — There is plenty of eating and working

OlumbànasāNNC

group of seven villages in Anambra Division which speak Igala as their first language

om!INTJ

salutation of respect to an old woman (especially a pagan)

òmàNNC

tree used to make drums (Cordia millenii Bak.)

omeNNC

shoot of a plant

òmeNNC

1. used in
2. see òme

òme ākwụNNC

respectful form of address to women

òme ǹkàNNC

carpenter; artisan; craftsman

òmenàànìNNC

custom (compare òdìbendi)

òmị

see ùmị

òmìmìNNC

depth; (fig.) mystery

òmịmịAV

1. drying
2. slipping

òmòdìNNC

title; respectful form of address to men in general

òmụNNC

1. young palm-fronds; central spike of young raphia or oil palm (See Anyanwu, C.N. 'The uses of the ọmụ in Igbo culture'. Odenigbo 2.42-6, 1977)
2. gunflint

ÒmụNNP

title for chief woman of a place

òmùNNCalso òmùmù

current (of a river)

òmụgwòNNC

birth feast; period immediately after a woman’s safe delivery till about three months, during which she is confined at home and does not go to market. The traditional period ends with the mother's ceremonially attending the market on a set day at the end of the òmụgwò period. The period of the observation of òmụgwò and the òmụgwò observation is called ǹgwò

òmùlù nwa

interest (on capital)

òmùlùnwaNNC

interest

Jèe kwùa òmùlùnwa n’isi egō — Go and pay the interest on the principal

òmụmaAV

1. knowing; knowledge
2. wrapping

òmụma ògòNNC

gratitude (literally appreciation of kindness)

òmụma ụnō īkwuùAV

1. encampment
2. stick together; stick to; compress together; pile u

òmumeAV

doing; acting; making; happening;

Ò gịnī mèlù ya? — What has happened to him?

òmùmeNNC

action; act; conduct; doing

òmùmùNNC

fruitfulness (in bearing children) (? -mì 2. bear; compare ụmù)

Chukwu nyèlù yà òmùmù — God gave her the gift of childbearing

òmụmụ

1. birth
2. sharpening

ònàNNC

yam with large trifoliate leaves (Dioscorea dumetorum (Kunth) Pax. = Yoruba èsịrị)

ònà mmēeNNC

1. the variety of Dioscorea dumentorum which is white
2. yellow variety

ònà ọchaNNC

1. white variety of Dioscorea dumetorum Pax
2. white variety

òne mbòsì?

which day?

òne mgbè?

when? at what time?

òne ndị

who (plural)? which people?

òne?

how much? how many? which?

ònenònealso ònemòne

few; some

Ọ bù mmadù ònemòne kà m chòlù kà fa sòlụ m jee kène ezē chīlụ ọfụū — It is only a few people that I want to go with me to greet the newly-installed chief

onìNNC

bigger stake for yam

ÒnìchàNNC

Onitsha

Ònìchà EboNNC

the Nine Villages of Onitsha

ònìinuNNC

a fish (Labeo senegalensis)

ònịnaAV

1. healing
2. taking; receiving

Ọnya m#ànago — My cut has healed

ònineAV

looking

ònìnìNNC

burial (from -nì bury)

ònogbòNNCalso onogbò

cat (compare Yoruba ològbò, Edo (Bini) òlògbò)

ònòkòNNC

torch; firebrand; ember; half-burnt piece of wood

ònòkò nkūNNC

half-burnt piece of wood

ònòkò ọkūNNC

half-burnt piece of wood

ònòlìNNC

title for a red-cap chief

ononoNNCalso ololo

bottle

ÒnoòwuNNC

chief next in rank to the king of Ònìchà (and certain other towns), conveniently translated 'Prime Minister', who places the cap on the head of a titled man

onuNNC

neck

ònùNNC

African mahogany (Khaya grandifolia DC and/or K. senegalensis A. Juss.?)

onu ànìNNC

low tone

Fa nà-àgụ egwu n’onu ànì — They were singing in low tones

ònugbùNNC

bitterleaf (Vernonia amygdalina Del. and V. colorata (Willd.) Drake)

ònùmàNNC

severe displeasure; wrath; fury; stronger than iwe (compare -nù 1. fight)

ònunoNNC

devouring; swallowing (-no swallow)

ònùnòAV

staying; dwelling

ònunuAV

1. pushing
2. rearing (animals)

ònụnụAV

1. hearing
2. marrying

Anùlù m ya ǹnyàafù — I married her yesterday

onùnùNNC

hole; pit

ònùnùNNC

1. gall; bile; bitterness (literally and fig.) great anger
2. small bottle-shaped calabash used as powder flask

ònweNNC

self

ònwe āyịNNC

ourselves

ònwe fāNNC

themselves

ònwe īNNCalso ònwe gī

yourself

ònwe m̄NNC

myself

ònwe ụnùNNC

yourself

ònwe yāNNC

himself; herself; itself

onwèneNNC

carpenter; craftsman; artist

ònwuNNC

anything that shines

ònwu màlàmàlàNNC

flashing

ònwùnwàNNC

temptation; trial; proof (-nwà 1. tempt, try)

Èkê nò n’ime ònwùnwà — Eke is in temptation

Edūbànà àyì n’ime ònwùnwà — Lead us not into temptation

ònwunwe

having

ònwùnwèDEMalso ònwùnwò -nwò àrụ, -wò àrụ

1. changing
2. change bodily appearance (e.g. put mask on or off)

ònwùnwòNNC

change

ònwunwuNNC

cleanness; brightness; shining

ònwụnwụNNC

dying

onyeNNC

person (human or superhuman; its plural is ndị)

ònyeINTJ

who?

Ònyê mà echi? — Who knows tomorrow?

onye àDEM

this person

Onye a kpògbùlù n’obe -kpọ isi ànìAV

1. The Crucified
2. kneel and touch ground with head in humiliation and entreaty

onye àbọōNNCalso àbùọ

another, a second (person)

onye àfè ojiīNNC

a policeman (-woman)

onye afīaNNC

merchant; customer; trader

Jèe nàtalụ m azù ego naàbò n’aka onye afīa m — Go and get me twenty kobo's worth of fish from my merchant

onye afù

that person

onye àgbàtà obìNNC

1. neighbour; next-door neighbour
2. neighbour

Ọnwụūkâ bù onye àgbàtà obì m — Ọnwụụka is my neighbour

Proverb: Àgbàtà obī onyê bù nwa nnē ya — A person’s neighbour is his brother (or sister)

Àzụùkà bù onye àgbàtà obì m — Azụụka is my neighbour

onye aghāNNCalso ayā

soldier; warrior

onye āghalaNNCalso āyala

1. lawless person
2. wild person; careless person

onye aka ebēNNC

a witness, surety

Onye ikpē afù gwàlù mmadù naàbò kà fa jee kpọta ndi aka ebē fa — The judge asked the two persons to go and bring their witnesses

onye alāNNC

mad person

onye àmàNNC

talebearer; gossip; informer

onye amụmaNNC

prophet

onye amụma āsịNNC

false prophet ( -ma + 8. announce)

onye ànìNNC

fellow countryman

onye ànị mmadùNNC

foreigner; stranger

onye anūNNC

1. meat seller, dealer
2. meat-seller (-dealer)

onye aŋụlụmaNNC

drunkard

onye āsịNNC

a liar

onye àsìlìAV

gossip(er)

onye ayìyọAV

beggar

onye ēbelèNNC

the merciful (person)

onye èkpèǹtaNNC

leper

onye èkwulèkwuNNC

a talkative

onye ìbèriìbèNNC

fool; harmless idiot

onye ijèNNC

traveller

onye ìkòlịìkòNNC

one melancholy or slightly mad

onye ikpēNNC

judge

onye ìkpèNNC

backbiter

onye ilōNNC

enemy; person bearing malice towards one

onye isīNNC

1. head; chief; champion; leader
2. head; headman; leader; boss

onye ìsìNNC

a blind person

onye isi ikēNNC

1. a rebel
2. stubborn person; person who is habitually disobedient (literally hard-headed person)

onye isi nkwọchaNNC

bald-headed person

onye isi òchịchịNNC

head of state

Yâ bù onye isi òchịchị ndi Fraǹs — He is the Head of State of France

onye ịtàNNC

1. someone who gives evidence of harm done by sorcery
2. a witness

onye kāsị èbelèNNC

the most merciful

Chinēkè Onye kāsị èbelè — Most merciful God

onye kpu#lu ìsìAV

blind person

onye mgbaghaAV

argumentative person

onye mmānụNNC

oil-seller

onye mmānyaNNC

1. wine (usually palmwine) seller
2. (palm-) wine seller
3. carefree person
4. habitual drunkard

onye mmùtaAV

scholar; pupil

onye nā-ebìnye egōAV

money-lender

onye nā-efe ọlūNNC

superintendent; overseer; foreman

onye ncheNNC

1. watchman
2. watchman; guard

Òrànàǹche — male name (literally All at watch)

onye ǹdìdìNNC

1. patient person
2. personal name

Proverb: Onye ǹdìdì nà-èli azū ūkpoò — The patient man eats hook-killed fish

onye nduNNC

leader; guide

Ònyê bù onye ndu fa? — Who is their leader?

onye ngaNNC

prisoner

onye ngàlaNNC

proud person

onye nganaNNC

lazy person

onye nghagbuAV

1. a trickster
2. toss about before dying

onye njọNNCalso onye njō

1. sinner; miserly, niggardly person
2. sinner; niggardly person

onye ǹkàNNC

craftsman; skilled workman; artist; sculptor; designer

onye ǹkèNNC

relation; supporter

Ọ bụlụ nà onye ǹke ōnye enyērọlụ ya aka, ò bùzì ònyê dì ịtūkwàsì obì? — If one's relation (supporter) does not help one, who else is worthy of trust?

onye nkètaAV

1. inheritor
2. inheritor (literally sharer)

onye nkūNNC

wood-cutter or gatherer

onye nkuziAV

teacher; instructor

onye nkụziAV

1. teacher
2. teacher; instructor

Abù m onye nkụzi — I am a teacher

onye nkụzi ụkàNNC

1. church teacher; catechist
2. church teacher; catechist; person who assists the clergyman or catechist in the Ministry

onye nligbuNNC

rogue; exploiter; cheat

onye ǹnàNNC

miser

onye nnapùgaNNC

Redeemer (compare onye nzọpùta)

onye nnụsō ògùAV

an enemy

Ònyê nò ebe afù?

Who is there?

onye nsògbuAV

1. troublesome person
2. persecutor; troubler; vexer

onye nsọkwùNNC

fool

onye nsụNNC

stammerer

onye ntāNNC

hunter

onye ntì ịkpōNNC

a headstrong person (mainly used for children)

Ọ bù onye ntì ịkpō — He is a headstrong person

onye ntụNNC

1. liar
2. imposter

onye ntụkwàsị obìAV

person being trusted

onye nwe

lord; master; mistress; owner Onye nwe ayị The Lord

Onye nwēNNC

Lord; master; mistress; owner

onye ǹzèNNC

titled person

onye nzinyeNNC

creditor

onye nzọpùtaNNC

Saviour

onye nzuzùAV

1. fool
2. stupid, foolish person

onye ọbìàNNCalso onye òrà

1. stranger; visitor
2. (often shortened to ọbìà) stranger; guest; visitor (= onye òrà)

Abù m ọbìà n’ebe à — I am a stranger here

Enwèlù m onye ọbìà — I have a visitor

onye òbòNNC

(colloq.) lazy person; sluggard

onye ōbụnàNNCalso òbùnà, òbụnà

1. anybody; anyone; (with negative verb) no one
2. anyone; everyone; (with negative verb) no one

Onye ōbụnà (òbùnà) abà n’ime ụnò — Let no one enter the room

Onye ōbụnà bàa ime ụnò! — Let everybody (everyone) enter into the room!

onye ọchaNNC

a white person

Òfu nwokē onye ọcha bì n’ụnō ānyị — A white man lives in our house

onye ọfụūNNC

newcomer

onye ogbìNNCalso ogbī

dumb person

onye ōjiNNC

a black person

onye òkìkèNNC

creator

onye òlìlìAV

town-crier

onye ọlūNNC

workman; labourer

onye ọnụ okwūNNC

mouthpiece

Ọō ya bū onye ọnụ okwū anyị — He is our mouthpiece

onye ònùmàNNC

hot-tempered person

onye òràNNC

stranger; guest; visitor (= onye ọbìà)

onye orīNNC

thief

onye oshīNNC

see onye orī

onye ōsiālịAV

a witness

Jèe kpòta onye ōsiālị gị — Go and bring your witness

onye òtùNNC

companion; fellow; member (of a club, association, etc.)

Abù m onye òtu Ògàniru — I am a member of the Ògàniru society

onye òtù ChukwuNNC

Christian

onye òtuū KraìstNNC

Christian

Ndùbeezè bù ezigbo onye òtuū Kraìst — Ndùbeeze is a good devoted Christian

onye ozīNNC

messenger

onye ōziziNNC

instructor; teacher

onye ọzōNNC

holder of ọzō title

onye ōzọNNC

1. another person, person who is not a relative; outsider
2. another person
3. person who is not a relative

Agà m ejìsi ikē na-ènyelụ Ibè aka màkà nà ọ būrọ onye ōzọ — I shall endeavour to continue helping Ibe because he is a relative (lit ... because he is not another person)

onye ụgwōNNC

debtor

onye ụjōNNC

1. coward; person who cannot endure pain
2. a coward

Onye ỤkàNNC

Christian

onye ụkàNNC

Christian

— Roseline is a devout Christian

onye ụkòNNC

intermediary

onye ùkpòNNC

one of retarded development

onye ūlụNNC

thief

onye ùmàNNC

well-informed person

onye ụtāNNC

archer

onye ùtàNNC

1. deceiver; enticer
2. seller, dealer (preceding name of article dealt in)
3. invitee; guest

onye wàyoNNC

fraudulent person

ònyènyèNNC

woman (compare nwaànyì)

ònyìNNC

dysentery (compare òtòlò)

ònyinyeAV

giving

ònyìnyeNNC

gift; (catholic usage) offertory

ònyìnyòNNC

shadow

ònyụnyụAV

being extinguished; dying out

òŋịŋaAV

scorching

òŋìŋàAV

being in excess

Àdịrō m èli ofe nnu ŋàlù — I do not eat soup with excessive salt

Mmilī ŋàlù mmanya ǹkaà — This palmwine has been excessively diluted with water. (Lit. Water is in excess in this palmwine)

òŋiŋeAV

stepping over

òŋụŋụNNC

1. drinking; drink
2. drinking party (from -ŋụ 1. drink)

òŋụŋụ iyīAV

1. oath-taking
2. stone or any other article used in oath-taking
3. swearing at (someone); abuse; insult; curse

òọNNCalso òò?

short form of ò bù? is he? is it?

Òọ ala? — Is it madness? or, Are you going mad? (= ò bù ala?)

Òò gî kwèsìlì ịbīa? — Is it you who is supposed to come? (= ò bù gî ...)

òòbòNNC

heap (shortened form of òbùbò)

òòbò ifēNNCalso òbùbò ifē

heap of something

òòbò ọkūNNCalso òbùbò ọkū

furnace, heap of coal, charcoal, etc.; fire

òòbo ọkūNNC

furnance; heap of coal, charcoal; fire

òpàpaNNC

groundnut (compare òkpà)

òpìNNC

animal horn; horn, pipe, used as musical instrument

òpi àchàlàNNC

Peugeot 404 (so called because of streamlined shape; literally horn of bamboo)

òpì ụgbògùlùNNC

pumpkin leaf stalk (tube-like) (lit pumpkin tube)

òpi ụgbògùlùNNC

pumpkin leaf stalk (literally pumpkin tube)

Proverb: Sòọsò Chinēkè mà etu mmilī sì bàa n’òpì ụgbògùlù — Only God knows how water managed to enter the tube of the pumpkin leaf stalk

òpìàNNC

matchet; sword; large knife

òpịpịAV

carving

òpìpìAV

wringing; pressing; squeezing

òpịpịaAV

smashing

òpịrìmaNNC

plantain (compare ojokō)

opòpòNNCalso ìpopo osisi

1. sapling (also opòpò osisi) (= ìpopo)
2. sapling

opotòNNCalso obotò

used in

opoto ọkūNNC

burning coal; ember

òpòtòpòtò

see pòtòpòtò

òpu ākpịlịNNC

1. goitre
2. desire; greed; lust

òpùnèNNC

soft spot (of a thing like a covered pit, the top of which is however still so soft that it can give way if the top is pressed hard or stepped upon)

òpùnè isīNNC

anterior fontanelle

òpùnè isi āzụNNC

posterior fontanelle

òpùpàAV

compressing; pressing; pressure

òpupuAV

1. growing; springing up; sprouting
2. leaking

òpùpùAV

1. going out (of)
2. snatching; taking by force

Ọ chòlù ịpù yà akwụkwọ yā — He wants to take his book (from his hands) by force

òraNNC

1. physical health
2. tree whose leaves are used for soup, sometimes sacred in some places; one of the trees planted to represent one's Chi

òràNNC

everybody; the public; force of public opinion

òra bīalụ ijèNNC

the guests, visitors (who have travelled a long distance)

Òra bīalụ ijè, ǹnọò! — Welcome, visitors (guests)!

òra mmadùNNC

the public; the people

òra mmādùNNC

the populace, public

òra mmiliAV

rain-maker

Ndi ilō ānyî chòlù ịrā mmilī taà ijī wèe mebì egwu ānyị nà- àchọ ibū pùtà taàtà — Our enemies want to make it rain today in order to spoil the dance we are launching today

òra òkwùtèNNC

secret inner council of the incarnate dead, of Igala origin (Henderson 197288)

òrachiNNC

sasswood tree (very poisonous) (Erythrophleum guineense G. Don)

ÒrànàǹcheAV

male name (literally all at watch)

orīNNC

theft

òrìNNC

see -ŋe òfì, òrì

ori ifelēNNC

shameful theft

òrìmìlìNNC

river (large); sea; ocean

òrìmìlì nnūNNC

sea; ocean

òrịraAV

1. combing
2. sounding

òròwùNNC

fish (Labeo coubie and Barbus occidentalis)

oruNNC

twenty; score

orùNNC

slave

oru ìbùaNNC

forty; two score

oru nà àbùaNNC

twenty-two

oru nà òfuNNC

twenty-one

òrùròAV

1. hanging; strangling
2. choosing; picking

Ànyî chòlù ịrò ndị gāje ịnòchì anya ānyị na nzùkọ echī — We want to choose those who are going to represent us in tomorrow's meeting

òruruAV

pouring

òsaNNC

small squirrel (Yoruba òkèrè); compare uzè

oseNNC

1. waterside
2. foreleg, forequarter, shoulder of animal carcase

osèNNC

pepper

òsèNNC

1. puller; drawer
2. epilepsy; convulsions; meningitis (loosely used for various diseases with convulsive attacks) (from -sè 1. pull)

osè agwōNNC

weak alligator pepper

ose àkwàNNC

waterside at Ihīàlà

osē ànìNNC

kind of uncooked soup, made of fried groundnuts or egusi, ìsha (crayfish), and pounded yam

ose anūNNC

see ose

òsè kpaàkpaà

see òsè kpaàkpaà

ose ngwòNNC

raphia palm wine tapped from raphia palms at the river or stream bank

osè nwamkpiNNC

goat pepper, used by children to play cooking

osè ọchaAV

ripe (red) pepper

ose ogbē ĪjọNNC

waterside where the Ịjọ reside

osè ọjīNNC

alligator pepper (Aframọmum melegueta K. Schum.) (literally kola pepper; usually chewed with kola)

ose ọjīNNC

alligator pepper (literally kola pepper, because usually chewed with kola)

ose òkwòọdūNNC

bank of River Niger

osè oyìboNNC

1. large pepper (literally English pepper)
2. large pepper

òseākaNNC

vagabond; prodigal; spendthrift; ne’er-do-well

Òsebùlu-ùwàNNC

The Great God

òsèkèNNC

1. native spade
2. see òsèkè

osiNNC

tree (when followed by name of the tree; compare osisi) e.g. osi ụkwà African Breadfruit (Treculia africana Decne.) tree

òsì edīNNC

genitals of edi, which smells and is used for medicines

òsi ìtèAV

1. cook
2. metal cooking tripod; cook

òsi ngọAV

doubter

òsịālịNNC

witness (-sị àlị witness)

osiamāNNC

anvil

òsikapaNNC

rice

òsìmìlìNNCalso òsìmìrì

river (usually refers to Niger)

òsịsaAV

(act of) washing

òsìsàAV

answering; replying; retorting; making one's defence

òsìsèAV

1. convulsions
2. drawing (of diagram); photographing

osisiNNC

1. tree, stick
2. shea butter tree (Vitellaria paradoxa)

òsìsìAV

weighing

osisi anyikēNNC

wooden handle of axe

osisi ogwūNNC

thorny tree

òsọNNC

runaway; wanderer; fugitive

osòmàNNCalso osòmè

affliction; distress; great trouble (e.g. court cases); danger; evil

òsọōkwuùkwuùNNC

awkwardness; uncounthness (as result of shyness or inexperience) (-sọ kwuùkwuù behave stupidly)

Ọsọōkwuùkwuù jì ya ogè ọ bàtàlù n’ebe nà-àgba egwū — Awkwardness seized him when he entered the dancing floor

òsuNNC

person dedicated as slave to service of a deity, or whose ancestors were so dedicated; thus the son of an òsu is an òsu. Moreover anyone who is proved to have had contact with an òsu also becomes an òsu

òsụkwūNNC

variety of oilpalm which yields oil well

òsụsọōNNC

sweat; perspiration

òsụsụAV

1. pounding
2. boiling; fermentation
3. cutting; clearing (bush, forest); weeding

òsùsùAV

compressing; reduction

òsụsụ ànìNNC

cutting, clearing of bush preparatory to farming

òsusu isīNNC

lock, coil of hair

òtàNNC

kind of native cloth

òtanjeleNNCalso tanjele

galena; bright blue glittering imported hard stone, stocked by merchants originally but retailed by petty women traders or men retailers in small bits, size depending on the worth, used as cosmetic. The chip is crushed on a clean hard surface, usually a stone kept specially for it, and ground to fine powder, and kept in special small containers with a narrow neck, with a stick left inside the container allowing the tip to show over the brim of the container. The woman shakes the container to have the stick properly stained by the powder, then applies a narrow strip of the dark green powder to each of the lower eyelids (< Hausa)

òtankeNNC

spy; scout; private detective (from -ta nke eavesdrop)

òtiNNC

knocker; beater (-ti 1. beat)

òtịNNC

fat white caterpiller, grub

òti īsiAV

1. headache (literally head-knocker)
2. headache

Òti īsi nà-èti m — I have a headache

òtimkpọkọNNC

old, worn vehicle, etc.; beat-up object (-ti kpọkọ beat noisily)

òtịtaAV

chewing; biting; gnawing

òtitèNNC

the greatest feast, held at the end of the harvesting of 'tuber' yams

òtiteAV

rubbing; smearing; painting; anointing; coating

òtitiAV

beating; hitting; striking

òtịtịAV

stretching

òtọNNC

nakedness; nudity; bareness

òtòNNC

trodden mud for building

òtòbòNNC

hippopotamus

otogbōNNC

1. any long gown, robe (e.g. surplice)
2. (fig.) any greatly oversized piece of clothing

otokoNNC

thigh

òtòlòNNC

dysentery; diarrhoea

(òtòlò) -gbagbu — die of dysentery, diarrhoea

Òtòlò gbàbue gī — May you be killed by dysentery

òtòtòNNC

flower

otuNNC

waterside; riverbank

otùNNC

1. large size
2. one (compare òfu, the more typical Onitsha form)

Nnwa à dì otù — This is a big baby

òtùNNC

organised band, company, club

òtu àbànì dì egwùNNC

gang of bandits

òtù egwūNNC

dancing club

Abù m onye òtù egwu ọjà — I am a member of the egwu ọjà club

Otu ìkwọNNC

Onitsha main market

òtù ndị nkụziNNC

teachers' association

Abù m onye òtù ndị nkụzi — I am a member of the teachers' association

otù nnīNNC

big lump of food

otù nnwāNNC

heavily-built person

òtu ōgbọNNC

age group, grade

otu ōgbọNNC

age-set association

otu òkwòọdūNNC

waterside of Onitsha

Otu ÒnìchàNNC

Onitsha market, hence town

otu ÒnìchàNNC

Onitsha town

òtù ụmù òkolọbìàNNC

1. young men’s society
2. young of animals (plural of nnwa)

òtù ụmù òkoloọbìàNNC

young men’s society

otùbòNNC

navel; umbilicus

otùgoluNNC

ladder (compare obē)

òtụkpàNNC

grass ridging on a house

òtùlùkpokpoNNC

woodpecker (-tù peck + kpokpo the characteristic sound)

òtùnèNNC

1. buttocks
2. anus

òtùtòAValso òtùto

1. praise; glory (-tò praise)
2. praise; praising; hailing; glorifying
3. endurance; durability

Òtùto dìlị Chinēkè na-ebe kāchasị enū — Glory be to God in the highest

Tòo Chukwu — Praise God

otutoAV

growing; being long; being tall

otùtùNNC

1. blacksmith's hammer (the biggest of all the blacksmith's hammers). This tool is ceremonially the most important item for an apprentice who has just completed his period of apprenticeship and is going to set up as a master blacksmith, in that it is symbolic of his master's status. On the day of the celebration of his freedom, which features much feasting, the otùtù is set on a stool in the middle of the gathering of master smiths who were invited to the occasion. Shortly before the celebration is over the young master is called to the middle. The master holds out the otùtù towards the young master as one who is handing to another a staff of office. The master recites some blessings and incantations, at the end of which he hands the otùtù to the young master. An apprentice who has completed his course but who has not completed his obligations (usually monetary) is not given the otùtù and his freedom is not celebrated. The apprentice can leave his master for some period in search of money. He sometimes has to secure a temporary job, like farm labour, to get the required money, both for his training fees and for the celebration expenses. He then comes back to do the freedom celebration. To every master smith the otùtù is the most important item in his tools, for though it is rarely used because of its weight, the blacksmith, particularly the non-Christian one, kills cocks on top of his otùtù from time to time and on special occasions, letting the blood pour over the otùtù. Afterwards some down is scattered on top of the wet blood, which sticks it firmly to the otùtù
2. conical basket for fishing

òtutuNNC

intoxication

òtụtụAV

1. many; various
2. throwing; casting; hurling; flinging

Òtụtụ ifē dì n’ime ūla — Many things are in the bedroom

Mmadù dì òtụtụ nà mbalā — There are many people outside

òtùtùAV

1. measurement (of length)
2. dripping (of dew, rain, etc.)

òtùtù akāAV

1. arm’s length
2. arm's length

Ife ofu onyē kètàlù n’ànì e kèlù ǹnyàafù bù òfu òtùtù akā — What each person got out of the land which was shared yesterday is one arm's length

òtuū KraìstNNC

Christianity

ÒwèlèNNCalso Òwèrè

Owerri

Achòlù m ijē Òwèrè — I want to go to Owerri

òwèlèNNCalso òwèlè

1. outskirts of a town; bush around a town
2. backyard immediately beyond the compound wall
3. see òwèlè

òwìNNC

friend (compare enyì and òyì)

òwìNNCalso òwù

field-mouse

òwịwaAV

breaking

òwòlìNNC

open space beside a stream or river

òwuNNCalso òwulù

cotton; cotton wool, plant, thread

òwù

see òwì 2.

òwu akpūNNC

1. kapok
2. kapok from akpụ tree

òwu īduùNNC

physic nut (Jatropha curcas Linn.) used for hedging; the sap stains indelibly, seeds are purgative

òwu isīNNC

black cotton thread used by women for plaiting the hair

òwu ọkūNNCalso ukpē

wick

owùmaàgànàNNC

chameleon

òwụwaAV

cutting; splitting; dividing

òwụwa anyaanwūAV

1. sunrise; East
2. the sun, regarded as a manifestation or son of Chukwu, the author of light and knowledge
3. East; sunrise; rising of sun

Chèe irū n’anyaanwū, sìị ‘Anyaanwū nà Agbàlà’ — Face the sun, saying, ‘Sun and Agbala’ (in sacrifice) (anya 1. eye + anwū 1. sunshine)

òwụwa jīAV

feast of new yams

òwụwa jī (compare ịwāNNC

New Yam Festival

òwùwèAV

taking

òwùwè nnīNNC

harvest; crop

òwùwùAV

1. spreading; being popular
2. jumping

òwụwụAV

washing

OyèNNCalso Olìè

an Ìgbò market day, following Èke, personified as an alūsị

oyēle

Ịbū onye ọlụ oyìbo nà-àgụ m, mà àka m nwerọ oghēle m gà-èji bà ya bū ọlụ — I have a desire to be a civil servant, but I on one side

oyīAV

1. cold; chill; fever
2. ugly, nauseating appearance

Oyī nà-àtụ — It is cold

Ọfịa dī n’àzụ ụnò akwụkwọ āyị nà-àtụ oyī — The bush at the back of our school is cold (causes cold)

Enwèlù m oyī — I have fever

Oyī jì m — Fever has gripped me, or I am feverish (more acute than Enwèlù m oyī)

òyìNNC

friend; lover; mistress; adultery (more common than enyì and òwì)

oyi ụgùlùNNC

harmattan cold

oyìboNNC

white person; European; foreign (added to name of anything to denote that the thing is foreign or European in origin, or when something of a different species (usually better), but of foreign origin, exists side by side with the local species)

òyiyiAV

resembling; being (a)like; likeness; resemblance

òyìyìAValso òwìwì

going together

òyịyọAV

begging

òyòNNC

conoidal basket-rattles, usually played in pairs

òyòọNNC

ivory bracelet worn by titled man

òyòoyòNNC

beautiful

Ọ nùtàlù òyòoyò nwaànyì — He married a very beautiful woman

òzàNNC

filter (of fibre-sponge, ògbo); tow-like filter (compare ǹzà, gauze filter) (from -zà 2. filter)

òzàNNCalso òzò

mane (of animal); chest-hair, fleece (of ram, etc.) (compare ǹzàlì)

òzàlàNNC

1. scorpion
2. spear-grass sp.

òzeNNCalso òze

1. lead
2. see òze

òzèNNC

kind of fruit-bearing tree

oziNNC

message; errand; housework

Ozi ọma — the Gospel; good news, message

Ozi ọma dịkà Luùk dèlù yà n’akwụkwọ — The Gospel according to Saint Luke

òzìNNC

kind of drum played only for kings and chiefs on special occasions

òzìgboNNC

quickly; immediately; straight away; instantly

Mèe yā òzìgbo — Do it immediately

Ọ gà-àrapū gī òzìgbo — It (he/she) will leave you immediately

Ọ mèlù yà òzìgbo fù — He has just quickly done it

òzìgbo òzìgbo!NNC

for emphasis the word can be repeated, meaning immediately, instantly

ōzịzaNNC

characterised by general swellings of parts of the body, like that seen in congestive heart failure, nephritis, advanced anaemia, etc.

òzịzaAValso ǹzịza

1. swelling; lump
2. answer; reply
3. swelling (of animal body)

òzìzàAV

1. sweeping
2. filtering
3. (fig.) be reduced in weight; be lean, thin (as result of abnormal condition, e.g. worry, illness, etc.)

Agū azàgo — Agụ has lost weight

òzìzèAV

dodging; shrinking from; avoiding

òziziAV

lowering

òzọ

again; other; another another yam, for this first one is not good

òzò

see òzà

ozuNNC

corpse; whole carcase; (fig.) worthless, good-for-nothing person

Ozu kà ị bù — You are a worthless, hopeless person

ozu efīNNC

1. carcase of cattle
2. carcase of cow

òzuzoAV

hiding

òzùzòAV

1. raining
2. treading; stepping

Mmilī gà-ezò — It will rain

òzụzọAV

claiming; claim

òzùzùAV

nursing; nourishing; training; tending

òzụzụAV

buying; purchasing

òzùzù nkuziAV

teacher training

òzùzù nkụziAV

teacher training

Adâ nò òzùzù nkụzi — Ada is doing teacher training

Ọ bù m nà-azù Ikē — I am the one who is training Ike

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