Nkọwa okwu · 84 entries
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- -paAV
- carry; bear
- -pàAV
- compress; squeeze out, express (e.g. juice from a fruit); press together
- -pà-koAV
- be proud, arrogant, pompous, aloof, haughty
- -padòAV
- lay down
- -pagaAV
- carry to
- -pàkọAV
- press together; compress
- -panaAV
- take home
- -paniteAV
- lift up; (fig.) stir up, begin
- -pàsịsịAV
- press something (liquid) from
- -pataAV
- bring; carry towards the speaker
Pàtalụ m ìtè afù — Bring me that pot
- -pàtòAV
- press into a mess (e.g. ripe fruit)
- -peAV
- be small, little
- -pe mpeAV
- be small, little
- -pe-tụAV
- reach; touch; concern
Achòlù m kà ị kèe anū afù kà o petụ mmadù niīne — I want you to divide that meat so that it may reach everybody
Okwu afù pètùlù m — The matter concerns me
- -pekaAV
- be very, too, small
Ife m kètàlù n’anụ afù èpeka — My share of the meat was very small
- -pelụ ọnūAV
- be chipped, jagged
- -petùgbàdoNNC
- concern all
- -petụgbàdoAV
- reach, concern, all
- -pịAV
- carve; shape wood with sharp instrument
- -pìAV
- squeeze; extract by pressure; press
Anà m apì esuso sōlụ m n’isi kà abụ niīne dī n’imē ya wèe pùtasịa — I am squeezing the boil on my head in order to get rid of all the pus in it
Ànyị nà-apì ụkwà — We are pressing out the seeds from the fruit of the African Breadfruit (Treculia africana)
- -pị alūsịAV
- carve, shape image
- -pì amùAV
- castrate
- (compare -gba amù) castrate
Nnā ānyị nà-àkwadebe ịpì mkpi ọ zùtàlù n’afịa ǹnyàafù amù — Father is preparing to castrate the he-goat he bought from the market yesterday
- -pị egbèAV
- carve wooden part of gun
- -pịaAV
- flog; cane
- gather; arrange; reckon; reckon up; make account
Ọ bụlụ nà ị bàta ime ụnò agà m àpịa gī — If you enter the house I shall thrash you
- -pịa apịaAV
- smash; be flattened
Òjà m chōlụ kà ị zụtalụ m n’Ònìchà ị nà-èjê bụ ǹke pīalụ apịa n’ọdụ màkà nà ọ bù ùdị afù kà onye isi egwū kwulu kà ànyị zụta — The kind of flute that I want you to buy for me from Onitsha - which you are travelling to - is the type that is flat at the end because that is the type the leader of the orchestra asked us to buy
- -pịa ifeAV
- whip; flog; punish; chastise
- whip; flog; punish generally; chastise
- -pịa ìtàlìAV
- flog with whip; whip; chastise
Onye nkụzi nà-àpịa ụmù akwụkwọ ịtàlì — The teacher is caning the pupils
- -pịa ụgbàAV
- take a somersault into water; dive (= -kpọ ụgbà)
- -pịachaAV
- flap (wing in water); shake off (dust, etc.)
- -pịachiAV
- fold
- used as second verb, can be either -pịa or -pìà
- -pịafùsịAV
- flog and scatter
- -pịakọAV
- gather, press together
- -pịasàsịAV
- flog and scatter
- smash; be smashed, flattened
Ènyò ọkū m àpịago — The bulb of my lantern has smashed
- -pịaziAV
- settle; reckon up; make account
- -pịchaAV
- shape; sharpen; peel; carve
- -pìchaAV
- squeeze out
- -pìgbuAV
- kill by squeezing
- -pìkọAV
- compress; press together
- -pìnyeAV
- squeeze into
Achòlù m ịpìnyè ọgwù n’anya nā-enye m nsògbu — I want to squeeze some medicine into my bad eyes
- -pioAV
- to force way through small doorway, small opening in wall, thicket
- -piobà(nye)AV
- enter into by forcing way through very small doorway, opening, or inlet
Atụlū èpiobàgo ime ọbā — The sheep has pushed its way into the barn
- -pioghalịAV
- sneak about (as in thick forest)
Òfu onyē m fùlù na-epīoghalị n’ime ọfīa ǹnyàafù yìlì onye orī a nà-àchọ — A certain man I saw sneaking about in the jungle yesterday resembled the thief who is being looked for
- -pionyeAV
- squeeze self into (somewhere) through small opening or doorway
- -pionye isiAV
- push the head in through small opening
- -piopùtaAV
- force way out through very small outlet, opening or doorway
- -pìsịsịAV
- press, squeeze out
- -puAV
- grow; spring up; sprout
- leak; have holes; be perforated
- -pùAV
- go out (of)
- snatch; take by force
- be able, sufficient
Pùa n’ebe à — Get out of this place
Apùlù m ijī igwè je ọgụ maìl ìsiì n’ụbòsì — I can go 120 miles on a bicycle in one day
Jesù pùlù ịgbāpùtà ànyì n’orù
- -pù alaAV
- become mad; be mad
Ì nà-apù alā? — Are you mad?
- -pù ala aghùghòAV
- pretend to be mad (in order to cheat or trick)
- -pù amaAV
- go to the toilet (literally go out to the fore-compound, beyond the main compound door)
Anà m apù amā — I am going to the toilet
- -pu elōAV
- grow fungus
- (fig.) live for ever
(fig.) Ọ chòlù ipū elō — He wants to live for ever
- -pu epuAV
- spring up; sprout; grow
- be perforated; leak; have hole(s)
- -pù ijèAV
- go on tour; travel
- -pù ìloAV
- go out; go for a stroll
- go out; take stroll
- -pù imēAV
- be able to do
Apùlù m imē ya — I am able to do it
- -pù n’amaNNC
- reach age of menstruation
Nwaànyì pùlù n’ama — The girl has reached puberty
- -pu n’ànìAV
- be native or home-born, indigenous (literally grow, sprout in the soil)
- -pù n’ìloAV
- go outside (and stay)
- go outside
- -pù n’orùAV
- be free from slavery
- gain freedom from slavery, servitude
- -pù òkòNNC
- be able
- -pù òlịlīAV
- go out for a stroll; go out to another house to stay and play with friends there (usually of children)
- -pù(lụ) òkòAV
- be able
- -pùchaAV
- go away
- -pùkwu òlịlīAV
- go out for a stroll in direction of friend(s); go out and visit; call upon
- -pùlụAV
- snatch from; wrench from; take from by force
- -pùmalụAV
- snatch, wrench from; take by force
Ndị orī apùmalụgo Āda egō ya — The thieves have snatched Ada's money from her
- -pùnalụAV
- snatch
- -pùniAV
- rise up
- -pùtaAV
- come out
- -pùta ìfèAV
- come out into the open; be made manifest, not secret
- come out into the open; appear; be evident, visible
Ndi nā-emebī īwu adā àchọ kà ajō ife fa nà-ème pùta ìfè — Criminals never want their bad deeds to come out into the open
Ànyị achōrọ kà ife ànyị nà-ème pùta ìfè — We don’t want what we are doing to come out into the open (but rather to remain secret or confidential)
- -pùta n’ụzòAV
- move out of the way
- (acting like suffix) completely
Pùta n’ụzò — Get out of the way
- (pọmpù) -kwòAV
- be surrounded by anxious, pushing crowd trying to get water (of tap)
- paì!INTJ
- exclamation - my word! dear me! goodness! (= kaì!)
- penìNNC
- penny (less common than kọpò; English)
- pìtììNNC
- describes something which is plentiful or falls plentifully Ogè m nà-agbà akwụkwọ ewēpùtàlù m òfu ụnō ūla màkà idēbe ife ōlili. Ị bàta nà ya ogè afù ife ōlili àdị pìtìì When I was getting married, I devoted one room to keeping foods. If you entered it at that time, the food looked very plentiful Akwụ dī n’iru īlo etègo o jìlì cha, kịtāà mkpụlū ya nà- adàsịsị pìtìì pìtìì The palm fruit in the front of the house has been ripe a long time, now the nuts fall pìtìì pìtìì
- pọmNNC
- used in
- ponìNNC
- cask; puncheon (of palm oil) (? from English)
- ponì mmānụNNC
- cask, puncheon of palm oil
- pòtòkiNNC
- Portuguese person (? from English)
- pòtòpọtọNNC
- wet muddy soil (e.g. after rain or in water-logged place)
- Proverb
Ugwu kà a gà-àlị — The hill, we shall climb
Mbà kà a gà-adà — Faintness, we shall feel
- pukuNNC
- eight thousand; thousands
- puku ndiNNC
- millions; countless number
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