Nkọwa okwu · 163 entries

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-raAValso -ralụ

1. comb
2. knead
3. make; produce (rain)
4. consider; discuss
5. sound
6. send
7. choose; prefer
8. pick or take a few things randomly from collection of many by dipping the hand into the container (like dipping the hand into a basketful of kernels and taking some kernels)

Achòlùm̀ ịrālụ ọnwà n’ime àchìcha dī n’ime afele — I want to take some from among the biscuits on the plate

-ràAV

1. be equal, on an equality; be so
2. leave; abandon; give up; release grip on; release; leave alone; allow; permit
3. bore (especially with red-hot instrument)

Ndị àfè ojiī aràgo Āda — The police have released Ada

Ràa yā aka! — Leave him alone!

-ra alòAValso -ralu alò

consider; take counsel; consult together; advise

-ra anwūNNC

1. take honey from the comb (after driving away the bees)
2. (fig.) cause great trouble or hardship

-ra araAV

sound; make a stir, be a success

Nkupùte nnwā Òfuèpeka ràlù àra ri nnē — The naming ceremony of Ofuepeka's child was a big occasion

-rà àràAV

bore

-ra ìfulūAV

blossom; flower

-rà ịràAV

be equal

-ra isiAV

1. comb (hair of head)
2. comb the hair
3. comb (hair of head)

Anà m àchọ ịrā isi m# — I want to comb my hair

-ra kàAV

amount to; be equal to; be as big or small as

Ọ rà kà ìze — It is very large

-ra mmilīAV

make, produce rain

-ra nniAV

knead pounded food in plate, mortar, etc.

-ra nraNNC

pay a fine; levy a fine

-ra ǹraAV

1. comb (with comb)
2. comb with comb

-ra nrāAV

pay levy, fine

-rà ǹràmanyaAV

be equal, level, square

-ra ọnūAV

sound

-rà ọnūAV

be equal

-ra oziAV

send on errand

-ra ụkòAV

send representative, ambassador, special messenger, middleman

-ràaESUF

only; simple; just

Ọ bù sòọsò i nyēràa yā ife ọ chòlù kà okwu gà-èji bè — It is only if you give her what she wants that the quarrel will end

I nyeràa m ife m chò òkwu ebèe — If you just give me what I want the quarrel will end

-ràbaESUF

for long; after a long time (denoting a great degree either of smallness or bigness)

-ràdàAV

pull down; let down from a height; lower

-ràfùAV

abandon; neglect; let go astray; allow too much liberty to (e.g. a child, which leads it to be a trifle spoilt or wild)

-ràlụAV

leave; abandon; give up; release grip on; release; leave alone; allow; permit; omit; spare

Bikō rapū m aka — Please let me go, or, Please leave me alone

Èjìòfọ sọò! sọò! Rapū m aka! Èjìòfọ sọò! sọò! — Leave me

Nwụnyì m ārapùgo m gbanaba — My wife has left me and run away

Ebe à bù ebe ndị orī rāpùlù ife fa zùtèlù — This is where the thieves abandoned their loot

Rapù ife gālụ aga kà fa ga — Let bygones be bygones

-ralụ alòAV

consider; take counsel; counsel; consult together; advise

-ràlụsị(lị)AV

leave altogether (to)

-ranye

take, with hands, a few from among many (e.g. grains in a basket) and give

-rànyeAV

1. lower into
2. leave; give up; hand over

-ranye alòAV

advise; give advice

Achòlù m onye gā-aranye m alò bànyelụ ịfe m gà-ème onye nā ada àbịa ebe à kwà anyàsì inyē nnwa m nsògbu — I want someone to advise me on what to do with the person who comes here every night to trouble my child

-ranyè ijèNNC

pick one's way; move on slowly; step; toddle

-ranye ijè

pick one's way; move on slowly; step; toddle (as child)

-ràpùAV

leave; abandon; give up; release grip on; release; leave alone; allow; permit; omit; spare

Bikō rapū m aka — Please let me go, or, Please leave me alone

Èjìòfọ sọò! sọò! Rapū m aka! Èjìòfọ sọò! sọò! — Leave me

Nwụnyì m ārapùgo m gbanaba — My wife has left me and run away

Ebe à bù ebe ndị orī rāpùlù ife fa zùtèlù — This is where the thieves abandoned their loot

Rapù ife gālụ aga kà fa ga — Let bygones be bygones

-ràpuAV

bore hole (with red-hot instrument)

Anà m àchọ ịràpù akpàtì m — I am preparing to bore a hole through my box

-rapù ọkwaAV

abdicate

-ràpusịAV

bore many holes through

Anà m àkwadebe ịràpùsì ọkwa à nụū dī n’ime ụnò — I am preparing to bore many holes through that wooden bowl in the house

-reAV

pick up (of cloth, mats and other objects which are broad, flexible and capable of being rolled up. Such an object is assumed to be in its spread-out form; -re then implies rolling and taking up, though the object can be picked up by one side in its spread-out form without first rolling it. But the most important point is that it must be spread out, otherwise -re will not be used)

-rèAV

walk stealthily; move, walk, very slowly or lazily

Ogè Èke nà òyì ya nwokē nà-àgba ìzù n’ime ụnò Àda rèlụ rèlụ jee kwachanye n’àzụ ajā kà o wèe nụ ife fa nà-èkwu — When Eke and his friend were discussing things in the room, Ada went stealthily and leaned against the back wall so that she might hear what they were discussing

-rebìgaAV

glide over

-règhalịAV

walk about stealthily; prowl; loiter; dodge work; malinger

Ò gịnî kpàtàlù ibè gị jì àlụ ọlū ì bàta n’ụnò na-erèghalị? — Why are you hanging around the house while your colleagues are busy working?

-rekọbaAV

wrap; roll up

-rekọbàAV

roll up into

-reluAV

pick up (mat, cloth, etc.) and take

-reniAV

pick up (mat, etc.)

-rèpùAV

walk, creep out stealthily

-repù n’ọlụNNC

leave, abandon work stealthily or unnoticed, unannounced

-rèpù n’ọlụAV

leave, abandon work stealthily, unnoticed or unannounced

-riAV

leak; be leaking

Ìtè m nà-èri ēri — My pot is leaking

-rịAValso -ri, -rụ, -ru

1. walk (of insects)
2. fill up (of healing sore, or receptacle being gradually filled with water)
3. intensity, completeness of action (compare -lụ 5.?)

-rìAV

1. mark; mark distinctively; put mark on in order to be able to recognise the object marked in future
2. cry out (and sob, hard); exclaim in astonishment
3. hurt internally, like pain from septic sore or rheumatic joint
4. heal; granulate (of wound)

-rì akwaAV

cry out

-rì amāAV

mark

-rị àrịAV

walk (of insects)

-rì àrìAV

ferment (e.g. beans for making àkàlà)

-rị āzụAV

move back; flinch; be reluctant; hold back; fall back

-rì mkpuAV

1. cry out in horror
2. cry out with exclamations of horror (e.g. as when a man wakes one day and finds that burglars have removed almost all his belongings during the night. He cries out to attract attention)

-ri mmilīAV

1. leak
2. leak; be leaking

-ri nnēNNC

be many, much, numerous, plentiful, plenty; be abundant, very much

-ri nneAValso -ri nnē

be many, much, numerous, plentiful, abundant

-rì òkùAV

1. shout for; call loudly
2. shout for

-ri-AV

clean, wipe off

-rì-AV

compress hard (e.g. the throat); choke; press firmly against

-rì(bà)amāNNC

mark; put distinguishing mark on

-rìba amāAV

mark something; put a mark on

-richaAV

wipe, clean off (e.g. dusty table with damp duster)

-richapùAV

cleanse; purify

-rịchiAV

swell and fill (a receptacle); heal up (of wound)

-rịchìghaAV

move backwards (of insects); flow back, down (of water)

-rìdoAV

choke; throttle

-rikaAV

be much; be too much; be excessive

-rikwaADV

eat again

-rịlịAV

1. swell; rise; puff out; increase in bulk (as dough)
2. heal; granulate (of wound)

-rìlịAV

go aground

-rìnyeAV

give up; hand over

-rìnyịAV

hurt

-ripùAV

push back (gradually pushing object, e.g. on a table, till it falls off it); wipe off

-rịrụkaAV

move aside; push aside

-roAV

root; uproot

-ròAV

1. tell (story, usually featuring songs)
2. hang; be strangled
3. choose; pick
4. bruise; squeeze; mash

Àdâ chòlù ịrò ònugbù a gà-èji te ofē n’anyàsì — Ada wants to squeeze the bitter leaves with which to prepare a soup in the evening

-rọAV

1. lift down (e.g. pot from the cooking tripod, after the food has been cooked)
2. pinch (e.g. with nail, claw)
3. not (-rọò when in final position after non-low tone)

-rọ alụAV

pain severely; throb

-rò iròAV

tell story; tell story in which song features; tell tale, fable

-rọ mbọNNC

pinch, scratch with nails

-rọ mboAV

pinch, scratch with nails

-ro obìAV

1. migrate; go and dwell elsewhere
2. migrate; go and live elsewhere

-rò òtùAV

discriminate; choose group, society, club

-rọ-goAV

go up

-rọ-gòAV

twist; twist and bend

Achòlù m ịrōgò aŋa a gà-èji kpā ǹkàtà — I want to bend the cane with which to make a basket

-roghaAV

move; transplant

-rọgo(lụ)AV

ascend; go up; climb

Ogè Onye nwē anyị nà-àkwadebe ịrōgo n’enu igwē Ọ kpōkòlù ụmū āzụ Ya ọnụ, nye fā nkasì obì — When our Lord was about to ascend into heaven He called His disciples together and comforted them

-rọgòbaAV

coil

-rọgotaAV

climb up towards (the speaker)

Rògota n’ebe ànyị nò — Come up where we are

-roniAV

move; root up

-ropùAV

move; root up; cast out; root out

-rọpùAV

lift down (e.g. pot from tripod)

Rọpū ìtè ọ bụlụ nà nni eghègo — Lift down the pot if the food is done

-ròpùtaAV

choose, pick out; ordain

Rọpùta ndi gā-eje ịgbā bọòlù — Pick out those who are going to play football

Rọpùta mkpụlụ akwū a gà-èbu je afīa — Pick out the palm nuts that will be taken to the market

-rọpùtaAV

lift down and out (e.g. pot from the cooking tripod)

-ròtaAV

choose; choose and take; succeed in choosing the right one; make the right choice

Aròtago m onye nwēlụ ike imē ife m chòlù — I have got (after going through a group) the person who is able to do my bidding

-rọtùAV

lift down

-ruAV

1. pour; cast metal
2. bend down; turn; change (for worse); stoop; influence; respect; venerate
3. rub on
4. grow (of tubers, e.g. yam)

Ji m kòlù n’ọnwa gālụ aga èbidogo irū — The yam I planted last month has started to grow a new tuber

-rùAV

1. flow (like a river)
2. "price"; bargain
3. shake; shiver
4. shout seriously at in order to scare off or to warn
5. blow (bellows)
6. perform routine or occasional obligation to a divinity, by offering certain sacrifices to it; usually done by the head priest of a particular divinity (sometimes propitiation for appeasement)

Achòlù m ịrù akwā à ọnū — I want to price this cloth

-rụAV

roast

-rù agbọōAV

retch; make feel nausea; cause nausea

Ọnya dī n’isi Āda nà-arū m agbọō — The sore on Ada's head is causing me nausea

-ru ajāAV

pour away sand

-rù alūsịAV

1. worship a spirit
2. serve a deity

-ru alūsịAV

venerate divinities

-rù ÀnìNNC

sacrifice to Ànì

-rù ànìAV

sacrifice to ground, regarded as deity

-rù àrùAV

shake; shiver; shiver with cold

-rù ekòAV

blow bellows

-rù lìlìAValso -rù lìlìlì

shiver; quiver

Nwatā wūlụ mmili oyī nà-arū lìlìlì — The child who washed with cold water is shivering

-rù lìlìlìNNC

shiver; quiver

-ru mbìAV

lie in wait; set an ambush

-ru mmilīAV

pour out water

-rù mọọAValso mọō

look after deities

-ru nnēNNC

grow (of tuber); grow to be more than average size (of tuber)

-ru nneAV

grow (of tuber); grow to more than average size (of tuber)

-ru nwa mmīliNNC

urinate

-ru nwamīliAV

urinate

Anà m èje irū nwamīli — I am going to urinate

-rụ ọgwùNNC

1. neutralise effect of poison
2. To prove that food or drink presented by the host to his guests have not been poisoned, the host usually tastes every eatable thing presented before his guests. This is called ịrū (nni) ọgwù

-rụ ọkụAV

broil; roast; scald; burn (of live things)

-rù ọnūAV

1. price; name a price for
2. chatter with cold (of teeth)

-rụ ọnūNNC

chatter with cold (of teeth)

-ru ufieAV

1. rub camwood on body
2. red; reddish

-ru ụjụAV

mourn

Ibè nà-èru ụjū — Ibe is mourning

-ru ụjūNNC

be mourning

— Ibe is mourning

-rù ụmāAV

charge, price more than right price

-ru ùruAV

mourn; be sorrowful, downcast; grieve

-ru-beESUF

around

A chò m kà ụnù garube m òkìlìkili — I want you (pl.) to form a circle round me. (In imperative can sometimes be used without -be

Tùru yā òkìlìkili — Plant (things) around it)

-rù-beESUF

(move about) thoroughly; vigorously

-ru-ka

see -rụ-ka

-rụ-kaESUFalso -ru-ka

aside

-rubàAV

pour in

-rùbàAV

flow into

Òsìmìrì Naịjà nà-èrubà n’ime mmili nnū a nà-àkpọ Àtlantìk — The Niger River flows into an ocean called the Atlantic

-rubeAV

bow; submit

-rube isiAV

incline the head; obey; submit; be loyal to; give respect to

Afùlù m Ọjì n’anya màkà nà ọ nà-èrubelụ m isi — I like Ọjị because he obeys me

Ọ nà-èrubelu ezè isi — He is loyal to the king

Nwokē afù anārọ èrubelu ndi ọchịchị isi — The man gives no respect to people in authority

-ruchanye

1. pour all into (compare -runye pour into)
2. pour into (the object is assumed small and all is intended to be poured into it at once)

-rùchibìdoAV

flood

Mmilī erūchìbìdogo ogbē ūfọdụ — Some districts are flooded

-rùdàAV

1. run down (of water); flow down
2. lower the price; price down

-rụdàAV

burn up (through roasting)

Gịnī kà ị nà-àrụ? Anà m àrụ jī — What are you roasting? I am roasting a yam

-rudoAV

persuade; urge; compel

-rufègaAV

pour over

-rùfègaAV

flow over

-rufùAV

pour away, spill (of water)

Mmanya dī n’ime īko èrufùgo — The wine in the cup has spilt

-rùfùAV

flow, run away

-rughalịAV

turn, bend round; change

-rùghalịAV

flow; float; drift to and fro

Mmilī nà-erùghalị n’ebe niīne na Mbà Mmīli — Water flows everywhere in the Rivers

-rugòAV

bend; stoop

-rukpọAV

gouge out (eye)

-rukpùdoAV

turn upside down

Bikō rukpùdo ọbà afù n’ànì, nà amārọ m ife nā-esì n’imē ya — Please turn that calabash upside down, for I don’t know what is smelling in it

-rukwàsịAV

pour upon

-ruluAV

stoop; remain stooped

-rulu ànìAV

stoop down

-runataAV

stoop down a bit

-runata ànìAV

stoop down a bit

-rùniAV

scare off

-runyeAV

pour into

-rùnyeAV

flow into

-rupùAV

pour out; flow or flow out

-rùpùAV

untie; shake off; shake oneself free of

-rùrubeAV

rumble (of thunder)

-rurùpùAV

1. draw away
2. be downcast; mourn

-rùrùpùAV

1. shake out, off
2. shout and thereby stop someone from doing something

Arụrùpùgo m egbe ibū ọkụkù — I shouted at the hawk and prevented it carrying off the chicken

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