Nkọwa okwu · 222 entries

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-saAV

1. wash; scrub
2. upon; at; over

Anà m àsa afele — I am washing plates

-sàAV

1. open (hand, book, cloth, but not door)
2. answer; reply; excuse; retort; make one's defence
3. v,
4. confess to crime, abomination, voluntarily, and sometimes during delirium, semi-insanity, severe labour pains, etc.

-sà akaAV

open the hand

Sàa akā gị — Open your hand(s)

-sà akwụkwọAV

1. open leaves of a book (looking for a particular page or chapter)
2. legal paper; matters arranged by means of legal papers

Ọ nà-asà akwụkwọ — He is opening the pages of a book

-sa alaAV

1. wash breasts, especially of a newly delivered mother, to induce breast milk
2. artificially induce the breasts of a non-pregnant woman to begin to produce milk by washing with a certain native medicine preparation. This is usually done when the mother of a sucking infant dies, or when the child is taken from her on medical grounds, etc. A healthy woman is asked to take up the infant’s breast-feeding. Her breasts are then medicinally washed to induce milk
3. wash breasts, especially of a newly-delivered mother, to induce breast milk
4. artificially induce the breasts of a non-pregnant woman to begin to produce milk by washing with a local medicine (see ala 1.)

-sa àrụAV

take a bath

-sà asìsàAV

confess evil while delirious or semi-insane (compare -sà n’ọnū)

-sà ifìAV

1. confess voluntarily to crime, abomination, or other bad deed
2. This is a form of confession very similar to ịsà n’ọnū, but restricted to women. This practice was known throughout Igboland, but it was most common in the Òkịjà area. Some people strictly forbid their wives' committing adultery with other men. Women guilty of this offence usually confess to it, mentioning the name(s) of the person(s) involved before they can deliver a child safely. The practice is, however, very little known in some parts of Igboland. (Among the Yoruba, it was most common among the Ìkalè-Òkìtìpupa, Ìlutuntun, Aye, etc.)

-sa mbalāAV

1. be wide
2. compound; pack; open space in town

Afele à sà mbalā — This plate is wide

-sà n’ọnūAV

1. confess voluntarily to crime, abomination or other bad deeds
2. confess voluntarily to crime, abomination, or other bad deeds. This is common among habitual criminals and witches who perpetrate their evil deeds in ways that make them difficult or impossible of detection. Examples include those of witches who suck people's blood till the victims are dead, or who fly out at night in the form of spir spirits to visit and kill victims and who sometimes claim to be responsible for grave disasters like fatal accidents, deaths of great men, insanity of student sons/daughters of rivals. Some criminals poison their rivals or their children undetected or practise sorcery on them. These criminal acts can go on till one day a perpetrator suddenly runs amok or begins to behave in a not altogether normal way; this is followed by his/her appeal to people in the surroundings to gather and hear some revelations. This disorderly "news conference" is usually attended by people of all ages with keen interest. The venue is not specially arranged, but the confessor usually sits in front of a house, in a public place like a round-about, market place, or side of a street. The confession usually goes thus "Do you know why it took the son of Mr. X twelve years to accomplish his university course which should normally take only three years? I am the one who kept sucking his brain and seeing to it that he failed his examination each time. I was the one who killed my first daughter last year when she died during labour. I warned Mr. Z not to buy a new car but to try to make his bicycle do. He ignored my warning and bought the car. He did not know he was doomed by doing this. It was on the occasion of the wedding of his sister he got into the car and began to ride to the Church, but on the way I slapped him and pushed his car to make it crash into that bridge near the Church, tumbling into the river. He, his mother-in-law and the new car met their end that fateful morning. My listeners, I hope the event is still fresh in your memories". A confessor is sometimes given a white fowl which she/he holds during the confession. A confessor usually dies soon after the confession, though some survive.

-sa obodoboAV

be flat

-sa ùlaAValso -chọ ùla

go and sleep with a friend or relative away from one's home

— Good morning (literally Have you spent the night away?, but can be used in any circumstances)

— Good morning

-sà ụsàAV

make excuse

Gịnī bù ụsà ọ sàlù? — What was his excuse? or, What excuse did he give?

-sà ùsà

1. pinch (bits of food, meat, etc., usually by children)
2. make excuse

-sa-AV

lap water (as dog)

-sachaAV

wash; scrub

-sachanyeAV

wash and give

Sàchanye m ofu afele — Wash one plate and give it to me (i.e. immediately)

-sachapùAV

wash; wash clean, off

Jèe sachàpù inyi dī n’afele afù — Go and wash the dirt off that plate

-sachapùtaAV

wash out; rinse out

Sachàpùta īko à — Rinse out this cup

-sachataAV

wash and bring

-sàchiAV

shut, close (usually book)

-sàchi akwụkwọAV

shut, close book

Sàchizịa akwụkwọ afù nọòfụ — It is high time you closed that book!

-sàgbàpùAV

open wide (usually book, cloth, etc.)

-sàgheAV

open; open wide (e.g. hand, mouth, book, but not door)

-sàghepùAV

open wide

-sàkụta

reply to all

-sala mmilīNNC

lap water (as dog)

-sala mmīliAV

lap water (as dog)

-sànyeAV

open and show another something; reveal to; initiate

-sapùAV

wash out; (fig.) die out (of a family)

-sàtaAV

1. open page of book
2. spread (as result of something being opened)

Sàta Abù Ọma isi ǹke īsiì — Open at the Book of Psalms, chapter six

-seAV

float

-sèAV

1. draw; pull; stretch
2. draw (e.g. diagram)

-sè àmùmàAV

flash; lighten; show lightning

-sè anwụlùNNC

smoke tobacco

Adā m esè anwūlù — I never smoke

-sè anwụlù (ùtabà)AV

smoke tobacco

-se eseAV

float

-sè èsèAV

1. pull; draw
2. photograph

-se n’enūAV

1. float; (fig.) be ignorant of what is happening
2. float

A fùlù ozu nwokē a nà-àchọ èri ụkā gālụ aga kà o sè n’enu mmīli n’ùtụtū à — The corpse of the man who had been missing since last week was seen floating on the river this morning

-sè nniAV

stir food (like preparation of pap)

-sè ògbàdụAV

prepare corn meal, i.e. pap, which begins as white watery fluid, then thickens gradually as it becomes more heated, becoming very thick towards the end of the cooking. The cook keeps on stirring it throughout the cooking

-sè òkùAV

1. smoke pipe
2. clay bowl; plate

Proverb: Chukwu Nnà ekwēna kà anyị fụ elikàta n’efele èlibe n’òkù May — God the Father never allow us to fall from eating off china plates to eating off clay plates, i.e., May our condition never revert from good to bad

-sè okwuNNC

quarrel

Di nà nwunyè afù nà-esè okwū — The husband and wife are quarrelling

-sè sìgaAV

1. smoke cigarette
2. stir (e.g. with rod in thickening food)

Èjìma adī esē sìga — Ejima does not smoke

-sè ụtịlīAV

stretch oneself (as sometimes done when yawning or during exhaustion or idleness)

-se-kpùAV

crouch; kneel down

-sechaAV

skim (oil, etc.)

-sèchìghaAV

draw back; withdraw

-sègbaAV

form a train; go on; go forward; push along; extend to

Achòlù m kà i sègbaa ōwụwa ànì afù ị nà-àwa kà o rute n’iru ụnō ānyị — I want you to extend the trench you are digging to reach the front of our house

-sèkaAV

1. tear by pulling
2. pull asunder; tear

Ì nà-àchọ isèkà akwụkwọ m? — Are you going to tear my book?

-sèkà akwụkwọNNC

dismiss a case (literally tear papers)

Anà m elò nà a gà-esèka akwụkwọ Ọnwụūka gà-àgba m# — I think that the prosecution Ọnwụụka is going to bring against me will be dismissed

-sèka akwụkwọAV

dismiss a case (literally tear papers)

-sèkapùAV

break off by pulling

Ọ chò isēkàpù òfu aka ewī — She wants to tear off one foreleg of the giant rat

-sèkasịAV

tear off into pieces

-sèkọbaAV

contract in size

-sèkọnataAV

pull together; pull together to the centre

-sèkpụAV

carry in hand by handle (e.g. bag, bucket)

-sekpùlu ànìAV

worship; bow, kneel down; give honour to

-sèkpụniAV

lift up; drag up

Ọ chòlù isèkpùnì nwatā dālụ adà — She wants to pull up the child who has fallen down

-sèkpụnyeAV

drag into; drag to

Sèkpụnye m nwa m — Give me my child (i.e. Pull my child by the hand and hand her over to me)

-sèkpụpùAV

draw away forcibly; drag away

Sekpùpù nwatà afū nà-atatò ọnū ilo — Drag that jabbering boy out

-sèli òkụkùAV

steal fowls (habitually, mainly for eating) (literally draw and eat)

-sèlụAV

pull, draw to oneself

-sèlụ (ife)AV

reflect, photograph (an object)

-sènitaAV

draw up, lift up

-sèpùtaAV

draw out (as bucket from well)

Isēpùtà ìtè n’ime ūmị adịrō ọlụ — To pull a pot out from the well is not difficult

-sèsàAV

draw apart; scatter; spread about; litter; tear by pulling

Jèe sesàa ụmù akā nā-anū ògù — Go and separate (or pull apart) the children who are fighting

-sètịAV

stretch

-sètịpùAV

stretch out

Setìpù akā gị — Stretch out your hand

-sètịpù ijèAV

1. embark or continue on a journey
2. embark, continue, on a journey

-sètịwanyeAV

widen by stretching; stretch further

-sètọAV

tear by pulling

Ọ nà-àchọ isètò elili e jìlì ke ngwùgwù afù — He wants to break (by pulling) the rope used in tying the parcel

-sètùAV

drag down; pull down

Òfô jìlì iwe setù nwa nnē ya n’enu obē, nwa nnē ya dàa tijie ōfu akā — Ọfọ angrily pulled down his brother from the ladder, his brother fell and fractured one arm

-sèwaAV

1. tear; pull asunder; tear apart
2. draw on (cigarette, etc.)

Sèwaa yā ìbụō — Tear it into two

-siAV

1. cook; boil
2. pass by way of; pass
3. set (like trap)
4. hurt; pain; scorch; wither

Èjìma nà-èsi jī — Ejima is cooking yam

Àchọrō m kà i si ụzō à — I don’t want you to pass this way

Ǹkaà bù ụzò e sì èje Nneēwi — This is the way leading to Nneewi. (literally...by which people go to Nneewi)

-sìAV

1. smell; stink; give scent
2. weigh
3. be tough in constitution; hard

Ò gịnī nà-esì — What is smelling?

-sịAV

1. say; tell
2. completely; totally
3. about (restricted to verbs ending in -sà 1. B.)

Ọ sì nà ya amā abịa — He said that she wouldn’t come

-sì anyaAV

be bold, capable of withstanding hardship, courageous

-sì àrụAV

be very tough (of person) (i.e. have very tough constitution or body that withstands great hardship, sometimes naturally or through repeated hard experience)

-sị àsịAV

lie; tell lies

Ị na-àsị āsị — You are lying

Ịsī asị nà-èbutù mmadù — Lying degrades a person

-sị àsìlìAV

gossip

-si bịaAV

come from; come by way of

Èbeē kà onye dibìà gà-èsi bịa? — Where is the doctor going to come from?

Ǹkaà bù nwatà nwokē si ụnò bịa ọfụū — This is the boy who came from home recently, or who has just come from home

-si ikeAV

be strong, firm, difficult, hard

-sì isìAV

smell; stink; give scent

Ntì gị nà-esì isì — Your ear is smelling

-si ìtèAV

cook; boil

-si nàPREP

1. come from
2. go, come, from (nà sometimes omitted) Ibadan (nà omitted) sleep to the ancestors)
3. (fig.) come as a result of Success comes from luck)

Achòlù m isī Ìbàdàn naa ụnò — I want to go home through

O sì n’ụla naa mmōọ — He died in his sleep (literally He went from sleep to the ancestors)

Ògàniiru nà-èsi n’iru ọma — Success depends on luck (literally success comse from luck)

-si ǹgọNNC

doubt (obstinately)

-si ngọAV

doubt; doubt obstinately

-si òbòAV

be lazy, idle

-si ọnwụAV

persist; be obstinate in desperation or in last desperate effort (by sufferer) before or to prevent death

-si ọnyàAV

set trap

-sị òsiālịAV

bear witness

-sì ụkwụAV

mark a footprint

-si ùmàNNC

seek out information

— I am trying to ferret out information

-sibịaAV

come from; come (by way of)

-sifìèAV

pass the wrong way; miss road, way

-sifìè ụzòAV

1. miss road, way
2. come from

Ji esīzi n’isi pu ò si n’ọdù pu — If yam does not bring out a shoot from the head, it brings it through the tail

-sighèAV

cook properly

-sijiAV

dye; dye black

-sika ikeAV

be very, too, strong, difficult

Ọlụ afù èsika ikē — The work is very difficult

-sikpùAV

cover

-sikwụAV

compare; contrast; think about; consider; criticise

Achòlù m ijī òkè m sikwụ ǹkè gị kà m wèe malụ ǹke kā ibè ya — I want to compare your share with mine to know which is greater (placing them side by side)

-sìneAV

compare; weigh a word

-sinwụAV

scorch; wither; have pins and needles; be numb; be half-dead

Akwụkwọ nnī m gotalụ n’ùtụtù àsinwụgo — The vegetables I bought this morning have withered

-sinwụbaAV

look dejected; scowl

Kèdụ ife mēlụ i jìlì sinwụba irū? — Why are you looking dejected?

-sịsịESUF

continually

Mkpụlụ akwū nà-adàsịsị — Palm nuts keep on falling

Mmilī nà-àtụsịsị — Water is dripping (continuously)

-siteAV

take, come through, by

Ụzō à kà m sìtèlù bịa — This is the road I took to come

-siwaAV

hurt severely

-siwasịAV

hurt severely

Isi nà-èsiwasị m — I have a severe headache

-sizè

melt by placing over the fire

Ọ nà-èsizē ūde — He is melting the pomade over the fire

-soAV

1. grow; be long, tall
2. sharpen

Ọ nà-èso mmà — She is sharpening a knife

-sòAV

follow; accompany; go with

Achòlù m isò gì na — I want to go (home) with you

-sọAV

1. be pleasant, sweet; please; like; appeal to
2. avoid (out of respect); honour; revere
3. precede; be next before; be older than
4. push; poke
5. see -su + 4.

Ife nwaàyì afù sòlù m — The woman attracts me

A sọọ ịpīa nwatà ìtàlì è mebìe yā — Spare the rod and spoil the child

Asòlù m Ònyeēnwe — I am older than Onyeenwe

-sọ amụAV

make laugh; please; amuse; delight; be funny

-sọ anyaAV

1. refrain from doing something because of respect for someone present
2. respect person, show favouritism; refrain from doing something because of respect for someone present

-so esusoAV

form boil, abscess

-sọ gànàgànàAV

stagger

-sọ ìsìAV

1. walk as though blind
2. grope; walk as though blind

-so mmàAV

sharpen knife, matchet

-sọ mpìAV

butt with the horns; compete

Ànyî jèkò ịsō mpì na Ọka — We are going to compete (for a competition) at Ọka

-sò n’òfuAV

be of the same age

-sò n’ùsòlòAV

1. be in order, procession
2. be in line

Achòlù m kà ụnū sòo n’ùsòlò — I want you to form a procession, or, get into single file

-sò ǹdùmòọdụNNC

follow advice

-sò ǹdùmọọdụAV

follow advice

Bikō, sòlu ǹdùmọọdụ m — Please, follow my advice

-sọ ǹgòǹgòAV

stagger; stumble

Òyì gị nwaànyì gà-àkpatalụ gī ịsō ǹgòǹgò — Your girlfriend will cause you to stumble

Ọ bụlụ nà òfu mkpịsị akā gị gà-àkpatalụ gī ịsō ǹgòǹgò bepū yā — If one of your fingers causes you to stumble, cut it off

-sọ nsọAV

1. forbid; prohibit; taboo
2. separate; set apart; regard as taboo

Ànyị nà-àsọ yā — We forbid it (for ritual reasons)

-so ogonogoAV

be tall, long

-sọ oyīNNC

disgust; be ugly to; be ugly (e.g. faeces or jagged ulcer)

-sọ oyiAV

1. abhor; disgust; be ugly to; be ugly (e.g. faeces or ulcer)
2. forbid; be taboo

Ọnya dī gị n’ụkwụ nà-àsọ m oyī — The ulcer on your leg disgusts me

Ndi Nneēwi nà-àsọ ewī nsọ — The giant rat is taboo to the people of Nneewi (literally The people of Nneēwi forbid the giant rat)

-sò ụkpụlūAV

1. take after, resemble ancestor (in behaviour)
2. take part in; be a member of
3. with (acting like suffix)

Ụmū Ìbè niīne nà-èzugbàdo orī, fa nà-esò ụkpụlū nnà nnà fa — All of Ibè's children are thieves, they take after their grandfather

Enyì m sò na ndi isi ōde ākwụkwọ — My friend is one of the leading writers

-so ùsoAV

grow; be long, tall (of living thing)

-sọ ùsọAV

be pleasant, sweet; please

-sòchì ibè n’àzụNNC

walk in single file; follow immediately behind each other; follow immediately behind or after companions

-sòchi ibè n’àzụAV

1. walk in single file
2. follow immediately behind or after companions

-sòchi n’àzụAV

follow immediately after

Sòchie m n’àzụ — Follow immediately behind me

-sògbuAV

trouble; vex; persecute

-sògwaAV

mix with (e.g. in a walk)

Atụlū adī esògwalụ efī — Sheep never move about with cattle

-sọkwùAV

be foolish, awkward

-sonarịAV

surpass in growth

Àda gà-èsonarị nwa nnē ya nwokē ogō — Ada will grow taller than her brother

-sòniAV

following (e.g. day, etc.)

Àda gà-àbịa ụbòsì ụkà mà mụ nwà gà-àna ụbòsị nā-esòni yā — Ada will come on Sunday but I shall go the following day

-sonitaAV

grow up

-sònyeAV

join in (e.g. a stroll or walk)

-sònyelụAV

accompany

-sọpịAV

be tapering

-sọpùAV

honour (by standing aside)

-sọpùlụAV

honour; revere; give way to; respect

Ọ nà-àsọpùlụ m dị kà nnwa — He behaves like a son to me

-sopùtaAV

grow up; be of age

-sọrụkaAV

honour (by standing or bending aside)

-sọtùAV

push down (e.g. with hoofs)

-sowanyeAV

increase in length, height, growth, age (of growing thing or youth)

-suAValso -sọ

1. pound (dry object
2. burn; destroy by burning; set fire to
3. dip (e.g. morsel of food in soup, piece of yam in stew or oil)

-sụAV

1. pound (soft objects, e.g. fufu, pounded yam; compare -su 1.)
2. boil; begin to boil; sing (of kettle on cooker)
3. cut, clear (bush, forest); weed
4. see -sọ 4.

Ejì m aka nà nni afù gà-àsụ tupu elekele isiì — I am sure the food will boil before six o'clock

-sùAV

1. grunt; make sound like lorry, automobile or other powered vehicle, machine, etc.
2. stab; pierce with the end or point of (e.g. rod, spear, spike, etc.)
3. compress; shorten; be short
4. wear (clothes)

— He wants to stab me with a digging-stick

-sù afịaAV

1. flood the market (of excess commodity) The shoes I bought from Aba last month were sold at a loss
2. (fig., of person) be useless
3. flood the market (of excess commodity); (fig.) of a person, be useless

Azù sùlù afịa — The market is flooded with fish

Akpụkpọ ụkwū m zūtalụ n’Àba n’ọnwa gālụ agâ sùlù afịa — The shoes I bought from Aba last month were sold at a loss

Ị sùlù afịa — You are pretty useless

-sù àkàkpòAV

1. be stunted in growth
2. be stunted in growth (= -dà àkàkpò)

-sụ akwàAV

wash clothes

-sù àsùAV

1. make sound like vehicle or machine
2. shrink back

-sụ asùsụAV

speak language, tongue, dialect

-sù egbèAV

load gun

— I am loading a gun

-su ekweAV

1. beat the gong
2. beat wooden drum

-sụ ÌgbòAV

1. speak Igbo
2. (when qualifying another noun) indigenous, as opposed to something of outside origin
3. speak Igbo but I don’t know how to speak Igbo

-su imiAV

wrinkle nose in direction of person in disdain or to show snobbery (usually not allowing the victim to know, but allowing others around to know)

Agà m àma onye ōbụnā gā-esu nwa nnē m imi ōla màkà nà ọ mērọ alū — I would slap anyone who wrinkled his nose at my brother because he did not commit an abomination

-sù isi n’ànìAV

fall headlong; throw oneself headlong

— Let whoever is annoyed (or angry) put his head on the ground to prove that he is annoyed (lit know that anger is burning in his heart)

-sù iweAV

sulk

-sụ jiAV

pound yam

-sù mbimbi akwāAV

sob

-sù mmàAV

stab

-sù n’ànìAV

thump on the ground; set down heavily

-sù nsọAV

lift a taboo

-sụ ǹsụAV

stammer; stutter

Ọ nà-àsụ nsụ — He stammers

-sụ ọfịaAV

cut bush

-sù òfọAV

1. knock the stick representing the god of justice (òfọ) on the ground
2. the tree from which the wood representing òfọ is cut (Detarium senegalense J.F. Gmel.)
3. male name

-su òkpọAV

1. box; strike with fist
2. touch lightly (e.g. with mouth, tip of tail, etc.)

-su ọkụAV

burn; set alight; set on fire

Ì nà-àchọ isū ụnò ọkụ? — Do you want to set the house on fire?

-su òsụsọōAV

sweat; perspire; cause perspiration

Àfe à m yì nà-èsu m òsụsọō — This shirt I'm wearing is making me sweat

-sù òsùsùAV

1. make grunts or sounds like lorry or powered machines, automobiles
2. leave part of a conversation unspoken, hum and haw asù òsùsù kpaa nkàta màkà nà onye nā-abụ ọ na-èkwu okwū ò na-asù bù onye aghùghò I never like to converse with a person who is in the habit of humming and hawing during a conversation because a person who hums and haws is planning something bad

Adā m àchọ kà mụ nà onye nā-abụ ọ na-èkwu okwū ò naasù òsùsù kpaa nkàta màkà nà onye nā-abụ ọ na-èkwu okwū ò na-asù bù onye aghùghò — I never like to converse with a person who is in the habit of humming and hawing during a conversation because a person who hums and haws is planning something bad

-sụ pùmAV

bubble (of boiling thick liquids like hot pap, thick soup, and cornflour. The force of rising steam leaves holes which quickly close up, making sounds pùm pùm pùm)

-sù ubèAV

thrust, stab with a spear

Bikō asùkwònà m ubè — Please do not stab me with the spear!

-sù udèAV

make low groan; grunt (e.g. as seriously ill person, animals)

-sù udeNNC

groan; grunt; hum, etc.

Onye àrụ nà-ànwụ nà-asù udè — The patient is groaning

-sù ùdùAV

beat ùdù pot (for music)

-sụ ùfụfùAV

foam; froth

-sụ ugbōAV

weed farm

-sụ ụzòAV

1. cut road, path, way
2. cut road
3. way; manner; conduct; sort; kind

Ụzò i sì èkwu okwū asōrọ m — I don’t like your way of speaking

-suchaAV

1. thresh (e.g. rice)
2. box, beat, strike, hit (hard)

-sụchaAV

clear away weeds or bush; weed; deforest

-sùgbuAV

stab to death

-sụghalị asùsụAV

interpret language (literally change language)

-sukpọAV

burn up

-sụkpọAV

destroy; beat to powder

-suleAV

burn

-suliAV

dip food in soup or stew and eat

-suluAV

take piece of yam, etc., from among many and eat; take stew or soup with morsel or piece of food

-sùlụ ìchàfòAV

put on head-tie

-sùlụ ìchàfù n’isiNNC

put on headtie

-sụnwùESUF

re-wash; wash again Ọ gà-àsụnwù akwà ọ sùlù n’ùtụtù She will re-wash the cloth she washed in the morning

-sùnyeAV

thrust into; plunge into

-sùpùAV

1. unload (a gun)
2. ostracize; excommunicate

-susù ọnūAV

kiss

Ọjì nà-èsusù nwụnyè ya ọnū — Ọjị is kissing his wife

-sutụ ọnūAV

1. touch slightly with mouth; kiss
2. touch with mouth

saàINTJ

exclamation of displeasure; Shut up! Be quiet!

saì!INTJ

exclamation to scare away dogs pilfering or disturbing one

Nkịtāà nụ, saì! — You dog, be off!

samNNC

beauty; attractiveness; fitness; eligibility

Àfè nwaànyì afù yì dì sam — The woman looked fine in that dress

sambàNNC

frame-drum, flat square drum (compare Yoruba)

sannòCD

nine (arch., compare ìtènaānị)

Madū nō n’ime ụnò akwụkwô dì sannò — The people in the school are nine

sè okwuAV

quarrel (literally draw words)

Mụ nà Èjìòfọ nà-esè okwū — Ejiọfọ and myself are quarrelling

sepànịpàNNC

a weak person who struggles in vain to beat a stronger opponent

sìgaNNC

cigarette (English)

sịòINTJ

exclamation of anger, disgust

Sịò! Ifelē mèe gī Fie! — Shame on you!

Sịò! Ọ sòlù oyī Ooh! — It is ugly!

sisìNNC

five kobo; sixpence (English six(pence))

sịsò

see sò

site nàAV

from; through

Site n’okwu o kwulu kà m jìlì malụ nà egwù nà-àtụ yā — From what he said, I knew he was afraid

sòNNCalso sòọsò, sịsò

only

Ọ bù sò m^nò n’ebe à — I am the only one here

Kpòta sò ya — Bring him alone

Ọ bù sòọsò òfu ochē dị n’ebe a gà-anò me nzùkọ — There is only one chair in the place where the meeting is going to take place

Sòọsò Chinēkè Nnà pùlù ịzōpùtà ànyị n’aka ndi ilō — Only God the Father can save us from the hands of the enemy

sò òfuNNC

only one; one only

sò òfu akpōNNC

once only; once for all

sò òfu njeNNC

only once

sò òfu ùgbòlòNNC

only once

sọò!INTJ

1. exclamation adding emphasis
2. exclamation of anger, used when someone has been worried by someone else to the point of exhaustion and now asks to be left in peace

Dàalụ sọò — Oh, thank you!

Wèta yā n’-ebe à sọò — Bring it here, please!

Nòdụnụ ànì sọò — Do sit down (addressing more than one person)

Nòdụ ànì sọò — Do sit down (to one person)

Ọ bù ezi okwū sọò — It is true, really!

Rapū m sọò, jèbe sọò — Please leave me alone, you are free to go

sòọsò

see sò

sòọsò yaNNC

1. only him/her/it
2. only him, her, it

Sùlu òfu ibe nnīNNC

Take a piece of food

susualso suso

see èsusu

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