Nkọwa okwu · 260 entries

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-ŋùAV

be glad; exult, rejoice (against); crow over

-ŋù ọŋùAV

1. be glad; exult; rejoice; crow over
2. (fig.) cry as a spoilt child

-ŋù-nụAValso -ŋò-nụ

mimic; copy

Ọ nà-aŋùŋụ nnwa nā-ebe akwā — He is mimicking the child's crying

-ŋùlị

1. rejoice
2. rejoice; jubilate

Gịnî kpàtà ijì aŋùlị? — Why are you rejoicing?

-ŋùlụAV

receive; greet; congratulate; be fond of

Òbi nà-aŋùlụ ụmù akā — Obi is fond of children

Jèe ŋùalụ Ụnòọma — Go and congratulate Ụnọọma

(ùwà) -tò uteAV

1. (fig.) have an easy life
2. have an easy life
3. tree (Pandanus candelabrum Beauv.) from whose leaves mats are made
4. (fig.) have an easy life

O nwērọ onye ùwà tòlù ute — Nobody finds the world a bed of roses

ùbaNNC

1. plentifulness; increase
2. wealth; riches (compare àkù)
3. male name

ùbàNNC

drum beaten for deities at second burial

ubèNNC

1. spear, divided into
2. stroke (of cane)

Pìa yā ubè osisi naàbò — Give him two strokes of the cane

ùbeNNC

1. native pear; "pear" (Pachylobus edulis Don), baked in hot ashes
2. end; limit

ubē ǹzèNNC

ceremonial spear for ọzō ceremonies (= alò), and fighting or hunting spears, see asùduù and àgànà

ùbe ōkpokoNNC

bush-candle tree (Canarium schweinfurthii Engl.). The fruits are cooked by being put in hot water. See also ùbe òsà.

ùbe òsàNNC

Canarium schweinfurthii Engl. See also ùbe ōkpoko.

ùbe oyìboNNC

1. pear
2. avocado pear (Persea gratissima)

ubìNNC

farm

ùbiNNC

black cobra (Naja melanoleuca Hall.)

ùbìàmNNC

poverty; pauperism

ùbọNNC

musical instrument with either strings or plucked tongues; (compare ogumogwū )

ùbọ akwalàNNC

stringed instrument resembling guitar

ùbọ akwālàNNC

pluriarc

ùbọ ọnūNNC

mouth-organ; wind-instrument in general

ubom

see ìbome

ubòmNNC

sandbank

ùbuNNC

1. shoulder
2. small fishing net

ùbùNNC

staleness

Azū à àdàgo ùbù — This fish has gone stale

ùbụNNC

scramble; scrambling

ùbụlùNNC

brain

ùbùlùNNC

1. young chick
2. fruit with sweet smell, sucked raw (? from Borassus aethiopum Mart.)

Proverb: Akwụkwọ ùbùlù e jìlì ke nnū , nnu nà-àtọ ùbùlù nà-àtọ — (literally The leaf of ùbùlù has been used in wrapping salt; the salt is tasty, the ùbùlù is tasty.) Used in describing a combination of two good things, e.g. when a very handsome man marries a very beautiful woman

ùbùlụ ākwaNNC

1. eggshell
2. eggshell (of fowl)

ùbùlù inūNNC

variety of ùbùlù whose leaves are used to cure malaria

ùbụlù mgbakaAV

brain fatigue

ùbùlù ọchaNNC

custard apple (Annona senegalensis Pers.)

uchèNNC

1. mind; sense; thought; wisdom; intelligence
2. Uchè m dì yà I am concentrating on it

ùchịchāNNC

cockroach

ùchichìNNC

night

Ùchichì adī mma ògwù — Night is not good for fighting

uchuNNC

industry; perseverance; diligence

ùdàNNC

sound; report

ude

see udè

udèNNCalso ude

groan; groaning; grunt; grunting; hum; din; grunt used rhythmically to keep time in singing

Ndị egwū na-àgwụ; ndị udè àna-àsụ — The soloists are singing; the chorus are keeping time

ùdeNNC

1. ointment; palm-kernel ointment (Yoruba àdin and òroro)
2. fame; report; reputation; name

ùdèNNC

flood-plain; swampy farm land

ùde akūNNC

palm kernel oil

ùde oyìboNNC

factory-prepared pomade

ùdènèNNC

1. common or hooded vulture (Necrosyrtes monachus)
2. hopeless, useless person

ùdènè AgwùNNC

vulture associated with Agwù, an image of which is made

ùdịNNC

kind; shape; likeness; nature; being

Ọ bù ùdị yā — It is his nature

Gwa m ùdị ị chòlù — Tell me the kind you want

ùdị ọjọōNNC

bad kind, form, being nature

UdōNNC

very powerful divinity (alūsị), whose worship is controlled by the Ọbịọ clan and before whom a king-elect of Onitsha must perform various rituals (Henderson 1972)

Proverb: Udō sì onye ya nà-àzọ jì akā ya zòọ ōnwe ya màkà nà ya adā àzọ onye tōlụ afọ — (literally Udō requests that whoever he is trying to save should try and help himself because he never saves anybody with ascites)

ùdoNNC

peace; quietness; calmness

ùdòNNC

small fibrous plant

ùdò ọchaNNC

musk mallow (Hibiscus abelmoschus Linn.)

ùduNNC

used in

ùdùNNC

earthenware pot used for storing water; musical pot playing by slapping a hole in the side-wall with the flat of the hand

ùdụNNC

large earthenware pot used for storing water

ùdu mmīliNNC

rainy season

ùdudōNNC

spider

ùfeNNC

flight (-fe 1. fly)

ufèlèNNC

wind; breeze

ùfèsiNNCalso ùfèsị

the other side; abroad; overseas

ùfèsị mmīliNNC

across the stream, river, etc.; other side of the river, stream, etc.

ùfèsi mmīliNNC

across the stream, river, etc.; the other side of the river, stream, etc.

ufieNNC

1. camwood (dye-wood from the tree Baphia nitida Lodd. or
2. pubescens Hook.f.); red dye from it

ùfìèNNC

1. width; across; crosswise
2. used in

ùfìèNNCalso ùfìò

royal drums; pair of very large cylindrical slit-gongs, held only by kings, the beating of which arouses the king from slumber and thus defines the beginning of a new day

ùfìè ji ọkūNNC

1. sacrifice, feast before eating new yams (compare Ìfèjiọkū)
2. sacrifice, feast before eating new yams
3. lamp; light; lantern

Bùtelụ m ọkụ — Bring me the lamp

Chì ọkū — Show the light

ufìlìNNCalso ufùlù

mark; track; footprint; trail (e.g. of snake); sunbeam

Ǹkaà bù ufìlì agwō, ò bụrō ufìlì igwè — This is the trail of a snake, not the track of a bicycle

ùfoNNC

used in

ùfochīNNCalso ùfochì

dawn; dayspring; next day

ùfọdụNNC

some; certain; (can either precede or follow noun it qualifies)

Ùfọdụ mmādù dì nzuzù — Some people are stupid

Nye m ùfọdụ — Give me some

ùfolōNNC

nothing; uselessness; vanity

ufùNNC

a faint

ùfùNNC

mongoose

ùfụNNC

pain; agony; difficulty; distress

ùfụfùNNC

foam; froth; scum

Ǹkaà bù ùfụfū ōnugbù — This is the foam of the bitterleaf

ufulīNNC

used in

ufùlùNNC

breath; air

ùgàNNC

prickly plant used for the preparation of sponges

ùgànìNNC

time of food shortage; dearth, usually before new yam is out

ugbànàNNC

1. Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis)
2. male name

ugbèNNC

feather (compare ugbènè)

ugbènèNNC

feather (compare ugbè)

ugbōNNC

farm

ugbòNNC

1. cave; den; lair; hole
2. hiding-place for fish made out of hollow bamboo cane, in which they are then trapped

ugbokōNNC

forest; thicket; jungle; farm

ùgbòlòNNC

time, times (in enumeration)

ùgbòlò naàbòCD

twice; two times

Ejēgo m ụnò ọgwù ùgbòlò naàbò — I have been to the hospital twice

ùgbòlò òne?

how often?; how many times?

Gwa m ugbòlò òne i jègòlu ebe afù — Tell me the number of times you have been to that place

ùgbòlo ùgbòlòNNC

frequently; often

ùgbuNNC

small fishing net

ùgègbèNNC

mirror; glass

ugègbè anyāNNC

(eye) glasses

ùgègbè anyāNNC

(eye) glasses

ùghaNNC

falsehood

ughelēNNC

yawn; yawning

ugilīNNC

wild mango tree (Irvingia gabonensis (Aubry-Lecomte ex O'Rorke) Baill.), and its fruit (compare ògbònò) used for soup

Ugilī teghete mbù egō abūrọ ulù — Nine ugilī fruits for one cowry is no gain (i.e. anything too cheap should be suspected of inferiority)

ùgòNNC

"eagle", a bird valued for its rarity and beauty. Its white feather is a symbol of prestige worn with the red cap of onye ǹzè. (Palmnut Vulture, Gypohierax angolensis, and/or West African River Eagle, Haliaetus vocifer.)

ùgò mmāNNC

beautiful girl

ÙgòchukwuNNC

male name (literally Eagle of God)

ùgòdìNNC

lock; key

ùgòfùNNC

steam

ùgògbèNNC

mirror (= ènyò, ènyìnyò)

ùgolìNNC

hooting sound made by young men when dancing

ugòloNNC

used in

ùgolòNNC

bitter kola (Garcinia kola Heckel)

ugòlo òmàNNC

Pied Crow (Corvus albus)

ùgomNNCalso ùgom

prison yard

ÙgònàchọmmāNNC

name of a masquerade

ÙgònnēNNC

male name (literally Mother's Eagle)

ÙgònnwāNNC

female name (literally (Eagle child))

ugọnọmNNC

fish sp. (Bagrus bayad) (= òkpọ ọfū)

ugwuNNC

mountain; hill; any raised ground

ugwùNNC

circumcision

ùgwùNNC

prestige

Ugwu AwụsaNNC

Northern Nigeria

Nwaàmàlùbịa ejēnurò Ugwu Awụsa — Nwaamalụbịa has never been to Northern Nigeria

ugwùlùgwùNNC

chest

ùgwulùgwuNNC

abundance, large number (especially of small things)

ugwùlùgwù anūNNC

breast (of meat)

ùjàNNC

bark, roar (of animal)

— I am hearing the roar of a lion

ujìjìNNC

leaf used for soup

ùjuNNC

fullness; plenty

Ànyî nò n’ùju nnī kịtāà — We are at present in a time of plenty (of food)

Ukà FadaNNC

Roman Catholic Church

ùkataNNC

general name for fish of the Polypterus and Calamoichthys genera (compare òkwo)

ùkàwùNNC

tigerfish (Hydrocynus vittatus lineatus)

ukeNNC

thorn, prickle

ùkeNNC

brightness; glitter

ÙkèNNC

name of a town and its market

ùkèNNC

bad, ill luck; misfortune

Ǹke à bù ùkè — This is a misfortune, or This is bad luck

Ezùlù m ùkè n’ụzò ogè m nà-èje ịkpōlụ nnwa m nō n’ụnò ọgwù — I encountered ill luck on my way to the hospital to take my child home

ukòNNC

used in

ùkoNNC

small store or recess, built up generally over fireplace

ùkọNNC

scarcity (compare mkpa)

Ukò ChukwuNNC

(Christian usage) minister; pastor; deacon; priest

ukòlò

see ìkòlò

ùkòlòNNC

hollow

ukomNNC

steep clay cliff at bank of river

ukòmNNC

fowl

ùkpaNNC

1. large oblong market basket, made from aŋā
2. a walk
3. friendship; communion

ùkpàNNC

rope for climbing

ùkpa jīNNC

basketful of yam

ùkpakāNNC

oil-bean tree or seed (Pentaclethra macrophylla Benth.)

ùkpànàNNC

grasshopper

ukpeNNC

lamp

ukpìNNC

tree from which ufie is obtained

ùkpòNNCalso ìkpò

seat or bed made of mud; bed or plot for growing vegetables

ùkpò ezèNNC

royal throne

ùkpoloNNC

clod of earth

ùkpoòNNCalso ukpom

fishing hook

ùkpọrọ

see òkpọrọ

ùku mbuNNC

shoulder

ùkweNNC

1. song; hymn
2. assent (= òkwukwe) (-kwe 1. agree)

ukwuNNC

large; big

ukwùNNC

waist; loins; stump (of tree); base

Kèdo elili à n’ukwù gị — Tie this string round your waist

ùkwùNNC

1. bundle
2. (also ùkwù egō) unit in cowrie counting system, consisting of ten èkpète (of six cowries each), thus sixty cowries

ùkwù azīzàNNC

broom (considered as a whole bundle of prepared palm fronds)

ukwù isòNNC

base of a pillar of house; pillar of house

ùkwù naàbòNNC

120 cowries

ùkwù naatòNNC

180 cowries

ùkwù nkūNNC

bundle of firewood

ukwù osisiNNC

stump of tree

ùlaNNC

(for some speakers ụnō ūla) (sleeping) room; inner room; bedroom; foodstuff store - a room in the house

ùlàNNC

enticement; seduction; drawing away

ùla ōkụkòNNC

1. fowl-house
2. hen-house

ùlàgàNNCalso ùlàgù

Christmas masquerade

ùleNNC

corruption; decomposition; rot

ùlìNNC

indigo; plant (Randia malleifera Benth. and Hook.f. and/or R. maculata DC) whose juice, obtained on grinding the fruit, turns black on drying. Used traditionally by women for body designs to enhance their beauty. Also marked on the lower eye-lid of patient attacked by measles, influenza, smallpox, as prevention and/or cure

ùlì abụbàNNC

avariety of ùlì

ùli ārụNNC

indigo body designs

ùli ede èjiNNC

variety of ùlì

ùlì mkpòNNC

variety of ùlì

ùlì nkịlịsịNNC

variety of ùlì, whose seeds are very small in size

ùlilìNNCalso ùlulù

Giant Forest Squirrel (Protoxerus strangeri)

ùlòNNC

mud; mire (compare ùlù)

ùlòdìNNC

type of white lily

ùlòloNNC

hole for exit of water from house, compound

ulùNNC

gain; profit; benefit

ùlùNNC

clay; mire (compare ùlò)

ùlụNNC

theft; deception

ulù egōNNC

profit

ulùghùlùNNCalso ulù

flesh; small piece of meat without bones

ùlùkòmbụbāNNC

butterfly

ulùkpùNNC

cloud

ùlulù

see ùlilì

ùlùmàkụmā

see ùlùkòmbụbā

ùlumēNNC

downy feathers; down

ùlume akpūNNC

kapok

ulùulùNNC

flesh

ùmaNNC

used in

ùmàNNC

information, especially that which is not commonly known

umeNNC

1. breath; sigh; strength
2. loins

ùmeNNC

used in

ume ànìNNC

humility

ume ngwụNNC

idleness; laziness

ùme nnwāNNCalso òmùmù

1. frequent loss of children soon after birth (by death)
2. frequent loss of new-born children soon after birth

ùme òmùmùNNC

frequent loss of new-born children

ùmịNNCalso òmị

shallow well; pit, well for collecting rain-water (òmị more common in Onitsha Town)

ùmìNNC

marrow

ùmì ọkpụkpụNNC

1. marrow (of bone)
2. marrow of bone

ùmì osisiNNC

(sweet) juice of fruit

ùnaNNC

departure; going

ùnànwụledè

see nànwụledè

ùnànwụlụ

see nànwụledè

uneNNC

calabash for storing wine

ùnèNNC

mouth-bow with cane-rope string

unèlèNNC

banana (Musa sapientum Linn.)

unō àkùNNC

bank; departmental store; trading post

unyiNNC

dirt

unyìNNC

coal; charcoal; cinder

unyì okwutēNNC

coal

ùruNNC

sorrow; grief

ùruluchīNNC

evening; dusk

ùsàNNC

pinching (bits of food, meat, etc., usually by children (-sà 3. pinch)

Ọ nà-asā ùsà — He is gazing longingly at the food (of child), or He insists on the lion’s share of food (of husband)

ùsàalso ụsà

answer; excuse

ùshàkàNNC

1. a calabash, netted with strings of cowries, which is shaken as a musical instrument (= derived from Yoruba sèkèrè)
2. rattle (= ụyò)
3. see ùsàkà

ùsọNNC

1. pleasure; sweetness
2. vicinity; proximity; near neighbourhood

ùsọ ànìNNC

1. boundary (of farmland)
2. bank of river
3. border; place of no consequence; the country, countryside

ùsokwūNNC

woman’s house (= mkpukè)

ùsòlòNNC

row of things or people; arrangement

usukēNNC

a tree whose fruit resembles ụdalā ènwè in shape; when ripe, the fruit is red in colour

ùtàNNC

invitation to a feast

Chòọ yā ùtà — Give him an invitation

ùtabàNNC

1. tobacco (Nicotiana rustica Linn.)
2. cigarette; snuff

ùtabā èkèlèkeNNC

rolled tobacco leaves, in small bits for retail

ùtabā mmụọNNC

kind of non-edible shrub resembling tobacco plant in appearance and smell

ùtabà ufū or ufulīNNC

dry raw tobacco leaves not yet chemically prepared

ùtabà ufulīNNC

dry raw tobacco leaves not yet chemically prepared

ùtàzìNNC

bitter leaf for soup (Gongronema latifolia)

uteNNC

mat

ute Ādo (= uteNNC

1. stiff mat used in burial ceremonies, in roofing, and to make
2. stiff mat used for burial ceremonies or to form roofing or

ùtụNNC

1. money or kind paid as tax, collection, rent, fare
2. powder, dust (e.g. of wood)

ùtùNNC

rubber fruit (thick bush, sweet flesh, orange) (Saba florida (Benth.) Bullock)

utù egbèNNC

trigger (literally penis of the gun)

ùtụ osisiNNC

sawdust; powder from dry wood as a result of grub activity inside the wood

ùtùkpèNNC

lamp (= ìtè ọkū)

Ọnwa tụa, ùtùkpè àna — When the moon shines, there is no need of a lamp (fig. used to express dependence on an outstanding person)

ùtụtùNNC

morning; morning of life

ùtụtù echīNNC

tomorrow morning

Agà m àfụ gī n’ùtụtù echī — I shall see you tomorrow morning

ùtụtù ọmaNNC

fine morning

ùw’a anụmànùNNC

the animal world

ùwàNNC

the world, earth, universe; (in Nri philosophy the visible world, contrasted with Mmụō (ancestors), Alūsị (spirits), and Òkìkè (the creator), consisting of igwē nà ànì (the firmament and the earth), and occupied by mmadù (human beings), agū (forests), anụmànù (animals), etc.

ùwà afụfụNNC

world of suffering

Àbịarō m ùwà afụfụ — I do not come to the world to suffer

ùwà aja ājaNNC

troublesome world; world of trials and tribulations (literally world of sands; any food or beautiful thing, once sand is spilt into it, is fouled)

ùwà anụmànùNNC

the animal world

ùwà anya ọkūNNC

envious, jealous world

ùwà ebè èbèAV

everlasting; for ever and ever

Nnà, ànyị nà-àyọ Gī kà Ị nònyelụ ānyị wèe lue n’ùwà ebè èbè — Father, we beseech Thee to be with us till life everlasting

ùwà m ùwà ìsatōNNC

exclamation of dismay

ùwa mmadùNNC

1. the world of men
2. the human world

ùwà ndi mmọọNNC

the world of spirits

ùwà ndi mmụọNNC

1. the world of spirits
2. masquerade (= mmanwụ)

ùwà ndi oyìboNNC

luxurious pleasure-loving way of life or living; extravagant life (literally the world of the white people)

Nwụnyē Īkê bìàlù ùwà ndi oyìbo. Di yā adī àchọ kà ọ lụa ọlụ ōbụnà, mà ò bù kà ọ mee ife ōbụnā sīlị ike — Ike's wife is living a life of pleasure. Her husband never wants her to do any work or do anything arduous

ùwà niīneQTF

all over the world

ùwà ọfụūNNC

modern world; nowadays

Proverb: Òkụkò ọfụū amārọ ànì ò wèlụ òfu ụkwū èje — Lit. A new fowl moves about on one leg (meaning, a new person in a place usually behaves with extra caution)

ùwà ọjọō ǹkaàNNC

1. this sinful world
2. this sinful world to come

Ànyị gà-ènwe ndù ebè èbè n’ùwa ōzọ — We shall have everlasting life in the world to come

ùwa ōnye òzọNNC

another person’s business

ùwa ōzọ

in the world to come

ùwà tụ ùwàNNC

for ever and ever; for ever; everlasting

Bìnyelụ ānyị ùwà tụ ùwà — Abide with us for ever (literally from world to world)

ùyòmNNC

newly-hatched chick; chick

ùyòm ōkụkòNNC

chicks

uzèNNC

Giant Forest squirrel (Protoxerus strangeri) (compare òsa)

uzelēNNC

sneezing

ùzọNNC

dawn; daybreak; early morning; early

Proverb: Ùzọ nwaànyì abūrọ ụzọ nnwā — Early to marry is not early to get children

ùzọ ūtụtùNNC

1. early morning
2. early morning; dawn

ùzùNNC

noise; uproar; quarrel

uzuzùNNCalso uzuzò

sand; dust

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