Nkọwa okwu · 56 entries
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- -yàAV
- suffer from (disease); endure
- -yà ọyàAV
- suffer illness; be sick; suffer from disease
Ọ nà-ayā òkpoòmìlì — She is suffering from rheumatism
Ọ nà-ayà ọyā ōzịza — She is suffering from a swelling disease
- -yà-tọAV
- open forcibly
- -yàtọ ọnūNNC
- open mouth forcibly
- -yatọ ọnụNNC
- be vulgar in speech
- sound
- -yàtò ọnūAV
- be vulgar in speech
- -yiAV
- wear
- resemble; be like, alike
- cut (human and animal flesh and soft objects)
- cause
- turn
Àdâ yìlì nne yā — Àda resembles her mother
Ife ēyi nnwa — There is nothing like a child (used as a name)
- -yìAValso -wì
- be, go together; accompany one another in doing something
Mụ nà enyì m gà-ayì je Nnọkwà echi — My friend and I will go (together) to Nnọkwa tomorrow
Mụ nà Ọgụgùâ yì je mmīli — Ọgụgua and myself went to the stream together
- -yi àfèAV
- wear cloth
- -yi akpụkpọ ụkwūAV
- wear shoes
- -yi akwàAV
- wear cloth
- -yi àkwaAV
- lay eggs
Òkụkò m nà-èyi ākwa — My fowl is laying eggs
- -yì alaNNCalso -wì ala
- be mad; become mad
Ọ nà-ayì alā — He is mad
- -yi atụtọAV
- tickle
- -yi àwòlòAV
- wear mask
- -yi egwùAV
- frighten
- -yi ǹtàtàlabùAV
- tickle in armpit
- -yi oyīNNC
- be ugly, nauseating
Abụ afū tāsalụ n’ànì ụnò nà-èyi m oyī — The pus which has poured on the floor is ugly to me
- -yì òyìAV
- be friends, lovers
- commit adultery, fornication
- be lovers; commit adultery, fornication
Ayìnà òyì — Do not commit adultery
- -yi ụgbàNNC
- dive
- -yi ùgbàAV
- to dive
Anà m èje iyī ùgbà nà mmilī — I am going to the stream to dive
- -yi ụgbọAV
- paddle canoe
- any kind of motor vehicle; lorry; car
- -yibeAV
- put clothes on someone (compare -yi 1. wear clothes)
- clothe; put clothes on someone (e.g. a child)
- -yidoAV
- put ashore
- -yifèAV
- paddle, ferry across
- -yigbuAV
- turn upon and kill
- -yikasịAV
- cut oneself open
- -yikpòESUF
- cover the body with clothes
- clothe, put clothing on so as to cover up something
Yikpò ọnya dī gị n’afọ àfè — Wear clothing over the sore on your abdomen
- -yikwàsịAV
- put on (clothing, mask, etc.)
- -yilịAV
- wear
- -yìlịAV
- go together
Bìa kà ànyị yìlị jee nkū — Come, let us go together to fetch the firewood
- -yili àfèNNC
- put on clothes
Yili àfè gị kà ànyị je Ukà — Put on your clothes and let us go to Church
- -yilị àfèAV
- put on clothes
Yìlị àfè gị — Put on your shirt (or clothes)
- -yipùAV
- take off (clothing, mask, etc.)
- -yipù àwòlòAV
- take off mask; unmask
Yipū àwòlò — Take the mask off (yourself)
- -yitọAV
- cut free; cut
- -yiwaAV
- cut open, across, into two
- -yiwa òlòmaAV
- cut orange into half
- -yọAV
- beg
- -yòAV
- drizzle (of rain); sprinkle
- sift
Mmilī nà-ayò — The rain is drizzling
Yòọ nnī afù nwantịntị nnū — Sprinkle some salt on the food
- -yọ ayìyọAV
- beg; beseech; pray
- beg for alms
- -yọ mgbaAV
- challenge to a wrestling contest
- -yò ùsàkàAV
- shake a musical calabash
- -yòchaAV
- sift (to separate chaff or foreign body)
- -yòchapùAV
- sift out
- -yòghalịAV
- shake
Ọ yòghàlìlù ọgwù afù — He shook the medicine
- -yòkpọAV
- flap (in the face)
- sift to a fine powder
- -yọtaAV
- receive by begging
- -yòtaAV
- sieve out
- yaPRNalso nya
- independent, object and possessive, 3rd pers. sg. For some speakers, nya is the usual subject form while ya is the object and possessive form, except that nya occurs after a nasal) he; him; his; she; her; it; its
Nya bìa ebe à — Let him come here
Fâ fùlù ya — They saw him
Edèlù m nyà akwụkwọ — I wrote to him
- ya kàAV
- for that reason; so; therefore
Adâ kwùlù ezi okwū ya kà m jì gbaghàlụ yā — Ada spoke the truth, that is why I forgave her
Èkê dì mkpụmkpụ ya kà e jì jụ iwè yà n’ọlụ àfè ojiī — Eke is short; that is why he was not recruited into the police
- ya nà ònwe yāPRN
- he himself; she herself
- ya nwàPRN
- he himself; she herself
- yaà!INTJ
- exclamatory shout to frighten, call attention
- yàbaàsìNNC
- onion (Allium cepa Linn.) (Pidgin yàbaàs)
- yụPRN
- you; thou; thee (less common than gị)
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