Lexicon · 39 entries

Z

-za1v

(no vowel suffix) answer; reply: Za m̄ Answer me: Achọ̀lụ̀ m̀ kà ị za akwụkwọ ǹkaà ọsọọ̄sọ I want you to reply to this letter quickly

ọ̀zịza answer; reply

-za afà bear a name; answer to one’s name

-za azị̀za answer query

-zado give (moral) support; prop up

-za letà reply to letter

-za mmụọ̄ be dedicated to a spirit by taking its name

-za òkù answer a call: O jèlụ̀ ịzā òkù He has gone to answer a call

-za2v

swell (of animal body): Ọ bụlụ nà ị jērọ gba ụkwụ nā-esògbu gị̄ ọgwụ̀ ọ gà-àza If you do not go for an injection, your bad leg will become swollen: Ụkwụ m gbàjìlị̀ n’ụ̀tụtụ̀ àzago The leg that I fractured in the morning has swollen up

ọ̀zịza swelling (of animal body)

afọ ọ̄zịza flatulence

-za àza swell; be swollen: Ụkwụ gị̄ nà-àza āza Your leg is becoming swollen: Ọ̀ gịnị̄ kpàtàlụ̀ ụkwụ gị̄ jì za āza? Why is your leg swollen?

-zachi become so swollen as to cover up spaces or orifices in an organ, e.g. eyes, ears, etc.: Anya gị̄ ị̀bụ̀ọ àzachigo Your two eyes have become so swollen as to cover up the eyeballs completely

-zakpò swell and cover up something completely

ǹzịza swelling; bump

-zà1v

sweep

ọ̀zị̀zà sweeping

-zà àzà sweep: A gà-azà ụnọ̀ afụ̀ àzà The room shall be swept

-zàchapụ̀ sweep out

-zàkpò sweep something over something (e.g. vomit) so as to cover it completely

-zànye sweep into

-zà2v

A. filter; skim (off) B. (fig.) be reduced in weight; be lean, thin (as result of abnormal condition, e.g. worry, illness, etc.): Agụ̄ azàgo Agụ has lost weight

ọ̀zị̀zà filtering

-ze1v

collapse; slip down; fall down (of wall, house, etc.); sink (of raised path); cave in

-ze eze = -ze

-zekpùdo sink over; collapse over

-ze +2v.:

-ze ume sigh; snort

-ze uzelē sneeze

-ze +3v.:

-ze ọdụ̄ make a palm branch booth on a farm

-zè1v

dodge; shrink from; beware of; avoid; prevent: Ndị aghā nà-amụ̀ etu e sì ezè mgbọ̄ The soldiers learn how to dodge bullets

òzìzè dodging; shrinking from; avoiding

-zèdo take shelter, protect oneself

-zè èzè = -zè: Anà m̀ ezē yā èzè I try to avoid him

-zè izìzè loathe; abhor

-zèlụ = -zè

-zè(lụ) anwụ̄ shelter from sun

-zè(lụ) mmilī shelter from rain

-zè ǹdò take shelter from sun

-zè ndụ̀ be afraid of; avoid (from fear); shun; beware of; fear for one’s life: Ọ nà-ezè ndụ̀ He fears for his life

ife izè thing to avoid; offensive thing

ife izè ǹdò shelter

ìzè, ǹzè avoidance (of disaster, etc.): O nwèlụ̀ ǹzè He has good luck (naturally or by use of charms)

-zè2ext. suff. 1

melting

-gbazè melt: Ọ gà-àgbazè It will melt

-sizè melt by placing over the fire: Ọ nà-èsizē ūde He is melting the pomade over the fire

-zi1v

teach; instruct; show

-zi àzụ akā be insincere (lit. show the back of the hand)

-zi ụzọ̀ show the way: Zi m̄ ụzọ̀ Show me the way

-kụzi teach; instruct

onye nkụzi teacher; instructor

-zi +2v

be straight, right, upright: Ife ọ mèlụ̀ zìlị̀ èzi His action is right

-zi ezi n’ìwu be legal, lawful: Ife ọ mèlụ̀ zìlị̀ èzi n’ìwu His action is legal

-zi n’anya convince; please (employer) with work

-dozi repair; correct; rectify

-kwezi ụta re-string a bow

-lụzi rectify; correct

-mezi repair; rectify; correct

-zi3v

lower (e.g. load)

òzizi lowering

-zidà descend; get down from vehicle; put down a load; lower bucket into well

-zido help put down load; put down load from the head

-zi ibu put down load from head

-zitù put down load from the head

-zi4v

borrow: Ọ nà-èje izī egō He is going to borrow some money

-zinye lend: Bikō zìnye m̄ego ị̄tọ Please lend me thirty kobo.

nzinye lending

-zita borrow: Jèe zìta ǹkàtà naàbọ̀ Go and borrow (and bring) two baskets

nzili, nzita borrowing

-zì1v

send; send on errand; assign work to; deliver message: Zìe m̄Send me

-zìdàta send down: Zidàta ngọzị Gị̄ Send down Thy blessings

-zìfìè deliver wrong message; mislead (by message): Ọ̀ gịnị̄ kpàtàlụ̀ ị jì zifìè ozi m zìlì gị? Why did you deliver a message different from what I sent you with?

-zìga send

-zìgota send up (towards the speaker)

-zìna send home: Agà m̀ ezìna gị̄ echi I shall send you home tomorrow

-zìnaba send home; dismiss: Zìnaba ānyị n’ùdo Send us home in peace or Dismiss us in peace

-zì ozi send, deliver message; send on errand; assign work to: Ị̀ chọ̀lụ̀ izì m̀ ozi? Do you want to send me on an errand? or, Do you want to give me some work to do?: Ezìlị̀ m̀ nyà ozi I have sent her on an errand

-zìpụ̀ send forth; send out; send; despatch: Ezīpụ̀go m̄ nwa òdìbọ̀ m kà o je kpọọlụ m̄ Agnes I have sent out my servant to call me Agnes: Ì zipụ̀go akwụkwọ ị̄? Have you despatched your letter?

-zipụ̀ letà post, send out letter

-zìsà disseminate; broadcast; spread: Achọ̀lụ̀ m̀ kà ụnụ̄ nà ònwe ụnụ̀ jee zisàa ozi bànyelụ ịfe ànyị fụ̀lụ̀ n’ụ̀tụtụ̄ à I want you yourselves to go and spread the news about what we saw this morning

-zìte send (towards the speaker): Zìte mmadụ̀ naàbọ̀ Send two persons. O zìtèlù m ozi He sent me a message.

-zì +2v.:

-zìchà blow the nose; snort

-zì imi blow the nose; expel mucus from the nose

-zi-zòv

mimic; mock (= -ji-jè)

zị1

enc. after(wards); now (after something else); (with neg.) any more: Bị̀àbazịa! You can come now!: Emesịzịa ànyị gà-àfụ We shall see afterwards: Ife ǹkaà ọ̀ dị̀zị̀ mmā? But is this thing good (as it is now)?: Kà ọ dịzịa nọọ̀fụ That is enough now: Kèdụ zị? How?: Ọ̀ gịnị̄ zị? And why? Why? or, What is it now?: Ọ mèsị̀zị̀àlụ̀ bịa bē m He came to my house afterwards: Ụnụ̀ gụsizịa egwū ụ̀nụ̀ èjee lie nni ụnù After you have finished singing you should go and have your meal: Nwatā à adị̄ èjezi akwụkwọ This boy is not going to school any more: Ị̀ gwarọ̄zị m You never told me after all

zị2enc

also: Ọ dị̀àzị̀ mmā She is also beautiful: E jì mmà ebè ịfē, e jìàzị̀ yà ègwu ànị̀ A knife is used for cutting things, it is also used for digging: Ndị ọmâ dị̀ n’Òbòdò Oyị̀bo, ndi ọjọọ̄ dị̀àzị̀ ebe afụ̀ There are good people in the United Kingdom, but bad people are also there

-zo1v

hide: Anà m̀ èje izō mmà m I am going to hide my knife

òzuzo hiding

-zobe hide from; be hidden (from): Anà m̀ èje izōbe mmà m I am going to hide my knife

-zo èzo hide; be hidden, in hiding: O zòlụ̀ èzo He has hidden, or, He is in hiding:

Ị̀ nà-èzo ēzo? Are you hiding?

-zobe èzobe be hidden (from); hide from: Kpakpaǹdò afụ̀ zòbèlụ̀ èzobe The star is hidden

-zofù become lost or disappear by hiding; lose by hiding; be lost by hiding; become forever hidden; hide away

nzofù hiding away: Agà m̀ èzofū ōnwe m n’Òbòdò Oyìbo I shall hide myself away in the U.K.: Ezōfùgo m̄mmà m I have lost my knife by hiding it; I have hidden my knife away

-zofù èzofù hide away

-zoghalị hide about: Àda nà-èzoghalị n’ime ògìgè Ada is hiding about in the yard

-zonarị hide from; be hidden from: Ọ gà-èzonarị gị̄ He (it) will hide, be hidden from you

-zopụ̀ hid away: Ọjị̀ èzopụ̀go onwe yā Ọjị has hidden himself away

-da ǹzuzo hide oneself

-me nzofù hide away; become perpetually hidden

ǹzuzo, ǹzuzō hiding; secret

ife n̄zuzo secret thing

-zo2v

tie

-zochi knot: Zòchie elili Knot the rope

-zo3v

point; point at

-zo aka point at; point with the hand

-zòv

rain

òzùzò raining: Mmilī gà-ezò It will rain

m̀mili òzùzò rain

-zọ1v

heal; save; defend; claim; side with; contest B. protect

ọ̀zụzọ claiming; claim

-zọdọ A. withhold; keep back; be selfish

-zọ ezè contest for chieftaincy title

-zọ ndụ̀ save life

-zọ ọkwa contest for a post

-zọ ọnọ̀dụ̀ contest for a seat, position, post

-zọpụ̀ta deliver; save; heal Onye nzọpụ̀ta Saviour

-zọta obtain by struggling, contesting, or laying strong claims to

-zọ2v

transplant; plant (cutting only)

-zọ osè transplant pepper

-zọ osisi transplant tree, plant tree cuttings

-zọ3ext. suff. 1

forget (restricted to verbs meaning ‘think’)

-chèzọ forget

-lòzọ forget: O lòzọgo afà ya She has forgotten his name

-zọ̀1v

tread; step

ọ̀zụ̀zọ̀ treading; stepping

-zọ̀ ajā tread mud for building

-zọ̀fìè ụkwụ miss a step; step into a wrong place or spot

-zọ̀gbu tread to death

-zọ̀ji break, snap by stepping on

-zọ̀kwàsị tread upon

-zọ̀nye step in; presume; insinuate

-zọ̀tọ̀ tread in any sort of filth; tread till it becomes soft and messy

-zọ̀ ụkwụ step

-zọ̀wata come (esp. occasionally and unexpectedly)

-zọ̀2v

bet; offer, lay, wager

-zọ̀ ìwu = -zọ̀

-zọ̀ n’ibē stand surety for; bail

-zọ̀ ǹzọ̀ lay, offer, wager; make a bet

-zuv

steal

-zu egō steal money

-zu orī steal

-zuta obtain by stealing

-zù1v

meet; encounter

-zùkọ meet; assemble; collide

nzùkọ meeting; council

-kpọ nzùkọ call meeting

-zùkọta meet, assemble, together

-zùte, -zùta meet, welcome visitor by deliberately going out to meet him on the way or at a place, e.g. motor park

-zù2v

be complete, correct; suffice; fulfil

-zù èzù be complete, sufficient, correct: O zùlù èzù It is correct

-zù òkè be correct; suffice; be complete, perfect, sufficient

-zù ọnụ̄ be complete; be enough to go round

-zù +3v.:

-zù ike rest

èzùmike rest; leave

-zù ike ọlụ̄ rest from work

-zùlụ ike take (long) rest; retire: (fig.) Onye nwụlụ ò zùlụ ikē If anyone dies he goes to his rest or, He who dies goes to his rest: Jèe zùlụ ikē! Go and rest! (sometimes figuratively, when addressing a troublesome person)

-zù4v

determine; purpose; plan; deliberate B. whisper

-zùbe determine; purpose; plan

-zù ìzù hold a meeting, council

-zùpụ̀ta invent

nzupụ̀ta invention

-zùsà alter a plan; abandon a purpose

nzusà alteration of plan; caprice

ìzù A. meeting, council

-zu-zò +v

-zuzò èzuzò mimic

-zu-zùv

be foolish, stupid

nzuzù foolishness; stupidity; folly

onye nzuzù stupid, foolish person

-zuzù èzuzù act foolishly, stupidly

-me nzuzù be foolish, stupid; act stupidly, foolishly

-zụ1v

buy; purchase

ọ̀zụzụ buying; purchasing

-zụ afịa trade; hold market; buy and sell in market

-zụchapụ̀ buy all

-zụgbu cheat in marketing or in bargaining for commodity

-zụnye buy and give or present to another: Zụ̀nye m̄àkpà Buy me a bag

-zụta buy (and bring)

-zụ +2v

play game involving board, cards, etc. B. play board or card games in general B. play board or card games in general

-zụ akụ A. play the game akụ or òkwè (Yoruba ayò)

-zụ òkwè A. play òkwè

-zụ̀1v

feed; nurse; nourish; train; train up; tend

ọ̀zụ̀zụ̀ nursing; nourishing; training; tending

ọ̀zụ̀zụ̀ nkụzi teacher training: Adâ nọ̀ ọ̀zụ̀zụ̀ nkụzi Ada is doing teacher training: Ọ bụ̀ m nà-azụ̀ Ikē I am the one who is training Ike

-zụ̀ba continue to feed, nurse, train, train up, tend; be in the habit of feeding, nursing, etc.: Ànyị̂ chọ̀lụ̀ kà ị zụ̀ba Ndụ̀ We want you to be training (or to begin to train) Ndụ

-zụbì spoil; train badly

-zụ̀ mọọ̄ (mụọ̄) look after deities

-zụ̀nita rear; bring up; educate; train up: Ndụ̀ azụ̀nitago Ùgònnwā Ndụ has trained Ugonnwa up

-zụ̀pụ̀ta train by putting through: Ànyị āzụpụ̀tago Ndụ̀ na nnukwu ụnọ̀ akwụkwọ a nà-àkpọ University We have trained Ndụ by putting him through the University

-zụ̀sị finish training, tending

-zụ̀tọ̀ train up badly; spoil

-zụ̀to train, rear up

-zụ̀-nav

consume: Ìmìlìkiti ife nwokē afụ̄ zụ̀tàlù n’Àba n’ọnwa gālụ àga àzụ̀nago n’ime ọkụ̄ Many of the goods bought by the man at Aba last month have perished in the fire

-zụ̀-zụ̀v

massage; caress; stroke

-zụzụ̀ aka stroke with hand