NEMBE-ENGLISH DICTIONARY

2nd edition of the Nembe dictionary, M.H.I. Kaliai, University of Ibadan Press, 1964.

This version prepared and edited by Roger Blench

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Abbreviations: ................................................................................................................................................. 2
Editor’s Preface............................................................................................................................................... 3

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Parts of speech of headwords have been indicated in this edition as follows

adj. adjective
aux. v. auxiliary verb
cf. compare
coll. colloquial
conj. conjunction
dem. demonstrative
E. English
enc. enclitic
esp. especially
ext. suff. extensional suffix
H. Hausa
infl. suff. inflectional suffix
int. interjection
int. interrogative
lit. literally
n. noun
num. numeral
p.n. proper name
prep. preposition
pron. pronoun
poss. possessive pronoun
quant. quantifier
v. verb
Y. Yoruba
derived from

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Editor’s Preface

The present Nembe dictionary is a revised and expanded version of the Nembe dictionary published by
M.H.I. Kaliai at the University of Ibadan in 1964. died in early January 2005, with it still unpublished.
During the 1990s, the manuscript was typed without alteration into an Apple-based system under the
auspices of the late Professor Kay Williamson. The files transferred to an IBM system in the early 2000s, but
without any conversion of the character codes. This was only partly successful, and several sections of the
dictionary became corrupted. In order to make the manuscript available, I have therefore joined together the
fragments of the electronic manuscript and converted the diacritics to a single system. Checking of scientific
names and additional typing of corrupted electronic files was done by Dr. Carole Pegg and Dr. Martin
Walsh. I hope the results are consistent, but errors may still remain. In 2008, the availability of an extended
Times Roman Unicode font, made it possible to have the entire file in a single consistent font and the whole
manuscriopt was converted yet again. Manuscript notes made by Professor Williamson on a copy of the
original dictionary were added to the text. The original addendum to the published work, with words and
expressions omitted has now been edited into the main text. I have also corrected other obvious errors,
checked and updated scientific names and reformatted the headings. I have added additional etymologies
where they were known to me and substituted updated scientific names. Descriptions of musical instruments
and dance are based on my own original fieldwork.

The present ms. does not include the introduction, as there has been considerable scholarship on Nembe
since its publication and I hope to write a new text, incorporating modern insights inot the language, as well
as a bibliography of Nembe studies.

I believe the ms. should be published in hard copy, but there are several reasons for not doing this at present.
The first is that the ms. represents a form of Nembe current fifty years ago, and the language has changed. It
will need to be reviewed by competent speakers of the current language. Secondly, it would be unfortunate
not to have photographs with the text, in view of the richness of Nembe culture.

Roger Blench
Kay Williamson Education Foundation
Cambridge
06 August 2008.

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NEMBE-ENGLISH DICTIONARY
The following abbreviations are intended to help search in particular semantic fields;

a architecture dr item of dress ma mammal

ai agricultural implement e emotions me medicine
al animal sp. indet. et ethnonym mi musical instrument
am amphibian f fish ms masquerade
an ant fa farming mt marine term
ap animal part fg fishing gear p person
b bird fo food pd personal decoration
bf bodily fluid fp fish part po pot
bl blacksmithing fr fruit r reptile, amphibian
bm body mark, sore etc. ft fishing term s snake
bo boat term g grass sh shrub
bp body part ga game so song
bs basket go gourd t tree
c crustacean gr grasshopper ti title
cl cloth h herb tm temporal (adverbs)
co colour he hunting equipment to tool
cr crop hi household tp tree part
implement
d disease, sickness i insect tr traditional religion
da domestic animal k kinship v vine
dc dance la landscape wv weaving
dk drink wp weapon
wt weather

á1 pron. subject form of 1st person singular pronoun; I: á ḅoyo ‘I am

coming’
á2 pron. subject form of 3rd person plural impersonal á ḅoyo ‘they (non-
pronoun; they (used of animals, birds, fishes human) are coming’
or manufactured objects, not of human
beings):
á3 pron. object form of 3rd person plural impersonal á lẹẹ ‘flog them
pronoun; them: (non-human)’
a1 pron. subject form of 3rd person feminine singular a ḅoyó ‘she is
pronoun; she: coming’
a2 pron. object form of 3rd person feminine singular a léẹ̣ ‘flog her’
person; her:
a3 pron. possessive form of 3rd person feminine a ḅẹrémị ̣ opú ḅẹré ̣
singular pronoun; her; hers: ‘hers is a big case’
a-1 pref. prefixed to a noun to form plural when a tịn a-ḅerí ‘plant
qualifying word precedes: leaves’, ịní á-ḅara
̣
‘my hands’
a-2 pref. prefixed to the root of a verb to form a a-ḅóu ‘drunkard’,
personal noun signifying a notorious doer of a-múnu
the action denoted by the verb: ‘slumberer’
Derivatives with
this prefix have
been largely
omitted.
a suf. suffixed to a repeated verb to mean ‘after’, ó ḅo ḅó-a ‘if or
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comes’
áa! excl. shout of surprise
aán! excl. used to express interrogation
abá n. tr magical power of poisoning; such poison; (= atángbaị)
charm:
abá tein v.p. tr charm; bewitch; influence by magic:
abátein n. tr art of poisoning by magic
ababá n. bp spleen
ababá n. d disease of the spleen; splenalgia; splenitis
abada n. cl cloth; blackprint
abadamindi n. cl imitation abada cloth
abadí ̣ n. la ocean; sea
abadí-aka,
̣ n. la sea-coast
abadí ạ kaka n. la sea-coast
abadí-angạ n. la seashore, littoral
abadíḅẹlẹụ ̣ n. la cape of the sea; headland; promontory
abadíḍẹrị ̣ n. fr fruit with natural cracks or splits in the skin
abadí-erewọ ̣ n.m. c fast-running whitish crab found on seashore
abadí-ẹfẹrụ ̣ n. wt sea-breeze
abadí-ẹngẹ ̣ n. h rhizome or underground stem used as
medicine
abadí-ituḅru
̣ n.m. f seafish, mojarras sp. Gerres sp.
abadí-ịfụngọị
̣ n.m. c bivalve shellfish with round or long soft white
shells found in sandy shores and hursts; clam
abadí-okolaịn
̣ n.m. b curlew Numenius sp. (cf.
mụmọgbọlụ;
okolaín)
̣
abadị-ókolaịn n.m b curlew Numenius sp. (cf.
mụmọgbọlụ;
okolaín) ̣
abadí-osunga
̣ n. g grass sp. Paspalum sp. (=
angala kiri
osunga)
abadíprịḅọ
̣ n.m.f p albino
.
abáka-ikuli n. f sleeper sp. family Eleotridae.
Mispronounced
form of abása-ikuli
abalába n. hi carved flat stick for turning fufu
abalamú ̣ n.m. i bedbug
ábaná n.m. f mudfish or barreto; conger eel Clarias spp. family
Congridae
ábangá n. fr plantain (both fruit and plant) Musa paradisiaca
Linn. (Musaceae)
ábangá-obi n. d disease; swollen state of the tissues of the
body; oedema; local dropsy
ábangáḅaụ n. fr plantain sucker
abanga-ípeín n. fr plantains hanging together around the bunch
ábangátịn n. fr plantain bunch; plantain plant
ábangátụngba n. fr plantain finger; single plantain fruit
awụ-ábanga n. fr red or purplish plantain
iḅéḅu-abanga n. fr two fingers of plantain which are not split but
are still joined together
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okoloḅana’abanga n. fr common banana cultivar, longer than osokpo
omoní-ábangá n. fr plantain cultivar
omoní-abanga n. fr species of plantain with very long bunch
abára n. pretence; flourish in a dance or play
abará n. la immature crop of land abará kiri
‘immature land’
(i.e. which has not
lain fallow for long)
abará ikereḅuru
‘immature crop of
cocoyams’
abaraká n.m. f mullet sp. family Mugilidae.
cf. akú ̣rọ;
ḅụọḅakalamọ;
gbulu; ídẹgẹ,
̣
mó ̣ngịnị
abaraká-ịdẹgé n.m. f mullet sp.. family Mugilidae.
cf. akú ̣rọ;
ḅụọḅakalamọ;
gbulu; ídẹgẹ,̣
mó ̣ngịnị
abása a. with flat and wide head
abása-ikuli n.m. f fish sp. sleeper sp. (‘flat-headed sleeper’) family Eleotridae.
Mispronounced
abáka-ikuli cf.
ikúli
abedí n.m. r Nile monitor lizard, ‘iguana’ Varanus niloticus
abígorógoró n. ga game, guessing in which hand a seed is held
abígorógoró n. sh small shrub; the seed of the shrub, which is
used in the game
ábiógbo n ms masquerade type
abịa n. mi tall drum, narrow, cylindrical used for (= atangbaị)
Sẹkịapú ̣ masquerades
abóso n. bp fork of stick or of thumb and other fingers
abó ̣ n. wp scabbard; sheath of sword
abó ̣bọ n. t tree sp.
abụlákịmị n. tr teraph; small figure of camwood made in
human shape, tied around neck of children to
protect them from gods during festivals
aḅá n.m. b bird sp. with very long neck; great egreat = Casmerodius (or
great white egret Ardea) albusii;
Egretta alba
aḅa n.m. f freshwater fish sp. Gymnarchus
niloticus
aḅaká n. v bush-rope
aḅaká v.t. tie with a rope
áḅakalafáka n. v bush-rope
aḅáko n., a. gaping; yawning (= aḅóko)
aḅáko v.i. gape; yawn; gaze curiously at (= aḅóko)
abákomọ adv. agape
aḅalaḅalá n.m. i butterfly
aḅaláḍowei n. f cyprinid fish Leptocypris
niloticus variety
aḅálaị n. spell of struggling; melee v.i. struggle to get (= adálaị)
free or escape from grasp or grip
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aḅára n. dummy; man of straw; scarecrow
áḅiogbóo n.m. p rascally person, esp. a child
áḅịḅịnyanáídeiḅur n.m. f small-mouthed fish; elephant fish Mormyrops species
ufịgha (lit., ‘I have no
mouth to eat my
husband’s food’)
áḅogóita n. h water lettuce Pistia stratiotes
aḅóko n., a. gape; yawn; gaze curiously at =aḅáko
and
v.i.
aḅóro n. he latex used in trapping birds; wild rubber in
general
aḅóu n.m. p drunkard
aḅú n. ga method of play in the game of ọga (like
English ‘jacks’), when backs of both hands
are used
ada1 n.f. k firstborn daughter cf. Igbo
ada sẹgí ̣ n.p. dc graceful Sẹkịapú ̣ dance step
ada2 n. sword of office
adagbá, adagba n.m. s African or rock python Python sebae
adagbaḍigí n. v vine held sacred by Nembe people as an ‘python’ + ‘liana’
emblem of the python
adáka1 n.m. m lion Panthera leo
adáka2 n. wp gun
adálaị n. = abálaị
and
v.i.
adi n.m. f freshwater cichlid fish sp. family Cichlidae.
cf. atán, elekéti,
ịtabalá, ọkpọtụḅa
adikororo n. m western tree-hyrax Dendrohyrax
dorsalis
adó a. alien; foreign
Adó p.n. et Ẹdo or Bini; hence Adóḅịḅị ‘Ẹdo or
Bini language’
adóḅịḅị n. foreign language
aḍérị
̣ n.m. p great laugher
aḍúgo n.m. p great talker
afán a. p of a fellow-wife, co-wife
afán-ara n.f. p co-wife pl. afán-ongu
afánḅọ n.f. p co-wife pl. afán-ongu
afán sụọ v.p. live as co-wives; (in a bad sense) live at
loggerheads with
áfaragáda n. wp dagger (or spear used to kill fish? E.Gb.)
afáran n. suffering
afáran v.t. suffer; undergo pain
afarụ1 n.m. f Madeiran sardinella, largest Cameroon Sardinella
sardine sp. when small maderensis, = ikere
cf. búza; gbódo2;
kigbo,
kparakpará;
ikerere
afarụ2 n.m. i cockroach
afíị̣ n.m. p excessive eater; large or gross feeder
afóko n. sh shrub sp.; child’s toy ‘gun’ made from the (= apóto) the pitch
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stem is bored and
chewed fibre
inserted with a
narrower stick; a
second piece of
chewed fibre is then
pushed in sharply
towards the first;
the air is
compressed and
makes a sound as
the first piece is
pushed out
afúru n.m. p notorious thief
afú ̣ḅa n. cr sweet cassava type
áfụláfụ n. mt sea-bubble cf. ẹgịrígịrị
̣
agada n. cl old print cloth
agagá n. e wickedness
agagá n. bp side of trunk containing the ribs
agagá tụa v.p. be wicked
agága-iga n. cl strip cloth mixed with strands of raffia fibre
agalá n. ga play sticks resembling arrows
agalá gbemọ v.p. play with agalá sticks
agála ???
agala v.i., disperse; rout; scatter
v.t.
agala n. dispersion, dispersing
agálamọ adv. dispersedly
ágalága n. bo curved ribs upholding roof of canoe; the roof
of the canoe itself; bush where bamboo
(mọmbó ̣) and thatch (ịnya) are collected
agala-ófoniyaị n.m. b bird sp. (unidentified)
ágaláye n. g swamp grass
ágará n. dr helmet; sun-helmet
agarananá n.m. i dragonfly
ágba a. tight; close
ágbamọ adv. tightly; closely
agbamó ̣ v.t. tighten (rope, etc.)
agbá v.i. bo berth; dock; come alongside; call at house
agbamó ̣ v.t. call in (at a place)
agba1 n. hi wooden plate, usually round in shape
agba tụá v.p. wax full (of moon)
agba2 n. group or section into which sẹkịapụ club, or
any society, including church, is divided
agbadá n. a ceiling of traditional houses, made of mud on
a wattle foundation
agbadá gbana n. lay(ing) mud on the ceiling of a native house
and
v.p.
agbadagíri n. big container
agbádaị v.i. squirm, wriggle, writhe while weeping
agbádaị n. wriggling movement
agbagagá, n. wall-plate height (i.e. height at which the
agbagbagá wall-plates, which support the roof, are laid)
ágbagú ̣rụ n.m. f fish sp.; snake-head Parachanna
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obscura. =
mumbeí; okoḅia
agbaká1 n. tp pod of oil-bean tree cf. sangá-agbaka
agbaká2 n. ap hoof; shoe; boot
mindímọndị- n. rainboot
agbaka
agbaká3 v.t. hook somebody with the arm; hedge in
agbakaramó ̣ n. greedy child that eats with every person
agbala n. fetish; nickname for the sun
ágbalakóko n.m. b palm-nut vulture = vulterine fish-eagle; much Gypohierax
revered by Nembe people angolensis (cf. igó)
ágbalála n. h medicinal weed
agbamó ̣ v.t. close; tighten
agbangba n. a rafters (see also sará)
agbangba sogió n. a outer wall-plate in native houses
agbára n.m. f fish sp.; snapper spp. (‘adult snapper’) Lutjanus spp. Four
common species are
recognised, viz:
kesi agbará, kéụṇ
agbara, kokoin
agbará, séún
agbara
agbáya v.t. hold someone with arms round shoulders
agbí n. odour; smell; spoor; scent
agbí tụa v.p. make ingenious arrangement; intrigue
agbógi n.m. ms masquerade from Abua played by the Tombi
quarter of Nembe
ágbọ n. wp shield
ágbọpẹlẹḅọ n.m. ms masquerade in which leader protects audience
with a shield from attacks by the masquerader,
who carries a sword
mindí-agbọpẹlẹḅó ̣, n.m. f sea-horse Hippocampus spp.
mindí-agbọpẹlẹḅọ
ágbọkó ̣ n.m. r agama lizard
ịyọrọ-ágbọkó ̣ n.m. r female agama lizard; (slang) womenfolk
owei-ágbọkó ̣ n.m. r male agama lizard; (slang) menfolk
agbó ̣lọ n. sn snail, ikosó with hard shell
ageré n. mt high waves close to the shore, very dangerous
to incoming or outgoing boats
agíri n.m. ms masquerade type resembling ẹbẹ
agịlí ̣ n. wp small shot for firearms
ágịríga ̣ n. fg fish-trap
agoro n. debt (= sa) <the name of
a village in
Southern Njọ noted
for not paying debts
agorodi n. tr medicine
aguda n. tr fetish
aguda n. mt light waves during high tide carrying debris to
the shore
agúugúu a. serious; grim; stern (of look)
agúugúumọ adv. sternly; grimly
agú ̣ḅa n. ga women’s game involving clapping and
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agụlá n. stilts
agú ̣lụụ a. wt cloudy with cumulous clouds
agú ̣lụụ v.i. wt have cumulus clouds on horizon
agú ̣lụụmọ adv. wt with cumulus cloud
agú ̣ọ n.m. tr sorcerer
agụó ̣ n.m. s very poisonous green snake; green mamba; Dendroaspis viridis
or jamesonii
aíṇ pron. subject, object and possessive form of 3rd
person singular neuter pronoun; it; its
ájagbá n. Isoko town
ájagbá-ọkpụnkọrọ n. fo fufu first obtained from ájagbá, in which the (see iseregu
cassava is grated fresh and then the pulp is ọkpụnkọrọ)
just packed up and stored
ajakịmó ̣ adv. casually also azakịmó ̣
ajana n.m. champion; leader of a herd of animals (= olótu)
aká n. bo brim; brink; border; coast; edge (of tools, (= akaká)
shells, etc.); gunnel or gunwale (of boat); cog;
seam; hem (of cloth)
ọfịrịma-aká n. bp double teeth growing from the same root
aka póú v.p. hem; turn down and sew in edge of cloth
aka n. bp tooth; fang
aka-aká n. misunderstanding between friends
ḅurúfị-aka n. bp milk tooth
ikuká-aka n. bicuspid tooth; premolar; molar; wisdom
tooth; cheek tooth
óbi-aka n. ap serpent’s poison fang
obirí-aka n. ap canine tooth
tọrú ̣gọ-aka n. bp incisor; front tooth; eye-tooth
aka farí ̣ v.i. chatter (of teeth)
aka farí ̣ v.t. gnash teeth; grind teeth
aka farí ̣ n. gnashing of teeth
aka isí n.p. watery mouth of a child prior to teething
aka-ịsịye n. toothbrush; toothpaste
akakará n. operation for opening the space between the
teeth, customarily done in a symbolic fashion
at death when the corpse is laid in state
akanọ n. d toothache; pain in the teeth
aka pou ḅurú n.p. gift to a teething child
aka sọgịye n. toothpick
ákáa! excl. cry of pain
akaínkpo
̣ n. mi small drum beaten with stick to convene
meeting of Sẹkịapụ club
akaká n. = aká
akákáanda n. bm heavy tribal mark (not used in N embe)
akáloo v.i. stare; look fixedly with eyes wide open
akáloo n. staring gaze
akáloomọ adv. staringly
akáma n.m. i bee
akáma warí ̣ n. i apiary; hive; beehive
mẹụn akama n.m. i honey bee
you akama n.m. i migrating bee; believed to be portent of death
when it flies over village
akámba n. dr style of wearing cloth tied round neck
akambalaḅá n. somersault
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akambalaḅá fin v.i. somersault
akaná v.t. encircle; encompass; surround; enclose;
environ; turn boat round to another beach
akaná n. surrounding; enclosure; environment
akanamó ̣ v.t. come, go round
akanákoro n. point at which a complete round is woven in
net weaving
akánga n. bf dried remains of:
akánga 1. blood after bleeding
akánga 2. fluid from an ulcer
akánga 3. spittle round the mouth in the morning
akanga1 n.m. b bird sp.; yellow-casqued hornbill Ceratogymna elata
(cf. amúsu1;
apịapịa; ọkadịgọ)
akanga2 n.m. c crab sp. found in freshwater streams
akanga-ikeín n. h plant sp. and its fruit
akangará1 n. ft woven material of bamboo sticks for drying
small fishes and shrimps
akangará2 n. cl print cloth, whose pattern resembles the above
akasá n.m. cl print cloth
akata n.m. f sailfin; saddled bichir Polypterus
endlicheri
endlicheri
akatolú n. first sharpening of a knife or axe
ákaụn n. t tree sp. and fruit (see ó ̣ka) [Probably bitter
kola; cf. Kal. akáịn,
Kol. akaán]
akatolúte agbara` n.p. p notoriously experienced person, esp. a woman
akínda v.i. tie a small piece of cloth round waist and
between legs
akinda v.t. tie a small piece of cloth round waist and
between legs
akí n. tp yellowish/reddish dead mangrove leaf; fish
eggs are roasted on it
akíḅeri
̣ n. tp mangrove leaf
akírịpẹlẹ
̣ n. c half scallop-shell (cf. ịfụngọị, ịkara)
akịsí ̣ n. cl piece of silk cloth, traditionally used for burial
ḅịté ̣ akịsị n. handkerchief
akó n. edgeways
akó tịẹ v.p. stand edgeways
akóko-imbí n. h horse-bean Canavalia
ensiformis
abadị-ákoko-imbí n.m. ?
ịyọrọ-akóko-imbi n.m. ?
owei-akóko-imbi n.m. ?
akongói n.m. c mangrove crab sp.
akóto n.m. c freshwater crab sp. (= okóto)
akoto n. mull; snuffbox
akpá1 n. bag; sac; sack; pocket
akpá2 v. bo steer a canoe by placing the paddle in a steady
position
akpákpa n. tp kernel of the seed of wild mango used in
thickening soup
akpákpa ogboin n. t wild (native) mango Irvingia gabonensis
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(Irvingiaceae). Also
recorded as
akpákpakpa
ogboin
akpakpá1 n. carapace; upper shell of tortoises and
crustaceans; shell of snail; hooped staves of
barrel or cask (cf. póni akpakpa)
akpakpá fá ósi n. i slug
akpakpá2 n. bo improvised mat roof on a big canoe
akpakpa dú ̣ v.i. bo improvise a mat roof on a canoe
akpakpa dụ arú ̣ n. bo canoe covered with improvised mat roof
akpakpalí ̣ n. la edge of swamp
akpakurú n. quiver; box (= akpekurú)
akpálaị, akpálaịn n. am slimy frog with very long hind legs
akpálaịn n. am slimy frog with very long hind legs
akparakpá n. hi coarse mat made from raffia bamboo pulp
ákparígwe n. tr iron staff used by fetish priests and for the (see kú ̣rọnáásawọ)
arụgụ dance
akpekurú n. quiver; box (= akpakurú)
akpị n.m. i tick
akpírị̣ n.m. gluttonous child
akpó n. hi knife used by palm wine tappers
akpo-égele n.m. b bird sp.; common bulbul Pycnonotus
barbatus (see
kaínkólo)
̣
akpó ísi n. d pain in the chest
akpóbirísi n. t tree sp. used for medicine
akpọ n. life
akpú ̣nkọrọ n. fo fufu from fermented cassava. There are two = ọkpú ̣nkọrọ
types:
akpú ̣nkọrọ fo ájagbá akpú ̣nkọrọ in which the cassava is
grated fresh and some of the starch removed
and then the pulp is allowed to ferment,
akpú ̣nkọrọ fo iseregu or kesi akpú ̣nkọrọ in which the
cassava is fermented wholly
akpụrú ̣ n. cl rug; tarpaulin; kinds of coarse cloth
akpụrú ̣ warị n. tent
akpụrụka n. coarse thread packed in bundles
akúḅa v.i. retch; keck
akúḅa n. retching
akusa n. mi big drum beaten with palm of hand to
convene meeting of sẹkịapụ club
akúsi n. special instinctive power to avoid evil
akú ̣ a. acid; bitter; saline; acrid; salty
akú ̣ n. acidity; bitterness; salinity; acridity
akú ̣ v.i. be acid; be bitter; be salty
akú ̣mọ adv. bitterly
akụmó ̣ v.t. embitter; make bitter
akụ n. t tree sp. resembling wild mango tree ?Panda oleosa
Pierre (Pandaceae);
cf. iku
akụakpú ̣a n. cr red cocoyam (= akwakwáa) (cf.
and akụakú ̣a
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akụán n. fo oil fat for eating (= akwán)
akụan n. mi drums. General term for drums
accompanying the ogono farzvai (q.v.) [?]
akụlá n. rod; staff; wand
ịdọnị-akụla n. tr decorated wooden staff used by priestesses
akú ̣pa n.m. b fish-eating bird; gull or tern family Laridae /
Sternidae (= apú ̣ka;
cf. kịárara;
kịérịya)
̣
akú ̣rọ1 n.m. better shell for playing tops; (slang) self-made
champion; bully
akú ̣rọ-ikoso n.m. sn small snail
akú ̣rọ n.m. f mullet sp. (‘the hard-scaled mullet’) family Mugilidae. =
abaraká,
ḅụọḅakalamọ,
ẹkpẹrú ̣kpẹrụ,
gbulu, mó ̣ngịnị,
ó ̣zọló ̣lị2,
akú ̣rọ a. describing species of mullet (cf. akú ̣rọ ịdẹgẹ)
akú ̣rọ-ịdẹgé n. f mullet sp. family Mugilidae. =
akú ̣rọ cf. ịdẹgé ̣
akwakwá n. a. same as akụakú ̣a

akwán n. same as akụán

alá1 n. mt brine; seawater
alámindi n. mt salt water
alá2 n. fo plain pepper soup prepared without oil
alá3 v.i. be distant; be remote
timí alá v.i. stay long; last; go on or remain unexhausted
for long; delay; linger
timí alá a. long; last; far; distant
timí alá adv. long; far
aládụ a. distant; far; remote
aládụ n. distance
alágha adv. soon; not long after; the present time
alakọró n. t “king” raffia palm Raffia hookerii
alámọ adv. long
alamó ̣ v.t. make longer; lengthen
ala n. richness
ala-ẹtẹmétẹmẹ
̣ n.m. i beautifully-coloured spider producing silk
web
ala-obí n.m. s beautifully-striped snake
ala-obí n.m. queen (among insects, etc.)
ala-obí a. rich; wealthy
alaḅéke-imbi n. t "king" coconut palm
ala ḅou n. t king-raffia; vinifera palm Raffia vinifera; cf.
ḅoukọrọ
alaḅóú n. t "king" raffia palm; Raffia vinifera
alaḅọ n.m.f rich man; chief; lord:
.
alapụ pl. rich men; chiefs; lords
alapụ-indí n.m. f tongue-sole spp. family
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alaḅụó ̣ n. instep
ala-ịkagí ̣ n.m. r "king" tortoise; legendary golden tortoise legendary golden
connected with Kụla tortoise connected
with Kụla. cf. ịkagị
ala kọn v.i. be rich; amass wealth
alakọró ̣ n. t "king" raffia palm; Raffia hookerii
alalụgú ̣ n. t "king" oilpalm
ala-okóko n.m. b "king parrot”, unidentified bird sp. said to none of the local
have red plumage all over the body as on the parrots matches this
tail description; perhaps
the Senegal parrot,
Poicephalus
senegalus (cf.
okóko1)
alapụ-ogidí n. wp sword
álagbá n. wp gun (in general)
álagbá-iḅoko n. wp barrel of gun
indu-alagba n. tp long petiole or leaf-stalk of pawpaw
ọwọrọdó ̣-alagbá n. capsgun [?]
álaggbákaratíṇ n. t iroko tree Milicia excelsa
alagba p.n. ms masquerade
alagbalá n. paint (in general)
alagbalápulo n. carbolic
alaịkịán, alakịén,
̣ n. tp mature but soft white kernel found among
alaịkịéṇ other kernels
alaká v.t. fall into a snare; miss step and fall into a ditch
alakamó ̣ v.t. fg trap fish from a dammed-up area through an
opening
álakíngi n. rash
álalá n. funnel
alalamó ̣ v.t. blight; shrivel; wither
álalánda n. fr orange tree Citrus aurantium
Linn. and C.
sinensis (Linn.)
Osbeck (Rutaceae)
álalándatịn n. t orange tree Citrus sinensis
álapá1 n.m. f jellyfish; medusa class Scyphozoa. cf.
ịyọrọ-álapá, owei-
álapá
ịyọrọ-álapá n.m. f (female) jellyfish with short flagella
owei-álapá n.m. f (male) jellyfish with long flagella
álapá2 n. tp jelly-like attachment on roots of mangrove
alapụ n.pl. rich men; chiefs; lords (For compounds see
ala.)
alataịn n. small aluminium measuring bowl
alele n. ap comb; red fleshy crest of fowl; the long and
pendulous tail feathers of some male birds
alesé n. p wandering; vagrant character
alesé a. vagabond; vagrant
alesé v.i. wander about; rove; stroll
aleséḅọ n.m.f p vagabond; wanderer; vagrant
.
alesémọ adv. vagrantly
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alili n. mi small drum beaten as an accompaniment to (see inikíti)
other drums. Open conical. Plays an ostinato
pattern. Usually in pairs, placed in a basin of
water. Beaten with sticks. For owu kuro
three or four are tied together and beaten by
one player.
alí ̣ a. worn down by friction; eroded
alịmó ̣ v.t. make attrited
álịpáka n. cl cloth; alpaca <English
álo v.i. be restless
álomọ adv. restlessly
aló ̣ n. white cloth
asamanaló ̣ n. cl silken white cloth used mainly for burial
alu n. cl cloth type
aluwarí1̣ n. cl piece of alu cloth
aluwarí2̣ n.m. s very large green snake
alú ̣a1 sal. salutation in some dialects, such as Ogbia
alú ̣a2 v.i. yearn; be filled with longing for rest, etc., or
to see something
álú ̣a v.t. look for; search for
alú ̣amọ adv. yearningly; longingly
ḍọgí ạ lú ̣a v.t. look for earnestly
álụgụḅíya ̣ n.m. b village weaver bird Ploceus cucullatus
(= íguegele; cf.
lụgúḅ ịa)
̣̣
alú ̣lụalụlụ v.i. be restless in agony
alú ̣lụalụlụmọ adv. restlessly
alụmaịn n. blow with the foot in somersaulting
ama1 n. (always in combination) means ‘man’ in: áma ḅára (lit.
‘man-hand’) ‘right
hand’; amá na eré
na ‘man and wife’
(i.e. ‘husband and
wife’)
ama2 n. hamlet; village; town; city
amatarí ̣ a. patriotic; nationalistic
amatarí ̣ n. patriotism; nationalism
amatarịḅará adv. patriotically
amatarịḅó ̣ n.m.f patriot; nationalist
.
ama-anga n. suburb
ama-anga a. suburban
amaḅiri n. heart or middle of town
amaḅịbị n. dialect; language; vernacular; vocabulary
amaḅọ n.m.f native; countryman; villager: pl. ama-ongu
.
ama da v reign; rule; govern; hold sway ("guide town")
.phr.
ama da n. reign; rule; sway; sovereignty; monarchy
amadaḅó ̣ n.m.f ruler; governor; monarch (same as
. amanyanaḅó ̣)
ama dé v.p. cleanse the town ritually
amaḍigiḅó ̣ a.m.f regent
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amaḍigioweí n.m. sanitary inspector
ama fị v.p. live as harlot ("live on town")
ama fị n. living as harlot
amafị-ịyọrọḅọ n.f. p harlot; prostitute; strumpet; whore; hooker
amakoromọ-idu n. fr banana with very short fruits
amakiri n. la ground; soil; land; expanse of country
amakiriḅa n.f. tr goddess of the land
amakuḅu n. township
amakuḅu a. civil; civilian
amakuḅuḅọ n.m.f native; aborigine; civilian; citizen
.
amamịẹmịẹye n. praxis; customs and accepted institutions of a
place
ama mọndí ̣ v.p. stroll
ama nyana v.p. own; reign; rule: orí amamí nyana
̣
‘he rules the town’;
orí Ọkpọma nyaná
‘he rules Ọkpọma’
amanyana-ara n.f. p queen; empress
amanyanaḅọ n.m.f p monarch; potentate; supreme ruler
.
amanyana-owei n.m. p king; emperor
amanyanaḅọkiri n. kingdom
ama-ogbo n. same as amaḅiri
amatẹmẹsuo n. tr spirit of the land. This is the highest worship (lit. ‘spirit that
of the village creates the land’)
amángara1 n. pneumonia; side-pain
amángara2 v.t. hand something on the shoulder
and
v.i.
amangarámọ adv. sideways (hanging right or left)
amarán v.t. catch or get hold of someone or something
tightly
ambá n. manpower; strength; might
ambakọríghạ n. restorative medicine
ambáfáa adv. possibly; perhaps
ambalịmó ̣ v.i. make pressing effort
ambiri n. puffing out of oneself
ambirí findimọ v.t. puff oneself out
ambóko a. opened wide; broad (of entrance)
ambókomọ a. opened widely
ambúrei n.m. k brother voc ámburei
ambúsei n. tp seed
ambú ̣ra n. k sister voc. ámbụra
amgbá1 n. barrel; cask; firkin; puncheon
amgbá2 n. mt bank of a creek or river; littoral (left or right)
amgbá3 n. bp cheek; outer side of mouth; side of face below
eye; lower and upper jawbones forming
framework of mouth; jowl; gill-cover
amgbá ḅọgọ v.i. be overdone (cookery)
amgbákokoḅá n. fp side of jaws; gill-cover or operculum
amgbákokoḅa- n. bp cheekbone; jaw bone
imgbá
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(okoroḅa)
ámgbo n.m. ms masquerade which catches handkerchiefs,
etc., from members of the audience; (slang) a
thief
amgbóko n.m. f mudskipper family Gobiidae,
subfamily
Oxudercinae. cf.
ịtílạ
̣ 1
amínị n. t tree sp. yielding good light timber
amínị̣ 2 n. one who is fond of swallowing
amú n. tr medicine for protection, worn as amulet on
arm
amúnu n.m.f p slumberer
.
amúsu1 n.m. b hornbill sp. family Bucerotidae
(cf. akanga1;
apịapịa; ọkadịgọ)
amúsu2 n.m. tr vampire; spirit of wizard or witch that is
supposed to suck blood of sleeping persons
ananá v.t. roast or toast lightly on fire
and
v.i.
ánda v.i. be bent; be curved
andá1 v.t. bend; curve; incline
anda-igbogí n. manila (currency)
ándamọ adv. with a curve or bend
andamó ̣ v.t. bend; wrest; twist; deflect; distort; pervert
andá2 n. each successive birth of a mother which is
delivered at full term
andá ḍigi v.i. said of a child when it stoops and peeps
through its legs. It is believed that it is
looking for the next child to follow it.
andáebí a. when next child is born in the supposed
normal time of 1 3/4 to 2 1/4 years
andá kọrí ̣ said of child which grows weak and sickly, andá tó ̣gụḅeí
influenced by the succeeding pregnancy of the kọrịyó ‘the
mother: mother’s pregnancy
is affecting the
child’. Also used
of a pregnant
woman longing for
different types of
food, or of a
husband who feels
unusually weak
during his wife’s
pregnancy.
andá sigi v.p. said of a child at each succeeding birth of the á sọnọ andá sigitẹ
mother: i.e. the child has become one or more ‘I have five
times older in age group: younger brothers
and sisters
following me’;
andá sigitẹḅọ na ó
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someone who has
siblings following
him: he behaves
like an only child’
andáseí a. when succeeding child is born too close to the
former, e.g. 1 to 1 1/2 years after it
otoḅá-anda n. pregnancy and birth which occur after a very
long interval from the former one, e.g. 4 years
or more
anda v.i. wrestle; grapple with person
and
v.t.
anda n. wrestling match
andabuluku n. dr skirt worn by wrestlers
andaarí v.i. roar or growl like lion or leopart
andí1̣ n. bp brow; forehead
andịḅọ n.m. p foreman
andídụmina
̣ n. d state of being headachy
andí d ̣ ụ mina v.i. have headache; be headachy
andídụnó ̣ ̣ n. d state of being headachy
andị dụ nó ̣ v.i. same as preceding
andíkpọ ̣ a. mature (of human being); adult <able 18)
andí2̣ n. fortune; luck
andí-ebí ̣ a. fortunate; lucky
andí-ebí ̣ v.i. be fortunate, lucky
andíseí ̣ a. unfortunate; unlucky
ebi-andí ̣ n. bonanza; good luck
sei-andí ̣ n. bad luck
ándịkéle n.m. nit; egg of louse
andókoo a. prick-eared (of ears) (= atákoo)
ándụ a., over there; yonder (cf. aní dụ
̣ ‘that
adv. part’)
anénde n.m. b bird sp.; hammerkop; Scopus umbretta. =
kọrọrọkó ̣tị
angá1 n. ap egg; ovum; spawn; roe
angá-anga a. full of eggs
angá koromọ v.t. lay egg; spawn
angá2 v.i. dwell; sojourn; make one’s abode; live in;
inhabit
angánafíạ a. liveable in; worth living in; inhabitable
angáyọ n. dwelling place; house; abode
anga1 v.t. marry; espouse; take in marriage
anga1 n. marriage; wedlock
angamó ̣ v.t. join in wedlock
angánafíạ a. marriageable
amakuḅu-angá n. civil marriage
prí ạ ngá v.p. give in marriage
anga2 n. aspect; phrase; side; flank; part; region
anga ḅalá v.p. sleep on one side
angaḅalaḅá n. side issue
anga ḅọgó ̣ v.p. go aside
angadọgụ-arụ n. bo stern-wheeler
anga ghọ wọrí ̣ v.p. keep to one side; set aside; set in abeyance or
suspension
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anga-imbí n. fg method of fishing by women
anga imbí v.p. fg fish by this method
anga kpụ ḍaye ?
anga kóro v.p. list (of canoe)
angakóro n. list of canoe
angapagara a. lateral; sideward; sideways
angapagara adv. laterally; sidewards; sideways
angapu n. dr garment for men’s upper wear; not cut like a
shirt; reaches to knees and has three-quarter
length sleeves
anga sụú ̣ v.p. be partial; take sides
angasụó ̣ n. bias
gbọrị anga(ghọ) adv.p in part; partly; partially
.
angala n. t red mangrove Rhizophora
racemosa G.F.W.
Mey (family
Rhizophoraceae)
angalapẹlẹyaí ̣ n.m. ms masquerade of Njọ origin
angalaḅou n. tp mangrove forest
angala-ingu n. tp mangrove seedling
angala-ingu n. mi whistle made from a mangrove seedling by
children
angalakiri n. tp mangrove forest
angalakiri-ikosó n.m. c limpet spp. Patella safiana,
Fissurella nubecula
angalakiri-osungá n. g grass sp. Paspalum sp. (=
abadí ósunga)
̣
angala-ogidi n. t sliver or splinter from mangrove wood
angalatẹndẹ n. tp secondary prop roots of mangrove
angalatuguwéí n.m. s black snake; black cobra Naja melanoleuca.
cf. olibi
ángaláyaị n.m. ms masquerade depicting a monkey
ímburu-angala n. t tall and soft-wooded mangroves growing in
very boggy marshes
kú ̣rọkíri-angala n. t short and strong mangroves growing on
chikoko marshes
mingoliḅá-angala n. t branching mangrove: Rhizophora
harisonii
angéle n.m. i large tsetse fly Tabanus spp.
angị n. coal; carbon; charcoal
ángịrí ̣ n. carpenter’s tool; auger
angóko a. hideous; frightful
angókomo. adv. hideously; frightfully
angóloi n. prickly spreading shrub; Macherium lunatum
(Linn.f.) Ducke
(Leguminosae-
Papilionioideae)
angómọ v.t. rebuke; reprove; chide; reprimand
anị a. that
and
pron.
aníḅará
̣ adv. accordingly; ditto; likewise; so; that is so
aníḅaraḿḅụ
̣ adv. so; equally; thus; similarly; analogously
aníḅụ ̣ adv. so; thus
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aníḅụka
̣ adv. nevertheless; for all that; yet; all the same;
and notwithstanding; in spite of the fact that
conj.
aníḅụẹḅé
̣ ka
̣ conj. nevertheless; for all that; yet; all the same;
notwithstanding; in spite of the fact that
̣ 1
anígha conj. or: introduces the second of two alternatives,
except in interrogative senses, when mọnọ is
used instead
̣ 2
anígha adv.p not that
.
anígha
̣ faa adv.p else; otherwise; if not
.
aní ị fie adv.p then; at that time
.
anímị
̣ ẹrẹsínẹ, adv.p consequently; therefore; so; for that reason
anímị
̣ ẹrẹsínẹ̣ .
anímị̣ sigimọ adv.p moreover; apart from that; unless that
.
anímị
̣ tịḅị ḍugómọ adv.p for the sake of that; on account of that
.
aní n
̣ a karágha conj. rather than that
aní ṇ ẹ adv.p so; as a result; consequently
.
aní ṛ ẹ adv.p so; with the intent that; so that
.
anítẹré
̣ ̣ conj. before; ere; previous to the time when
aníya ̣ conj. then; in that case; it follows that
ánoin1 n. blindfolding
ánoin2 n. mi wooden plaque bullroarer cf. noin-nama
ánoin fịna v.p. blindfold
ánoin fariyai tr ceremony performed before setting off for war
anọ, anụ v.t. bind water pot with rope for tapping and
protection; frap
anwan v.t. hollow out; scoop
anwanmó ̣ v.t. hollow out; scoop
anwanrán n. wt August dry spell anwanrán tịẹté ̣
‘the August dry
spell is now on’
anyaman’ọgịẹí ̣ n. g sedge resembling ịnwanwan with broader
leaves
anyan v.t. spread (mat)
anyíṇ n. f catfish spp. African butter
catfish, Schilbe
mystus; catfish sp.
Parailia congica
apaḅura n. stammer; stutter
apaḅura v.i. stammer; stutter
apaḅuraḅọ n.m.f stammerer; stutterer
.
apákoo a. flabby; flaccid; limp
apála n. flat bean found floating in rivers
apáloo a. flabby; limp
apapá n. cr groundnut Arachis hypogaea
Linn.
(Leguminosae-
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Papilionioideae)
apara n. fg farinaceous meal used in trapping fish; the
method of trapping itself
apara n. h weed used as medicine
apara sará v.p. fg set trap by the method of apara
apáta n. mi open-mouthed waterpot half-filled with water
struck with raffia fans for mixed dancing.
Used in tuned sets
ape v.i. roam; ramble; wander about; (of arrow) fly
out of course or direction
ape n. roaming; rambling; wandering
apio n. v bush-cane rope Eremospatha
macrocarpa
(Palmae)
apịapịa n.m. b bird sp.; African pied hornbill = allied Tockus fasciatus
hornbill (cf. akanga1;
amúsu1; ọkadịgọ)
apo, apópo a. empty apo imbí, apópo
imbi ‘empty nut or
coconut’
aporoin n.m. c ikoso with a soft shell
aporoin-ikosó n.m. c weaker shell for a game; (slang) a weak
person
apóto n. children’s plaything same as afóko
apó ̣gọ n.m.f p glutton
.
apú ̣ka n.m. fish-eating bird; ull or tern sp. Tockus fasciatus
(cf. akanga1;
amúsu1; ọkadịgọ)
apụká v.i. taste sour after eating unripe fruit (of mouth)
apụkamó ̣ v.t. make mouth taste sour: ḅịḅị apụkamọ ilé
‘ile-fruit that makes
the mouth taste
sour’
ápụn v.t. cover; overlay; overspread with cloth or hand
ápụn-ḅịtẹ n. cl cover-cloth
apụnmó ̣ v.t. cause to cover or overspread with cloth
ápụnwéí n.m. large sheet for covering
apụn n.m. i roundworms; other worms parasitic in the
intestines of man
mindí-apụn n.m. f fish resembling roundworm
ará1 pron. subject form of 3rd person feminine singular ará mẹnẹ ‘she said;
long pronoun; she: ará tú ̣ḅọ? ‘who is
she?’
ará2 dem. that (fem.): ará ịyọrọḅó ̣ma
a.fem ‘that woman’
.
ará3 pron. subject form of 3rd person plural impersonal ará ó yai ‘those are
long pronoun; those: his’
ará4 dem. those: ará yema ‘those
a.pl. things’
ara pron. possessive form of 3rd person feminine ara indíḅei ‘her
singular long pronoun; her: fish’ ara indíma
‘her fishes’
arákaa a. wide open
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arákaamọ adv. agape
áran n.m. i caterpillar; chrysalis; grub; larva; itch-mite
aran v.i. roam with hostile intent
árasú ̣ n. bands of flat iron for fastening door-frames
and wall-plates
aree v.i. roam with hostile intent; wander about with
semi-lunacy; prowl
aree n. hostile roaming; prowling
arékaa a. big and long
arí1̣ n. witchcraft; sorcery
arí1̣ v.t. bewitch; witch; charm (also arí sẹgị)
̣
aríḅọ̣ n.m.f witch; wizard; sorcerer
.
arímọ̣ adv. like a witch
arịmó ̣ v.t. make into a witch
arí2̣ v.i. develop badly in growth; grow crooked or
stunted (as stunted plantain or ingrowing
toenail)
arí2̣ n. bad development in growth
ároo, aróḅaa v.i. gape; stare; gaze curiously at; be aghast; gasp
ároomọ, aróḅaamọ adv. agape; gaspingly
arú a. red
árụ n.m. r skink spp. Spotted, orange-
flanked (Mabuya
perrotetii), and
five-lined (M.
quinquetaeniata
scharica) skinks
arú ̣ n. tp spathe or large bract (especially of coconut)
arụ n. bo boat; canoe
arụ-aka n. bo seam of boat or canoe
arụ-anga n. bo side of boat or canoe
arụ-asawọ n.pl. crew of canoe of ship
arụgbọlọ n.m. b woodpecker family Picidae
arụ lẹ v.p. bo stamp a canoe to show its wood has been
legally cut
arụlẹ n. bo stamping of canoe
arụlẹḅọ n.m. forest guard
arụ-ọkụlọ n. bo bows of canoe or boat
orụ-ó ̣kụlọḅa n.f. bo active force of a boat or canoe, supposed to be
at the fore-end or bow
arụtịḅị n. bo canoeful; canoeload
angadọgụ-arụ n. bo stern-wheeler; steamer propelled by two large
paddle-wheels at sides of stern
bála-arụ n. bo sailing-boat
ḅéken’arụ n. bo launch lit. "European boat"
fin-árụ n. aeroplane
onweín-árụ n. bo steamship; any ocean-going ship
arụgụ n.m. ms masquerade type
asaba n. cl men’s cloth of double size
asaḅá v.t. pass over; straddle
asakala n. dr straw hat
asalasa n.m. f unidentified fish sp.
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ásan n.m. r skink resembling arụ but without spots Blanding’s skink;
Mabuya blandingii
asará n.m. t tall palm tree with growths still on stem
asáwaị n. courting or courtship by a man
asáwọ n.pl. young men; yough
asáwọ a. young; youthful
asáwọtọgụ n. lad; young fellow
asele n. a hut; hovel; shanty
aséri n. hooking of the opponent with the foot in
wrestling
ásigíya n. multicoloured strings of ornament adorning
big lampshades of old-time lamps and later
used for heads of masks
asíko n. dc dance type
ásịfú ̣lụ n. cl cloth resembling real india, but more silky
ásịngásị n. t wild date palm Phoenix reclinata.
Jacq. (Palmae) =
sịnya3
asu n. bo punting-pole; quant
ásun n.m. p fool; silly person; simpleton
asú ̣n1 n.m. da horse
asú ̣n-ịjagbá n. horsewhip
asú ̣n2 odour of fresh fish
asú ̣nyaị n. odour of fresh fish
atákoo a. prick-eared (= andókoo)
átambúra n.m. i biting fly
atán n.m. f cichlid sp.; family Cichlidae.
cf. adi, elekéti,
ịtaḅalá, ọkpọtụḅa
ataná v.t. lay purlin on; wattle
atanáye n. purlin; wattle
atanatanaḅá n. i cobweb
atángbaị n. same as abá
atangbaị n. same as abịa
átangbála n.m. i black biting ant
atánkoro n. darkness; gloom
átarabúku n.m. wp gun
aténgi n. tr whispering spirit in bush
1
aténgịogboloḅa
̣ n. ga tickling play with children
2
aténgịogboloḅa
̣ n.m. i grasshopper
atí n. power
atígara
̣ n. dr richly-ornamented garment
atịtí ̣ v.i. wander about; be notoriously vagrant; roam;
ramble
atịtí ̣ a. vagabond; vagrant
atịtí ̣ n. p vagabondage; vagrancy
atịtímọ ̣ adv. vagrantly
atịtịmó ̣ v.t. make vagrant
atói n.m.f one given to too much play
.
atoluḅó ̣ n. cr cassava plant with reddish stalk
atú ̣ a. fat-bellied
atú ̣-oḅori n.m. da sickly fat-bellied goat
atụalí1̣ n. ap eggs of crab, carried under body by female
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atụalí2̣ n. cl silk cloths bedecking the waist of a
masquerade
atụká n. liquid potash got by lixiviating or filtration of
wood-ash
atụká-atụka a. resembling colour of liquid potash due to
jaundice or yellow fever in body (of eyes or
urine)
atụká koromọ v.t. lixiviate
atụkákoromọ n. lixiviating
átụngbabíạ n. c red-legged land crab
atú ̣ọ n. dk gin locally distilled from palm wine; illicit gin
áuun1 n. yawn; act of yawning
áuun1 v.i. yawn; open mouth wide as effect of
drowsiness
áuun2 a. rank; foul-smelling; olid; fetid
áuun2 v.i. be rank; be foul-smelling
áuunmọ1 adv. yawningly
áuunmọ2 adv. rankly; fetidly
áụụ v.i. speed; rush; flow impetuously
áụụmọ adv. speedily; fast
aván n. chest cavity
avukpa n. fg fish-trap, consisting of a fishing-rod bent
down and fixed as a spring trap
?awakị(ḅa) n. fo farina soaked in pepper oil and soup (=
okpúru)
áwaráwa a. cast-iron
áwọ1 n. bp pupil of eye: tọrú ̣ áwọ
áwọ2 n. tp pith of plant
áwọ3 n. tp cotyledon; seed-leaf
áwọ4 n. p child Of Akassa origin
but still retained in
many proverbs:
áwọ lẹgịmọbó ̣ fịbó ̣
‘someone tricking a
child into eating is
an eater himself’;
áwọ seí sei nyingí
kuḅu ghọ seígha
‘however bad a
child is, it is not bad
in its mother’s
bosom’
Awusá n.m.f et Hausa
.
awú ̣ a. co red
awú ̣ íkereḅuru n. cr red cocoyam
ayagịrị-ọḅó ̣kọ n.m. da rough-feathered chicken
-ayé suf. suffix added to noun stems to form plurals (= -yaị) fịayé
‘eatables’ ḅouayé
‘drinkables’
Ayeḅa n.m.f Deity; God; the Lord
.
áyee! excl. exclamation expressing pain
áyou n. cr garlic; onion <Portuguese ayo
kiríkubu ayou [?] n. plant sp. Crimum jagus
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(Amaryllidaceae)
lit. ‘ground-breast-
onion
ayóu n.m.f p child or person who cries often without good
. cause
azán1 n.m. f fish sp. resembling herring
azán2 n. specially carved stick for reeling thread for
weaving net
azị n. dr decorated headgear
azíza
̣ n. v climbing plant and its pungent fruits; Piper
guineensis
azuzú1 n. fan
azuzú2 n. cl print cloth bearing a pattern of fans

B, b

babá v.t. cut roughly

babaláa a. containing nothing; empty
babaláa v.i. become empty
babaláamọ adv. emptily
badagá, bádagáa a. (cf. bédẹgé
̣ ẹ)
̣ flat; spread out; level
bádagáamọ adv. flatly
bádubádu v.i. gurgle loudly (as water from waterpot)
bádubádu n. gurgling sound of water from waterpot
bádubádumọ adv. with a loud gurgle
báfụ n. basin; hollow round metal vessel
báịbụl n. Holy Bible <English
bála1 n. bo sail of boat (traditionally square) <Portuguese vala
bála-arụ n. bo catboat; sailing boat
bálafindiye n. bo stick for spreading out sail; boom (diagonal to
a square sail)
bálatịn n. bo mast for sail
bála tụa v.p. set sail
bála2 v.i. e carry chin in palm of hand and sit quietly
(sign of thoughtfulness or sadness)
balá1 v.t. speak to with warning; warn
balá2 n.m. f fish sp.; West African ilisha (‘Cameroon Ilisha africana. cf.
sardine or shade’) ikpókpo
balị n. keg of gunpowder
balí ṭ ụn v.p. set powder ablaze
bananaa a. open; public
bananáámọ adv. openly; publicly
baraíṇ adv. clear; unclouded; plain; distinct; definite;
apparent; not confused; manifest
baraíṇ v.i. be clear; be apparent; grow clear
baraínmọ
̣ adv. clearly; plainly; apparently; bluntly; roundly
mịé ̣ baraínmọ
̣ v.t. make clear; clarity; elucidate; throw light on
baránbaran a. transparent; clear; easily seen through;
unclouded
baránbaran v.i. be transparent
baránbaranmọ adv. transparently
basá v.t. make a case
báun v.i. make sound of fart
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báun n. sound of fart
báunmọ adv. sounding like a fart
be v.i. ought; be obliged to (under any ẹrí be
̣ ḅo la or ẹrí ̣
circumstances): be ḅo nafíạ ‘you
ought to have
come’
bebe a. entire; whole; full; complete
bebemó ̣ adv. wholly; entirely
bedegaa a. wide (of hem of cloth)
bedegaamọ adv. widely
bee n. fathom of cloth tied to left or right side (by
men)
béguláa a. wide; broad
béguláamo adv. widely
bein1 v.i. bear; fruit (of plantain or banana only)
beinkirígbolo n. fr canary-banana (lit. "fruit to touch
ground")
beinye n. fr fruit (of trees in general)
beinyaị pl. ?
bein2 n. tp A. bunch (of oil palm only): lụgú ̣ bein ‘palm
bunch’
bein2 n. B. the terminal bud of palms; cabbage
bein3 a. full; replete; filled with; stuffed with; sated bein fịtáa, bein
with; abundant; copious tịpáa ful full to the
brim bein wására
full to overflowing
beinmó1̣ adv. fully; completely
beinmó2̣ v.t. fill; make full; block up; load; satisfy; satiate;
and fill in; complete; fulfil; bring to
v.i. consummation; glut
bena adv. just now. contraction of be
wó ̣kụ na
bene adv. never (with negative verb always following): á bene fịghá never
ate’; ị bene mịé ̣ na
fíaghá
̣ ‘ye never
should have done
it’; bene fányụ
ḅaráfa ‘never
would finish’
benebene adv. never never
beré n. elegy; dirge; lamentation; lament
beré v.t. lament; express or feel grief for; mourn for a
and loss; regret; moan
v.i.
bébẹrẹ
̣ v.i. be very rich
bédẹgé
̣ ẹ,̣ bẹdẹgẹẹ a. flat; low (cf. bádagáa)
bédẹgẹ́ ẹmọ
̣ adv. low down = far down
bédị ̣ n. bed <English
bẹgé ̣ v.t. appear suddenly and take unawares; see
and unexpectedly; take aback; startle
v.i.
bẹgẹmó1̣ adv. suddenly; abruptly
bẹgẹmó2̣ v.t. appear suddenly and take unawares; see
unexpectedly; take aback; startle
bẹgẹmó3̣ a. sudden; abrupt: bẹgẹmó ̣ fị ‘sudden
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death’
bégụlẹẹ
̣ a. broad and well-shaped (of buttocks)
bẹnị n. h shrub used in cookery; wild beniseed Sesamum sp.
bẹnịmọ v.t. display in public
bérị̣ v.i., sprawl; spread oneself; spread limbs out in
ungainly way; straddle; part legs widely
bẹrí ̣ v.t. sprawl; spread oneself; spread limbs out in
ungainly way; straddle; part legs widely
bérịbé
̣ rịmọ
̣ adv. with a sprawl
bíin v.i. sink (of sun); disappear; evanesce; fade out of
sight; become effaced; be quenched; become
cleaned up or extinguished naturally
biló, biló v.t. colour; dye; stain; tinge (= buló)
bilékuru, bilókuru n. dye-plant
biléye, bilóye n. dye
tịḅịbileye, n. hair-dye
tịḅịbiloye
bín v.t. find or discover by chance
binmó ̣ v.t. clean up; deface; efface; erase; obliterate; rub
out; wipe out; put out; extinguish; quench
fịníbinmọye
̣ n. fire extinguisher
biné v.i. enjoy oneself; have a spree
binemó ̣ v. enjoy oneself
birígila n. bugle <English
birimuu a. dusky; dim; shadowy
birimuu n. duskiness
biyokiri-ikagi n. r serrate hingeback tortoise Kinixys erosa. Also
recorded as ḅie-
kiri-ịkagị. cf.
ịkagị
bísọ
̣ n. fg stick attached to one end of a long pole called
numópụkọḅá, and on which harpoon or
fishing spear is finally fixed for fishing
bísọpụ n. bishop <English
bíva n. dr top-hat <English beaver
bịdịgí ̣ v.t. try problem independently
bịdígịbịdí
̣ gị̣ a. confused
bịdígịbịdí
̣ gịmọ
̣ adv. confusedly
mịé ̣ bịdígịbịdí
̣ gịmọ
̣ v.t. confuse; make or throw into disorder
bínyan
̣ v.i. meet; come face to face with; oppose in duel; = bíyan
̣
come by accident; come into contact; come
across
bịnyan v.t. meet; come face to face with; oppose in duel; = bịyan
come by accident; come into contact; come
across
bínyanmọ
̣ adv. closely by (come or go); very near
bịnyánya v.i. come with a bump against one another
bịrịkịị v.i. gloom (of sky); lour; be dull or threatening;
appear darkly
bịrịkịị a. gloomy; sullen; dismal; dark
bịrịkịị n. gloominess
bịrịkíị́mọ
̣ adv. gloomily
bịsé ̣ a. all; every: ọ bịsé ̣ ḅóo ‘all of
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bịsébịsẹ
̣ a. all; altogether; wholly; totally; on the whole: á bịsébịsẹ
̣ tán ḅo
‘gather all of them’
bíyan
̣ v.i. = bínyan
̣
bịyan v.t. = bịnyan
bobó1 v.t. pat; stroke tenderly with the hand
bobó1 n. pat; stroking with hand as caress
bobó2 v.t. beat drum with inner surface of fingers and
palm of hand
bódi n. beat <English
bódidọngọị n. bo oar
ḍiribodi n. case of tobacco
bodobodoo a. lukewarm; tepid; mild; (of speech) not lively,
monotonous; (of wine) not sharp
bodobodóómọ1 v.t. make mild; make lukewarm
bodobodóómọ2 adv. mildly; tepidly
bódoro n. butter <English
bomó ̣ v.t. glorify; give praise; exalt; extol; eulogise
bomó ̣ n. glory; praise; eulogy
bomó ̣ a. glorious; illustrious
odú bomọ v.p. boast; brag; extol oneself
bómoroo a. fat; corpulent and tall (=
bomoróbomoro)
bomoróbomoro a. fat; corpulent and tall (= bómoroo)
bóromuu a. fat and watery = boromúboromu)
bóromúumọ adv. in a fat and watery manner
boromúboromu a. fat and watery (= bóromuu)
bótokpóo a. big and foolish
bótokpóomọ adv. in a big and foolish way
bó ̣dọgó ̣ọ a. calm (of sloop); doop
bó ̣dọgóọ́ ̣mọ adv. calmly (sleep); deeply
bó ̣lị1 n. bowl; porringer <English bowl
bó ̣lị2 n. football; ball <English ball
bó ̣rọmụụ a. very soft to the touch (=
bọrọmú ̣bọrọmụ)
bọrọmú ̣bọrọmụ a. very soft to the touch (= bó ̣rọmụụ)
bọrụbọrụ a. fat; plump; corpulent
bọrụbọrụ v.i. be fat; be plump; be corpulent
gbalí b
̣ ọrụbọrú ̣mọ v.t. fatten
búa v.i. become cheap
buamó ̣ fẹ v.t. buy cheaply and in quantity
buá1 v.t. bail water in large quantities
buá2 v.t. paddle strongly
bua v.t. ft strike hand in water in a special manner to otóku bua ‘collect
collect crayfish among mangrove roots crayfish by striking
water’
buamó ̣ v.t. brush aside
búaan a. conspicuously thick (as powder on face) (= bú ̣aan)
búaan v.i. be conspicuously thick
búaanmọ1 adv. conspicuously thickly
búaanmọ2 v.t. thicken (a smear)
bubélebubéle a. thoughtless; mildly eccentric
bubélebubéle n. thoughtlessness; mildly eccentric behaviour
bubélebubélemọ adv. thoughtlessly; eccentrically
búbu v.i. dust; sprinkle with powder; make or apply
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powder
bubú1 v.t. dust; sprinkle with powder; make or apply
powder
bubú2 v.t. flog; beat; thrash
búgaláa a. broad-chested
búgaláa v.i. be broad-chested
bugée a. sudden; unexpected
bugéemọ adv. suddenly; unexpectedly
bugubugúu v.i. wake suddenly from sleep; spring up
bugubugúu n. sudden awakening from sleep; springing up
bugubugúumọ adv. with a spring
buláa v.i. flash (of fire); kindle; flare up; catch fire; (= bunáa, and cf.
burst into flame or blaze; blaze up bụláa)
búgaláa n. flash; sudden transitory blaze
buláamọ adv. with a flash
búlabúla v.i. flicker; (of fire) flash and die away by turns; (= bú ̣labú ̣la, and
(of flag) wave to and from cf. búnabuna,
bú ̣nabụna)
búlabúlamọ adv. flickeringly (=
bulángibulángimọ)
búlangíi a. very wide (of cloth)
búlangíimọ adv. widely (of sewing of cloth)
bulángibulángi, v.i. flicker (cf. búlabúla)
búlangibúlangi
bulángibulángimọ, adv. flickeringly (= búlabúlamọ)
búlangibúlangimọ
bulé v.t. co colour; dye; stain (= bilé, biló)
bulúku n. dr blouse for women
anda bulukú n. dr skirt worn by wrestlers for wrestling
bulúkubulúku v.i. meddle; busy oneself unduly (with); interfere (= bú ̣lụkụbụlụkụ)
bulúu n. blue powder <English
bulúubulúu a. bluish; of blue colour
bún1 n.m. i beetle
bún2 n.m. p fool; idiot; imbecile
bunáa v.i. same as buláa
búnabuna v.i. flicker (of fire only)
búnabunamọ adv. flickeringly
búngaa a. luxuriant; exuberant
búngaamọ adv. luxuriantly
búngaabungaa a. rapid of growth
búngaabungaa v.i. be rapid of growth
búngaabungaamọ adv. rapidly (of growth)
búngaraa a. very wide and broad (of leaves); very wide
and large (of ears)
búnubunu a. hairy; woolly
búnwaa a. thickly smeared (cf. búaan)
burú v.t. pursue; hold; catch
buruburú a. dusty; finely powdered like dust; of fine (= bụrụbụrú ̣)
grains; powdery
mịé ̣ buruburúmọ v.t. pulverize; reduce to powder or dust
búrukúu a. thick (of hair or bush)
búrukúumọ adv. thickly
búrumizi n. f squid order Teuthida
busunú a. actual; exact
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busunúmọ adv. actually; exactly
búun1 v.i. buzz; hum; make humming sound
búun1 n. buzz; hum of bee and other insects
búun2 n. dust; finely powdered earth
búun2 a. dusty; full of dust
búunmọ adv. dustily
búza n. f Madeiran sardinella, largest Cameroon Sardinella
sardine maderensis =
gbódo2. cf. afarụ1,
ikerere,
kparakpará, kigbo
bụáa v.i. make sound of fart
búza n. f Madeiran sardinella Sardinella
maderensis. =
gbódo, kigbo. cf.
afarụ, ikerere,
kparakpará
bụáa n. sound of fart
bú ̣aan a. conspicuously thick (as powder on face) (= búaan)
bú ̣gẹléẹ̣ v.i. develop; make progress from a latent to an
active state of growth (especially of a child)
bụláa v.i. (of fire) flash; kindle; flare up; catch fire; (cf. buláa)
burst into flame or blaze; blaze up; move or
pass like a flash
bụláamọ adv. with a flash; (of movement) immediately;
instantly
bú ̣labú ̣la v.i. flicker; (of fire) flash and die away by turns; (= búlabúla)
(of flag) wave to and fro
bú ̣labú ̣la n. flickering; waving
bụlángịdị n. blanket <English
bú ̣lụkụbụlụkụ v.i. meddle; interfere (cf. bulúkubulúku)
bụnáa v.i. flash (of fire); kindle; flare up; catch fire; (= buláa)
burst into flame or blaze; blaze up
bụnáa n. flash; sudden transitory blaze
bú ̣nabú ̣na v.i. flicker; (of fire) flash and die away by turns; (= búlabúla)
(of flag) wave to and fro
bụrẹn v.i. grow clear; become clear (by burning, etc.)
bụrẹn a. clear; open; unobstructed
bụrénmọ
̣ adv. (burnt) clear
bú ̣rẹnbú ̣rẹn a. not thick; scanty (of hair or bush)
bú ̣rẹnbú ̣rẹnmọ adv. scantily
bụrụbụrú ̣ a. dusty; finely powdered like dust; of fine (= buruburú)
grains; powdery
bú ̣ụn v.i. buzz; make humming sound
bú ̣ụn n. buzz; hum of bee or beetle
bú ̣ụnmọ adv. with a buzz

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B ,ḅ

ḅa1 v.t. A. annihilate; destroy; kill; massacre; murder;

slay; slaughter; swat (fly); put an end to
(feelings, vitality of plant or disease);
neutralize the effect of; overwhelm person by
one’s beauty, personality, etc.; make someone
overcome with amusement; fatally harm with
mistaken kindness; totally finish a case
ḅa1 n. annihilation; massacre; murder; slaughter;
slaying; carnage
ḅa1 B. break; shatter; smash; flatten out (high
ground)
ḅa1 ft C. catch (fish) indí ḅa ‘catch fish’
ḅa1 D. anaesthetise; render insensible
ḅa1 E. give first antiseptic treatment to wound: ịnọ ḅá ‘treat a
wound’;
ḅa1 kipper; cure (meat, fish by splitting open, nama ḅá ‘pickle
rubbing with salt and drying in sun; pickle:; meat’ nama ḅa fú ̣
preserve flesh in brine: ‘pickle (especially
brine)’
ḅa1 F. bet: ḅará ḅa ‘make a
bet’
ḅa1 n. bet; wager
ḅa1 G. fart pumbó ḅa ‘fart’
ḅa1 H. in combination: ḅa saí ‘lead
̣ in bulk’
ḅá2 v.i. dawn; begin to grow light
ḅá2 n. break of day; daybreak; dawn; morrow;
tomorrow
ḅadéde n. morning
ḅadédeḅadéde adv. very early
ḅadéde-ebí n. morning glory (e.g. of wealth which does not
last)
ḅadéde pụkọpụkọ adv.p very early in the morning
.
ḅálẹgẹ n. day-star; morning star
ḅá-osuo n. morning twilight
ḅátugu n. morning twilight
ḅáw’ẹríya,
̣ ḅ’ẹẹríya
̣ (lit. "we see tomorrow") goodnight; goodbye;
farewell; adieu
ḅá3 n. t timber tree; abura Hallea ledermannii
(K. Krause) Verdc.;
Syn. Mitragyna
ledermannii (K.
Krause) Ridsdale or
M. ciliate Aubrév.
& Pellegr. (name
also applied to H.
stipulosa)
(Rubiaceae)
ḅá4 v.t. dc dance; hence ingelenge ḅá, i.e. dance ?< Igbo
ingelenge step
ḅaḅá n. go calabash
ḅágaa a. lazy; indolent; slothful
ḅágaamọ adv. lazily
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ḅagaráa a. smart; quick to take advantage; brisk (= ḅágaraḅagara)
ḅagaráa v.i. be smart; be quick to take advantage
ḅagaráamọ adv. smartly
ḅágaraḅagara a. smart; quick to take advantage (= ḅagaráa)
ḅágiriḅagiri a. energetic (cf. ḅagiríi)
ḅágiriḅagiri v.i. be energetic
ḅágiriḅagirimọ adv. energetically; strenuously
ḅagiríi a. robust; big (cf. ḅágiriḅagiri)
ḅáguluḅagulu a. flexuous; full of bends; undulating (cf. ḅágulúu)
ḅáguluḅagulu v.i. bend in and out; be crooked
ḅáguluḅagulumọ adv. crookedly
ḅágulúu a. flexuous; serpentine; crooked (cf. ḅáguluḅagulu)
ḅágulúumọ adv. crookedly
ḅágụ v.i. take breakfast imbi ḅagụ
ḅágụ v.i. A. be beaten
ḅágụ B. eat: hence ó ḅágụyó ‘he is
eating’
ḅịḅị ḅágụ v.p. eat
ḅịḅịḅágụ n. act of eating
imbi ḅagú ̣ v.p. eat lit. "beat kernel";
(idiom)
imbiḅagú ̣ n. act of eating
imbiḅagụyé n. stick for cracking kernel
ḅagú1̣ v.i. A. struggle; jostle (of fish in canoe)
ḅagú1̣ B. have beating effect (in body or head, as
after strenuous work or in headache)
ḅagú2̣ v.i. A. bloom; blossom; flower
ḅagú2̣ B. grow; spring up; sprout (as skin disease
like yaws) from body
ḅagụ v.t. beat; box; buffet; ram
ḅágụlú ̣ụ v.i. be swollen; be bunged up (especially of eyes);
be closed with swelling from blow
ḅágụlú ̣ụ a. swollen; bunged up; closed with swelling
from blow
ḅáị, ḅáịịo excl. good-bye; goodnight; adieu; farewell (= ḅáwẹríya)
̣
ḅáị ka ḅẹghá excl. goodbye (but not for long)
ḅaị adv. whether; maybe: ó ḅonyụ ḅaị á
nimighá ‘I don’t
know whether he
will come’
ḅáịde n. early morning
ḅaká v.i. be busy about
ḅákaḅaka a. bewildering; complicated; confounding;
confusing; perplexing; puzzling
ḅákaḅaka v.i. to be bewildered; complicated; confounded;
confused; perplexed; puzzled
mịé ̣ ḅákaḅákamó ̣ v.t. bewilder; complicated; confound; confuse;
mix up in the mind; perplex; puzzle; throw
into disorder
ḅákaḅákamọ adv. confusedly; confusingly; in a complicated
way
ḅákala v.i. coil; entwist; twist; twine; entwine; wind;
wrap; enwrap; enfold or swathe in; swaddle;
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ḅakalá v.t. coil; entwist; twist; twine; entwine; wind;
wrap; enwrap; enfold or swathe in; swaddle;
lap; bend; incline:
ḅákala a. bent; crooked; not straight; twisted; skew;
awry; oblique
furó ḅákalá n. have severe griping pains in belly
furóḅákalá n. severe griping pains in belly; colic; tormina
ḅákalaḅákala a. sinuous; tortuous; serpentine; circuitous;
winding; flexuous; meandering; crooked; not
straightforward; devious; cunning; subtle;
treacherous
ḅakalámọ v.t. adhere to; stick to; cleave to; cling to (by
grasping); persist in; continue firmly in
ḅakalamó ̣ v.t. reel; shuttle; wind round
ḅakalamọyé n. reel; shuttle
ḅákụḅákụ v.i. stammer; stutter
ḅákụḅákụḅó ̣ n.m. stammerer; stutterer
ḅalá n. ft stick of dried fish
ḅala, ḅalaḅió n. fear; powerful emotion caused by impending
danger or evil; state of alarm
ḅalafá v.i. be afraid; be alarmed; be frightened; fear
ḅalafá a. timid; timorous
ḅalafámọ adv. alarmingly; timidly; timorously; fearfully
ḅalafamọ a. alarming; appalling; awful; dreadful; fearful; e.g. ḅalafamọ yé
fearsome; terrible
mịé ̣ ḅalafamó ̣ v.t. frighten; alarm; appal
kụró ̣ḅala n. alarm; apprehension; awe; dread; excited
anticipation of danger; fright; great or sudden
fear; violent terror; consternation
ḅaláḅala v.i. show faint morning light
ḅaláḅala n. faint morning light
ḅalaḅala v.t. avoid; shun; refrain from something: ikúli fí ḅalaḅala,
̣
fóụ́ ̣n pigiri ‘in
shunning death,
ikuli (a small fish)
lands on the ashes’
i.e. ‘out of the
frying-pan into the
fire’
ḅalayaị n. childish way of talking imperfectly
ḅalayaị fié v.p. talk imperfectly, as child
ḅálelée, ḅélelée a. skew; cross (of eyes); slanting; oblique; (cf. ḅékelée)
squinting; looking different ways: ḅálelee tọrụ
‘squint-eyed; cross-
eyed’
v.i. squint; have strabismus; be cross-eyed
ḅálị v.i. eat in conjunction with or together with other indí ẹkị ḅálị ‘eat
food with fish’; puló ẹkị
ḅálị ‘eat with oil’
ḅálịyé n. fo food (like fish, meat, oil, etc.) that is eaten dá ẹkị ḅálị abusive
with plainer food to add flavour; relish slang (lit. "take and
add flavour")
ḅáluḅálu v.i. blink (of eyes) in an effort to control or shed ?ḅaluḅalú (Ez.)
tears; blink away tears
ḅalúu1 v.i. blink; move the eyelids (more deliberate than
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ḅalú ̣ụ)
ḅalúu1 n. blink; movement of eyelids
ḅalúumọ adv. with a blink
ḅalúu2 v.i. flash (of gun, lightning); give out flame or
sparks (stronger than ḅalú ̣ụ)
ḅalúu2 n. flash; sudden short blaze
ḅalúumọ adv. with a flash
ḅalúuḅalúu v.i. flash and die away by turns (of lightning)
ḅalúuḅalúumọ adv. flickeringly
ḅálụḅálụ v.i. close and open eyes very quickly and
continuously (less deliberate than ḅáluḅálu);
twinkle; shine intermittently
ḅalú ̣ụ1 v.i. blink; wink; close and open eyes momentarily
(less deliberate than ḅalúu1)
ḅalú ̣ụ1 n. blink; wink
ḅalú ̣ụ2 v.i. flash faintly (of lightning, etc.); flicker
(weaker than ḅalúu2)
ḅalú ̣ụ2 n. faint flash; flicker
ḅámọ v.t. smash (with egg or wine) on to something;
smear (the face of something with powder or
chalk)
ḅamó ̣ v.t. leave (till break of day): wọrị ene ḅamó ̣ọ
‘leave it till break
of day’
ḅamó ̣ n. next day
ḅará n. bp arm; foreleg; hand; handle (of pot, pail, mug,
etc.); "hand" working on ship, canoe-paddler;
work done or thing made by somebody; style
of writing; round (in boxing, wrestling, etc.);
bout or spell; one stage in competition; way or
method
ḅará ḅa v.p. bet; wager
ḅaráḅa n. bet; wager
ḅaráḅara1 adv. with hand
ḅaráḅara2 a. different; various
ḅaráḅara3 v.i. be much handled
ḅará ḅẹlị v.p. meet favourable situation lit. ‘lick hand’
ḅará gbala v.p. tie hands
ḅarágbala n.m. tr god of penury or poverty
ḅáragú ̣ụ a. knock-kneed
ḅáragú ̣ụmọ adv. in a knock-kneed manner
ḅaráḅiri1 n one-half jar
ḅaráḅiri2 n. bp upper arm
ḅará ḅọgó ̣ be dislocated (of arm); ḅarámị, í ghọ̣
ḅó ̣gọté ̣ ‘my arm is
dislocated’
ḅará ḅọgó ̣ n. dislocation of arm
ḅaráḅogọ a. too much; extravagant; exorbitant (lit. "pass-hand")
ḅará ḅụ tarí bẹ
selfish
ḅaráḅụtarí ̣ n. selfishness
ḅará-ẹḅẹrẹḅaḅio n. bp space between fingers
ḅará-e1gbẹgị n. bp inner part of elbow (= ḅarányaịnmọ)
ḅará ékị
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ḅará-ẹkịya n. handshake
ḅará famọ v. expend; waste
ḅaráfamọ n. expenditure
ḅará farị v.p. applaud; clap hands
ḅaráfarị n. applause; clapping
ḅaráfịrị n. handiwork
ḅará gbarị v.p. miss opportunity
ḅará ghọ fá v.i. be asleep; be dead
ḅará ghọ seí v.i. be liable; mistake
ḅarághọseí n. mistake
ḅara-íkuli n. bp biceps muscle of upper arm
ḅará-iri n. lapse; slip of hand or pen
ḅará írí v.p. make slip of hand or pen
ḅará-ịkalị n. bp wrist-bone at the outer side of the little finger
ḅará-ịkpụkụ n. bp elbow-bone
ḅará-ịkụtị n. bp claw-hands (i.e. fingers curled like claws);
knuckles
ḅará jigeghá v.p. retaliate lit. "did not shake
hand"
ḅarákasị n. dr style of women’s blouse with gathered sleeves
ḅarákoríyamọndị n. intimate or faithful friendship
ḅarákoríyamọndịḅ n.m.f faithful or intimate friend
ọ́ .
ḅarákọngọ n. wrist
ḅará kpatị v.p. be niggardly; be close-fisted
ḅarákuḅu n. bp palm (of hand); handful
ḅará la v.p. be possessed; be got; be had (lit. "reach
hand")
ḅará na adv.p by oneself; consciously; intentionally;
. knowingly; in a knowing manner
ḅará na ḅụ adv.p by oneself
.
ḅarányaịnmọ n. bp inner part of elbow (= ḅaráégbẹgị)
̣
ḅará-ọbụ n. bp back of palm or hand
ḅará polomọ v.p. fillip; flip (tops, etc.); snap fingers
ḅará polomọ n. flip; fillip; snapping of fingers
ḅarápẹlẹ, ḅarápélẹ
̣ a. sleeveless; ḅarápẹlẹ fọrọkọ
‘sleeveless singlet’
ḅará sara v.p. hurry up; be quick; make haste; speed up
ḅarásin v.p. let go; let off; acquit; discharge; leave; (lit. ‘hand off’)
abandon; give up; liberate; release; relinquish;
loose hold of; leave off; discontinue; resign;
surrender
ḅarásụn n. bp forearm
ḅarásụngbalị n. bp finger
ḅarátẹíṇ a. supreme; highest
ḅarátịḅị a. independent
ḅarátịḅịmọ adv. independently
ḅarátịḅị nyana v.p. be or become independent
ḅarátịḅịnyana n. independence
ḅarátongu n. bp elbow (the whole elbow,
while ḅará-ịkpụkụ
is the bone only)
ḅarátọn-yọ n. handy or convenient place
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ḅará tụa v.p. aid; assist; help; abet: (lit. "put hand")
ḅará tụa kụmọ prí ̣
‘help someone’
ḅarátụapríbọ
̣ n.m.f helper; assistant
.
ḅarátụapríye
̣ n. help; aid; assistance
ḅarátụayé n. ring; bangle; bracelet
ḅará wagị v.p. retaliate; return evil
ḅaráwọrịyaí ̣ n. slips of bamboo with which roof-mats are = kpịsịkpịsị
stitched
ámaḅára n. right hand (lit. "man-hand")
éreḅára n. left hand (lit. "woman-hand")
kọndọḅará n. left hand
kalaḅára adv. in a small way; lightly
kalaḅará n. hour-hand (of clock) small hand
opu ḅára adv.p in a big way; lengthily; loudly; greatly
.
opuḅará n. (of clock) minute hand; big hand
papaḅará adv. empty-handed
fíaghaḅara
̣ adv. in an unfavourable way; unfavourably
gbọrịḅará n. (lit. "one hand") one and the same; the same
aní ḅ ̣ ara n.p. that is so; that way
mí ḅ ̣ ara n.p. thus; this way
yefịḅará n. right hand
ebíḅara adv. properly; thoroughly
ḅióḅara v.p. forget; lose remembrance of; put out of mind
ye-ghọ-ḅióḅara n. forgetfulness
odú-ghọ-ḅióḅara v.p. forget oneself; neglect one’s own interest; act
unbecomingly or unworthily; lose
consciousness
odú-ghọ-ḅióḅara n. forgetting oneself; neglecting one’s own
interest; acting unbecomingly or unworthily;
losing consciousness
mí ḅara timí a.p. similar to or like (this); of the same kind or
degree (as this); such (as this)
ḅará2 n. like; in the manner of; to the same degree as ḅará usually ends a
noun or pronoun
phrase: indí ḅara
ékị
̣ oki ‘swim like a
fish’; aní` ḅara ékị ̣
ḍugó kụma ‘don’t
talk like that’
ḅara n. as; in the same degree; so; to a degree that ó ḅẹ ḅara ‘as he
demands exclamatory emphasis; in that state; said’; ó ikiomọ
as far as: ḅarámị, aíṇ wó ̣ fa
‘it is not as he
thinks’; aní ḅarạ́
an? aní ḅará
̣ ‘is
that so? that is so’;
mí ḅará
̣ ‘in this
way, thus’; akáma
ḅara ékị ̣ fịrí mọndị
̣
‘be busy as a bee,
work like a bee’; á
ḅióḅélẹ ̣ ḅara! ‘I am
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so glad!’
ḅaraḅara adv. however; in whatever way; to whatever At times the
extent. principal verb is
repeated alternately
with ḅara: á fie
ḅara fie ḅara, ó
ḅọú ̣gha = á fie
ḅaraḅara, ó
ḅọú ̣gha ‘however I
spoke, he never
agreed’
ḅará ineghá adv.p too much: ó mịé ̣ ḅará ineghá
. ‘he did too much
(very much)’ (N ote:
ineghá may be a
contraction of ine
ḅịḅị ékị ̣ gbágha
‘cannot express
with mouth’.)
ḅaráfa adv.p not (always used with the future suffix -nyụ ó mịényụ
̣ ḅará fa
. ‘will, shall, may, might, can’): ‘he will not do it,
there is no way for
him to do it’; aíṇ
inetẹ
kụkụḅaịyenyụ
ḅará fa ‘it cannot
be true’
ḅaraḅá n. hi pestle
ḅarága n. la two banks of a creek; left or right bank
ḅarámḅụ adv. as soon as; immediately. contraction of
ḅarámịḅụ
ḅarí ̣ v.t. add (shot, spear, etc.) to struggling animal or = ḅarịmó ̣
fish to overcome it
ḅarị1 v.t. make a small present of some sort to; tip;
demand a small present
ḅarị1 n. small present of some sort (usually edible
one); tip
ḅarị2 v.t. tr pay vows to a deity
oru ḅarí ̣ v.p. tr recompense gods
gbóyaị ḅarị v.p. tr fulfil vows to a deity
ḅará ḅarị v.p. tr take off the touch of a god
ḅịḅị ḅarí ̣ v.p. tr take off a curse
ḅarị3 v.t. tap or draw sap from a tree (especially palm) kọrọ ḅarí ̣
by cutting into it:
ḅarị3 ‘tap raffia palm’; as n., ‘tapping of raffia
palm’
ḅarị4 conj. and
ḅarị5 adv. (in positive expressing) again; another time; á ḅarị fịnyú ̣ ‘I will
once more: eat again, once
more, another
time’; (in negative
expression) not ...
again; nevermore:
ḅarị5 á ḅarị fịghá ‘I will
not eat again; I will
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nevermore eat; I
will never eat any
more’
ḅárịḅárị adv. again and again; time and again; repeatedly
ḅarịmó ̣ adv. repeatedly
ḅarịmó ̣ mịé ̣ v.t. do again; repeat; do performance over again
ḅátaka a. sticky; viscid; viscous; gummy (= ḅátakaḅataka)
ḅátakaḅataka a. sticky; viscid; viscous; gummy (= ḅátaka)
ḅatú ̣ v.i. wither; become dry and shrivelled up
ḅatụmó ̣ v.t. wither; cause to dry up
ḅáu v.i. fall with or make low dull sound; thwack;
whack
ḅáu n. thud; low dull sound; thwack; whack
ḅáụ a. sour; of acid taste; tasteless
ḅáụ v.i. (of mouth) taste sour, as after eating unripe
fruit
ḅaú ̣ n. pp daughter (f.); sucker; tiller (of rice-plant);
sapling
ḅaú ̣ḅọ n.f. k daughter
ḅaú ̣ḅọ a. of a daughter (cf. yaíḅọ)
̣
ḅékefụla n. squirt of spittle through teeth
ḅékefụla sara v.p. squirt or eject spittle through teeth
ḅege v .i. fall; cease to stand
ḅege n. fall
ḅege koro v.i. fall down
ḅegemó1̣ v.t. cause to fall; fell; cut down (tree); blow down
ḅegemó2̣ v.t. fall upon; attack; assault
ḅege sụọ v.i. fall in; cave in; give way inwards (of building
or person)
ḅege tamá v.i. stagger; totter
-ḅeí det. the (masc. def. art.) tó ̣gụḅei ḅoyó ‘the
boy is coming’
ḅeí dem. this ḅeí tọgụ ebí ‘this
boy is good’
ḅeíḅei pron. this masc. dem. pron. ḅeíḅei sei tó ̣gụ ‘this
is a bad boy’
ḅeíghaḅeígha a. indescribably big
ḅéke a. et English; European
ḅékeḅọ n.m.f et European; white man (pl.) ḅéken’ongu
.
ḅékekiri n. factory
ḅéke-imbi n. fr coconut palm, ‘European palm-nut’ Cocos nucifera
Linn. (Palmae)
ḅéke-imbípembu n. coconut frond
ḅékeḅịḅị n. et English language; any European language
ḅékenama n. pickled or canned meat
ḅéken’ama n. et England; Europe; Whiteman’s country
ḅéken’ongu-ama n. et England; Europe; Whiteman’s country
ḅéken’ofoni n. da duck; any English breed of fowl
ḅékenogboin [?] n. t mango tree? Mangifera indica
(Anacardiaceae)
ḅéken’ogboin n. fr imported mango varieties
ḅéken’ogboín n. fr imported English mango varieties
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corrugated iron sheets
ḅékelée a. skew (of eyes); oblique; crossed; slanting; (cf. ḅálelee)
asquint
ḅékelée v.i. squint; have strabismus
ḅékeléemọ adv. obliquely; slantingly
ḅéken’okiringa1 n. cr cultivated cotton plant
ḅéken’okiringa2 n. cotton wool for wounds
ḅeleḅelé a. (of fencing, or strands of weaving) wide apart,
separate
ḅeleḅelémọ v.t. make widely apart
ḅeleḅelémọ adv. widely apart
ḅelegí v.i. wink; blink; turn away with closed eyes (in
and annoyance)
v.t.
ḅelegí n. wink; blink; turning away with closed eyes
ḅeléleḅeléle v.i. dartle; dart about (of fish struggling from the
effect of fish poison); try to focus eyes (of a
cross-eyed person)
ḅeléleḅeléle n. darting about; effort to focus eyes
ḅeléleḅelélemọ adv. with a dart
ḅeréreḅerére, v.i. grope about as in dark; search blindly; act as
ḅérereḅerere if insane
ḅeréreḅeréremọ, adv. gropingly
ḅérereḅereremọ
ḅerí n. bp ear; leaf; barb (of arrow, fish-hook); (small
and fixed) handle (s of cooking-pot)
ḅeríḅeri a. leafy; eared
ḅerífa a. leafless; earless
ḅeríghọsụọ a. noisy
ḅerí ghọ sụọ v.p. make much noise
ḅerínọ n. d earache; pain in ear
ḅerípẹrẹ n. bp ear-drum
ḅerí sara v.p. shed leaves
ḅerísara a. (of plants) deciduous; shedding leaves
periodically
ḅerísará a. quick at understanding (esp. foreign
languages)
ḅerí sin v.p. make much noise
ḅerísin a. noisy
ḅerí tẹngẹlé ̣ v.p. tickle ear-drum with something soft, e.g.
feather
ḅerítẹngẹlẹyé n. material used for tickling ear-drum
ḅerí tịẹmọ v.p. prick up ears
ḅerí toun pogí v.p. hearken; listen to attentively
ḅerítugu n. tp axil (of plants)
ḅerí tugu adv.p (speak) in the ear
.
ḅerítụaye n. dr earring
ḍiriḅerí n. tp foliage; leaf
tịnḅerí n. tp foliage; leaf (of tree)
ḅéria, ḅería v.t. rejoice; feel great joy; make merry
and
v.i.
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ḅériḅéri n.m. f fish sp.; hammer-headed shark Sphyrna spp.
ḅériyé n. beam; wall-plate
ḅé1̣ v.t. regard (in ẹkị ye ḅé);̣ look upon with ó á fieyémị ékị̣ ye
reverence; esteem; respect; think highly of; ḅẹghá ‘he does not
give heed to: regard my advice’;
ó ịní ẹ́ kị
̣ ye ḅẹghá
‘he has no regard
(respect, esteem)
for me’
ḅé`ḅụḅẹḅụ v.i. nibble; pick at food
ḅéḅụḅẹḅụmọ
̣ adv. nibblingly
ḅẹé ̣ v.t. (sometimes ḅé ̣ 2.)
and
v.i.
ḅẹé ̣ A. say; speak; utter; make specified remark;
state; express
ḅéghamẹnẹ
̣ v.t. (introducing reported speech) said; saying
ḅẹé ̣ B. bid; tell to; ask to do; send; command to
ḅ’éẹrí
̣ yạ ḅé ̣ v.p. say or bid goodnight or farewell
ḅẹé ̣ ye mịẹ v.p. obey; do what one is bidden (sent, told,
commanded, etc.)
ḅẹéyemịẹ
̣ a. obedient; dutiful; submissive to another’s will
ḅẹéyemịẹ̣ n. obedience; submission to another’s rule
ḅẹé ̣ v.t. C blame; chide; censure; rebuke; reprimand;
reprove
ḅẹéyemịẹ
̣ n. blame; chiding; censure; rebuke; reprimand;
reproof
ḅẹé ̣ táan v.p. receive or bear blame
ḅémọ
̣ v.t. forebode (in ẹkị ye ḅémọ); ̣ betoken; augur;
indicate; portend; signify; presage;
foreshadow; have presentiment of
ḅéye
̣ n. saying; remark; adage
kụmọ ḅé ̣ v.p. gossip about someone; backbite; talk idly
about someone; slander; defame; libel
kụmọḅé ̣ n. gossip; idle talk; groundless rumours;
backbiting; slander; false and malicious oral
defamation; scandal; irrelevant abusive
statement; libel; published statement
damaging to a person’s reputation
ọbú ̣ ghọ ḅé ̣ v.p. talk behind someone’s back; backbite; speak
ill of; slander; defame falsely; make scandal
about; libel; accuse falsely and maliciously;
gossip; tattle; talk idly about someone
ḅẹẹ v.i. bleat (as sheep or goat)
ḅẹẹ ḅẹẹ n. bleat (as of sheep or goat); bleating
ḅégẹrẹ
̣ n. wp javelin; lance; pike; spear
ḅẹgụra n. early dry season (December to early January)
when nights are very cold
ḅẹífie adv. for ever; ad infinitum; all the time
ḅẹífieḅẹífie a. everlasting; lasting for ever
ḅẹífieḅẹf@iemọ adv. everlastingly
ḅẹké ̣ n. t tree sp.
ḅẹké ̣ a. co yellow in colour
̣ 1
ḅélẹ v.i. itch; feel irritation in the skin
ḅẹlẹmó ̣ v.t. irritate; produce uneasy sensation in body
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ḅélẹḅé
̣ lẹ
̣ n. d itch; almost any kind of irritation in the skin
̣ 2
ḅélẹ a. dainty; delicious; flavourful; savoury;
palatable; sweet; pleasant; nice; tasteful;
harmonious; melodious; tuneful; musical;
interesting
̣ 2
ḅélẹ n. dainty; delicacy; appetizing flavour; relish;
distinctive taste; sweet; sweetness; attractive
quality
ḅélẹghá
̣ a. tasteless; not palatable; insipid; tuneless;
unmelodious
1
ḅélẹmọ
̣ adv. daintily; deliciously; palatably; pleasantly;
nicely; melodiously; tunefully; musically;
interestingly; sweetly
(mịẹ2@) ḅẹlẹmó ̣ v.t. sweeten; give relish; make piquant
ḅẹlẹmó2̣ v.t. entertain; amuse
ḅẹlẹmó ̣ḅịḅị n. conversation; confabulation
ḅẹlẹmó ̣ ḍẹrí ̣ v.p. deride
ḅịḅị ḅẹlẹmó ̣ v.p. chat with; converse; confabulate; indulge in
easy familiar talk
ḅịḅịḅẹlẹmọ n. fr pineapple Ananas comosus.
ḅịḅịḅẹlẹmó ̣
ḅẹlẹ n. po pot; vessel for cooking
ḅẹlẹ-ọbụ n. po back of pot
ḅẹlẹtịẹmọye n. hi trivet; iron tripod
ḅẹlẹtugu n. po bottom of pot; food remaining at bottom of
pot
ḅẹlẹtụọḅó ̣ n.m.f cook
.
ḅẹlẹtụọwarí ̣ n. kitchen
ḅẹlégị
̣ v.i. heave up and turn over; upturn; turn up (soil
or river water)
ḅẹlẹgí ̣ v.t. same above
ḅẹlégị
̣ a. heaved up; upturned; (of chest) pigeon-
breasted
ḅẹlẹgí n. to Igbo axe used for carving canoes
ḅẹlẹgída
̣ n. d chest pain (treated with heated axe)
ḅẹlẹụ1 n. bp tongue
ḅẹlẹụ seí subj. be furred or dirty (of tongue)
+ v.i.
ḅẹlẹụseí n. furred or dirty tongue
ḅẹlẹụtugú n. fraenum of tongue
ḅẹlẹụtugú pélẹghá
̣ v.p. be tongue-tied: kụmó ̣ḅei ḅẹlẹtugu
pẹlẹghá ‘the man
does not talk
clearly’
fieḅẹlẹú ̣ n. spoken language
ḅẹlẹụ2 n. first; lead; the future; time to come; the front
ḅẹlẹụ2 a. first; front; future; preceding; forward;
onward
ḅẹlẹụ ḅọgó1̣ v.p. take first or leading place in competition; have
the front or lead; precede
ḅẹlẹụ ḅọgó2̣ adv.p too forward
.
ḅẹlẹụ dá v.p. lead the way; go first, take the lead; conduct;
guide; captain
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ḅẹlẹụdaḅó ̣ n.m.f p captain; leader
.
ḅẹlẹụdú ̣ adv. afore; in front; in future
ḅẹlẹụ ḅómọ v.p. come quickly
ḅẹlẹụ ékị̣ v.p. take front
ḅẹlẹụ mú v.p. go onward; go in front; go forward
ḅẹlẹụsaịsaị n. very front; van; foremost part; forefront
yoúḅẹlẹụ n. war front
ḅẹlẹụ3 n. la cape; headland; promontory; ness; tip
abadíḅẹlẹụ
̣ n. la cape of the sea; headland; promontory
ḅaráḅẹlẹụ n. bp fingertip
ḅoúḅẹlẹụ n. la next bend of river, marking off one ḅoú
‘stretch’ from the next
ḅụọḅẹlẹụ n. bp tip of toe
piríḅẹlẹụ n. next bend of road, marking off one pirí
‘stretch’ from the next
tịḅịḅẹlẹụ n. top of head (point from which measure of
height is taken)
ḅẹlí1̣ v.i. crawl (like snail); creep (like creeping plants);
be serpiginous (of skin diseases like yaws,
leprosy, etc., and like sores)
ḅẹlí2̣ v.i. lap; lick up (liquid); drink by scooping up
and with tongue
v.t.
ḅịḅị ḅẹlí ̣ v.p. lick one’s lips or chops
ḅẹlí3̣ v.i. flash (of lightning)
ḅẹlí3̣ n. flash of lightning
ḅélụkẹẹ
̣ a. flat and small (of nose and usually mouth)
ḅẹlú ̣ụ v.i. flash (of lightning or gun); give out flame or
spark
ḅẹlú ̣ụ n. flash
ḅẹlú ̣ụmọ adv. with a flash
ḅẹlú ̣ụḅẹlú ̣ụ v.i. flicker (of lightning, serpent’s tongue; or
flame of light disturbed by the wind); flash
and die away by turns
ḅẹlú ̣ụḅẹlú ̣ụ n. flicker; irregular flash
ḅẹlú ̣ụḅẹlú ̣ụmọ adv. flickeringly
ḅẹrẹ1 v.t. marry by big dowry
ḅẹrẹ-angá n. marriage by big dowry
ḅẹrẹ2 n. A. affair; business; concern; matter; look-out; ịnị ḅẹrẹ ‘that’s
your affairs’; ịnị
ḅẹrẹghá ‘that’s not
your business’
ḅẹrẹ2 B. case; legal action; palaver; cause; lawsuit;
calamity; danger; hardship; plight
ḅẹrẹḅẹrẹ adv. palaversome
ḅẹrẹ ḍọgí ̣ v.p. cause, effect, bring about, produce a case
ḅẹrẹ ḍugó v.p. state or express fully and clearly facts of a
case orally
ḅẹrẹ-ebí n. acquittal; deliverance by verdict from a charge
ḅẹrẹ pẹlé ̣ v.p. decide; judge; settle a case
ḅẹrẹpẹlẹḅó ̣ n.m.f judge; arbiter
.
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ḅẹrẹpẹlẹyé ̣ n. court of law
ḅẹrérẹ
̣ v.t. recline; (slang) repose
ḅẹrẹsigimọ conj. except; save; unless
ḅérị
̣ v.i. open canoe with fire; dilate; expand; enlarge
(naturally)
ḅẹrí ̣ v.t. same above
ḅẹsụ v.i. be lenient; be indisposed to severity
ḅẹsụ a. lenient; indisposed to severity
ḅẹsụḅọ n.m.f lenient person
.
tọrú ̣ ḅẹsụ v.p. act leniently
tọrú ̣ ḅẹsụmó ̣ v act leniently
.phr.
ḅéụụ ̣ a. smooth; greasy
ḅéụụmọ ̣ adv. smoothly
1
ḅí v.t. ask; call for an answer to; supplicate; make a
and request for; demand; require; question;
v.i. interrogate; investigate; enquire; inquire into;
examine; beg; ask alms; consult; take counsel
with; deliberate; debate; discuss
ḅịaḅurú n. fo cooked or roasted food
ḅíye n. request; thing asked for; supplication
ḅió ḅi v.p. take counsel with one’s mind; resolve
ye ékị
̣ ḅíya v.p. deliberate; hold debate; take counsel how a
thing might be done
ḅí2 v.t. greet; salute; hail; thank; congratulate
ḅíya n. greetings; salutation; salute; thanks;
congratulations
nú ̣a ḅí v.p. give greetings; say thanks; salute
ḅí3 v.i. fall into a trap (slang)
ḅigí v.t. strangle; kill by squeezing and breaking
neckbone
ḅigí ḅa v.p. kill by strangling
ḅígiri v.i. struggle; strive hard to do something or get
free
ḅígiri n. spell of struggling
ḅígirimọ adv. strugglingly
ḅígiriḅigiri a. energetic
ḅígiriḅigirimọ adv. energetically
ḅilé v.i. A. sink; disappear below surface of liquid; arụ ḅilé ‘a canoe
capsize: capsized’
ḅilé n. capsizing (of ship, canoe)
ḅilemó ̣ v.t. cause to sink; capsize; upset; overturn; dip;
immerse; plunge; submerge; inundate; flood;
overflow; deluge; cover; overlay; overspread
(with earth, a grave or ditch; with influence, a
serious happening)
ḅilé v.i., B. dive; plunge into water: mindí ḅile ‘dive
v.t. into water’
ḅilemó ̣ n. dive; plunge into water; swim under water;
submersion (of submarine)
mindíḅileḅó ̣ n.m.f diver
.
ifoín ḅilé v.p. dive for oysters
arụ ḅilé v.p. dive to find lost canoe
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ḅilé v.t. C. (wrestling) dive under one’s opponent’s
guard
ḅilé n. (wrestling) diving under one’s opponent’s
guard
ḅíliḅíli v.i. ooze out steadily and rapidly (of semiliquid
substance like toothpaste)
ḅíliḅílimọ adv. oozily; in an oozing manner
ḅíloḅílo v.t. gulp; swallow down hastily; greedily, or with
and effort
v.i.
ḅíloḅílo n. gulp; act of gulping; large mouthful
ḅíloḅílomọ adv. gulpingly
ḅílolóo v.i. be flat, shallow and long (of canoe)
ḅílolóo a. flat and long (of nose); flat, shallow and long
(of canoe)
ḅílolóomọ adv. in a flat, long and shallow manner
ḅílorúu a. sheepish
ḅílorúu n. sheepishness
ḅílorúumọ adv. sheepishly
ḅió1 n. A. inside; inner side; inner part; interior; inner ḅió is always
surface suffixed to nouns to
make them mean
‘inside’: ḅịḅị ḅio
‘inside of mouth’
furó ḅio ‘inside of
belly’ warí ḅio
̣
‘inside of house’
ḅió1 a. B, inside; interior; internal; inward: ḅió kigi ‘inside
(interior, internal)
wall’
ḅió1 n. C. inside (in time or place): wíki ḅio ghọ
‘inside of a week’
ḅió seí v.p. have bad intent
ḅiódụ n. inside: ịní ḅiodụ
̣ ‘my
innermost part,
mind’; warí ḅiodụ
̣
ghó ̣ ‘in the inside of
a house’
ḅiódụ oduguru a. ‘inner room’
ḅióḅioghọ adv. inwardly; not loud
ḅióḅiomọ adv. inwardly; (of saying) silently
ḅiópolo n. a yard; piece of enclosed ground attached to
building; garden; piece of ground devoted to
growing fruit or vegetables
ḅiótọrụ n. inland waterway
ḅiótọrụ n D. kernel of coconut; edible inside portion of
molluscs such as clams, limpets, mussels,
periwinkles, snails and oysters, and also of
crabs
ḅió ḍụḅá sub.+ said of coconut or shellfish with large kernel
v.i. or flesh inside
ḅióḍụḅá a. having large kernel or flesh inside
ḅió ebí subj. said of coconut or shellfish with large kernel
+v.i. or flesh inside
ḅióẹbí a. having large kernel or flesh inside
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ḅió ịrú ̣ subj. said of coconut or shellfish when kernel or
+v.i. flesh is very small and shrivelled inside
ḅió-ịrú ̣ a. having small shrivelled kernel or flesh
ḅió seí sub.+ said of coconut or shellfish when kernel or
v.i. flesh is very small and shrivelled inside
ḅióseí a. having small shrivelled kernel or flesh
ḅió pólomọ v.p. remove entrails of fish or game internally
without cutting open the belly; draw (fame or
fish
ḅió pólomọ n E. mind; heart; core
ḅio-áye n.pl. entrails
ḅió ḅará v.p. forget; lose remembrance of or about
ḅió ḅí v.p. take counsel with one’s mind
ḅió ḅélẹ
̣ subj. e be glad; be pleased; rejoice; feel great joy
+v.i.
ḅióḅẹlẹ a. e glad; happy; joyous; merry; pleasant; mirthful
ḅióḅẹlẹ n. e gladness; happiness; joy; merriment
(mịé)̣ ḅió ḅélẹmọ
̣ v.p. e gladden; rejoice the heart; make glad
ḅióḅélẹmọ
̣ adv. e gladly; happily; joyfully; joyously; merrily;
mirthfully; gladsomely
ḅióḅélẹfá
̣ a. e joyless; mirthless
ḅió ḍó ̣gị subj. e be nauseated
+v.i.
ḅió ḍọgí ̣ v.p. e affect with nausea; cause to reject food with
loathing
ḅióḍó ̣gị n. e nausea; loathing
ḅió ḍọgịmó ̣ v.t. e nauseate; cause nausea
ḅióḍọgịmọ a. e nauseating; nauseous; offensive to smell or
taste
ḅióḍọgịmọḅará adv. e nauseously
ḅió ḍọmó ̣ v.p. e comfort; console; soothe in grief
ḅióḍọmọ n. e comfort; solace
ḅióḍọmọḅó ̣ n.m.f e comforter
.
ḅióḍọmọyé n. e consolation
ḅió ḍọụmọ v.p. e comfort; console; soothe in grief = ḅió ḍọmọ
ḅió-ebí a. e kind-hearted
ḅió ékị
̣ prí ̣ v.p. e love; hold dear
ḅió ékị̣ tụá v.p. e trust
ḅió-ékịtụá
̣ n. e trust
ḅiófaá a. e not courageous; cowardly
ḅiófụrú ̣ n. e vexation; state of distress; annoyance; sorrow
ḅió fụrú ̣ v.p. e grieve; feel sorrow at
ḅiófụrú ̣ a. e sorrowful; angry; enraged; wrathful
(mịé)̣ ḅió fụrụmó ̣ v.p. e anger; annoy; irritate; distress; vex
ḅiófụrú ̣mọ adv. e angrily; vexedly; vexingly
ḅiófụrụmọ a. e irritable; vexing
ḅiógbo a. e difficult; hard; troublesome; perplexing
ḅió gbo v.p. e worry; trouble; agitate; disturb; tease; harass;
be difficult; be disturbed
ḅiógboyé n. e worry; care; difficulty; embarrassment
ḅiógbo-ayé, n.pl. e worry; care; difficulty; embarrassment
ḅiógboyaí ̣
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ḅió-ímgbọ
̣ n. core; heart; heartwood
ḅiókoríya a. intimate; familiar
(ẹkị) ḅió korómọ v.p. remember; recall to mind
ḅiókorómọyé n. remembrance; remembering; recollection;
memorial
ḅió kuru v.p. serve
ḅiókoruḅó ̣ n.m.f p servant
.
ḅiókoru-oweí n.m. p male servant
ḅiókoru-ará n.f. p female servant
ḅiókpọ a. e audacious; bold; brave; courageous; daring;
fearless; hardy; impudent; insolently
disrespectful
ḅiókpọ n. e audacity; boldness; bravery; courage;
impudence
ḅió kpọmó ̣ v.p. e embolden; make bold; encourage
ḅiókpọmọyé n. e encouragement
ḅiókpó ̣mọ adv. e boldly; bravely; courageously
ḅiókụró ̣ a. e hard-hearted
ḅió kụrọmó ̣ v.p. e harden or make hard heart; take heart; pick up
courage
ḅióla a. e sincere; ingenuous; frank
ḅiólamo adv. e sincerely; ingenuously; frankly
ḅiólaghá a. e insincere; disingenuous
ḅiónyáịn n. e heartbreak
ḅió nyaịnmó ̣ v.p. e discourage; dismay
ḅió-oweí a. e irritable; quick to anger; irascible; wrathful
ḅió-ọfịrí ̣ a. e hot-tempered
ḅióseí a. e bad or wicked-hearted
ḅió seimó ̣ v.p. e disgust; excite loathing
ḅióseimó ̣ a. e loathsome; repulsive; disgusting; disgustful
ḅió só ̣ngọló ̣ v.p. e feel seasick; feel nausea
ḅiósó ̣ngọló ̣ n. e nausea; loathing
ḅió sọngọlọmó ̣ v.p. e nauseate
ḅiósó ̣ngọlọmọ a. e nauseous; offensive to taste or smell;
nauseating
ḅiótugu n. bp bosom; boob; tit; breast; chest; bust cf. indo3, kuḅu2
(especially of women)
ḅiótugu-ọgịẹí ̣ n. bp point of the breastbone or sternum
ḅióweí n. bp heart
ḅióyeé n. bp liver
ḅélẹḅio
̣ n. e happy mood
ebiḅió n. e good humour; good temper
fụrụḅió n. e anger; fury; rage
oweiḅió n. e passion; strong emotion; outburst of anger
ọfịrịḅió n. e strong enthusiasm
seiḅió n. e ill-humour
seiḅió n. a F. apartment; compartment; room
ḅióḅio a. roomy; full of rooms
ḅió2 n. growl; grunt; roar; rumble, etc. of animals, nama ḅió ‘growl of
sea, thunder, cannon, fire, storm, etc.: animal’; abadí ḅio
̣
‘roar of ocean’; fịní ̣
ḅio ‘crackling of
fire’; ebirí ḅio
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‘rumble of storm’
ḅió fie v.p. utter loud deep sound
ḅió fiemọ v.p. (of animals) send forth loud deep hoarse = ḅió tụa
sound
ḅio n. land (as opposed to sea or water): ḅiokiri (lit. "land-
ground") ‘dry land’
ḅio koró v.p. disembark
ḅio lá v.p. reach land
ḅio lámọ v.p. bring to land
ḅiókoro a. deep; going far down from top
ḅíri1 v.i. dress up with cloth
ḅịrịaḅú ̣ n. half bottle
ḅirimó ̣ v.t. adorn; accoutre; attire; array; clothe; decorate;
dress; dandify; furnish with
ḅiriyaí ̣ n.pl. dresses (in general)
ḅíri2 v.i. bathe (ceremonially only): ọsáịn ḅíiri, ó ̣saịn
ḅíri ‘bathe or
sprinkle with
medicine’
mindí ḅirimó ̣ v.p. wash woman with hot water, etc., after
childbirth in a native maternity home
ḅiri1 n. bole; stem; trunk; girth
ḅiri-angá n. side from armpit to hips
ḅiri ḅolo v.p. gird loins; belt up
ḅiriḅoloyé n. dr belt
ḅiri ḅoló v.p. climb by gripping with knees and hands;
swarm up
ḅiriḅoló n. swarming up
ḅiri2 n. section; part cut off from something
amaḅirí n. section of town ḅiri is suffixed to
proper names to
show sections
within same village,
as B`asánḅiri
(B`assamḅiri),
Ogbolomaḅirí, the
two main sections
of N embe.
ogbóḅirí n. central section; middle
ḅiri n. nearness in number, scale, degree, etc.; about: mési ḅirí ‘about
forty’; sọnọma
kụrá ḅirí ‘about
seven years’; mí ̣
ḅiri lányụ ‘will be
about this size or
position’
ḅịá1 v.i. shine; emit or reflect light; be bright; glow
ḅịá1 a. bright; emitting or reflecting much light;
shining
ḅịá paga1 v.p. shine forth
ḅịá2 v.i. (of food) be ready; be done; be cooked or ḅiá ebi ‘be well-
roasted to the right degree: done’; ḅịá ḅọgọ ‘be
overdone’; ḅịágha
‘be underdone’
ḅịá3 v.i. be or become ripe; ripen; be mellow; be
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bloodshot (of eyes)
ḅịá3 a. ripe; mellow; red and full; (of age) old
ḅịá3 n. ripeness
ḅịá paga2 v.p. show signs of ripeness
ḅịá4 v.i. (of leaves) be or become dry
ḅịá4 a. dry; without moisture: ḅiá ḅéke-imbí ‘dry
coconut’
ḅịátịé ̣ a. (of wood and old man) dry but standing;
(slang) positively charged with bad medicine
or charms
ḅịá5 v.i. (of wound or sore) heal
ḅịamó1̣ v.t. brighten; shine; polish
ḅịamó2̣ v.t. ripen; redden; cause to ripen; mellow; (of
eyes) cause to be bloodshot
ḅiamó3̣ v.t. make or cause to dry up
ḅịamó4̣ v.t. heal; cure
ḅịá6 (mu) v.i. be hurried to or along
ḅịaḅịá a. co red; reddish
ḅíḅaị
̣ n. tomorrow; morrow; the next or following day;
the previous day
ḅoyoḅịḅaí ̣ n. tomorrow; morrow; the next or following day
ḅọgọtẹḅịḅaí ̣ n. yesterday; the previous day
ḅịḅị n. bp mouth; word; language
ḅịḅị-anga n. bp corners of mouth
ḅịḅị-angayaí ̣ n.pl. bp whiskers; moustache
ḅịḅịḅélẹ
̣ a. full of fine words; flowery
ḅịḅịḅélẹ ̣ v.i. be flowery
ḅịḅịḅẹlẹmó n. fr pineapple Ananas comosus.
ḅịḅịḅẹlẹmọ n. fr pineapple Ananas comosus.
ḅịḅịḅẹlẹmó ̣ n. fr pineapple Ananas comosus.
ḅịḅị ḅẹlẹmó ̣ v.p. converse; chat with; confabulate
ḅịḅịḅẹlẹmọ n. conversation; chat
ḅịḅị ḅọgọmó ̣ v.p. interpret
ḅịḅịḅọgọmọḅó ̣ n.m.f interpreter
.
ḅịḅị ḅọgó ̣ya v.i. quarrel; fall out
ḅịḅị-egé n. bp chin; lower jaw
ḅịḅị-egeyaí ̣ n.pl. bp beard
ḅịḅị ó ̣kị v.p. challenge a statement
ḅịḅị ékịya
̣ v.p. quarrel
ḅịḅị ékị ̣ prí ̣ v.p. utter curse against
ḅịḅịfiédịgha a. dumb; unable to speak distinctly
ḅịḅịfiédịghaḅó ̣ n.m.f dumb person; mute
.
ḅịḅị fieghá v.p. be mute; be silent; be unable to speak; be
speechless
ḅịḅịfieghámó ̣ adv. speechlessly
ḅịḅị gbán v.p. make silent; keep mouth shut
ḅịḅị ghọ sará v.p. vomit; eject from stomach through mouth;
puke; spew
ḅịḅị ghọ sín v.p. vomit; puke; spew
ḅịḅị-irí n. slip of the tongue
ḅịḅịkịrí ̣ n. level measure
ḅịḅịkpépu a. dumb; unable to speak; aphasic
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ḅịḅị kpepú v.p. cause to be dumb
ḅịḅịkpépu n. aphasia; loss of speech, as a result of cerebral
affection
ḅịḅịkpó ̣ a. haughty and insolent
ḅịḅị kpọmó ̣ v.p. refresh mouth with different kind of food
ḅịḅịkpọmọyé n. refreshment; dessert; different kind of food to
main dish
ḅịḅịkụló ̣ n. bp mouth: ịnị ḅịḅịkụlọ gbáan
‘shut your mouth!’
ḅịḅịkụọḅịt`é ̣ n. napkin
ḅịḅị nụnú ̣ v.p. make wry mouth; pout; protrude lips as sign
of displeasure
ḅịḅị-ógbo sú ̣ọ v.p. coalesce; come together and form one in talks
ḅịḅị-okoló n.m.f spokesman
.
ḅịḅịomí n. wry mouth made by a child prior to crying
ḅịḅị ọfịrịmó ̣ v.p. act as appetizer
ḅịḅị-ọfịrịmọyé n. appetizer
ḅịḅị pagá v.p. (of cloth) show first signs of rent
ḅịḅịpagará n. bp lip
ḅịḅịpẹịghá n.m. f blackchin guitarfish Rhinobatus
cemiculus cf.
ẹgbẹịnḅịḅịpẹịgha
ḅịḅịpẹlé ̣ n. level measure
ḅịḅị pịrí ̣ v.p. cheer
ḅịḅịpịrịyé n. d tuberculosis; pulmonary consumption
ḅịḅị sará ḍugo v.p. speak smartly or quickly
ḅịḅị seí subj. to have thrush (disease of children marked by
+v.i. fungus growth in mouth and throat); (of palm
fruits) rot at tips of fruits
ḅịḅịseí n. d thrush; disease of children marked by fungus
growth in mouth and throat
ḅịḅị seí yaị fié v.p. be fond of speaking ill words or curses
ḅịḅị wagí v.p. renovate wearing cloth by joining two former
edges together and tearing cloth in two at the
place where there is rent in centre
ḅịḅị wágị subj. ebb (of tide); recede
+v.i.
ḅịḅịwágị n. ebb; recession
ḅịḅịyaí ̣ n.pl. bp teeth
amaḅịḅí ̣ n. native language; dialect
ḅékeḅịḅí ̣ n. English language
ḅẹlẹmó ̣ḅịḅí ̣ n. conversation; confabulation
ebíḅịḅífiẹ́ a. speaking kindly; kind (especially of spirits)
indoḅịḅí ̣ n. teat; nipple
kiríḅioḅịḅí ̣ n. cant; peculiar language of sect or class; jargon
seíḅịḅífié
̣ a. wicked (of spirit)
tọrụḅịḅí ̣ n. mouth of river or creek
ḅịlá n.m. m African elephant Loxodonta africana
ḅịláḅịḅịege n.m. mainstay of a family
ḅịláḍigí n. v liana sp.
ḅịlágboún n.m. i mason-wasp
ḅịlaí ̣ n.m. fg woven screen for fishing; heck
ḅílalí
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beaten so that it is capable of being drawn out
in a long string without breaking)
ḅịlá-tọgọ [?] n. t sausage-tree Kigelia africana
(Bignoniaceae)
ḅịló ̣ n. bud; embryo; apex; top shoot of tree
ḅílọló
̣ ̣ọ a. long and narrow
ḅịrị n. tr prophecy; prediction; divination
ḅịrị v.t. foretell; predict; prophesy; divine
and
v.i.
ḅịrịḅó ̣ n.m.f tr prophet; juggler; doctor
.
ḅịrímọ ̣ v.t. prophesy about
ḅịté ̣ n.m. cl cloth; drapery; garment
ḅịté-ákịsị
̣ n. handkerchief
ḅịté ̣ ḍorí v.p. spin; weave
ḅịtéḍorí ̣ n. spinning; weaving
ḅịté ̣ gbein v.p. sew; stitch
ḅịtégbeín ̣ n. sewing
ḅịtégbeinyé ̣ n. needle; sewing-machine
ḅịtẹ-ikiḅá n. cl one fathom or two yards of cloth (Probably old-time
cloths were only in
four-yard pieces,
hence ikiḅá,
meaning ‘half’ of
four yards.)
ḅịtékwọtá
̣ n. cl one and a half yards of cloth
ḅịtélọsị́ ̣ n. cl one yard of cloth
ḅịté ̣ go v.p. join pieces of different cloths of form a useful
big piece
ḅịtéwarí
̣ ̣ n. full piece of cloth, formerly perhaps only 4
yards, now 6,8 or 10 yards
góḅịtẹ n.m. cl cloth with variegated pieces and often colours,
joined by needlework
ḅo1 v.i. arrive; come
ḅo1 n. advent; coming; arrival
ḅo lá v.p. arrive; reach
ḅo la v.p. ought, are fit, to have come: i bo lá ‘you ought
to have come’
ḅo paga v.p. come to pass
ḅoyo a. next; coming nearest; e.g. ḅoyo kụra
‘next year’
ḅoyọ n. provenance, (place of) origin
ḅo2 suf. suffix added at the end of a statement to á fịyóḅo ‘I’m just
produce a persuasive, impressive or eating (excuse
apologetic effect: me)’; ó mangịyóḅo
‘he is running
well!’
ḅóḅoróo a. motionless
ḅóḅoróomọ adv. motionlessly
ḅodu n. self a ḅodu ‘herself’;
aíṇ ḅodu ‘itself’;
ịní ḅodu
̣ ‘myself’;
ịnị ḅodu ‘yourself’;
eín ḅodu
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‘themselves’; ó
ḅodu ‘himself’; ọ
ḅodu ‘yourselves’;
wa ḅodu ‘ourself,
ourselves’; a
ḅarana ḅodu ‘her
own self’ ó ḅarana
ḅodu ‘his own
self’; wa ḅarana
ḅodu ‘our own self,
selves’
ḅófa conj. lest; for fear that
ḅógoi n. wt rainy season
ḅógoimindi n. wt annual flood water that occurs in rainy season;
spate
ḅógoisa n. credit to pay at more favourable time
ḅógolóo a. bold; big; large (of grain, writing, etc.)
ḅogoloḅogolo a. same as above
ḅólia n.m. f dolphin; dolphin fish family Delphinidae
[aquatic mammals,
not fish];
Coryphaena sp. [a
fish]
ḅólo a. tight; close; near
ḅólomọ adv. tightly, closely
ḅoló v.t. brace; clamp; clasp; embrace; fasten together;
grasp; hold closely; tighten
ḅoló v.t. jam; become tightly wedged; be fixed; cohere;
& stick together; agglutinate
v.i.
ḅolómọ v.i. adhere; cleave to; stick fast
ogbó ḅolómo v.p. assemble (as mechanic); combine; join
together; link; connect in friendship or
marriage; incorporate; unite; co-operate
ḅolomó ̣ v.t. paste; seal; stick up; affix; fix; attach; fasten;
impress
ḅolóya n. cuddle; embrace; hug; grapple
ḅolóya v.t. cuddle; embrace one another; hug; lie close
& and snug; nestle together; grapple
v.i.
(ye) ḅolomọyé n. seal (of wax, lead, etc.); paste; gum;
(ye) ḅoloyé n. brace; clamp; cramp
ḅoloḅolo a. (of eyes) large and rounded; saucer-eyed; (of
writing) bold
ḅólúu a. chubby; plump; round-faced; crude; lacking
finish
ḅolú1 v.t. support
ḅolú2 v.t. heap up soil around plant; heap up; measure
with the aid of the hands
ḅorí n. ft fishing at a distant place
ḅoríkiri n. ft fishing port; fishery
ḅorí paga v.p. ft go out on fishing at a distant place
ḅorí sụọ v.p. ft dwell in a fishing port for fishing
ḅoróḅu n. eve; evening
ḅoróḅu-afịaị n. supper Nyanaḅọḅei
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boróbu-afịaị ‘the
Lord’s Supper’
ḅoróḅu-ebi n. evening glory; wealth at a later age
ḅórogíi a. reclinate; bending downwards
ḅorú n. v bush cane-rope; rattan species
ḅoruḅoru a. silent
ḅoruḅorúmọ adv. silently
ḅoú n. la A. bush (in general in Njọ), but strictly
‘mangrove-bush’ (in N embe dialect).
However, the original Njọ sense is retained in
the following:
ḅoú-ịdẹgẹ n.m. f fish sp.; barbel Barbus sp. lit.
‘bush-mullet’. cf.
ịdẹgé ̣
ḅou-ídẹgẹ
̣ n.m. f fish sp.; barbel Barbus sp. lit.
‘bush-mullet’. cf.
ịdẹgé ̣
ḅoú-oḅori n.m. m water chevrotain Hyemoschus
aquaticus Also
recorded as ḅou-
óbiri, ḅou-óḅori
ḅou-óbiri n.m. m water chevrotain lit. ‘bush-goat’.
ḅoúkọnye n. bp penis
ḅoúpulo n. t tree sp. Harungana
madagascarensis
(id. by N yananyo)
ḅoúsẹ n. d acute rheumatism all over the body
pẹlẹghaḅoú n. la virgin forest; jungle; thicket
seiḅoú n. tr burial bush (especially for deaths by abnormal literally "bad bush"
causes)
ḅoú B. mile; stretch of a river-bank which ends at
a turn
ḅoúḅẹlẹu n. la cape; headland; promontory
ḅoú ft C. fishing
ḅoú kọn v.p. ft fish; search for fish
ḅoúkọn n. ft fishing as occupation
ḅoú mu v.p. ft go fishing
ḅoú paga v.p. ft go out fishing
ḅoúgugu n. ft the last fish, etc., to emerge from iguru when (= igurutugu)
catch is emptied our
ḅou1 v.t. drink (water, wine, etc.); smoke (tobacco and
products); absorb; suck in (liquid)
ḅou-aye n.pl. drinkables; things to drink
ḅouḅou a. fresh; drinkable
ḅouḅou-aye n.pl. things to drink; drinkables
ḅouḅoumindi n. fresh water
ḅoukó ̣rị n. drunkenness
ḅou kó ̣rị v.i. be drunk
ḅoumindi n. drinking-water
ḅou2 n. in:
ala ḅou n. t wine-palm Raffia vinifera; cf.
ḅoukọrọ
ḅọ n. person; anyone: e.g. aní ḅó
̣ ̣ tú ̣ḅọ? who
is that person?
-ḅọ suf. suffix used to form a personal noun signifying telimó ̣ ‘teach’;
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an individual person or practitioner. It is telimó ̣ḅọ ‘teacher’;
always suffixed to the root of a verb, and like fịrí mọndị
̣ ‘work’;
the English -er means ‘one who has to do fịrímọndịḅọ
̣
with’. Derivatives with the suffix have been ‘worker’ (N ote.
largely omitted: e.g. The plural of -ḅọ -
ongu.)
ḅó ̣ḅọró ̣ọ a. humpy; humped; hunchy
ḅó ̣ḅọrọḅọḅọrọ a. humpy; hunchy
ḅó ̣ḅọró ̣ọmọ adv. with a hump
ḅó ̣ḅú ̣ụ a. untouched (of food)
ḅó ̣gọ v.i. (of joint) dislocate; come out of joint cf. ḅará ḅó ̣gọ; ḅụọ
ḅó ̣gọ, etc.
ḅó ̣gọyọ n. dislocation
yọ ḅó ̣gọ v.p. get dislocation
ḅọgọ v.i. A. move onward; pass; proceed; pass down,
over, on; go uncensured; get through; effect a
passage; pass an examination
ḅọgó ̣ya1 v.i. pass each other
yọ ḅọgó ̣ v.p. depart to; go (somewhere)
ḅọgọ v.t. B. be beyond in time or place: e.g. Ọ mangị warímị ̣
ḅọgọ ‘he ran past
the house’; ó timí
tra kịló ̣kị ḅọgọ ‘he
stayed till past 3
o’clock’
ḅọgọtẹ a. gone by in time, just gone by; last: e.g. ḅọgọtẹ kụra ‘last
year’; ḅọgọtẹ
ọgọnọwei ‘last
month’
ḅụọḅọgọtẹ a. old; ancient
kụraḅọgọtẹ a. aged; last year’s (of root crop)
ḅọgó ̣ya2 v.i. be different from; not be corresponding to
ḅọgọ v.i. C. escape; get free; be free; go unpunished
ḅọgọmó1̣ v.t. cause to get free or escape; allow to escape;
make free; set at liberty; liberate; spare;
forgive; pardon; give amnesty to; assoil;
acquit; absolve; release; abstain from killing;
not kill
ḅọgọmó2̣ v.t. kill (idiom)
ḅọgọmó3̣ n. forgiveness; pardon; amnesty; absolution
ḅọgọ v.t. D. surpass; excel; out-do; leave behind; be too
great for
ḅará ḅọgọ adv.p too much, immoderately; extravagantly;
. beyond measure
ḅọgọ v.i. E. stop; come to an end; cease from doing; osuó ḅọgọ ‘rain
discontinue: stopped’
ḅọgọ n. stop; end;
oruḅọgọ n. ending of a possessed state
ḅọgọ v.t. F. round off; bring to complete or well- ịgba ḅọgọ ‘make a
ordered state: pass round (in
dancing)
ḅọgọ n. (net weaving) complete round; (dancing) a ịgbaḅọgọ ‘a pass
pass round: round (in dancing)’
ḅọgọọ conj. as if
ḅọkọ n.m. f cutlassfish, largehead hairtail; ribbonfish Trichiurus lepturus;
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family
Trachipteridae
ḅó ̣lị v.i. assume curved position
ḅọlí ̣ v.t. straighten a curved materials; open canoe with
fire
ḅọló ̣ n. t tree sp.
ḅó ̣lọ n.m. r gecko = waríḅọlọ
̣
ḅọlọí ̣ v.t. borrow; lend
ḅọlọlọ v.i. sleep
ḅọlú ̣ a. complete
ḅọlú ̣mọ adv. completely
ḅó ̣lụụ a. fat; plump; full and fleshy
ḅọrọ n. ft dammed stretch of flat larger in size than
‘nembe’
ḅó ̣rọgíị̣ a. inclined; almost falling
ḅó ̣rọgíị̣ v.i. incline; lean; bend forward
ḅọrọpú ̣ụ a. over-soft; overripe; rotting or ḅọrọpú ̣ḅọrọpụ
ḅọsụ a. peevish; born weak; frail
ḅọsụ v.i. weaken
ḅọsú ̣mọ adv. weakly; weakishly
ḅọsụmó ̣ v.t. weaken
ḅoúpulo n. t tree sp., ‘bush oil’ Pycnanthus
angolensis (Welw.)
Warb.
(Myristicaceae);
Harungana
madagascarensis
(Guttiferae)
ḅọú1̣ v.t. ignite; set fire to; light up
ḅọú2̣ v.i. assent; agree to; consent; agree; acquiesce; be
willing; admit
ḅọú2̣ a. agreeable; favourable; propitious; well-
disposed
ḅọú ̣ḅio n. agreeable mind
ḅọú ̣gha v.i. dissent; disagree; refuse to assent. N ote: ó mịé ̣ ḅọụgha ‘he
Following a verb it means ‘refuse to’: refused to do it’
ḅọú ̣gha n. dissent; refusal
ḅọú ̣gha a. dissentient; disagreeable
ḅọụmó ̣ v.t. allow; approve of; approbate; sanction;
permit; authorize; license
ḅọụmó ̣ n. approval; assent; allowance; permission;
licence
ḅó ̣ụḅó ̣ụ a. slightly smoked (of fish); (figuratively)
wealthy
ḅu v.i. decay; decline; rot; lose quality; deteriorate
(wood, etc.)
ḅu n. decay; rot
ḅịá ḅu v.p. be over-ripe
ḅịáḅu a. over-ripe
wọrị ḅumó ̣ v.p. leave to rot or be over-ripe
ḅúḅere n. A. mould; furry growth of fungi on things that
lie for some time in moist warm air
ḅúḅere n. h B. mushroom; fungus
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ḅuḅeré1 v.i. grope; feel about as in dark; search blindly;
find by feeling
ḅuḅerémọ adv. gropingly
ḅuḅeré2 n. caress; fondling touch
ḅuḅeré2 v.t. caress; fondle; touch lightly
ḅuḅeré ḅara adv.p caressingly
.
ḅuḅugú v.i. swelter; be moist or languid with heat
ḅuḅugú n. sweltering condition
ḅuḅugumó ̣ v.t. cause to swelter; hence gbán
ḅuḅugumó ̣
ḅúḅurúu a. foolish; dull; stupid
ḅúḅurúumọ adv. foolishly
ḅúḅuruḅuḅuru v.i. grope; feel about as in dark (for or after)
ḅúḅuruḅuḅuru a. dull; slow of understanding; sluggish; slow- (also
moving ḅuḅúruḅuḅúru)
ḅúḅuruḅuḅuru n. dullness
ḅúḅuruḅuḅurumọ adv. dully
ḅúgumína n.m. f fish sp. toadfish family
Batrachoididae
ḅugụmína n.m. f fish sp. toadfish
ḅukuḅuku a. aged; very old
ḅulée a. buoyant; apt to float (cf. ḅụléẹ)
̣
ḅuléemọ1 adv. buoyantly
ḅuléemọ2 v.t. buoy up; come to surface of water
ḅuleḅule a. bulgy (of eyes) (cf. ḅụlẹḅụlẹ,
ḅúlelee)
ḅúlelee a. bulgy (of eyes) (cf. ḅulebule)
ḅúlelee v.i. bulge; swell outwards faultily or prominently
ḅúlelee n. bulginess
ḅúluḅúlu1 a. dirty; foul; sordid; soiled
ḅúluḅúlumọ1 adv. dirtily
ḅúluḅúlumọ2 v.t. make dirty
ḅúluḅúlu2 v.i. exude; leak; ooze out; flow out sluggishly (cf. ḅú`lụḅú ̣lụ)
ḅúluḅúlumọ3 adv. oozily; with sluggish flow
ḅuroḅuro n. very early morning
ḅurú n. cr A. yam; edible tuber of various kinds of Dioscorea sp.
climbing plants (Dioscoreaceae)
ḅurú tp B. the terminal bud of palms; cabbage
ḅurú fị v.p. teethe; grow or cut milk-teeth (of a child)
(ḅurúfịweí) n.m. knife = ḅurúpuweí
ḅurú fụmụ v.p. said of a snail when it seals up its mouth with
callus while hibernating
ḅuru-óbi n. d dropsy; oedema
ḅurú-ọlalị n. tr yam-festival
ịkagịḅuru n. tp tuber of wild climbing plants; the plants
themselves
ọgó ̣nọḅuru n. t breadfruit (both tree and fruit)
ḅuru-éperi n.m. f fish sp.; moonfish Citharinus sp.
ḅuruma n.m. f fish sp.; cuttlefish order Sepiidae
ḅurumizi n.m. f squid order Teuthidae
ḅurumọ n.m. f fish sp.; cuttlefish order Sepiidae
ḅutú a. satiated
ḅutú v.i. surfeit; satiate with
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ḅutumọ v.t. cloy; glut; satiate; sate; weary with over-
abundance (as richness, sweetness, excess of
food, etc.)
ḅutuḅutu a. dirty; soiled; foul
ḅutuḅutu n. dirtiness
ḅutuḅutu v.i. become dirty
ḅutuḅutúmọ1 adv. dirtily; in a dirty way
ḅutuḅutúmọ2 v.t. make dirty
ḅụ1 n. A. body; cf. gbọrị ḅụ ‘one
body’
ḅụtụawei n.m. ornament for the body; garment
ḅụ1 B. self (used for emphasis): ịní ḅụ
̣ ‘(I) myself’;
ịnị ḅụ ‘(you)
yourself’, (thou)
thyself’; ó ḅụ, orí
ḅụ ‘(he) himself’
ara ḅụ ‘(she)
herself’ aíṇ ḅụ ‘(it)
itself’ wa ḅụ ‘(we)
ourselves’ ọ ḅụ
‘(you) yourselves’
eín ḅụ ‘(they)
themselves’
ḅụ kụrọmọ v.p. strengthen oneself; endure; try
ḅụ na fíạ v.p. content; be satisfied with something
ḅụnáfịa n. content; contentment; contentedness;
satisfaction
ḅụnafíamọ
̣ adv. contentedly
ḅará ḅụ tarị v.p. be selfish
ḅarábụtarị n. selfishness
ḅụ1 C. same; self-same; very: e.g. gbọrị kụmó ̣ḅei ḅụ
‘the very same
man’
ḅụ1 D. only; sole; alone, solitary, standing by orí ḅụ furuwọrió
oneself (in opinion, etc.): e.g. ‘he alone would
steal’
ḅụ1 E. alone; only; solely; merely; exclusively; á aíṇ na ḅụ ghá,
e.g. ntẹ aíṇ érị
̣ ka érị
̣ ‘I
not only (merely)
heard it, but saw it
too’
ḅụ2 n. ply; strand; turn of rope: traḅụ ‘three-ply’
ḅụḅẹlẹ v.t. delight; please highly; give pleasure to; take
& pleasure in; like; admire; be found of; prove
v.i. attractive; appeal to; glamour; bewitch;
charm; enchant; relish; prefer
ḅụḅẹlẹ n. pleasure; delight
kụmọḅụḅẹlẹ a. pleasant; attractive
kụmọḅụḅẹlẹgha a. unpleasant; unattractive; detestable; odious
ḅụḅẹlẹgha v.t. dislike; loathe; detest; not like
&
v.i.
ḅụḅẹlẹmó ̣ adv. attractively; pleasantly; delightfully;
admirably; etc.
mịé ̣ ḅụḅẹlẹmó ̣ v.t. make pleasant; etc.
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ḅụḅú ̣rụḅụḅú ̣rụ a. not smart
ḅụḅú ̣rụḅụḅú ̣rụ v.i. be slow or not quick
ḅụḅú ̣rụḅụḅú ̣rụmọ adv. not smartly
ḅụgịrịrị v.i. e shame; be ashamed
ḅụgịrịrị n. e shame; disgrace; ignominy
ḅụgịrịrífạ a. e shameless
ḅụgịrịrífa ̣ n. e shamelessness
ḅụgịrịrịmọ a. e shameful;
ḅụgịrịrịmọ adv. e shamefully
ḅụgịrịrịmọ n. e shamefulness;
mịé ̣ ḅụgịrịrịmó ̣ v.t. e shame; disgrace
ḅụgọ n door; entrance; gate; mouth of (river, creek,
etc.); means
ḅụgọḅa n. e doorpost; jamb
ḅụgọḍigiḅọ n.m.f doorkeeper; gatekeeper; janitor; porter
ḅụgọló ̣ v.i. embark; board a boat
ḅụgọlọmó ̣ v.t. put on or in (a boat)
ḅụgọló ̣nimi adv. aboard; on ship
ḅú ̣kụḅú ̣kụ a. e frivolous; trifling
ḅú ̣kụḅú ̣kụ v.i. e fiddle; be frivolous
ḅú ̣kụḅú ̣kụmọ adv. e frivolously
ḅụla v.i. pass watery evacuations
ḅú ̣laḅú ̣la v.i. lie strewn all over the ground
ḅụlafụrú ̣ụ a. silly
ḅụlọ v.t. daub; bedaub; smear; soil; paint; plaster; blur;
& sully
v.i.
ḅụlọ n. daub; smear; splodge; splotch; painting
ḅú ̣lọḅú ̣lọ a. dauby; splotchy
ḅụléẹ̣ a. of sound made by emerging gently from water (cf. ḅulée)
ḅụléẹmọ
̣ adv. emerging from water in a gentle manner
ḅụlẹḅụlẹ a. bulgy (of eyes) (cf. ḅuleḅule)
ḅụlẹḅụlẹ v.i. become bulgy
ḅụlụḅụlú ̣ a. watchful
ḅụlụḅụlú ̣mọ adv. watchfully
ḅụlụḅụlụ a. unmixed
ḅụlụḅụlụmọ adv. unmixedly
ḅú ̣lụḅú ̣lụ v.i. leak; ooze out; exude; bubble out (cf. ḅúluḅúlu 2.)
ḅú ̣lụḅú ̣lụmọ adv. oozily; with sluggish flow
ḅụmọ a. difficult; hard to do
ḅụmọ v.i. be difficult or hard
ḅụmọ n. difficulty
ḅụmọye n. difficulty
ḅụọ1 n. bp foot; leg; hind-leg; foot-print; footstep; tread;
prop-roots; abutment
ḅụọ-ala n. bp instep
ḅụọdụ adv. towards the foot end
ḅụọ da` v.p. rehearse
ḅụọḍa n. rehearsal
ḅụọḍụ n. the last thwart next to the stern; also the space
between the thwart and the stern
ḅụọ-ẹbẹrẹḅaḅio n. bp between toes
ḅụọ-ẹgbẹgị n. bp ankle
ḅụọfuro n. bp calf of leg
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ḅụọbiri n. bp calf of leg (general)
ḅụọḅó ̣gọ n. dislocation of foot
ḅụọgọ n. foot end of a bed
ḅụọgọ munú v.p. have sexual intercourse (idiomatic)
ḅụọgbanaye n. footstool
ḅụọ ghọ koro v.p. meet with failure
ḅụọ iri v.p. miss a step
ḅụọ-iri n. missing of a step
ḅụọ-ịkalị n. bp ankle bone
ḅụọ-ịkpụkụ n. bp knee
ḅụọ-ịkụtị n. bp bend inside the knee
ḅụọ-ịmgbụ n. bp shank; shin
ḅụọkọngọ n. bp ankle
ḅụọkuḅu n. bp sole of foot
ḅụọkuḅu a. pertaining to the sole
ḅụọkụọye n. door-mat
ḅụọ na kirí na excl. Be careful!
p.
ḅụọnyaịnmọ n. inner part of the knee
ḅụọ-ọbụ n. back or upper surface of foot
ḅụọsụngbalị n. bp toes
ḅụọtịḅị n. bp knee
ḅụọtịḅị-ẹfẹrẹ n. bp knee cap
ḅụọtịẹmọye n. foot-hold; footing; footstool
ḅụọtongu n. bp heel
ḅụọtugu n. bp leg
ḅụọḅakalamọ n.m. f mullet sp. family Mugilidae.
cf. abaraká,
akú ̣rọ, gbulu,
ịdẹgé,̣ mó ̣ngịnị,
ó ̣zọló ̣lị2,
ḅụọ2 n. generation; epoch; era; time; historical period
ḅụọḅọgọ a. old; ancient
ḅú ̣ra v.i. drift to a corner; become crooked; bend to one
side
ḅú ̣ramọ adv. adrift
ḅụra1 v.t. slap; strike with palm of hand; smack; spank
ḅụra1 n. slap; spank; stroke with palm
ḅụra2 n. f semutundu (a kind of catfish) Bagrus dogmac
ḅú ̣raḅú ̣ra v.i. stagger; totter
ḅú ̣raḅú ̣ramọ adv. staggeringly; etc.
ḅú ̣rẹẹ a. calm; tranquil; quiet; windless
ḅú ̣rẹẹmọ adv. calmly; quietly; etc.
ḅụrọ n. fireplace
ḅụrọfọụn n. ash
ḅụrọkiri n. hearth; floor of fire-place
ḅụrọtongu n. back of fireplace
ḅụrọtugu n. front of fireplace
ḅụrú ̣ a. corrupt; rotten; depraved; putrid; decomposed
ḅụrú ̣ v.i. decay; mortify; putrefy; rot; be affected by
gangrene; necrotize; fester; suppurate; become
morally corrupt
ḅụrú ̣ n. decay; putridity; putridness
ḅụrụmó ̣ v.t. cause to mortify or putrefy; corrupt; infect
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ḅụrú ̣nyụ a. corruptible; perishable
ḅụrú ̣gha a. incorruptible; eternal
ḅụrú ̣gha n. incorruption
ḅụtụawei n.m. dr clothes; costumes; dress; frock; garment

D, d

dá1 v.t. A. admit; accept

da n’ẹkí ̣ v.p. accept; receive
dá sụọmó ̣ v.t. admit; allow entrance (applied to people)
dá tụa v.t. admit; allow entrance; (applied to things)
dá1 B. earn; obtain as reward of labour; receive; igbogí da ‘receive
accept; take: money’
dá2 v.t. bolster up; support; prop; push:
&
v.i.
dá sigimọ v.p. ‘push off’
dá sụọmọ v.p. ‘push in’
da1 v.t. drench; wet all over; beat; inflict blows on (of cf. osuó da; ẹfẹrụ
& sun, rain, wind); da; etc.
v.i.
da2 v.t. face; stand facing or fronting; turn (cards, cf. wagí ọgó
̣ ̣nọ da
& etc.) face upwards or downwards ‘turn or face
v.i. upwards’ wagí kirí ̣
da ‘turn or face
downwards’; look
or turn on to a
certain direction; be
opposite to; point to
a place, etc.
da3 v.t. reign; rule; hold sway, cf. ama da be the
& head of (house,
v.i. family, etc.) cf.
warí dạ be at the
head of (company,
etc.) cf. tịḅị da lead
cf. ḅẹlẹụ da
dáá v.t. dry; make or become dry by evaporation; cure
& or preserve (something) with smoke or sun,
v.i. etc.
dáda n. child’s name for father
dadá adv. in opposite direction, place, or position;
opposite to or with; facing front to front, back
to back, or side to side, etc.
dadamó ̣ v.t. push; force way through
dagá v.i. itch
dagá n. itch; itching
dagamó ̣ v.t. irritate; make itch
daga v.i. be very hot with rage
dagamó ̣ v.t. annoy; irritate
damó ̣ya a. abreast; opposite etélimị damó ̣ya
angáma ḍigi ‘look
at the opposite sides
of the road’ warímị̣
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damó ̣yamị ghọ
pọgó ̣ fie lit. "in the
opposite of the
house voice talked",
i.e. ‘there was a
voice opposite the
house’
dá n’ẹkị v.p. admit; accept; receive as adequate;
acknowledge; own (person) to be something
dánẹkị n. acceptance; reception
dangaị a. high
dángaịmọ adv. aloft; high up; far up
dángenée a. high; of great height (= déngenée)
dángenéemọ adv. aloft; high up; far up
dáya v.t. confront; meet face to face; face in hostility or
in defiance; oppose to; refuse obedience to;
contradict; be contrary to
dé1 v.t. banish; condemn to exile; expel; drive away;
dismiss
dé sin v.p. drive away; expel:
pirí de v.p. chase; pursue animal in parkland with dogs
and guns
désin n. pursuit (in an unenclosed parkland)
dé2 v.i. boast
dé2 a. proud; boastful
dé2 n. boast
démọ1 adv. boastfully
démọ2 v.t. cause to boast; make to be proud of
de n.m. b bird sp. (unidentified) -
desa n. debt in which debtor evades payment with
many excuses
dégerée a. round; roundish
deí n.m. k husband
déin a. calm; composed; cool; staid; tranquil; quiet;
déin v i. become calm; cool (of weather, air, sea, mind,
body)
déin n. calm; stillness; serenity
déinmọ adv. calmly; composedly; staidly; coolly
deinmó ̣ v.t. make calm; pacify (self)
demésedemése a. mad; wild; superstitiously timid; weird; eerie
demésedemése v.i. mad, become mad
demésedemésemọ adv. madly; wildly
demó ̣ v.t. drive; expel; eject; oust
denenée v.i. start from sleep, shock); make sudden
movement from surprise, sleep, etc.)
denenée n. start; sudden movement of surprise, or from
sleep
denenéemọ adv. startlingly
déngenée a. same as dángenée
dé ̣ v.t. lay or spread table or bed; diaper; pad
déḅịtẹ
̣ n. diaper; layette; napkin for small children
déye ̣ n. pad; stuffing
dẹdé ̣ v.t. pad; stuff
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déẹ̣ n. dimness
défịwei
̣ n.m. table
dégẹ ̣ v.i. A. be beaten or crushed by some weight
dégẹ ̣ B. (of chewing; grinding, pounding) be ready; togurú dẹgẹ ‘be
be crushed into a pulp: chewed up’ gbé ̣
dẹgẹ ‘be ground
up’ temí dẹgẹ ‘be
pounded up’
dẹgẹ1 v.t. beat, flog, slosh, thrash, severely; crush,
compress, with violence so as to break or
bruise
dẹgẹ2 adv. fairly e.g. dẹgẹ ebínimí ‘it is
fairly good’
dẹgẹ3 adv. often; frequently; many times; e.g. ó dẹgẹ ḅoyo yé ‘he
frequently comes’
(b) (in a negative
context) seldom;
rarely; not often ó
dẹgẹ bogha ‘he
seldom comes’
dẹgẹdẹgẹ adv. often; frequently; (in a negative context) not
often; rarely; seldom
dégẹré
̣ ẹ̣ a. short; shortish; flattish
dékị̣ n. deck; layer
dékịdẹ́ kị̣ adv. in layers
dérị ̣ v.i. be sold
dẹrí ̣ v.t. sell; bargain away; make over; dispose of;
betray
dévụl,
̣ dévụlụ
̣ n.m. the Devil < English
dí1 v.t. bear; give birth to; produce; beget; deliver;
& extrude; generate; be born
v.i.
dí1 n. birth; bringing forth of, offspring; extrusion,
descent; parentage; origin
di-ákpa n. womb
di-éne n. birthday (anniversary)
dimó ̣ v.t. assist at birth (as midwife)
wọrị dimó ̣ v.p. keep (animals) to produce young
díyọ n. birthplace
dí2 v.i. sag; have downward bulge or curve in middle
dímọ v.t. sag; cause to sag or curve; relax; mitigate;
abate
bié num. fifteen
dié-esí num. three hundred
diékaramọ a. fifteenth
dígaláa a. round; spherical; circular
dígbáa n. plump; plunge (cf. dígbái)
dígbaa a. stagnant; motionless
dígbaamọ adv. stagnantly
dígbái n. plump; abrupt plunge (more violent than
dígbáa)
dígbái v.i. plump or plunge with abrupt descent
dígbáimọ adv. with sudden or heavy plump or plunge
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dígbolóo v.i. swell out
dílẹẹ n. & informal apology for an offence; regret; sorry!
excl.
díli1 n. reel for thread cf. díli ikpo ‘reel of
thread’
díli2 n. scantling; beam cf. díli kuru
‘scantling plant’
dindín a. red
dísi n. hi dish; oval or oblong, shallow, flat-bottomed <English dish
earthenware, glass or metal plate
disí1 v.t. void excrement; pass excreta; defecate; shit
disí1 n. act of voiding excrement; defecation
disíyaị n.pl. excrement; faeces; stool; manure; dung;
ordure; shit
disíyọ n. latrine; lavatory; toilet; water-closet
disiwarí ̣ n. latrine; lavatory; toilet; water-closet
disí2 v.i. be tainted with mildew
dísi-ile n. t tree resembling ilé
dịgbínịdịgbí
̣ nị
̣ v.i. toddle; walk with short tottering steps
dịgbínịdịgbí ̣ nị ̣ n. toddling
dígbó
̣ ̣ọ a. stagnant; motionless
dígbó
̣ ̣ọmọ adv. stagnantly
dígịdí
̣ gị̣ a. incessant; unceasing; continual (of cry)
dígịdị́ gịmọ ̣ adv. incessantly
dịgịmó ̣ v.t. puddle; knead; crush to pulp
díịn ̣ v.i. make a din or shrill cry in flight
díịn ̣ n. din or shrill cry in flight
dịn a. another; extra
dịnweí n. an additional one
dịn-yé n. same as preceding
dịn-yó ̣ n. fraction; scrap
dobo n. leap-frog
dóko v.i. haste; hurry (cf. doú)
dóko n. haste; hurry
dókodóko v.i. haste; hurry;
dókodóko a. hurried; speedy; hasty
dókodóko n. haste; hurry
dókodókomọ adv. hastily; hastily; hurriedly
dóo a. dusty; misty
dóomọ adv. dustily; mistily
doú v.i. make haste; hurry up; be quick; be apt (cf. dóko)
doú a. hasty; quick; prompt; rapid; swift; fleet
doú n. haste; hurry
doúmọ1 adv. quickly; swiftly; rapidly; hastily; promptly
doúmọ2 v.t. hasten; hurry away; cause to make haste;
hurry up
dó ̣bíọọ
̣ a. too high as a convenient seat
dọgí1̣ v.i. lose in game of cards; fail to score
dọgí1̣ n. loss
dọgí2̣ v.i. burn; deflagrate
dọgí2̣ n. deflagration
dọgịmó1̣ v.t. cause to lose
dọgịmó2 v.t. burn; cause to burn; char; deflagrate; scorch;
toast
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dọgú ̣ v.t. paddle; propel canoe:
igoní dọgụ v.i. die
dó ̣la n. florin piece archaic. <English
dollar
dó ̣ngọị n. bo paddle; propeller; spade (in cards)
dó ̣nị n. dr flowing garment for men
dó ̣nịpalị n. dr men garment reaching to the knees
dọtí ̣ n. dirt; unclean matter that soils <English dirty)
dọtí ̣ a. dirty; soiled; nasty; foul
dọtí ̣ v.i. be dirty; be nasty
dọtímọ ̣ adv. dirtily; nastily
dọtịmó ̣ v.t. make dirty or nasty
dọsú ̣mọ v.t. pour upon
dú1 v.t. scoop out; off-load; unload
dumó ̣ v.t. pack into; offload into; unload into
dumó ̣ dúdu1 v.i. rave; talk wildly or furiously (as in anger or in
a quarrel
dúdu1 n. raving, boisterous talk;
dúmumọ adv. boisterously; noisily
dúdu2 v.i. be loosened of its fruits (of bunch of palm)
dudú v.t. shake (bag, etc.) upside down; shake any
loose material off
dudumó ̣ v.t. shake into container
duení1 v.t. join a loin cloth to be bigger in size: cf. ḅịté ̣ dueni
dueníḅịtẹ n. joined loin cloth
duení2 v.t. catch
dueníya v.t. meet or grapple with
dúgbáa n. plump; abrupt plunge cf. dígbáa, dú ̣gbáa
dúgbáamọ v.i. plump; plunge with abrupt descent
dúgbáamọ adv. with sudden or heavy plunge or fall
dúgdúgbadúgba v.i. splatter; make continuous splashing sound cf. dú`gbadú ̣gba
dúgdúgbadúgba n. splatter; continuous splashing sound
dúgbadúgbamọ adv. with a splatter
dúgbanáa a. plump and fat
dúu1 v.i. drift and get aground; be stranded; be in
difficulties; be unable to get along, especially
want of funds or other resources
duumó ̣ v.t. cause to be stranded; strand
dúu2 n. riddle; conundrum; enigma
dúu tụa v.p. propound riddle; ask riddle
dúu n. carbolic acid
duuduu v.i. be hot (of body of person) due to fever,
basking in sun or warming at fire
dụ1 v.t. fg fish with a kind of woven basket called ọrụḅa e.g. á ọrụḅa dụyó
‘I am fishing with
ọrụḅa’
dụ2 v.t. pounce or swoop down upon
dụ2 n. pouncing; sudden swoop
dụ n. part; place; side: e.g. wa dụ ‘our
side’
dụá a. other; some
dụaḅú ̣ n. some others
dụáí ̣ n. others; some
dú ̣gbáa n. light plump or plunge (cf. dúgbáa)
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dú ̣gbáa v.i. plunge lightly
dú ̣gbáamọ adv. with light plunge
dụgbadụgba v.i. make continuous light splashing sound (cf. dúgbadúgba)
dụgbadụgba n. light splatter; continuous light splashing
sound
dụgbadụgbamọ adv. with a light splatter
dụmó ̣ n.m.f another person (perhaps contracted
. from dịn kụmọ)
dụmó ̣dụmọ n. one another reciprocal
dú ̣ọ n. fg stick for fixing fish trap under water
dụró ̣sị n. dr drawers; knickers; shorts; underwear; pant <English. cf.
tugusụọmó ̣
dú ̣tịḅịdú ̣tịḅị n.m. s amphisbaenid snake; = mádụtịḅị (obi)
dú ̣ụ v.i. droop; hang down, face downwards, as in
grief or weariness
dú ̣ụ n. drooping position

D ,ḍ

ḍa1 v.t. taste; learn flavour of (food, liquid, etc.) by e.g. fụlọ ḍa ‘taste
taking it into the mouth: soup’
ḍa1 n. act of tasting
ḍa2 v.t. ape; imitate; emulate; mimic; copy (someone
to do a thing):
kụmọ ḍa ye mịẹ n.p. mimicry: mimicking
ḍa3 v.t. A. attempt; try; adventure; incur risk
&
v.i.
ḍa3 B. sound; test the depth of (sea or channel) or
for any object lying on the botton of the sea
ḅụọ ḍa v.p. rehearse; recite; practise for later public
performance
ḅụọḍa n. rehearsal; preparatory performance of play,
dance or any entertainment
ḍa4 v.i. ft fish with rod and line; angle; cf. ye ḍa ‘single for
something’ indí ḍa
‘angle for fish’
ḍaḍigi v.t. tempt; try the resolution of; test
ḍaḍigíḅara adv. temptingly
ḍaḍigíye n. temptation: (pl.) ḍaḍigiáye;
ḍaḍigíyai
ḍaḅa n. bog; marsh; lake; mere:
indíḍaḅa
̣ n. ft fishpond: piscina
ḍaḅo n. fo kola; kolanut
ḍákaịn a. raised or elevated (of buttocks)
ḍákaịnmọ adv. with raised or elevated buttocks
ḍákịríị̣ a. short (especially of tail of rabbit, etc.)
ḍákịríịmọ̣ adv. shortly
ḍarágị v.i. roar; utter loud hoarse sound
ḍarágị n. roar; loud hoarse sound
ḍarágịmọ adv. with a roar
ḍarị1 v.i. A. bark; bay; snarl (as dogs, etc.)
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ḍarị1 B. bluster; storm boisterously (of person,
waves)
ḍarị1 n. roar; bluster; noisy self-asserting talk
ḍarịmó ̣ adv. blusteringly; snarlingly
ḍarímọ
̣ v.t. chide; rebuke; scold; snarl at; shout at
ḍarị2 v.i. boil, bubble up (as pot or vessel) effervesce;
give off bubbles of gas; sparkle (as wine);
foam; froth; lather (as soap)
ḍarị2 n. boil; boiling; effervescence
ḍarímọ
̣ v.i. grow as an excrescence; regrow; accrete;
grow together or into one
ḍarímọyọ
̣ n. accretion
ḍaú ̣ n.m. k father; male parent; papa
ḍaụ-áma n. k father-land; native country
ḍaụ-ánga n. k spear-side; father’s side or male side of family
ḍaụ-ánga a. agnate; patrilineal
ḍaú ̣ḅọ n.m. one that deserves filial reverence; oldest
member of a house or family
ḍaụ-óngu pl. k fathers; leading men
ḍaụ-érịgha
̣ a. posthumous
ḍaú ̣fa a. fatherless
ḍaụ-ówei n.m. = ḍaú ̣ḅọ
ḍáwọị v.t. study; take pains to acquire knowledge of
something; learn; get knowledge or skill by
study or experience; commit to memory or
learn by heart; practise
̣ 1
ḍawọímọ v.t. make learn
ḍáwọịye n. study; thing to be secured by pains or
attention; practice
yeḍáwọị n. devotion of time and thought to acquiring
information and skill; learning
fịríḍáwọịḅọ
̣ n.m.f apprentice; learner
.
ḍawọị v.i. dream
ḍawọị n. dream
̣ 2
ḍawọímọ v.t. dream about
seíḍawọị n. nightmare; incubus
ḍaye n. fg fish-hook in general
fugumó ̣ḍaye n. (see avukpa)
koromó ̣ḍaye n. fg long fishing line with many hooks on it;
boulter; trawl-line
ḍeḅuḍeḅú a. taste without salt; insipid; tasteless;
unsavoury; wanting in flavour
ḍeḅuḍeḅúmọ adv. insipidly
ḍégerée a. round; oval; circular
ḍégerée v.i. assume a round shape
ḍégeréemọ adv. ovally
ḍéin v.i. gain full momentum in revolving or spinning
ḍéinmọ adv. with full momentum
ḍerégu v.i. growl; roar
ḍerégu n. growl; growling; roar; roaring
ḍerégumọ adv. growlingly
ḍeregúḍeregú v.i. grope, search blindly
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ḍéregúu a. motionless
ḍéregúu v.i. stand motionless
ḍéregúumọ adv. motionlessly
ḍeun n. bo first shape of bow or hem of a new canoe
ḍéḅẹrẹ
̣ a. d lumbaginous
ḍéḅẹrẹ
̣ v.i. d have lumbago
ḍéḅẹrẹmọ
̣ adv. lumbaginously
ḍẹrẹrẹḍẹgẹrẹ a. hopping from place to place in a dance;
wavering from side to side under a heavy load
ḍégẹré
̣ ẹ̣ a. describes successful peeling-off of one object (cf. ḍéịn)
̣
from another, without damage
ḍégẹré
̣ ẹmọ
̣ adv. successfully peeling off
ḍẹgị v.t. carry baby and place on the lap or in the arms
or on the waist with legs astride
ḍẹgị n. such a means of carrying a baby
ḍéịn
̣ a. of successful peeling-off of one object from (cf. ḍégẹré
̣ ẹ)
̣
another
ḍéịnmọ
̣ adv. successfully peeling off
ḍẹrégụ
̣ v.i. same as ḍerégu
& n.
ḍẹrí ̣ n. laugh; giggle; titter; laughter; sound made in,
or act of, laughing
ḍẹrí ̣ v.i. laugh; giggle; titter; make sound and
& movement of face to express some lively
v.t. emotions
ḍẹrímọ̣ adv. laughingly; excitedly
ḍẹrịmó ̣ v.t. excite; rouse up (laughter)
abadíḍẹrị
̣ n. see under abadí ̣
mịé ̣ ḍẹrị v.p. deride; mock; make fun of; scoff at; sneer at;
ridicule
mịéḍẹrị
̣ or n. mockery; derision
mịéḍẹrịye
̣
ḍẹsụ v.i. (of rain) rain heavily; rain cats and dogs
ḍẹsụmọ v.t. fall on; rain upon
ḍíḅáa a. full; replete; rounded; protruding (= ḍíḅaláa, cf.
ḍíbáa)
̣
ḍíḅáa v.i. sprout; begin to grow; swell out
ḍíḅáamọ adv. swellingly
ḍíḅaláa a. & = ḍíḅáa
v.i.
ḍíḅaláamọ adv. = ḍíḅáamọ
ḍíḅi v.i. sink; be buried; disappear below surface of
mud, etc.
ḍíḅi a. miry; muddy; soft
ḍiḅí v.t. bury; deposit in tomb; grave; put under
ground; hide in earth; inter; entomb; plant;
plant crop in ground
ḍiḅí n. burial; burying of dead body; funeral;
interment
ḍíḅimọ1 adv. under soft mud
ḍiḅimó2̣ v.t. mire; bemire; plunge in mire; cause to sink
ḅiḅíye n. crop
ḍibi-áye pl. crops
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graveyard
ḍíḅolóo a. swollen; inflamed (of sore)
ḍíḅolóo v.i. swell out; protrude
ḍíḅolóomọ adv. protrusively
ḍíḅúu n. loathing; feeling of loss of appetite
ḍíḅúu v.t. loathe; lose appetite
ḍíḅúumọ adv. loathingly; loathsomely
ḍiéḍie n. dusk; darker stage of twilight; duskiness
ḍiéḍie v.i. become dark; look dark or dusky
ḍiéḍiemọ adv. duskily
ḍigí v.t. behold; see; become aware of by sight; take
notice; look; turn eyes in some direction;
glance; stare; ascertain by sight who, how,
whether, etc.; examine; make mental search;
enquire; inspect; manage; supervise;
superintend; defend; keep safe; protect; act for
an absentee; watch out; make informal call or
visit
ḍigí n. look; glance; stare
ḍigí ḍị v.p. look well after; attend to well
ḍigí ḍugó v.p. censure; reprimand
ḍigí ḍụḅamó ̣ v.p. revere; reverence
ḍigí ebimó ̣ v.p. attend to well; care well for
ḍigí eneni v.p. favour; look kindly upon; pity; have mercy
upon
ḍigí-eneni n. pity; favour; friendly regard
ḍigí fie v.p. talk of or about; comment on; make remark on
ḍigí gé ̣ v.p. copy; transcribe; crib
ḍigí iderimọ v.p. look down upon; snub
ḍigí ikelé v.p. look about or round
ḍigí iwomó ̣ ḍigí v.p. look upon and down (at person with anger or
iderimọ contempt)
ḍigí mịé ̣ v.p. imitate; follow in someone’s steps
ḍigímịéye ̣ n. example; emulation
ḍigí mọndị v.p. same as preceding
ḍigímọndị n. safe journey (excl.) safe journey!
ḍigí mu v.p. escort; lead out
ḍigímu n. safe journey (excl.) safe journey!
ḍigín’ẹkị v.t. choose; select out of number
ḍigí seimó ̣ v.p. dislike intensely; abhor; detest; despise; look
down upon; contemn; treat with disregard;
hate; loathe
ḍigíseimọ n. abhorrence; detestation; contempt
ḍigí tọrú ̣ kụrụkụrụ v.p. look kindly upon; have mercy upon
ḍigí tọrú ̣nọ v.p. envy; feel envy of
ḍigí tọrú ̣nọ n. envy; grudging contemplation of more
fortunate persons or at their advantages
ḍigí tọrú ̣sin v.p. overlook
ḍigíya v.i. vie with one another; accompany one another;
look at one another
agbamó ̣ ḍigi v.p. drop in; make informal call
ḅẹlẹu ḍigi v.p. look forward or ahead
ḅẹlẹu ḍigimọ v.p. hold in deep respect; look to in front
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of, well
odú ḍigi v.p. look sharp; look out; take care of; be careful
about
pegelé ḍigi v.p. look through and through; make careful
examination of a thing
sụọ ḍigí v.p. make an informal visit
tolumó ̣ ḍigi v.p. peep through
tongú ḍigi v.p. look back
tọlọlímọ
̣ ḍigí ̣ v.p. make mental search
tọlọmó ̣ ḍigí v.p. survey with searching glance; inspect
exhaustively or successively
wagịmó ̣ ḍigí v.p. look over; review
yọḍigiḅọ n.m.f superintendent; supervisor; manager;
. inspector; guardian; keeper; protector;
defender; watchman; janitor
ḍigi n. bush cane; bush rope or liana
ḍigifuro n. soft inner part (pulp) of rope
ḍigi-igbirigbiri n. anchor-chain;
ḍigi-igbirigbiri n.m. old cloth
ḍigitịn n. t mahogany tree Khaya ivorensis A.
Chev. (Meliaceae)
apioḍigi n. v rope made of bush-cane
ḅịlaḍigi n. see under ḅịlá
ḅoruḍigi n. v rope made of bush-cane
kesiḍigi n. v cane rope
ofóḍigi n. see under ofó
ógboróḍigi n. v slender thorny rope, which easily wounds feet
osungboḍigi n. see under osungbo
ḍíi a. dim; opaque; faintly visible; not clear or
bright;
ḍíi v.i. become dim
ḍíi n. dimness
ḍíimọ adv. dimly
(mịé)̣ ḍíimọ v.t. make dim
ḍiri n. A. leaf; medicine
ḍiriḅịágha a. green; fresh (as fresh maize)
ḍiriḅeri n. leaf; foliage
ḍiri gụọ v.p. have pernicious influence or practice
ḍirigụọ n. sorcery; wizardry
ḍirigụọḅọ n.m.f sorcerer; medicine-man; magician; conjurer
.
ḍiri-ọsẹn n. cr bitter-leaf lit. "leaf-soap";
ḍiri n. cr B. tobacco (cf. inguḅouḍiri)
ḍiribodi n. case of tobacco
ḍiri tú ̣a v.p. take snuff
tú ̣aḍiri n. snuff
ḍiri C. book; record
ḍirigẹḅọ n.m.f scribe; secretary
.
ḍiri-igba n. bookcase
ḍirikiri n. mission compound lit. "book-ground";
ḍiritelimọwarị n. school lit. "book-teach-
house";
ḍírikpíi a. cloudy; dark; turbid; muddy; murky; not
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clear; sombre
ḍírikpíi v.i. become dark; grow dark
ḍírikpíimọ adv. turbidly
ḍíroo a. drowsy; sleepy
ḍíroo v.i. feel sleepy or drowsy
ḍíroomọ adv. drowsily; sleepily
ḍísoo a. not clear; opaque
ḍísoo v.i. grow cloudy and dark
ḍísoomọ adv. opaquely
ḍí ̣ v.t. know (how to do something); master; be
addicted to; be given over to;
ḍíḅọ
̣ n.m.f adept; skilled or proficient person
.
ḍịá v.t. show; let be seen; manifest; evince; reveal;
disclose
ḍíḅáa
̣ a. full; replete; filled (of expanse of water) (cf. ḍíḅáa, ḍíḅaláa,
̣
ḍíḅó
̣ ̣ọ)
ḍíḅáamọ
̣ adv. fully
ḍíḅaláa
̣ a. same as preceding
ḍíḅọló ̣ ̣ọ a. same as ḍíḅọ́ ̣ọ
ḍíḅó ̣ ̣ọ a. excessively full (of expanse of water) (cf. ḍíḅáa,
̣ ḍíḅọló
̣ ̣ọ)
ḍíbó ̣ ̣ọmọ adv. excessively fully
ḍịḅó ̣ọ a. of hard body entering substance of
consistency of mud; plunging (into semi-
liquid)
ḍịḅó ̣ọmọ adv. in the manner of a body plunging into
semiliquid
ḍíẹ̣ v.i. divide in parts; fall in parts; be set at variance;
share with others; diverge; branch (of road,
creek)
ḍịé ̣ v.t. divide; separate into parts; split or break up
into parts
ḍịé ̣ a. divided; not unanimous
ḍịé ̣ n. division; schism; secession; separation
ḍịẹ v.t. show yọmi ẹki i ḍịẹ show
me the place
ḍịẹ v.t. introduce inẹki mu a ḍịẹ
introduce (show)
me to her
ḍịékiri
̣ n. division; section; share; part
ḍịémọ̣ 1 adv. separately
ḍịémọ ̣ 2 v.t. allocate; apportion; assign; distribute; divide
into parts
ḍịé ̣ pịrí ̣ v.p. donate; present
ḍịépịrí
̣ ye ̣ n. donation; gift; bestowal; thing presented
ḍịé ̣ sigimọ v.p. set, lay, or put aside
ḍịétịḅị̣ n. lot; portion; share
ḍịéyọ ̣ n. division; separation
ḍífị́ ịn ̣ a. small; underdeveloped (nose)
ḍífị́ ịnmọ ̣ adv. in an underdeveloped way
ḍịgịḍịgí ̣ v.i. grow old; age
ḍịgịḍịgí ̣ a. aged; having lived long (of person, plant,
etc.); well-matured (of fruits). It often goes
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ḍịgịḍịgímọ ̣ adv. agedly
ḍíịn
̣ a. faint; dim; indistinct
ḍíịn ̣ v.i. faint; give way (of light)
ḍíkaráạ a. stumpy; dwarfish
ḍíkaráamọ̣ adv. stumpily; dwarfishly
ḍịrịmó ̣ v.t. force down; compress; (e.g. plant growing
under weight)
ḍịrọ v.t. mend; repair (broken nets or cloth)
ḍịrọ-erí n.pl. mends; repaired holes
ḍịrọyọ n. mend; repaired hole
ḍíró
̣ ̣ọ a. humpy; hunchy
ḍírọ́ ̣ọ v.i. grow hump-back
ḍísẹṇ v.i. sneeze; make explosive sound in involuntarily
expelling anything that irritates interior of
nostrils
ḍísẹn
̣ n. act or sound of sneezing
ḍoḅíi v.i. plunge into mire or soft body (cf. ḍọḅíị,̣ ḍokoḅíi)
ḍoḅíimọ adv. plunging softly
ḍogódi n. alternating birth of a boy, girl, boy or vice
versa
ḍói v.i. change; become different
ḍói n. change; improvement
ḍóigha a. changeless
ḍoiya v.t. exchange; interchange; give or receive
something in return for another
ḍoiya n. interchange; reciprocal exchange (of things)
between two persons, etc. alteration
ḍóiyọ n. change; improvement; substitution; alteration
ódu ḍói v.p. disguise; show in false colours; cast off or
shed skin (snake); slough; moult (birds);
exuviate (snakes, reptiles, shell-fishes)
ḍoi v.t. change; take another instead of; vary; make
different; diversify; modify; modulate;
reform; amend; adjust; regulate
ḍoimó ̣ v.t. barter; exchange (goods or immaterial things)
for other goods; swop or swap
ḍoimó ̣tuḅo n. barter; trade or traffic by exchange
pọgó ̣ ḍoi v.p. vary tone or pitch
ḍokoḅíi v.i. plunge into mire or soft body (cf. ḍoḅíi)
ḍokoḅíimọ adv. plunging softly
ḍorí v.t. knit; weave
ḍorímọ v.t. weave together
ḅịtéḍoríye
̣ n. loom; knitting needle
ḍosí v.i. jump; leap; vault; caper; bounce; bound;
& rebound; spring; gallop; canter
v.t.
ḍosí n. bound; jump; leap; vault; spring; saltation
ḍowéi n.m. f cyprinid fish; ladyfish Barilius niloticus;
Elops sp.
aḅaláḍowei n.m. f subspecies of Barilius niloticus
ḍowoi n. f tarpon Megalops atlanticus
ḍọḅíị̣ v.i. plunge into mire or soft body (cf. ḍoḅíi)
ḍọḅíịmọ̣ adv. softly
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ḍọḍó ̣ a. cold; not heated; chilly; damp; temperate; icy
ḍọḍó ̣ v.i. become cold
ḍọḍó ̣mọ1 v.t. make cold; dampen
ḍọḍó ̣mọ1 adv. in a chilly manner; in a cold manner; coldly
ḍọgí ̣ v.t. need; find; look for; want; call for; require;
desire; wish for; be lacking in quality or
unequal to requirement
ḍọgí ̣ n. want; lack; need
ḍọgí ẹ̣ rị v.p. discover by trial; find; come across
ḍọgí p ̣ agamó ̣ v.p. discover by search
ḍọgíye ̣ n. need; requirement; desire; want (pl. ḍọgị-áye)
erema ḍọgị v.p. chase, pursue, run after (women)
ḍọkọḍọkó ̣ a. obverse; narrower at base or point of
attachment than at top; slim
ḍọkọḍọkó ̣mọ adv. obversely; slimly
ḍọmó ̣ n. peace; quiet; tranquillity; mental calm;
freedom from civil disorder or war; cessation
of war or hostility
ḍọmó ̣ mịẹ v.p. make or bring about peace
ḅió ḍọmọ v.p. comfort; console; soothe in grief
ḅióḍọmọ(ye) n. comfort; consolation
ḅióḍọmọḅọ n.m.f comforter; consoler
.
ḍó ̣ọ a. calm; shady; cool
ḍó ̣ọ v.i. become cool
ḍó ̣ọ n. cool; coolness
ḍó ̣ọmọ adv. coolly
ḍọrọ n.m. f barracuda Sphyraena spp. cf.
mindi-ógboro,
ogborokílo
ḍọụ a. calm and clear (of sky; air) serene; unruffled;
placid; tranquil; unperturbed (of sea); mild
and peaceful
ḍọụḍọụ n., a., insipid; flat; vapid (of drink) same as dọḍó ̣;
v.i.
ḍọụmó ̣ v.t. appease; assuage; calm; pacify; soothe
ḍó ̣ụmọ adv. calmly; placidly; etc.
ḍọụyọ n. shade
ḍú v.t. draw; dip and fill (water); scoop (food, soup,
etc.)
ḍu1 n. legacy; material or immaterial thing handed
down by predecessor; bequest
ḍu ḍịẹ v.p. legate; bequeath
ḍufịḅọ n.m.f legatee; recipient of legacy
.
ḍu2 v.t. mourn for a husband (of wife)
ḍúḅeḍúḅe v.i. spring up and down in water; bob up and (cf. ḍuḅée)
down
ḍuḅée a. buoyant (cf. ḍúḅelée)
ḍuḅéemọ adv. buoyantly
ḍuḅéleḍuḅéle v.i. spring up and down in water; bob up and (cf. ḍúḅelée)
down
ḍúḅelée a. buoyant (cf. ḍuḅée,
ḍúḅeḍúbe,
ḍuḅéleḍuḅéle)
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ḍúḅeléemọ adv. buoyantly
ḍúḅilíi a. plump; rounded; chubby;
ḍúḅilíi v.i. become plump and rounded
ḍúḅilíimọ adv. plumply
ḍuḅu n. grave; tomb
ḍuḅuru v.i. be chocked with silt; be silted up
ḍuḅurumó ̣ v.t. choke with silt; form new earth and push up to
cover former depression (as earthworm,
rodents, etc.)
ḍugó1 v.i. talk; converse or communicate ideas by
& spoken words; express, utter, discuss, in
v.t. words; address; lecture
ḍugó1 n. talk; address; lecture
ḍugó ḍị v.p. have the power of speech
ḍugóḍị a. fond of talking
ḍugóḍị n. talkativeness
ḍugóḍịgha a. dumb
ḍugó koro v.p. take notice of; mind
ḍigí ḍugo v.p. censure; reprimand; blame
ḍigíḍugó n. censure; reprimand; blame
ye ékị
̣ tịḅị ḍugómọ v.p. accuse; charge with a fault; indict (person)
ḅẹrẹ ḍugó v.p. make statement in a case
ḍugó2 v.t. chase; follow; pursue (with intent to capture
or kill); go or come after (moving thing or
person); proceed along
ḍugó2 n. chase; pursuit
ḍugómọ v.t. follow; come after in order or time
ḍugóya v.t. chase one another
ḍugomó ̣ya a. consecutive; following continuously
ḍugomó ̣yamọ adv. consecutively
ḍugó paga v.p. proceed from; originate from
ḍugó tolu v.p. go through or by
nụnọ ḍugóya v.p. ft go to fish in a creek lit. ‘scoop creek’
ḍugía v.t. accompany; go with
ḍúkuru v.i. dress up with cloth
ḍukurumó ̣ v.t. adorn; array; attire; clothe; decorate; dress
ḍúkúu a. stupid; dull; slow-witted
ḍúkúumọ adv. stupidly; dully; slow-wittedly
ḍúmáa v.i. puff; reek; emit puff or smoke, air, odour, (cf. ḍúmaḍúma,
whiff ḍú ̣mú ̣ụ, ḍúuḍúu)
ḍúmáa n. puff; reek; whiff
ḍúmáamọ adv. come out or up in puffs
ḍúmaḍúma v.i. give out puffs of smoke in succession (cf. ḍúmáa)
ḍuré n. thwart or cross seat in a canoe
bálaḍure n. thwart for sail with hole in centre
ḅióḍure n. inner thwart for the support of a mast, etc.
ekuréḍure n. the rear thwart
ogbóḍure n. middle thwart
ọfọú ̣ḍure n. the rear thwart in a war canoe
ọkú ̣lọḍure n. the front thwart
ḍúrée a. stupid; thoughtless
ḍúréemọ adv. stupidly; thoughtlessly
ḍúreeḍuree v.i. grope; search blindly
ḍúreeḍúreemọ adv. gropingly
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ḍuru n. total loss of voice; slight huskiness or (in pọgó ̣ duru)
hoarseness of voice, natural or due to a cold,
cough, singing, etc.
ḍurupọgọ n. huskiness; hoarseness; veiled voice
pọgó ̣ ḍuru v.i. be affected with hoarseness or veiled voice
pọgó ̣ ḍurumọ v.t. make hoarse; cause to have veiled voice
ḍurúkuḍurúku id. describes groping, searching blindly
ḍurúkuḍurúku v.i. grope; search blindly
ḍurúkuḍurúkumọ adv. gropingly
ḍúrukúu a. cloudy; dark; murky; dismal; dreary; gloomy; (cf. ḍú ̣rụkú ̣ụ)
sombre; muddy; turbid not clear; dingy; dirty-
looking; dull-coloured; daft; inept; foolish;
silly
ḍúrukúu v.i. darken; become dark or overcast
ḍurukúmọ v.t. darken; make dark, overcast
ḍúrukúumọ adv. darkly; dismally; drearily
ḍúsi v.t. support with (as walking stick)
ḍúu a. cold (from a sudden blast of cold air)
ḍúumọ adv. in the manner of a sudden cold blast
ḍúuḍúu1 a. breezy; wind-swept; pleasantly windy
ḍúuḍúumọ adv. breezily
ḍúuḍúu-oḅogu n. windy cold
ḍúuḍúu2 v.i. emit smoke or visible vapour; reek; steam (of (cf. ḍúmáa)
hot food, etc.)
ḍú ̣ v.t. push away with a stick; punt; toss; throw
aside or up with horns
ḍú ̣ n. act of pushing; thrust
ḍụá v.t. defend; ward off attack from; save; rescue;
deliver or preserve from danger or misfortune
ḍụáḅẹ n.m.f defender; saviour
.
ḍụḅá a. big; enormous; extensive (of families); huge;
large; immense; vast; heavy; unwieldy; grown
up
ḍụḅá v.i. develop; increase; become fuller; bigger; etc.
ḍụḅamó ̣ ḅara adv.p largely; immensely
.
ḍụḅá tẹịn a.p. biggest; largest; etc.
mịé ̣ ḍụḅamó ̣ v.p. enlarge; magnify
ḍụḅarị n. reck
ḍú ̣ḅụụ v.i. germinate; sprout; bud; ooze out slowly, as (cf. ḍụḅụụḍụḅụụ)
blood
ḍụḅụụḍụḅụụ v.i. spout; issue forcibly in a jet, as blood spouts (cf. ḍú ̣bụụ)
from wound
ḍụḅụụḍụḅụụmọ adv. in spouts or jets
ḍụẹị n. corpse; dead human body; carcass
ḍụẹị-abanga n. sh shrub sp. Cassia corymbosia
ḍụẹị-amá n. land of the dead
ḍụẹịbun n.m. i beetle sp.
ḍụẹịḅọrọmọ n. darkest part of early morning before dawn
ḍụẹịdemọ n. charm to ward off evil spirit
ḍụẹịḍiḅi n. funeral; burial
ḍụẹịḍụẹị a. plenty of corpses
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ḍụẹịḍụẹí f̣ ụrụ n. cadaveric smell
ḍụẹị fẹngụ v.p. transfer dead body by charms from one burial
place to another
ḍụẹịfẹngụ n. such transfer of a body
ḍụẹị-igba n. coffin
ḍụẹị-ile n. t male ile tree with flowers only and no fruits
ḍụẹị-ilé n. t ile tree without fruits
ḍụẹị-onwoin n. i ring-worm
ḍụẹị-ọkịanlalá n.m. b African pigmy kingfisher Ceyx pictus (cf.
ẹgbẹíntekeleḅa;
̣
ọkịn-álala)
ḍụẹị-ọkịn-alala kingfisher spp.; African pygmy kingfisher, family Alcedinidae;
malachite kingfisher Ceyx pictus; Alcedo
cristata (cf.
ẹgbẹíntekeleḅa;
̣
ọkịn-álala)
ḍụẹịpụraye n. hearse
ḍú ̣fíịn
̣ a. underdeveloped (of nose)
ḍú ̣fíịnmọ
̣ adv. in an underdeveloped manner
ḍú ̣gẹléẹ a. stodgy; bulgy
ḍú ̣gẹléẹ v.i. swell out
ḍú ̣gẹlẹ́ ẹmọ adv. in a bulgy state
ḍú ̣gụḍú ̣gụ a. sulky; sullen; morose
ḍú ̣gụḍú ̣gụ v.i. scowl; look sour
ḍú ̣gụḍú ̣gụmọ adv. sulkily; scowlingly
ḍú ̣kú ̣ụ v.i. jut; project; protrude; stick out
ḍú ̣kú ̣ụ a. protrusive; protrudent
ḍú ̣kú ̣ụmọ adv. protrusively
ḍú ̣kú ̣ụyọ n. jut; protrusion; projection; crest
ḍú ̣mụḍú ̣mụ v.i. come out or up in steady puffs (cf. ḍú ̣mú ̣ụ)
ḍú ̣mụḍú ̣mụmọ adv. in puffs
ḍú ̣mú ̣ụ v.i. puff; emit puff of smoke (cf. ḍúmáa,
ḍú ̣mụḍú ̣mụ)
ḍú ̣mú ̣ụ n. small quantity of smoke being emitted
steadily from a point
ḍú ̣mú ̣ụmọ adv. in a faint steady flow
ḍú ̣rẹḍú ̣rẹ unexpectedly small (of many things) (cf. ḍú ̣réẹ)
̣
ḍú ̣réẹ̣ a. unexpectely small (of one thing) (cf. ḍú ̣rẹḍú ̣rẹ)
ḍú ̣réẹmọ ̣ adv. in an unexpectedly small manner
ḍú ̣rụkú ̣ụ a. cloudy; dark; dismal; dreary; gloomy; sombre (cf. ḍúrukúu)
ḍú ̣rụkú ̣ụ v.i. darken; become dark
ḍú ̣rụkú ̣ụmọ adv. darkly; dismally; drearily
ḍú ̣séẹ̣ a. few; scanty; smallish
ḍú ̣séẹmọ
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E.

ebé n.m. po clay water-pot

ebebegé n. tr ladder; small ladder-like construction used as
fetish
ebengere n. ft float carved for line and hook or boulter;
drogue
ebí n. beauty; enchantment; lustre; glamour;
goodness; excellence
ebí a. beautiful; charming; fair; comely; handsome;
decent; becoming; decorous; seemly; fine;
good; magnificent; splendid; excellent; of
striking merit; satisfactory; virtuous; bright
(of day); well-behaved (esp. of child); saintly;
holy
ebi-andí ̣ n. bonanza; good-luck; good-fortune
ebíḅara
̣ adv. in a good way, method, manner or style;
properly; thoroughly; well; satisfactorily;
rightly; sufficiently; with care or
completeness; expediently
ebiḅío n. good humour or temper; tender heart
ebíḅịḅịfie a. speaking kindly (of spirit esp.)
ébi-ene a. same as ébi-ifie
ebi-egberí n. gospel; good-news; good tidings
ebí-ifie adv. in good time
ébi-ifié a. existent from the first; earliest; original;
primitive (time)
ebímịẹ a. affectionate; benevolent; charitable; generous;
kind; liberal
ebímịẹ n. benevolence; charitableness; generosity;
kindness; liberality; munificence
ebimó1̣ adv. well; in a good manner; beautifully;
charmingly; fairly; handsomely; decently;
finely; decorously; magnificently; splendidly;
excellently; saintly; much (beaten)
ebimó2̣ v.t. beautify; adorn
ebimó3̣ v.t. kill (esp. python or sacred thing) (euphemism)
ebínimí phr. it is all right
ebi-óngu n.pl.p Saints
ers.
ebítẹ a. enough; adequate; sufficient
ebí tẹịn a.p. better; fairer; etc.
ebítẹmẹ n. Holy Ghost, Holy Spirit
ebítimi n. good position; good living; favourable
circumstances
ebítimi kọn v.p. acquire wealth
ébiabúru n. cr cassava in general Manihot esculenta
(Euphorbiaceae)
ébíḅọílagha
̣ n. g grass sp. Paspalum
conjugatum (lit. "no
good man gets to
me")
ébieséni n.m. f fish sp.; West African lungfish Protopterus
annectens
eḅí-nẹ-á-dité ̣ n.m. cloth type
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ebirí n. wt gale; hurricane; storm; tornado; tempest
eḅe n. fg fishing sticks
eḅegu n.m. f unidentified large catfish sp. catfish order Siluriformes
éḅere adv. far; long-past, (as a greeting, how long since
we met!)
éḅeregha adv. long past; too much
éḅeregha a. far-off; long (time)
eḅila n. hi mat in general
eḅilada n. bp hip joints
eḅué n. dew-drop
eḅué koro subj. dew fell
&
v.i.
edegba n. pp head of cocoyam
edení n. shelf over fire place on which things are put to
dry
edenígbasa n. sticks for crossing such shelf
edenípụmbalaḅa n. soot; cobweb-like hangings on edení
edenítongu n. back of fire place
edésee a. flat (of head)
edéseemọ adv. flatly
édi n. special instinctive power cf. akúsi
edí n. trap; snare, plot
edigalaḅá n. circle; (in drum language) drink
Ée excl. exclamation expressing mockery, contempt
Éée excl. exclamation, expressing surprise, dislike
eferuka n. idiomatic
eferuka m.f. first child;
eferuka neut. first part of new wine
éfuéfu, efuefu n. medicine causing itching
egbe n.m. b bird sp. (unidentified) with spotted plumage -
egbalá n. go calabash or gourd Lagenaria siceraria
(Cucurbitaceae)
egberí n. account of event; news; story; tale; tidings
égberíḅịḅị n. ancient language
égberíkụra a. ancient; belonging to times long past
égberíkụra n. of old; old time
égberíkụra-egberi n. legend
égberíkụra-ongu n.pl. men of old
égberípọgọ n. line of thought or trend of an argument or
statement
Ayeḅa-egberi n. the Scriptures
ebi-egberí n. good news; gospel
sei-egberí n. bad news or tidings
egbésu n. altar or raft for placing war trophies of skulls
ége n.m. m olive colobus monkey Colobus verus
egé n. shout of victory; acclaim, acclamation
egé pan v.p. shout a shout of victory
égebési n.m. velvet
egéle n.m. b small birds in general (cf. ofoni1; ọgó ̣nọ-
ofoni)
égele-akaụn n. t tree sp. and fruit; cf. ọsịmaịn
egélewarị n. nest of birds
egele n. war or wrestling song
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egele gbán v.p. sing war or wrestling song
egele-ideri n. tr obsequies performed during lyke-wake of
traditional priest or priestess
egele-ideri v.t. perform such funeral rites for a traditional
priest or priestess
egéleabo n.m. bag woven with leaves of pandanus
egéleḅurugbasa n. t tree sp.
egélefịfịyaị n. fr fruits of a certain tree
égelége n. wrestling match
égeléma n. style of jumping high jump from sideways
egéleu-igboun n.m. c barnacle
egilá n. mi clapperless iron bell. a) small, double used for
masquerade, fishermen etc. b) large single
type thus to call assembly
egilá mangị v.p. eat (idiomatic: used by
adults only)
ḅoróḅu-egila n.p. dinner (idiomatic)
egilá2 n. dark; mist; darkness
egilá koro subj. grow dark lit. "darkness falls";
&
v.i.
egulube n.m. i locust
egusi n. cr melon Citrullus vulgaris <
Yoruba?
Éi excl. shout of exclamation expressing fear or grief,
sorrow, regret, etc.
eín pron. they, them
eínya poss. their
pron.
éke n.m. m [rat; mouse] black rat Rattus rattus. Also
recorded as eke
ekereḅúpẹlẹ n.m. m bushbuck Tragelaphus
scriptus
piri-eke n.m. m pygmy mounse Mus minutoides
ékeḅeri n. h purslane
ékekoru n.m. s royal python Python regius
igbokiri-eke n.m. da guinea-pig; rabbit
turu-éke n. m N igerian white-toothed shrew Crocidura nigeriae.
Also recorded as
tụrụ-éke. Cf. ịsụ
tụrụ-eke n.m. m N igerian musk shrew Crocidura nigeriae.
cf. ịsụ
ekeké n. skull; cranium
ekeli n. deformation; deformity; malformation of part
of body
ekeliḅọ n.m.f deformed person
.
ekeliḅọ v.i. be deformed or put out of shape
ekelimó ̣ v.t. deform; disfigure; put out of shape
ekelimọ adv. with deformity
ekéra v.i. talk noisily
ekere n. mi hollowed rectangular woodblock beaten with
sticks as rhythmic accompaniment to music
kala-ékere n. mi small ekere woodblock
opu-ékere n. mi big ekere woodblock cf. ikiriko
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ọmụngụ-arụ-ekere n. mi special types of ekere beaten in war canoe
ekerefarịḅó ̣dọgú ̣gh n.m. i tailor-ant (lit. "the one who
a beats ekere doesn’t
paddle")
ékidi n. m lorisid spp. potto, Perodicticus
potto; Calabar
angwantibo,
Arctocebus
calabarensis
ekiné n. ms masquerade club
ekiri n. d leprosy; elephantiasis graecorum
ekiriḍiri n. sh shrub sp. Senna alata
Linn.Roxb.
[formerly Cassia]
(Leguminosae-
Caesalpinioidae)
ekiritụaḅọ n.m.f d leper; person with leprosy
.
ekisé n. section
ékpe n.m. da he-goat
ekpeḅa n. hi mat for sleeping
ekpékpaị n. noisy shout
ekpékpaị v.i. shout noisily
ékpete n. dc dance for funeral of a big man. Without
singing. In refreshments all the varieties of
fishing technique practised by the N embe
ekpú n.m. round box made of grass material in N orthern
N igeria; similar box made of raffia in Eastern
N igeria
ekpukelemekpú n. ga carved discus for children’s play
ekué n.m. f fish sp.; jack; horse mackerel [Caranx spp.?]
family Carangidae.
cf. sọkọ-ekué
ekuékue v.i. shout noisily
ekuékue n. noisy shouting
ekuemó ̣ v.t. end a woven work
ekúlein n.m. b African black kite Milvus migrans
ekuré1 n. stern of boat or canoe
ekurédụ adv. abaft; nearer the stern than bow; aft
ekuré kọrịmọ v.p. steer a boat
ekuré2 n. anything which a person dashes foot against
by accident; dashing of foot against
something
ekuré kaụn v.p. dash foot against something; stub one’s toes
ebi-ekuré n. dashing or stubbing of foot on the propitious
side; (right for someone immediately followed
by a brother, left for someone immediately
followed by a sister)
sei-ekuré n. dashing of foot on the unlucky side
ekurékondu n. three thwarts after the rear thwart in a war
canoe
ekurékọrịmọḅó ̣ n. steerer; steersman
ekwé n. same as ekué
ekwékwe v.i. same as ekuékue
ekwemó ̣ v.t. same as ekuemó ̣
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elégbesíya
̣ n.m. da cat
elege n. bp fore or hind-limb; upper or lower limb
elegedí n. same as elekedí
elegí a. crafty; cunning; artful; wily
elegí v.i. be cunning; artful, etc.
elekedí n. half-gallon jar
ekekéti n.m. f fish sp.; cichlid perch sp. family Cichlidae.
cf. adi, atán,
ịtaḅalá, ọkpọtụḅa
elemu a. aged; having lived long; old; ancient;
primitive
elemu-ifie n. old time; of old
elemu-ifie a. old-time; ancient; primitive; olden (days)
elemukụra n. old year; days of yore
elemumó ̣ v.t. age; cause to grow old
elemu-ó ̣vọ n. old testament
elepein n.m. f fish sp.; N iger hind [orange-spotted sea- Cephalopholis nigri
perch?]
elilá v.i. be feverish
elilá n. fever
elilá ḅirimọ v.p. give special medicinal bath treatment to a
child for fever
émein n.m. m manatee; sea-cow Trichechus
senegalensis
émeinḅiriawọ n. tp kapok pods
emi v.i. be; exist; live (in)
emuké n. dc ekiné dance; akin to ẹlụ but stronger
emuké fin v.p. dc dance such step
énde n.m. i small tsetse fly
ene n. day; cloud of rain
eneḅá n. day-break; dawn; first light; day-light;
morning; the next day; tomorrow
eneḅá v.i. dawn; begin to grow light
eneḅiriḅa a. untimely; cf. eneḅiriḅa fi
‘untimely death’
enemábịsẹ adv. everyday, day by day
enemíbịsẹ
̣ adv. all the day; throughout the day
ené na noin na adv.p throughout day and night; in day and night
.
ene noin subj. night falls
&
v.i.
ene-ogbo n. mid-day
ḅa-éne n. daylight; first light
noin-ene n. night-fall
mị-éne adv. today; this day
pị-éne adv. the other day
sei-éne n. wt rain-cloud
eneké n. wt cloud
eneni n. compassion; grace; mercy
enéni a. pitiful; mournful; sorrowful; compassionate
enéni v.i. call for pity; be pitiful
enénimọ adv. sorrowfully; pityingly
ḍigí eneni v.p. look kindly upon; have mercy upon; favour;
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pity
ḍigí-eneni n. mercy; pity; favour, etc.
mịé ̣ enenimó ̣ v.p. make pitiable
enenifá a. pitiless
engi v.i. (beg for) alms
& n.
engiḅọ n.m.f beggar; pauper
.
engule n.m. i maggot; larva (of fly); gentle (rare)
ení pron. they
énjẹl, énjẹlị n.m. angel < English
enume n.m. t mature palm tree with no remains of rough
growth on stem
enumede n.m. b hawk sp. (unidentified) which frequents the family Accipitridae
tops of palm trees
enumetandị n.m. f tailspot ctenopoma; [climbing perch?], Ctenopoma
described as freshwater catfish that climbs kingsleyae. = ọḍịa
palm trees to eat the fruits
epe a. co yellowish
epe-injiri n.m. cl real India cloth of yellow colour
epegi n. fragment e.g. fịnị-épegi eri
epeká v.i. shout and go about restlessly (with news);
yearn
epekámọ adv. yearningly
epékamọ v.t. cause to yearn
epelá n. ga board game; draughts; chess; deceitful
manoeuvre
epelá-epela a. of a checked pattern; chequered
epelákuru n. ga draughts- or chess-board
epelá toi v.p. play draughts; be tricky with a person
epelépele n.m. f fish sp.; razorfish Xyrichthys sp. cf.
pẹmbụ
epéliḅa n. bp shoulder
eperi1 n. bm scab; scar of wound; cicatrice
eperi2 n. ap foot of periwinkles, barnacles, some snails
and roots of pandanus
eperi3 n. chaff of grain; husk; bran
epié n. t Christmas bush and its fruit Alchornea
cordifolia
(Euphorbiaceae) =
epiyé
épini n. halfpenny piece ? < English
epiyé n. same as above
epu n.m. m pangolin spp. long-tailed pangolin
(black-bellied
pangolin),
Uromanis
tetradactyla, tree
pangolin (white-
bellied pangolin),
Phataginus
tricuspis
epulé n. roll of fufu; lump; clod
epumú n. mould
épuperepu n.m. s snake sp. (see kirífofo)
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ere a. feminine
éreḅára n. left hand lit. "woman-hand";
erekoro n. flat-back fall; throw on back in wrestling
erema n.pl. women
ereman’ama n.pl. womenfolk; womankind
eremayaị n. nervous disease which makes the patient turn
an imbecile; apoplexy
erére a. all-women <eré-ere
eretoi n.m. s snake sp.
eréwaị n. womanly courting or courtship; dress up and
go about to attract men
ere warị sụọ v.p. go in to a woman, usually in the night,
without previous arrangement and with
intention to commit rape
erewarịsụọ n. such action when committed
eréwọ n.pl. p young women
erewó ̣tọgu n.f. p girl; maiden
erekein n. mourning; black head-tie used for mourning
erému n.m. f fish sp.; [sea perch?]; greater soapfish (‘the Rypticus
mother soapfish’) saponaceus
erére a. all-women cf. erére ama
‘Amazonian
village’, ‘village
with no man but all
women’ (see under
ere)
eretoi n.m. s snake (see under ere)
éri n. thread
éri-ikpo n. reel; spool; bobbin
éripogu n. cr yam
éripogu n. bundle of thread
eri v.i. dc dance; spin; whirl (as of top when propelled)
eri n. spinning; whirling
erimó1̣ adv. in a spinning manner
erimó2̣ v.t. cause to spin; fillip or flip (a top)
erí n. unknown place; as in dụa yọ erí ‘some
foreign place’; tó ̣
eri ‘what unknown
place?’
eseú n. column; row; line
eseú-eseu a. sporadic; in successive lines; in patches
-esi suff. suffix meaning ‘score’ or ‘twenties’, as mési,
tresí, iniesí, (two, three, four score or
twenties), i.e. forty; sixty; eighty, etc.
esín v.i. fear; be afraid of; be afraid; be alarmed; be
& frightened; have uneasy anticipation of evil;
v.t. revere; reverence
esín n. fear; painful emotion caused by impending
danger or evil; state of alarm; dismay;
consternation; fright; horror
esínfa a. fearless
esinmó ̣ v.t. alarm; appal; apprehend; consternate; cow;
dismay; excite; frighten; horrify; terrify;
affright; scare; intimidate
kụmọ esinmó ̣ a.p. alarming; appalling, awful, dreadful; fearful;
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frightful; horrible; horrid; terrible
esun n. starch; starchy-meal
etéli n. A. road; way; highway; path; track; route;
passage; entrance; course; lane; street
etélifa a. pathless
ḅụọ-eteli n. footpath; footway
kala-ételi n. by-path; lane
opu-ételi n. public road; main road; street; highway
etéli B. way; means by which a result is brought cf. dụa etéli ‘some
about; pecuniary resources; means or source’
eti n. d elephantiasis; swollen condition of leg
eti n. fg thick discoid fishing stick fitted with a long
handle in the centre and used for stirring up
water to drive fish; any improvised stick used
in driving fish
eti tụa v.p. ft shake water to drive fish with eti stick
eti tụa v.t. ft stir up water or drive fish with such stick
etiti n. log of wood (sometimes shaped) used as seat,
now mostly used in shrines
éu excl. shout of exclamation expressing sorrow
eu num. ten in game of agụḅá
ewere n. channel; bed of running water
eweri n.m. f fish sp. grass-eater Distichodus
rostratis
ewu n. la sand- or mud-band in the middle of a river;
hurst; shoal
ezigala(ga) n. dk wine
ézizi n. t tree sp., the roots are used to redden camwood

-ẹ suff. suffixed to verbs in reported speech, showing orí mẹnẹ ḅóẹ ‘he
a command: e.g. said: "Come"‘
Ẹ́bẹ n. Aboh in the Mid-Western Region
ébẹn’ọsẹn
̣ n. native black soap, first obtained (perhaps)
from Aboh
Ẹbé ̣ p.n. ms masquerade type
Ẹbényingi
̣ p.n. ms masquerade type
Ẹbẹyaịkpụ p.n. ms masquerade type
Ẹ́bẹta p.n. ms masquerade type
ẹbẹịn n. m pygymy hippopotamus Hexaprotodon
liberiensis
(N igerian pygmy
hippopotamus, H. l.
heslopi)
ébẹré
̣ ̣ n. mi xylophone resting on logs over a pit in the
ground
ébẹtó
̣ ̣rụ n.m. f unidentified fish sp.
ẹbí ̣ v.t. guard against: cf. odu ébị
̣ ‘guard against self’
(cf. kẹgí)̣
ẹbíkị
̣ n. dc dance step in which the back only is shaken to
rhythm
ẹbíkị
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ẹbịrị n. caper; frisk; gambol; mad frolic; erratic
action; prank
ẹbịrị a. frisky; full of erratic actions; prankish;
frolicsome; sportive; rascally; mischievous (of
child)
ẹbịrị v.i. caper; frisk; gambol; play pranks
ẹbịrímọ
̣ v.t. make frisky or prankish
ẹbụbú ̣ n. fo fufu in which yam or cocoyam is mixed and
pounded with ripe plantain
ẹbụlé ̣ n.m. ms apron or silk cloth covering the waist front of
a masquerade
ẹḅé ̣ v.aux said ... would; it is used in reporting a plain ó fịnyú ̣mẹ ẹḅé ̣ ‘he
. future or conditional statement expressing said he would eat’
speaker’s will or intention; e.g.
ẹḅéạ v.aux said that ... would have ..., but; it is used in ó fịnyú ̣mẹ ẹḅéa,
̣
. reporting a future action that was never done: eín ḅọụgha ‘he said
e.g. that he would eat,
but they did not
agree’
ẹḅẹḅáa adv. as far as, as for: e.g. orí ẹḅẹḅáa, ó ḅoyo
‘as far as he was
concerned, he was
coming’
ẹḅẹḅáa conj. if, in the even that: e.g. orí mughá ẹḅẹḅáa,
á mughá ‘if he
does not go, I do
not go’
ẹḅẹḅẹ conj. if (when followed by rẹ): e.g. ó mughá ẹḅẹḅẹ ré,̣
á mughá ‘if he
does not go then I
do not go’
ẹḅẹgha v.aux said ... would not; it is used in questioning a ó ḅarị mughíẹ̣
. negative future or conditional statement ẹḅẹgha? ‘he would
expressing speaker’s will or intention: e.g. not go again, did he
not say so?’
ẹḅéka
̣ conj. albeit; even if; nevertheless; though
ẹḅélụ ̣ a. flat and small (nose)
ẹḅélụmọ ̣ adv. flatly (of nose)
ẹḅẹlú ̣ḅẹlụ n.m. f flatfish e.g. dab or flounder; larger kinds are order
halibut, turbot; loosely applied to small rays Pleuronectiformes
and skates (flatfish); order
Rajiformes
ẹḅẹrẹḅaḅio n. space between toes or fingers: e.g. ḅụọ-ẹḅẹrẹḅaḅio
‘space btween
toes’; ḅará-
ẹḅẹrẹḅaḅio ‘space
between fingers’
ẹḅịla n. village or group of people owing allegiance to
another; vassal
ẹdé ̣ n. altar; rack
ẹdégẹrẹ
̣ n.m. f unidentified fish sp.
ẹdẹgú ̣ v.i. slow; sluggish
ẹdẹní v.i. urinate in drops and often unawares (of small
child)
ẹdésẹ
̣ a. flat (of head)
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éẹ̣ excl. shout of exclamation
ẹféfẹịn
̣ v.i. stagger; totter
ẹféfẹịn
̣ n. stagger(ing); totter(ing)
ẹféfẹịnmọ
̣ adv. staggeringly
ẹfẹké ̣ n. small woven mat for tying sacrificial objects
on to amatẹmẹsuo after idú festival
ẹfẹké-ala
̣ n.m. priesthood of ẹfẹké ̣ and the ceremonial butler
in idú festival
ẹfẹn a. unreasonable
ẹfẹnmọ adv. unreasonably
ẹfẹngẹlé ̣ n. ornamented native bracelet of raffia work
worn by special female juju
ẹféngụye
̣ n. hi fan for fire
ẹfẹrẹ n.m. plate in general
ẹfẹrẹtịḅị n. plateful; panful
ẹfẹrẹyaị n.pl. corrugated iron sheets
ẹfẹrẹyaịwarị n. house made of corrugated iron sheets
fífị-ẹfẹrẹ
̣ n.m. hi china; porcelain; breakables
pánị-ẹfẹrẹ n.m. hi pan plates; tin wares
ẹfẹrẹfẹrẹ n. fp scale (of fish or in skin disease)
ẹfẹrụ1 n. air; atmosphere; breeze
ẹfẹrụfa a. airless; breezeless; still
ẹfẹrụ-ẹfẹru a. airy; breezy
ẹfẹrụ2 n.m. i cockroach
ẹfẹrụma n. wt wind same as ẹfẹrụ1
ẹfẹú ̣ n. hamlet
ẹfẹú ̣-ẹfẹụ a. straggly; sporadic
ẹfẹụ-ẹfẹú ̣mọ adv. stragglingly; sporadically
ẹgẹlẹmó1̣ v.i. spare
ẹgẹlẹmó2̣ adv. sparingly
ẹgélẹụ ̣ n.m. f fish sp.; [burro spp.?]; grunt species [Plectorhynchus
spp. &
Parapristyipoma
spp.?] family
Haemulidae
égẹnẹdíya
̣ n.m. da guinea-fowl
ẹgẹnẹmindi n. floodwater
ẹgérẹ
̣ n. fg chamber in a fish trap
ẹgịrígịrị
̣ n. mt bubble from deep cf. áfụláfụ
ẹgụé ̣ n. general feebleness after some great fear
ẹgụẹịn n. cr cowpea [?] Vigna unguiculata
(Linn.) Walp. [?]
ẹgụẹíṇ n. seat supported at either end by forked sticks;
section of sẹkịapụ club (= agba); stick laid
across latrine house for squatting
ẹgụwé ̣ n. same as ẹgụé ̣
ẹgụwẹịn n. same as ẹgụẹịn
ẹgbé ̣ n. sacrifice; offering
ẹgbẹgẹlé ̣ n. dr anklet worn by women in olden days
ẹgbé ̣ gụa v.p. make sacrifice; offer
ẹgbégụaḅọ
̣ n.m. tr priest that offers sacrifice or offering
ẹgbégụayẹ n. tr victim for an offering
ẹgbẹ a. deserving; worthy; appropriate; suitable;
proper; competent; fit; right; just; good
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enough for
ẹgbẹ v.t. fit; befit; suit; be right for; be of right
measure, shape and size (esp. of dress);
deserve
ẹgbẹ v.aux ought; expressing duty, rightness, ị nimi ẹgbẹ ‘you
. shortcoming, advisability, or strong ought to know’
probability: e.g.
ẹgbẹgha a. unworthy; unsuitable; unfit; incompetent
ẹgbẹgbẹrịḅá n. tp coils on the stem of raffia palm
ẹgbẹịn n.m. f spotted eagle-ray Aetobatus narinari
ẹgbẹịnḅịḅịpẹịgha n.m. f white-spotted guitarfish Rhinobatos
albomaculatos cf.
ḅịḅịpẹịghá
ẹgbẹịn-odu tụá a.p. spotted; pied
ẹgbẹíntịn
̣ n. a king post (of roof)
ẹgbẹíntekeleḅa
̣ n.m. b pied kingfisher Ceryle rudis (cf.
ḍụẹị-ọkịanlalá;
ḍụẹị-ọkịn-alala;
ọkịn-álala)
ẹgbẹnịgbẹnịḅá n. cramp; contraction of muscles from sudden
chill, strain, etc.
ẹgụrẹ n. bp beard
ẹgụrụḅa n.m. f small fry of tilapiine fish family Cichlidae.
cf. okoróḅa
ẹhéẹn
̣ excl. exclamation used to attract warning or
attention
éị̣ excl. exclamation used to express warning or
contempt
ẹkẹ n. t white mangrove; oil obtained from it used in Avicenna nitida
curing scabies or crawcraw
ẹkélị,
̣ n.m. bs small basket
ẹkélụ ̣ n.m. bs small basket
ẹkẹré ̣ n.m. fg fishing trap used by women for crayfish; crab-
pot
ẹkẹrẹkwéẹkwé
̣ ẹ̣ n.m. b double-spurred francolin = bush-fowl; Francolinus
bicalcaratus; but is
this a local bird?
Perhaps Latham’s
forest francolin,
Francolinus
lathami
ékẹré
̣ ngẹ
̣ n. continuous rain (praise-name)
ẹkẹtẹ n. bm sore, ulcer
ẹkị v.t. accept; take; get: fịrí ghọ
̣ ẹkị
employ; kụmọ ghó ̣
numo ékị ̣ ‘take up
song following
leader’;
ẹkị n. acceptance
ẹkpẹkíkpẹkị
̣ n. t tree sp. with light timber; =ekpékpe
ẹkpẹrú ̣kpẹrụ n.m. f small fry of mullet family Mugilidae.
cf. [abaraká,
ḅụọḅakalamọ,
ó ̣zọló ̣lị2?] ịdẹgé,̣
ịyagụ, ó ̣zọló ̣lị
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ẹkpẹtẹ n. mi pluriarc, musical instrument with bowed
sticks attached to a rectangular soundbox.
Extinct
ẹkpẹtẹkpé ̣ n. knife
ẹkụẹ v.i. misfire (of gun); spew
ẹkụẹ n. misfiring (of gun); spew
ẹkụẹkụẹḅá n. sh shrub, the leaves of which are used for Marantochloa
wrapping foodstuffs for sale and for building purpurea
in some areas (Maranthaceae)
ẹkụétẹ
̣ n. hammock of woven ropes used for palm fruit
work
ẹkụrụ n.m. bs small woven basket work for storing pepper,
etc.
ẹkú ̣rụụ n. shame; shyness
ẹkú ̣rụụ v.i. be ashamed; shy
ẹkú ̣rụụmọ adv. shamefully
ẹkwẹ v.i. same as ẹkụẹ
& n.
ẹkwẹkwẹḅá n. same as ẹkụẹkụẹḅá
ẹkwétẹ
̣ n. same as ẹkụétẹ ̣
ẹlẹ1 n. thirst; desire for drink
ẹlẹ1 v.i. thirst; be thirsty
ẹlẹmó1̣ adv. thirstily
ẹlẹmó2̣ v.t. cause thirst
ẹlẹ2 n. gasp; pant; throb
ẹlẹ2 v.i. gasp for breath with open mouth (as dog or in
exhaustion after strenuous work); pant
ẹlẹmó3̣ adv. gaspingly
ẹlẹmó4̣ v.t. cause to gasp
ḍọgí ẹ̣ lẹ v.p. yearn for or after something to do; look for
violently
ẹlẹgẹlé ̣ n.m. f catfish sp. found only in ponds Clarias sp.
ẹlẹgẹlédudu
̣ n.m. i winged moth which appears in swarms after
some heavy rains
ẹlẹgẹlépịna
̣ n. very dull light complexion
ẹlẹgẹlésiko
̣ n. running needle stitch
mindi-élẹgẹlẹ
̣ n.m. f big catfish found in streams
ẹlẹlé ̣ v.t. graze; touch lightly in passing: cf. ẹlẹlé ̣ ḅọgọ
‘brush past’
ẹlẹlẹmó ̣ adv. thinly (of peeling); lightly (in brushing past)
ẹlẹlẹ n. wooden bailer
ẹlụ n. dc sẹkịapụ dance
ẹlụ v.i. dc dance such step
ẹlụé ̣ n. seat, same as ẹgụẹíṇ
ẹlụétugu
̣ n. promises of ẹlụé ̣
ẹmbị a. like; similar; resembling something; looking ẹrị kẹ ẹmbịḅọ
like; having the appearance of; of the kind just ‘somebody that
seen or referred to; of the class that one looks like you’ or
exemplifies: e.g. ‘somebody of your
class’
ẹmbịmọ adv. in the manner of; to the same degree as; like; indí rẹ ẹmbịmọ oki
as: e.g. ‘swim like a fish’;
ịrụakụra ḅio rẹ
ẹmbịmó ̣ otíta koro
‘dew falls to the
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same degree as in
the heart of the dry
season’
ẹmbú ̣ẹẹ a. almost smiling
ẹmérẹmé
̣ ̣ n. thin film on top of water; cobwebs in a house
ẹndụ n. internode (esp. on sugar-cane or allied cane
stems)
ẹndụ-éndụ
̣ a. full of rings (said of neck with many folds of
flesh)
énẹmụ
̣ n. sort of antichrist prevalent in N embe area in (also ó ̣mẹmụ)
the early part of the twentieth century who
claimed great prophetic powers
ẹngẹ n. fr fruits of a spice tree
ẹngẹlụgụ n. fr mantled fruits of oil palm
ẹngẹtịnọ n. t Ethiopian pepper; tree that bears the fruits Xylopia aethiopica
ẹngẹ (Annonaceae)
ẹngẹtịnó ̣n. n. t type of above with durable wood and good
spice
abadị-éngẹ̣ n. see under abadí ̣
ẹngẹlé ̣ v.t. clean up bush-cane rope for basketwork, etc.
ẹngú ̣lẹẹ a. very small; tiny
ẹngú ̣lẹẹmọ adv. in a very small way
ẹngú ̣rụụ v.i. same as ẹkú ̣rụụ
& n.
énwẹn
̣ n.m. i leech; bloodworm
ẹnwẹn n. slight huskiness of voice, usually natural; veil;
partial loss of voice
ẹnwẹnpọgọ n. huskiness; veiled voice
pọgọ énwẹn ̣ v.p. be affected with huskiness or veiled voice
pọgọ énwẹnmọ ̣ v.p. cause to have veiled voice
ẹnwẹnmọ adv. huskily
ẹnwénrẹẹn
̣ n. shame; shyness
ẹnwénrẹẹn
̣ v.i. be shy; be ashamed
ẹnwénrẹẹṇ a. shamefaced; bashful; shy
ẹnwénrẹẹnmọ̣ adv. shamefully; with shame
ẹpẹḅụ n. hamlet, village
ẹpẹḅụḅọ n.m.f villager
.
ẹpẹlí, ̣ ẹpẹlú ̣ n. small corner; nook
ẹpẹpẹ n.m. small creek
ẹpérẹ
̣ v.i. belch; burp
ẹpérẹ ̣ n. belch; burp
ẹpẹrụ v.i. talk noisily and continuously; splutter; sputter
ẹpẹrụ n. sputter; noisy and quick talk
ẹpẹrụmó ̣ ad v. sputteringly
ẹpérụụ ̣ a. very small; tiny
ẹpésị̣ n.m. sn small snails, usually white and flat, believed
to be poisonous to pigs
ẹpésị-ikoso
̣ n. sn pale-coloured type of ikoso
ẹpétẹ ̣ n.m. f small specimen of ọfọụ, a freshwater fish Citharinus latus. cf.
ọfọụ
ẹpụ n. native dagger-like razor blade
ẹrẹgịérẹgị
̣ v.i. be near or at hand (especially of fall of rain or
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ẹrémọ
̣ n. vain-glorious statement; vaunt; boast; brag;
threat; declaration of intention to punish or
hurt
ẹrémọ
̣ v.i. make vain-glorious statement; vaunt; boast;
& brag; threaten; announce one’s intention to
v.t. punish or hurt
ẹrémọḅara
̣ adv. threateningly
ẹrérẹ ̣ v.i. burn underneath
ẹrẹsínẹ ̣ adv. therefore; because of; for the reason that;
& inasmuch as; since. It translates the English
conj. nouns sake, meaning out of consideration for;
in the interest of; owing to
érị
̣ pron. I (answering questions and in comparisons): tú ̣ḅẹ? érị
̣ ‘who? I’;
e.g. orí na érị̣ na ‘he
and I’
ẹrị1 pron. you; thou (also ẹrí)̣
ẹrị2 v.t. see; descry; catch sight of; experience; find;
come across
ẹrịḅara adv. as seen (by one)
ẹrịḅara ẹrịḅara adv.p in any way as seen; anyhow; mercilessly
.
érịé
̣ rị ̣ v.i. become threadbare
ẹríya
̣ v.t. see a person in distress, or after long absence; wa ẹríyaggha
̣ ifie
see each other; interview (in business); see ‘what a long time
one with bad intent: cf. since we met!’
ḍọgí ẹ̣ rị v.p. discover; detect; find out
ḍọgí-ẹrịye
̣ n. discovery; thing found out; find pl. ḍọgí-ẹrịaye
̣
s`ụọ ẹrị v.p. agree with; concur with
ẹrú ̣ n. line; row; tier (especially one of several
placed one above another)
ẹrụ-érụ
̣ adv. in lines or rows; in flakes or thin layers
ẹrụẹ a. slow; not quick; tardy; sluggish; without
struggle
ẹrụẹ-ẹrụẹ v.i. move slow; reduce speed; wish (someone)
safe journey
ẹrụẹ-ẹrụẹ n. slow movement or speed
ẹrụémọ̣ adv. slowly; tardily; unstrugglingly
ẹrụwẹ a. same as preceding
ẹsé ̣ a. efficacious; producing desired effect (esp. of
medicine)
ẹsé ̣ n. efficaciousness; efficacy
ẹsé ̣ v.i. be efficacious
ẹsẹrị n. woven screen for door or window (usually
decorated and with fine small sticks)
ẹsịésị̣ (also esiési) v.i. reduce or lessen in severity (of epidemic)
ẹsú ̣ẹ n. same as ẹsú ̣wẹ
ẹsụ v.t. vomit; disgorge; spew; cast up the gorge
ẹsụyaị n.pl. vomit; vomited matter
ẹsụḅụ n.m. dagger for cutting bunches of oil palm
ẹsú ̣wẹ n.m. to hoe in general
ẹtẹmétẹmẹ̣ n.m. i spider
ẹtẹmétẹmẹwarị
̣ n. i cobweb; spider’s network
étẹrẹ
̣ n. he mat, finer than ite
éụ̣ n. chill; cold sensation; feverish shivering;
chillness
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éụ̣ a. chill; chilly; rather cold to feel
éụ̣ v.i. become cold; feel sudden cold
éụmọ
̣ adv. in cold manner
ẹwẹí1̣ n. mt small drum accompaniment in certain kinds of
drumming
ẹwẹí2̣ n. fear; fright
ẹwẹí2̣ v.i. fear; be afraid
&
v.t.
ẹwẹímọ ̣ v.t. alarm; appal; frighten
ẹwẹlí, ̣ ẹwẹlú ̣ n. bp beard of man
ẹwụ n. air; steam
ẹwụtụkpa n. pressure lamp
kụrọ-éwụ ̣ n. strong current of air
sei-éwụ
̣ n. bad current of air; draught

F.

fá v.i. A. be absent; be not present; be non-existent;

be at a loss; be lost; cease; come to an end;
finish; waste; be spent, consumed
fá n. absence; being away from a place; non-
existence, or want of; loss; person, thing,
amount, lost; the finish; finis; the end
fá v.i. B. not (be) in (a place); e.g. ama ghọ fá not at
home’; warí ghọ̣ fá
‘not in (the house)’
fá v.a. C. used in combination with other verbs to bíin fá ‘die out (of
mean ‘out’; ‘away from’, ‘completely’: e.g. fire)’; dọgí fá
̣ ‘burn
out’; fí fá
̣ (of
family, class,
species) ‘die out;
become extinct’; seí
fá ‘be completely
rotten’ sụọ fá ‘sink
away; disappear;
vanish; be lost’;
fá b.t. D. less; minus; deducting: e.g. sọnọ anoín fá ‘five days short of a
kụra year’
fá E. no; not any; e.g. ḅẹrẹ fá ‘no case’
kunemó ̣ fá ‘no
end’
fá F. -fá suf. (like English ‘-less’) used in ḅaráfá ‘handless’;
forming adjectives with sense ‘devoid of’; e.g. kunefá ‘endless’
tịḅịfá ‘headless’
faiin v.i. loose-fitting (of dress, sail); billowy; hanging
loose
fakaráa v.i. rustle; make sound as of dry leaves blown or (cf. following
brushed aside words, and
fárafára, etc.)
fakaráa n. rustle; sound of dry leaves blown or brushed
aside
fakaráamọ adv. rustlingly
fakaráafakaráa a. very dry; rustling; very rough to touch (cf.
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férukáaférukáa)
fakaráafakaráa v.i. make a rustle, owing to dryness or roughness
fákurúu v.i. rustle; make sound as of heavy object moving (cf. preceding and
amongst dry leaves following words)
fákurúumọ adv. rustlingly
fakurúu n. rustle; sound of heavy dresses making a (cf. fakaráa,
froufrou fakụrú ̣ụ, fukurúu)
fakurúufakurúu v.i. make a heavy rustle or froufrou
fakụrú ̣ụ v.i. rustle slightly (cf. preceding and
following words)
fakụrú ̣ụ n. slight rustle
fakụrú ̣ụmọ adv. rustlingly
fakụrú ̣ụfakụrú ̣ụ v.i. make light rustle
faláị v.i. splash; jump out of water
faláị n. splashing sound or action
faláịmọ adv. with a splash
faláịfaláị v.i. splatter; make continuous splashing sound
fálúu v.i. protrude; project; stick out
fálúumọ adv. protrudingly
falúufalúu a. robust; not slender or weakly (of person’s or
animal’s body)
falúufalúumọ adv. robustly
famó ̣ v.t. A. lose; cause to miss; let slip; waste; spend;
expend to no purpose; abolish; do away with
(customs or institutions)
ḅará famọ v.p. waste or expend (money, food, drink, etc.)
ifié famọ v.p. waste, spend (time, breath, etc.)
famọ v.i. B. up (expressing complete or effectual fị famó ̣ ‘consume;
result): e.g. eat up; mịé ̣ famó ̣
‘accomplish, bring
to an end; execute;
perform; fulfil;
finish; do
completely’; ḅou
famó ̣ ‘drink up’
famú ̣ v.t. beat; flog; punish; strike; lam; hit; thrash
famú ̣ n. beating; flogging; chastisement
famụ-íjagba
̣ n. punishment
fandụ n.m. b bird sp. (unidentified) resembling bat -
fanga v.t. coil; twist (rope); use black thread to twist tịḅị fanga ‘plait
hair spirally; cf. hair’; ḍigi fanga
‘coil a rope’
fanga a. spirally twisted, as of climbing plants and
horns of antelope
fángala a. not straight; distorted; skew; twisted; wry
fángala n. wryness
fangalá v.t. garrotte; scrag; strangle; strangulate; kill by
twisting the windpipe (in birds); wrench;
wrest; wring; twist (hand, leg, etc.)
fangalámọ adv. obliquely
fangalamó ̣ v.t. cause to twist, deflect, distort or pervert
fárafára v.i. rustle; make sound as of object moving (cf. fakaráa, and
amongst dry leaves following words)
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fárafáramọ adv. rustlingly
farakáa a. (of clothes) ruffled
farakáafarakáa v.i. (cf. preceding and following words, and
fakaráa) rustle; froufrou
farakáafarakáamọ adv. rustlingly
farákafaráka n. rustle; froufrou
fararáa v.i. rustle; same as fárafára
fararáamọ adv. rustlingly
fararáafararáa v.i. (cf. preceding words) rustle; froufrou
fararáafararáamọ adv. rustlingly
farị1 v.t. beat (drums); drum
farịḅọ n.m. mt drummer, player (of instrument): e.g. ọkụmá farịḅọ
drummer
farịyaị n.pl. mi drums; musical instruments. N ormally refers
to collectively to sẹkị-apụ instruments
farị2 v.t. file, grind (tools); strop; whet
farịye n. file; strop
aka farị v.i. chatter (teeth); gnash; grind
akafarị n. gnashing; chattering or rattling sound (of
teeth)
igbogífarịye n. file
farị3 v.t. blandish; flatter; coax cf. kụmọ farị ‘coax a
person’
fárukúu a. standing out (of clothes) (cf. fúrukúu and
fárúu)
fárukúu v.i. distend; dilate; swell out (of clothes, sail, etc.)
fárukúumọ adv. in a dilated state
fárúu v.i. distend (of sail); swell out (cf. preceding)
fáru!umọ adv. in a distended state
fée a. fleet; quick; rapid; swift
fée v.i. glide away; pass rapidly, move swiftly; fly
féemọ adv. fleetly; fleetingly; quickly; rapidly; swiftly
féefée v.i. stagger; totter; waver, (of ship) yaw; fail to (cf. following word)
hold a straight course; go unsteadily
féefée n. tottering movement
féeféemọ adv. staggeringly; totteringly; waveringly
fékeféke v.i. stagger; totter; waver (cf. preceding
word)
fékefékemọ adv. staggeringly; waveringly
féketée, feketée v.i. come up lightly or without resistance
féketée a. light; not heavy (same as fékẹté
̣ ẹ)
̣
féketéemọ adv. lightly; without resistance
félelée v.i. be light (in weight)
féleléemọ adv. lightly
féleléefélelée a. light (in weight)
féleléeféleléemọ adv. lightly
fenéin a. brisk; active (same as fẹnéịn)
̣
fenéin v.i. jump briskly
fenéinmọ adv. briskly; actively
fénenée a. light and buoyant (same as fénẹné
̣ ẹ)
̣
fénenée v.i. become light and buoyant
fénenéemọ adv. light and buoyantly
fenfen a. light-complexioned and spotless; highly
polished
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fenfénmọ adv. spotlessly
feni n.m. bird
ferenferen a. bald; bare of hair
ferenferénmọ adv. baldly
férukáa a. with short stiff scales; (of clothes) stiff (like
tarpaulin);
férukáamọ adv. stiffly
férukáaférukáa v.i. rustle (cf. fararáa,
fakaráa, etc.)
férukáaférukáamọ adv. rustlingly
fẹ v.t. buy; purchase
ḅịḅịfẹ n. old custom whereby a nominal fee is paid
before an intended wife or the mother-in-law
speaks to, or eats in, the husband’s or son-in-
law’s house. In traditional circles, it is the
payment of specified gifts by a lesser deity to
a higher deity before the former is allowed
freedom of speech and play
ḅịḅị fẹ v.p. perform such custom
fẹfẹrú ̣ụ v.i. give forth slight sound as of some small
creature in motion; scuff; shuffle; move with
scraping, sliding or dragging motion
fẹfẹrú ̣ụ n. shuffling movement
fẹfẹrú ̣ụmọ adv. shufflingly
fẹfẹrú ̣ụfẹfẹrú ̣ụ v.i. same as preceding
fẹfẹrú ̣ụfẹfẹrú ̣ụmọ adv. shufflingly
fékẹté
̣ ẹ̣ v.i. same as féketée
& a.
fẹnéịn
̣ v.i. same as fénéin
& a.
fénẹné
̣ ẹ̣ v.i. same as fénenée
& a.
fẹnfẹn a. cleanly; habitually clean
fẹnfẹn v.i. appear clean
fẹnfénmọ
̣ adv. cleanly; in a clean way
fẹngẹrẹ v.i. hover; loiter about
fẹngẹrémọ
̣ adv. loiteringly; in a hovering manner
féngụ
̣ v.i. swing; sway; move to and fro; vacillate;
oscillate; waver; swoon; reel
féngụmọ
̣ adv. vacillatingly; etc.
fẹngụ1 v.t. swing; sway; cause to swing or sway (usually
in circles)
fẹngụ1 n. swinging; swaying
fẹngụmó ̣ n. hurling; flinging
fẹngụmọ1 v.t. sling; fling; hurl
fẹngú ̣ye n. sling (for throwing)
tọrú ̣ fẹngụ v.p. to be dizzy
tọrú ̣fẹngụ n. dizziness; vertigo
fẹngụ2 n. fanning; winnowing
fẹngụ2 v.i. fan; winnow away chaff
ẹféngụye
̣ n. he fan for fire
odúfẹngụye n. he fan for the body
yefẹngụye n. he fanning-instrument; fanner; winnower
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The whole is divided into kalá fẹngụ, May &
June; opú fẹngụ, July & August
fẹngụ4 v.t. tr transfer (dead) by magical powers from a first (in ḍụẹị fẹngụ)
burial place to a second burial place
ḍụẹịfẹngụ n. t such transference for a second burial
fẹngú ̣mọ v.t. blow in (as rain)
&
v.i.
fẹngú ̣mọ n. such blowing in
fẹngụmó2̣ v.t. beckon
fẹngụmó ̣ n. beckoning gesture
fẹngú ̣wei n.m. ms masquerade type
fẹrẹnfẹréṇ 1 a. clean; unsoiled
1
fẹrẹnfẹrénmọ̣ adv. cleanly
2
fẹrẹnfẹréṇ a. dry; without moisture; bald
fẹrẹnfẹrénmọ ̣ adv. drily; baldly
férẹré
̣ ẹ̣ v.i. scarcely gone or passed
férẹré
̣ ẹmọ
̣ adv. only just, scarcely
férụ ̣ v.i. resolve or pass away without suppuration (of
inflammation or tumour)
yọmịẹfẹrụmó ̣ye n. absorbent (med.); agent that causes the drying
up of a tumour, etc.
fẹrú ̣ụ v.i. scuff; shuffle
fẹrú ̣ụmọ adv. shufflingly
fẹrú ̣ụfẹrú ̣ụ v.i. same as preceding
fẹrú ̣ụfẹrú ̣ụmọ adv. shufflingly
fiáan v.i. snort; make explosive noise due to sudden (cf. fitiáan)
forcing of breath through nose, after holding
breath for some time (naturally or after
diving)
fiáan n. snorting sound
fiáanmọ adv. with a snort
fiáanfiáan v.i. snort continuously after running, etc.
fiáanfiáanmọ adv. with a continuous snort
fíḅufíḅu a. anxious; earnestly desirous (to do, or for a
thing)
fíḅufíḅu n. anxiety; solicitous desire
fíḅufíḅumọ adv. anxiously
fie v.i. speak (with or to person); use specified ḅékeḅịḅị fie ‘speak
& language in speaking: cf. English’
v.t.
fieḅịḅị n. A. affair, dispute; lawsuit; matter; word; talk;
language
fieye n. same as preceding
ḅịḅị fie v.p. use language; utter or say word
ḅịḅị fié ḍị v.p. have power of speech (of child); be able to
talk
ḅịḅị fié ḍịgha v.p. not have the power of speech; not be able to
talk (of child); (of a dumb person) dumb
ḅịḅị fiegha v.p. be silent
ye ékị
̣ fiémọ v.p. speak something ill against
ye fie v.p. speak something; discuss matter (with)
ye kọrí f̣ ie v.p. speak of, about, something or matter
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drum, etc.)
fiemọ v.t. cause to sound (drum), cause to start a row or
debate
fiemó ̣ adv. loudly; resonantly cf. farị fiemó ̣ ‘beat
(drum) loudly’
fiefá v.i. fight; contend against or with
fílilúu v.i. feel paining and moving sensation in tissue of
body
fílilúu n. such paining and moving sensation in tissue
of body
fílipúu v.i. wriggle (as maggot) (same as fílịpú
̣ ̣ụ)
fílipúu n. wriggling movement
fílipúumọ adv. with a wriggle
fílipúufílipúu v.i. same as preceding
& n.
fín1 v.i. fly (as bird, etc.); move through air (as
aeroplane)
fín1 n. flying
fin-árụ n. aeroplane; helicopter; aircraft; airship; etc.
fin-égberi n. flying news
finmó ̣ v.t. let fly; cause to fly
fín2 v.i. evaporate; disappear
fín2 n. evaporation
finyá v.i. snort loudly
finyámọ adv. with a loud snort
finyáfinyá v.i. snort continuously
fịnyá v.i. snort lightly
fịnyámọ adv. with a light snort
fínye n. fleck in the eye which disappears after healing
fíndi a. broad; wide; not narrow; spacious; extensive;
ample
fíndi n. breadth; broadness; width
fíndimọ adv. broadly; widely; extensively
findí v.t. broaden; widen; open; unlock; unfold; unveil
findimó ̣ v.t. broaden; widen; expand; spread; stretch out;
enlarge
fío n. mt current of water
fiofio a. white; sleek
fiofiómọ adv. whitely; sleekly
fiónkofiónko v.i. pant; gasp; throb violently; utter gaspingly
fiónkofiónko n. throbbing; panting
fiónkofiónkomọ adv. gaspingly
fioríi v.t. sip or drink soup in sharp copious draughts (cf. following
& words)
v.i.
fioríimọ adv. in sharp copious draughts
fiórifióri v.t. same as above, but continuously
&
v.i.
fioróo v.i. same as fioríi
fioróomọ adv. same as fioríimọ
fírigíi a. rough (of skin); not smooth or polished
fírigíi v.i. develop rough skin
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fị2 v.i. fester (of wound, boil, etc.),; rankle;
suppurate; become malignant
fịmó ̣ v.t. cause to fester
fíạ 1 v.t. become; befit; suit; be fitted for; look well on; ḅụtụaweíḅei ị na
be right for; be convenient for; be incumbent fíạ ‘the garment
on; match; be equal in quality, colour, etc.: suits you’
e.g.
fíạ 1 a. fit; well adapted or suited; becoming; proper; ị mịé ̣ na fíạ ye
right; qualified; competent; worthy; suitable; ‘worthy thing for
deserving: e.g. you to do’
fíạ 1 v.i. agree; become or be in harmony with; suit the ịní furo
̣ na fíạ ‘it
constitution of; e.g.: suits my stomach’
fíagha
̣ v.t. not agree or be in harmony with; not befit or
become
fíagha
̣ a. unworthy; unbecoming; unsuitable; not
befitting; unseemly
fíagha
̣ n. enmity; lasting hate or hatred; disagreement
fíaghaḅara
̣ adv. unworthily, unsuitably
fíaghaḅọ
̣ n.m.f enemy; opponent; adversary; antagonist
.
ḅụ na fíạ v.p. be content; be satisfied (with something);
accustom or habituate (to thing)
ḅụnafíạ n. content; contentedness; contentment;
satisfaction
odú na fíạ v.p. same as ḅụ na fíạ
odúnafíạ n. contentment
fíạ 2 v.i. use some word as reciprocal nickname (in ye ékị
̣ fía)
̣
between friends
fíaye
̣ n. reciprocal nickname between friends
fíaa ̣ excl. expressing that God should forbit that such
thing should happen or occur
fịafịa a. clean; free from dirt; unsoiled
fịafịámọ adv. cleanly
fịaí ̣ n. solid food; meal; eatables
fịaífịaị
̣ a. mealy; containing much meal
fịaífịḅọgó
̣ ̣ a. gluttonous
fịaífịḅọgó ̣ ̣ n. gluttony; excessive eating
fịaífịḅọgọḅọ ̣ n.m.f glutton; gormandizer
.
fịaí-ifie
̣ n. meal-time; usual time of eating
fịḅú ̣ n. low water (of ebb tide)
fịḅú ̣ v.t. be favourable for fishing (of low tide)
fígbọọ
̣ a. stagnant; hesitant; reluctant
fígbọọ
̣ v.i. hesitate; be reluctant; stagnate; have no
current
fígbọọmọ
̣ adv. stagnantly; reluctantly; hesitatingly
fịitoru n. bread; (lit. "eating
powder")
fíịn
̣ v.i. make the slightest move, noise, etc.
fíịn ̣ n. very slight move, noise, etc.
fíịnfí ̣ ịn ̣ v.i. make low sound; mutter
fíịnfí ̣ ịn ̣ n. mutter; murmur; (oracle)
fíịnfí ̣ ịnmọ ̣ adv. murmurously
fịkí ̣ v.t. saw; cut with saw
fịkịfịkí ̣ n.m. saw; implement with teeth for sawing
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fílịpú ̣ ̣ụ v.i. same as fílipúu
fílọtó
̣ ̣ọ a. short
fílọtó
̣ ̣ọmọ adv. in a short manner
fína ̣ 1 n. consistency of pounded food
fína ̣ 2 v.i. bind; tie; fasten
fínamọ ̣ adv. in bonds or cords
fịna v.t. bind; fasten; tie; swathe
fịnámọ v.t. attach, fasten, lash (on, to)
fịndị v.i. remain; be left over
fịndị a. additional; extra; excessive; e.g. fịndị igbogi ‘extra
money’
fịndịmó ̣ adv. over; in excess; in addition; excessively;
besides; more; apart
fịndịyaị n.pl. what remains over; surplus material
fịndịye n. thing in excess of
fịndịyọ n. remainder; surplus; something in excess of
fíngịfí
̣ ngị
̣ a. flippant; frivolous; trifling
fíngịfí
̣ ngị̣ v.i. trifle; toy with
fíngịfị́ ngịmọ̣ adv. flippantly; frivolously
fíngịfí ̣ ngịye ̣ n. trifle; thing of slight importance
fịní ̣ n. fire; fuel; wood
fịnị-áfun n.pl. pieces of fire-wood left off after splitting
fịníḅẹlẹụ ̣ n. flame of fire
suófịnị n. thunder
fịọlú ̣ụ a. very small (of hole) (cf. following
words)
fịọlú ̣ụmọ adv. in a very small way (of hole)
fíọn
̣ a. very small (of holes)
fíọn ̣ v.i. develop a small hole
fíọnmọ ̣ adv. with a small hole
fíọnfí ̣ ọn
̣ a. sieve-like; perforated
fịpú ̣ụ v.i. slip; fall accidentally from grip
fịpú ̣ụ n. slip; act of slipping accidentally from grip
fịpú ̣ụmọ adv. with a slip
fịrí ̣ n. business; enterprise; job; labour; task; work;
duty; function
fịrímọ
̣ v.i. send for (telling to come or ordering as to
purchase)
fịrịmó ̣ v.t. send; order; mandate; command; bid go
fịrí m
̣ ọndị v.p. do work; labour; toil; be engaged in work
mọndịfịrị n. job; piece of work done for hire or profit;
employment; labour; task; toil; act; thing
done; deed
fịsaní ̣ n. cr alligator pepper plant and fruit Aframomum
melegueta; A.
danielii (Hook. f.)
K.Schum.
fịtáa, fịtá v.i. overflow; overbrim: e.g. pánịḅei fịtáatẹ ‘the
pan has over-
brimmed’; be full to
the brim, e.g.
mindímị bein
fịtátẹ ‘the water is
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fịtáamọ adv. full to the brim; e.g. mindímị tụá
fịtáamọ ‘put the
water to the brim’
fịtịfịtí ̣ a. dirty; nasty
fịtịfịtímọ ̣ adv. nastily
1
fíụụ
̣ a. sharp (of sting; pinch, bite, pain, burn etc.)
fíụụ ̣ 1 v.i. sting, pinch, bite, burn, sharply
1
fíụụmọ̣ adv. sharply
2
fíụụ ̣ a. co completely black (colour)
2
fíụụmọ ̣ adv. co completely black
fíya ̣ 1 v.i. same as fíạ
fíya ̣ 2 v.i. beat one another in a bet, wager or game
fịyaí ̣ n. same as fịaí ̣
fó1 v.t. resuscitate (fainting person)
fó1 n. such resuscitation or restoration to
consciousness or life
fó2 v.t. bail out capsizing canoe
fó2 n. such bailing out
fó3 v.t. ft use leaves to dam the sides of creek from
where the screens stop
fó3 n. ft such damming with leaves
fofó n. mt last of ebb before the flow; slack-water, i.e.
about turn of low (ebb) tide
fóforóo v.i. decay; rot
fofórofofóro a. slack; not tight; loose; relaxed
fofórofofóro v.i. slacken; loosen
fofórofofóromọ adv. loosely; slackly
foforófoforomọ v.t. make loose or slack
foin v.i. float; rest on surface of liquid
foin n. buoyancy; floating power
foin a. buoyant; apt to float
fó ̣ịfịweí n. the heart
foinmó1̣ adv. buoyantly
foinmó2̣ v.t. get or set afloat (of tide floating a stranded
boat); float down log in a river, or kernels in
salt or muddy water
foinmó3̣ n. float on fishing-net
fókíi v.i. lighten; feel relief; grow lighter
fókíimọ adv. in light manner
fóko v.t. tie cloth loosely round loins in special manner
&
v.i.
fóko n. such style of tying cloth
fokofokó a. frothy; foamy; lathery
fokofokó v.i. foam; froth; lather
fokofokómọ adv. frothily
fólíi a. protrusive; obtrusive
fólíi v.i. protrude; obtrude; project; thrust forth; stick
out
fólíimọ adv. obtrusively
folíifolíi v.i. bob; move up and down; rebound (like cork in
water)
folói a. awkward (of sudden movement)
folói v.i. protrude; obtrude; project; stick out
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folóimọ adv. awkwardly (of a jump)
folóifolói a. protuberant or protrusive (of hip bones)
fóngo v.i. become empty; (of house, boat) devoid of
furniture, inmates, load, provision, etc.
fóngo a. empty; containing nothing; (colloquial)
hungry
fóngomọ adv. emptily
fóngolo v.i. eddy; swirl; whirl round
fóngolo-ẹfẹrụma n. eddy; whirlwind
fóngolomindi n. eddy; whirlpool
fóngolomọ adv. in a circular way
fongolo v.t. encircle; encompass; surround; form a circle
round
fongolomó ̣ v.t. whirl; swirl; cause to make a circle
fóo a. pungent; piquant; biting; caustic; pricking (to
skin, taste, etc.)
fóo v.i. be pungent or piquant
fóo n. piquancy; pungency
fóomọ adv. pungently; piquantly
fóon a. (of holes, nostril) open and with straight sides
enabling one to see far down or in
fóonmọ adv. agape
fóonfóon a. admitting of light; perforated
fóonfóon v.i. have many holes
fóonfóonmọ adv. in a perforated state
fopúu id. sound (as) of cork being drawn out (cf. fọpú ̣ụ)
fopúu v.i. make such sound
fopúumọ adv. with a cloop
fórifóri a. (of skin) dry and scurfy
fórifóri n. scurfiness
fórifórimọ adv. in a scurfy state
fóro v.i. be riddled; be eaten up
foró v.t. riddle; cause to deteriorate; eat up fleshy
tissues and leave only integuments; decline in
wealth or power
forótẹ a. riddled
fórokóo a. containing no fleshy tissues; foamy; frothy (cf. fó ̣rọkó ̣ọ)
fórokóo v.i. foam; froth; spume
fórokóo n. frothiness, foaminess
fórokóomọ adv. frothily
forónforon a. admitting of light
forónforon v.i. admit plenty of light
forónforonmọ adv. admitting light
fótíi a. protrusive, obtrusive
fótíi v.i. project; stick out
fótíimọ adv. obtrusively
fótiifotii v.i. move up and down; bob; rebound
fọfó ̣ v.t. kiss; suck finger or bone
fọfó ̣ n. kiss; such sucking
ḅịḅịfọfọ n. kiss; caress given with lips
fọí1̣ v.t. bake; roast; toast; braise
fọí1̣ n. baking, roasting, etc.
fọí2̣ v.t. annoy; irritate; hurt
fó ̣kọ v.i. become erased or rubbed
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fọkó ̣ v.t. chafe; rub hard; erase; scour; scrub; burnish;
furbish
fọkó ̣mọ v.t. cause to rub or rub self against
fọkọfọkọ a. filthy
fọkọfọkó ̣mó ̣ adv. filthily
fó ̣ọ a. pungent; piquant; caustic
fó ̣ọ v.i. be pungent or piquant
fó ̣ọ n. piquancy; pungency
fó ̣ọmọ adv. pungently; piquantly
fó ̣ọn a. lonesome; lonely; not lively
fó ̣ọnmọ adv. lonesomely
fọpú ̣ụ n. cloop, clooping sound (cf. fopúu)
fọpú ̣ụ v.t. cloop; make such sound
fọpú ̣ụmọ adv. with a cloop
fọró ̣kọ n.m. singlet; garment worn under shirt
fó ̣rọkó ̣ọ a. frothy, foamy (cf. fórokóo)
fó ̣rọkó ̣ọ v.i. foam, froth, spume
fó ̣rọkó ̣ọ n. frothiness
fó ̣tịfó ̣tị v.i. gorge; feed greedily
fó ̣tịfó ̣tịmọ adv. with greedy feeding
fọụ1 n. market; mart; market-place
fọu-ene n. market day
fọụ2 a. calm; quiet; tranquil
fọụmó ̣ adv. calmly; quietly
ḅịḅịfọụghá a. fond of talking; talkative = ḅịḅịḍọụgha
fọụn n. ash; powdery residue left after burning of
something; (loosely used for) gun-powder
fọú ̣nkụatụrụ n. keg of gun-powder
ḅụrọfọụn n. wood-ash
teínfọụn n. gun-powder
fuá n.m.f k father- or mother-in-law
.
fua-ára n.f. k mother-in-law
fuáḅọ n.m.f k father- or mother-in-law
.
fua-ówei n.m. k father-in-law
fúa n. champion (in game of ikosó)
fúḅo v.i. snuggle; shift or lie close up for warmth; take
& to lie close and snug; cuddle
v.t.
fúḅo n. snuggle; cuddle; embrace; hug; fondle
fúḅomọ v.t. draw close to self (as child)
fúfu n. bp lung
fugu1 v.t. strike or nudge with buttock
fugu1 n. manoeuvre in wrestling; throw over the hip;
buttock (rare)
ịmgbẹsé ̣ fugu v.p. throw over the hip; cross-buttock
imgbeséfugu n. throw over hip
nụnụ fugu v.p. (in wrestling) draw towards oneself before
throwing
nụnụfugu n. running buttock
fugu2 v.i. distend; swell out; dilate; expand; bulge out;
increase in volume; grow bigger or louder;
rise (as dough)
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fugu2 n. swelling
fugu2 a. swollen, distended
fugumó ̣ v.t. cause to distend or dilate; leaven
fugumó ̣gha a. unleavened
fugulú v.i. fester; suppurate
fugulumó ̣ v.t. cause to fester or suppurate
fugúmọ v.i. move up; shift a little
fugúmọ v.t. cause to move
fugúmọ n. act of moving up
fuká v.i. be proud, boast
fuká n. pride
fukurúu v.i. rustle (as in a hole)
fukurúu n. rustle; such sound (cf. fakurúu)
fukurúumọ adv. with a rustle
fukúrufukúru, v.i. rustle; froufrou
fúkurufukuru
fulée a. afloat; floating in liquid (cf. fú ̣léẹ)
̣
fulée v.i. bob up to float
fúléemọ adv. in a floating manner
fuléefulée v.i. bob; move up and down
fuléefuléemo adv. in a bobbing manner
fụlọmaịnmó ̣ n. weed used as vegetable
fúmu v.i. swell and look pale
fúmukúu a. swollen
fun1 n. piece of useless matter in anything useful
funfun a. abounding in useless pieces of matter
fun2 n. lot; one of a set of objects used to secure a
chance decision in dividing goods, selecting
candidates, etc.; such method of deciding by
lot
fun tụa v.t. cast lots
fúngulu v.i. wriggle (as larva)
fúngulu n. wriggling movement
fúngulúumọ adv. with a wriggle
fúngulúufúngulúu v.i. same as above
& n.
fúntụa n. A. 21 in game of cards
fúntụa B. any excessive gain in any undertaking
fúntụa koro v.p. score 21; have much gain
furá n. conception; pregnancy
furá a. pregnant; gravid; with child; (of tongue) with
slight swelling
furá v.i. become pregnant; conceive; (of tongue) have
swelling; (of frogs) swell up
furamọ v.t. make conceive; impregnate; get with child;
fecundate; cause to swell up; puff
furó1 n. bp A. abdomen; belly; cavity of body below
chest with stomach, bowels and other organs;
(outwardly) lower front of body
furó1 bp B. womb; uterus
furó1 bp C. entrails; bowels; intestines; garbage; offal;
guts
furo-ákpa n. bp stomach
furó bein v.p. be full with; be filled
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furó beinmọ v.p. fill; satisfy; satiate; be tired of or fed up with;
make full; glut; cloy
furó1 D. bulging part or soft surface of many ḅụọfuro ‘calf’;
objects and materials, e.g. ḍigifuro ‘soft inner
part of cane rope’
furó ḅakala v.i. have, cause to have colic or gripe
&
v.t.
furóḅakala n. d colic; gripe
furó fangala v.p. have, cause to have colic or gripe
furófángala n. d colic; gripe
furo-ílạ n. bp bowels; intestines; entrails; chitterlings
kalafuro n. bp small intestines; chitterlings
opufuró n. bp large intestines; bowels
furó2 n. A. batch; brood; hatch; set; breed; race; stock;
strain; ancestry; lineage; family; pedigree;
dynasty
furó2 B. caste in N embe society
furo-ébi a. of high caste, with white entrails at time of
post-mortem examination
furósei a. of low caste, with black and twisted entrails at
time of post-mortem examination
furótọgụ n.m.f p native; aristocrat
.
furo-ó ̣wọma n.pl. p aristocrats
furu v.t. steal; take feloniously; thieve; abduct; kidnap
&
v.i.
furu n. stealing; larceny; theft; thievery
furu a. stealthy; sly; furtive; clandestine; cf. furu you ‘secret
surreptitious; secret; fight’
furuḅara adv. stealthily; slyly; secretly; furtively
furuḅọ n.m.f p thief; larcener; larcenist; picaroon; rogue;
. pirate
furuongu n.pl. p thieves
furu fọí ̣ v.p. (of moon) appear late while waning
furumindi n. time of darkness; tides during first and last
quarter of phases of moon
fúrukúu a. distended (of sail); swell out in a bulky way (cf. fárukúu)
fúrukúu v.i. distend; swell out
fúrukúumọ adv. in a dilated form
futúu id. phut; sound as of bladder collapsing
futúu v.i. collapse with such sound
futúumọ adv. with a phut
fúu n. puff; short quick blast of breath
fúu v.i. emit puff of air or breath from the mouth; hiss
(as snake)
fúumọ adv. with a puff
fúufúu n. snorting noise resembling the snorting of
steam engine
fúufúu v.i. snort; make explosive noise through nose,
usually expressing anger, etc., while looking
for something
fụ1 n. cloth type
fụ2 n. salt; efflorescence or saline particles that
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cover damp wall or ground; dried remains of
sweat which appear white on the body
fụ paga v.p. effloresce
fụḅara n. fortune, luck <Kalabari
fụfọlímọ
̣ v.i. make slow but steady approach
fụgá v.t. claw; scratch another person with fingernails
fụgá n. act of scratching with nails
fụlá n. spittle; saliva as ejected from mouth
fụláprị n. (masquerading) performance at waterside
before play in public arena
fụlá prị v.p. make such performance
fú ̣léẹ̣ a. afloat (cf. fulée)
fú ̣léẹ̣ v.i. bob up to float
fú ̣léẹmọ
̣ adv. in a floating manner
fụléẹfụlé ̣ ẹ̣ v.i. bob in water
fụléẹfụlé ̣ ẹmọ
̣ adv. in a bobbing manner
fụlọ n. soup
fụlọ-ẹfẹrẹ n.m. soup-plate
fụlọ ghọ koro a.p. tasty in soup (of fish, meat)
fụlọ sein v.p. eat or drink soup; (fishing) obtain reasonable
catch
fú ̣lụfú ̣lụ a. peevish; querulous; childishly impatient
fú ̣lụfú ̣lụ v.i. be hot with rage or anger
fú ̣lụfú ̣lụ n. peevishness
fú ̣lụfú ̣lụmọ adv. peevishly
fụmụ v.i. faint; swoon; suffocate
fụmụ n. fainting; swoon; suffocation; asphyxia
fụnfụn n. sniffing sound
fú ̣ngbafú ̣ngba v.i. blunder; bungle; fumble
fú ̣ngbafú ̣ngba a. blundering; bungling; fumbling
fú ̣ngbafú ̣ngbamọ adv. blunderingly; fumblingly
fú ̣ngọ v.i. be dragged or hauled; shuffle; move with
dragging motion
fú ̣ngọmọ adv. shufflingly
fụngó ̣ v.t. drag; draw; haul; trawl
fụngó ̣ n. dragging; drawing
fụngó ̣ iderimó ̣ v.p. haul down
fụngọ-ígbọ̣ n.m. dragnet; trawl net; seine
fụngó ̣ iwomó ̣ v.p. haul up
fụngọmó ̣ v.t. drag, haul towards a direction
fụrú ̣ v.i. smell; reek; stink of; smack of
fụrú ̣ a. fetid; stinking; rank-smelling
fụrú ̣ n. stench; reek; smell; fetidness; foul or stale
odour
fụrụḅio n. anger; vexation; angry mind
fụrụ-ítuka n. h goatweed; hairy ill-smelling weed used as Ageratum
medicine, sometimes used to revive chicks conyzoides
(Compositae). lit.
‘smelling herb’
fụrú ̣mo adv. fetidly; stinkingly
fụrụmó ̣ v.t. make or cause to smell; leave smell on
ḅió fụrụ v.p. be angry
-ḅiófụrụ a. angry; wrathful; enraged
ḅiófụrụ n. anger; rage; hot displeasure
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ḅiófụrụmọ1 adv. angrily
ḅiófụrụmọ2 v.t. anger; annoy; vex; irritate
ḅụlafụrú ̣ụ n. abusive term meaning literally "smell like
scour"; "stink-ball"; stinker
ḅụlafụrú ̣ụ v.i. say such word
tọrú ̣ fụrụmọ v.p. frown; grimace; look cross
fú ̣tụfú ̣tụ n. fizz, bubbling sound
fú ̣tụfú ̣tụ v.i. fizzle; make bubbling sound
fú ̣tụfú ̣tụ a. bubbling
fú ̣tụfú ̣tụmọ adv. with a bubble
fú ̣ụ n. fizzle; chuff (of steam engine); hiss;
spluttering sound
fú ̣ụ v.i. make hissing sound
fú ̣ụmọ adv. with a hiss
fụụ n. haft or handle (of cutting implements like axe
or adze)
fú ̣ụfú ̣ụ1 n. continuous hissing sound
fú ̣ụfú ̣ụ2 v.i. be frustrated in looking for something
fú ̣ụfú ̣ụmọ adv. with a snort
fú ̣ụn n. humming sound (as of mosquito in flight);
faint sound
fú ̣ụn v.i. make humming sound

G.

gáan a. clear; unclouded; transparent; not turbid (cf. gan)

gáan v.i. become or grow clear
gáanmọ adv. clearly
gádagbáa a. tall and huge; stalwart
gádagbáa v.i. grow tall
gádagbáamọ adv. stalwartly
gadamú ̣ụ v.i. bring down (foot) heavily on ground; stamp
gadamú ̣ụ n. stamp; bringing down (of foot) heavily on
ground
gadamú ̣ụmọ adv. with a stamp
gádịlị n. a cemetery; grave-yard; burial ground <Eng. garden)
gádúu a. stout; strongly built; robust; sturdy; with a (cf. gádú ̣ụ)
pronounced swelling
gádúu v.i. grow robust
gádúu n. robustness; stoutness
gádúumọ adv. stoutly; robustly
gádú ̣ụ a. pronounced (of a protuberance) (cf. gádúu)
gádú ̣ụ v.i. bud; spring forth; develop
gádú ̣ụ n. pronounced swelling; protuberance
gádú ̣ụmọ adv. same as gádúumọ
gága a. resolute (of person or his health); bold; not
vacillating
gágamọ adv. resolutely
gái v.i. to come down heavily (e.g. on foot)
gáimọ adv. coming down heavily
gáiin v.i. bring down (foot) heavily on ground; stamp
gáiin n. stamp; bringing down (of foot) heavily on
ground
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gáiinmọ adv. with a stamp (of foot)
gáịn a. fixed; erect; vertical
gáịn v.i. be fixed by point into; stick into
gáịnmọ adv. erectly; vertically
gajogajo a. bristly; like bristles; stiff; unbending; not
flexible
gajogajo v.i. rise like bristles; bristle
gajogajómọ adv. stiffly; in a bristly way
gákíi a. erect; upright; vertical; not stooping (cf. gákíị,̣ gákúu)
gákíi v.i. be fixed by point into
gákíi n. erectness
gákíimọ adv. erectly; vertically
gákíị̣ a. erect; vertical; upright (cf. gákíi)
gákíị̣ v.i. be fixed by point into
gákíị̣ n. erectness
gákíịmọ̣ adv. erectly; vertically
gákúu a. erect; upright; vertical (cf. gákíi, gákú ̣ụ)
gákúu v.i. be fixed by point into
gákúu n. erectness
gákúumọ adv. erectly; vertically
gákú ̣ụ a., same as gákúu
v.i.,
n.
galaḅágalaḅa a. confused; muddled; bungled
galaḅágalaḅa n. confusion
galaḅágalaḅamọ adv. confusedly
galagalá v.t. rout; scatter
galágala v.t. be routed; be scattered (as of roof by storm)
etc.
galagalá v.t. rout; scatter
galágalamọ adv. scatteringly
gálíi a. erect; vertical (of penis)
gálíi n. erectness
gálíimọ adv. erectly; vertically
gálíị̣ a. erect; vertical
gálíị̣ n. erectness
gálíịmọ̣ adv. erectly; vertically
gámagáma v.i. stagger; walk unsteadily
gámagáma n. staggering movement
gámagámamọ adv. staggeringly
gámụụgámụụ v.i. blink continuously due to foreign matter in
eye causing pain
gámụụgámụụ n. blink at regular intervals
gamú ̣ụgamú ̣ụmọ adv. blinkingly
gan a. clear; unclouded (cf. gáan)
gan v.i. become or grow clear
gánmọ adv. clearly; unambiguously
mịé ̣ gaánmọ v.p. make clear; clarify; reveal
gapi a. fixed (cf. gápíị)̣
gapi v.i. be fixed
gapi n. fixed position
gapímọ adv. fixedly
gápíị̣ a., same as gapi
v.i.,
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garadíi a. stout; firm (cf. gáradíị)̣
gapi v.i. be fixed firmly
gapi n. firmness
garadíimọ adv. stoutly; firmly
gáradíị̣ a. bold; sturdy; stubborn (cf. garadíi)
gáradíị̣ v.i. stand firmly
gáradíị̣ n. firmness
gáradíịmọ̣ adv. boldly; stubbornly; firmly
gáragára a. smart; quick
gáragára v.i. hurry up; be quick; make haste; speed up
gáragára-ịsọnọ n.m. i non-biting, smart-moving small kind of ant,
fond of sweet food
gáragáramọ adv. smartly; quickly
gárakíi a. firm; fixed (of larger objects); not shaking
gárakíi v.i. be fixed firmly
gárakíi n. firmness
gárakíimọ adv. firmly; steadily
gárakíị̣ a. firm; fixed (of smaller objects)
gárakíị̣ v.i. be fixed firmly (of smaller objects)
gárakíị̣ n. firmness
gárakíịmọ̣ adv. firmly; steadily
gáramú ̣ụ a. pungent (of smells)
gáramú ̣ụ v.i. smell pungently
gáramú ̣ụ n. pungent smell
gáramú ̣ụmọ adv. pungently (of smells)
garángaran v.i. be clear or grow clear of growths on stem
garangarán1 v.t. clean up leaves, twigs, branches, etc. from
tree; clear noisy children out of a place
garangarán2 a. erect; vertical (of standing trees); alert
garangaránmọ adv. erectly; vertically; alertly
garangarán v.t. (come out) to be on the alert, ready to attack
odú garangaran v.p. be alert
pọgó ̣ garangaran v.p. cough to clear throat
gari n. grated and fried cassava meal
garigari a. full of gari
garigarí a. raw; crude; (of eyes) have brownish red
colour due to much drinking or bathing
garigarí v.i. develop brownish red colour in eyes after
strong drink or after long bath
garigarímọ adv. rawly; crudely; with brownish red colour
garịgarí ̣ a. raw; crude; undiluted; (of old persons) hale; (cf. garigarí)
robust; vigorous
garịgarí ̣ v.i. become lively and hale
garịgarímọ ̣ adv. rawly; vigorously
gáya v.i. contend; strive; quarrel (with person for thing)
gáyamọ v.t. dispute over something
gázara!a a. gaunt; emaciated; lean; haggard; not plump
gázara!a v.i. grow lean or gaunt
gázara!a n. leanness; haggardness; gauntness
gázaráamọ adv. gauntly
gede1 n. mi meeting or alarm drum. Conical drum beaten
with sticks.
gede2 n. ga ‘mancala’ or ‘the board game’ similar to
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Yoruba ayọ
gédegbáa a. huge; enormous; very large
gédegbáa v.i. growing tall
gédegbáamọ adv. hugely; enormously
gelegelé a. clear and audible; distinct; plain; definite;
unmistakable; certain; indisputable; real;
sincere
gelegelé v.i. be audible or distinct
gelegelémọ adv. audibly; distinctly; really; certainly
gelegúgelegu a. wonderful; marvellous; surprising;
astonishing; amazing, doubtful
gelegúgelegu v.i. wonder; amaze
gelegúgelegumọ adv. wonderfully; marvellously; surprisingly;
astonishingly; amazingly; doubtfully
gelegúgeleguye n. wonder; strange thing
gélegúu v.i. wonder; feel surprise; marvel; astonish;
amaze; astound; doubt; feel uncertain about;
feel strange or queer
gelegúmọ adv. wonderingly
gélegúuye n. miracle; strange thing
ḍigi gélegúu v.p. wonder at (something)
gémemée a. oblique; skew; slanting; squinting (of eyes) (cf. gémẹmé
̣ ẹ)
̣
gémeméemọ adv. obliquely; slantingly
genenée v.i. flash; gleam; reflect light; spark; sparkle (cf. génẹné
̣ ẹ)
̣
genenéemọ adv. flashingly; gleamingly; sparklingly
genénegenéne a. flashy; brilliant; lustrous; luminous; gaudy (cf.
gẹnẹnéẹgẹnẹné
̣ ẹ)
̣
genénegenéne v.i. flash; gleam
genénegenéne n. flashiness; luminousness; lustre; gaudiness
genénegenénemọ adv. flashily; lustrously; luminously; gaudily
génigéni a. flecked; specked; speckled (cf. génịgé
̣ nị)
̣
génigéni v.i. become flecked or specked
génigéniye n. fleck, speck, speckle; spot in the skin
geréḅageréḅa a. physically vigorous, rough or violent
geréḅageréḅa v.i. become rough, violent or vigorous (of play)
geréḅageréḅa n. vigour; etc.
geréḅageréḅamọ adv. vigorously; roughly
geregere a. bright; clear; distinct; limpid; pellucid; not
turbid; unclouded; plain
geregere v.i. become clear (of water, cloud, etc.)
geregere n. brightness; limpidness
geregerémọ adv. brightly; clearly; distinctly; limpidly;
pellucidly; plainly
gerére v.i. ramble; roam; wander (especially in distress)
gerére n. wandering; roaming
geréremọ adv. ramblingly
gé ̣ v.t. write; pattern
géḅọ ̣ n.m.f writer; author
.
gémọ ̣ v.t. write to
gé ̣ pagamọ v.p. write out; advertise; publish
fé ̣ sara v.p. write voluminously or fully
géẹgé ̣ ẹ̣ a. variegated; pied (cf. géẹngé
̣ ẹn)
̣
géẹgé ̣ ẹmọ
̣ adv. variegatedly
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̣ 1
géẹn a. minute
géẹnmọ
̣ adv. minutely
géẹn ̣ 2 v.i. show faint light
géẹngẹ́ ẹn
̣ a. speckled (cf. génịgé
̣ nị,
̣
géẹgé
̣ ẹ)̣
géẹngé
̣ ẹn
̣ v.i. appear in specks
géẹngé
̣ ẹn-aye
̣ n.pl. flecks; specks
géẹngé ̣ ẹnmọ̣ adv. in specks
gélẹlé ̣ ẹ̣ a. oblique; awry (cf. gémẹmé
̣ ẹ,̣
génẹné
̣ ẹ̣ 1.)
gélẹlé
̣ ẹmọ
̣ adv. obliquely
gémẹmé
̣ ẹ̣ a. oblique; awry (cf. gélẹlé
̣ ẹ,̣
gémemée)
gémẹmé
̣ ẹ̣ v.i. look oblique
gémẹmé
̣ ẹ̣ n. obliquity
gémẹmẹ́ ẹmọ
̣ adv. obliquely
génẹgé ̣ nẹ̣ v.t. wave firebrand
génẹné ̣ ẹ̣ 1 a. oblique (cf. gélẹlé
̣ ẹ)̣
génẹné ̣ ẹmọ ̣ adv. obliquely
génẹné ̣ ẹ̣ 2 v.i. flash; glint; glitter; sparkle; gleam; glister (cf. genenée)
génẹné ̣ ẹ̣ 2 n. flash; glint; glitter; sparkle; gleam
génẹné ̣ ẹmọ ̣ adv. with a gleam; glitteringly
gẹnẹnéẹgẹnẹné ̣ ẹ̣ a. flashly; gleamy (cf. genénegenéne)
gẹnẹnéẹgẹnẹné ̣ ẹ̣ v.i. be flashy; be gleaming
génịgé ̣ nị
̣ a. pied; spotted; flecked; specked; speckled (cf. géẹngé
̣ ẹn,
̣
génigéni)
génịgé
̣ nị
̣ v.i. become spotted or pied
gérụụ̣ a. suitably small (cf. gésụkú
̣ ̣ụ)
gérụụmọ̣ adv. in a suitably small way
gésụkú ̣ ̣ụ a. suitably small (cf. gérụụ)
̣
gésụkú ̣ ̣ụmọ adv. in a suitably small way
giasíi a. forcible; tight (of hold) (cf. gịasíị)̣
giasíi v.t. hold forcibly or tightly
giasíimọ adv. forcibly; tightly
giḅụ a. fresh (of flesh) not; musty; of stale taste
giḅụ v.i. taste stale; be musty
giḅụ n. mustiness; stale taste
giḅúmọ adv. stalely
giḅumó ̣ v.t. male stale or musty
giḅumó ̣ n. staleness; mustiness
gídáa a. firm (of hold); steady; (of sleep) deep (cf. gídịgí
̣ dị)
̣
gídáamọ adv. firmly; steadily; deeply
gíde n.m. heavy rain (praise name)
gídigídi v.t. struggle; contend with; throng
gídigídi n. rush; charge; struggle
gídigídimọ adv. with a struggle
gidimúu v.i. quaff; gulp; swallow in copious or long (cf. gịdịmú ̣ụ)
draughts
gidimúu n. act of gulping
gidimúumọ adv. gulpingly; with a gulp
gígi n. bo gig; rowing canoe chiefly used for racing or < English
quick errands
gígoro n. & word which entitles one to petty things that
v.i. drop from another one; say such a word
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gígoro kọrị v.p. say ‘gígoro’
gilogiló a. like crystal; crystalline; pellucid; transparent (cf. gịlọgịlọ)
gilogiló v.i. become pellucid or clear
gilogilómọ adv. pellucidly
gilolíi n. lure; something used to entice
gilolíi v.i. recall or entice (person) with lure
gilolígiloli v.i. flash (as of mirror waved in sun)
gimugimú a. producing the sensation of heat; very warm
gimugimúmọ adv. heatedly
gimugimú v.i. warm up; heat up
gine n. fr full bunch of raffia palm fruit
ginéni v.i. drift, be carried (as by current of water; roll;
move down with aid of gravitation; slip down
(of undercut bank)
ginéni n. rolling motion
ginénimọ adv. in a rolling manner
gineni v.t. drift; roll; purge; scour
ginenimó ̣ v.t. drift; purge; scour
gịó ̣n a. bright (in outlook of weather, etc.)
gịó ̣n v.i. brighten (of weather)
gịó ̣nmọ adv. brightly
giráa v.i. alight (of something heavy); descend; (cf. giráa)
dismount; settle; come to earth or tree, from
the air
gịó ̣n id. thud made from a jump
giráamọ adv. with a thud
giriḅúgiriḅu a. cartilaginoid; cartilaginous; gristly (cf. gịrịḅú ̣gịrịḅụ)
giriḅúgiriḅumọ adv. in a gristly manner
gíridíi a. steady; firm
gíridíi v.i. become firm or steady
gíridíimọ adv. steadily; firmly
gírigíri1 a. greedy; selfish; eager to get or keep; quick to
take advantage
gírigíri1 v.i. be quick to take advantage
gírigírimọ adv. greedily; selfishly
gírigíri2 a. shivering; shivery (cf. gírịgí
̣ rị)
̣
gírigíri2 v.i. shiver
gírigírimọ adv. shiveringly
giripúu a. strident (of sound of pulling); loud and harsh
giripúu v.i. pull stridently
giripúumọ adv. stridently; loudly
gịasíị̣ a. sharp (of bite) (cf. giasíi)
gịasíị̣ v.t. bite sharply; grab (something small); nip (of
crab)
gịbí ̣ v.t. carry; convey in hand or on head
gíbịlị
̣ v.i. be bored; move with revolving motion; twist
gịbịlị v.t. bore as with auger
gịbịlímọ
̣ adv. with a twist
gịḅú ̣ a. apt to break; fragile (as of old rope)
gịḅú ̣ v.i. lose tensile strength due to age or decay (of
rope); become weak
gịḅú ̣ n. weakness (of rope, etc.), fragility
gídịgí
̣ dị̣ 1 a. firm; steady (cf. gídáa)
1
gídịgí
̣ dịmọ
̣ adv. firmly; steadily
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gídịgí
̣ dị ̣ 2 a. helpless (of laughter)
gídịgí
̣ dị ̣ 2 v.i. be helpless with laughter
2
gídịgí
̣ dịmọ ̣ adv. helpless (of laughter)
gídịịṇ a. dark
gídịịn ̣ v.i. darken; become dark
gídí ̣ ịnmọ
̣ adv. darkly
gídịn ̣ n. darkness
gịdịmú ̣ụ v.i. quaff; gulp (of small quantity) (cf. gidimúu)
& n.
gídọgí
̣ dọ
̣ adv. noisy (of a group)
gídọgí
̣ dọmọ
̣ adv. noisily (of a group)
gígị̣ a. strenuous
gígị̣ v.i. be tired
gígịmọ ̣ adv. strenuously
gíịn ̣ v.i. tinkle; make succession of clinking sounds in
the ear; chirp (of cricket)
gíịn
̣ n. succession of clinking sounds in the ear;
tinkle; chirp
gíịnmọ
̣ adv. with a tinkle
gịlọgịlọ a. like crystal (of water); crystalline; pellucid; (cf. gilogiló, and
transparent next)
gịlọgịlọ v.i. become clear or pellucid
gịlọgịló ̣mọ adv. pellucidly; clearly
gịlọngịlọn a. & same as preceding
v.i.
gíráa
̣ a. stumpy (of people); stunted (of people)
gíráamọ
̣ adv. in a stumpy or stunted way
gịráa v.i. slight (of something small); settle lightly (cf. giráa)
gịráa n. light thud made from a light jump
gịráamọ adv. with a light thud
gịrịḅú ̣gịrịḅụ a. apt to break; brittle; gristly (cf. giriḅúgiriḅu)
gịrịḅú ̣gịrịḅụ n. brittleness
gịrịḅú ̣ụ a. short; concise
gịrịḅú ̣ụ v.i. stop abruptly; break off suddenly
gịrịḅú ̣ụmọ1 adv. shortly; concisely
gịrịḅú ̣ụmọ2 v.t. shorten; make short
gírịdí ̣ ị̣ v.i. move; pass (slightly); come in a group or at
the same time
gírịgí
̣ rị̣ a. shivery; shivering (cf. gírigíri)
gírịgí
̣ rị̣ v.i. shiver
gírịgí
̣ rịmọ̣ adv. shiveringly
gịrịkó ̣ọ a. short; brief; concise; curt; terse
gịrịkó ̣ọmọ adv. concisely; curtly
gịrịp`ú ̣ụ a. excitingly brief; curt
gịrịpú ̣ụmọ adv. curtly; tersely
gịrịrí ̣ n. shame; disgrace; ignominy
gịrịrí ̣ v.i. shame; be ashamed
ḅụgịrịrí ̣ n. shame (of self)
odúgịrịrí ̣ n. shame (of self)
gịrísịgịrí
̣ sị̣ a. gritty
gịrísịgịrí
̣ sị̣ n. grittiness
gó1 v.t. recite; read; rehearse; repeat aloud; interpret
(statement)
gó1 n. reading; interpretation
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góḅọ n.m.f reader; person employed to read
.
gó2 v.t. call; mention; name; specify by name
gó3 v.t. sample; pattern (cloth): ḅịté ̣ go ‘sample
cloth’
góḅịtẹ n.m. cl sample of cloth; cloth sewn together from
different pieces
gó ̣bụgó ̣bụ v.i. gurgle (as water from a bottle)
gó ̣bụgó ̣bụmọ adv. with a gurgle
gódogbóo a. huge; very large; enormous
gódogbóomọ adv. enormously; hugely
gódogódo v.i. boil over (with bubbles) (cf. gó ̣dọgó ̣dọ)
gódogódomọ adv. with large bubbles
gogo n. felt hat
gógoi n. game; hopping (on one foot)
gógoi toi v.p. hop
gókúu a. steady; steadfast; stable; not bending
gókúumọ adv. steadily; steadfastly
gólu1 n. dr gold; ornament <English gold
gólumindi n. oreide; brass resembling gold used in
imitation jewellery
gólugólu a. consisting of gold
gólu2 n. goal in football <English goal
gomugomu a. erect; not stooping (esp. of breast)
gomugomúmọ adv. erectly
gómuu a. erect; not stooping
gómuumọ adv. erectly
gonomi v.i. jump in a sprightly way
gonomíi a. vivacious; sprightly; lively
gonomíimọ adv. vivaciously
gonomu a. & same as gonomi
v.i.
gorigori a. bristly
górogóro1 v.i. boil over (with bubbles)
górogóromọ adv. with large bubbles
górogóro2 v.i. tingle; feel irritating or uneasy sensation (in
organs like ear, nose, etc.)
górogóro2 n. tingling sensation
górogóromọ adv. with a tingle
gorogoro v.i. jump in quick or rapid succession
gorogoromọ adv. rapidly; in rapid succession
gorokíi v.i. meet with obstacle
gorokíimọ adv. with an obstacle
gororóo v.i. come or go ashore (of canoe) (cf. gọrọró ̣ọ)
gororóomọ adv. coming ashore (of canoe)
gó ̣dọgó ̣dọ v.i. boil over (smaller quantity than gódogódo)
gó ̣dọgó ̣dọmọ adv. with bubbling
gó ̣gọ n.m. b goose; bird sp. (unidentified) resembling duck family Anatidae
gọgọ v.t. carve (meat) in pieces; chop
gọgọnígọgọnị
̣ a. intricate; perplexingly entangled; involved
gọgọnígọgọnị̣ n. intricacy
gọgọnígọgọní ̣ mọ
̣ adv. intricately
gó ̣kú ̣ụ a. steady; not bending
gó ̣kú ̣ụmọ adv. steadily; steadfastly
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gọlí ̣ v.t. defame falsely; slander
gọlí ̣ n. calumny; false charge
gọlọ v.i. shrill; shriek; screech
gó ̣lọọ a. shrill; high-pitched (of sound or cry); coming
from far (of cry)
gó ̣lọọmọ adv. shrilly
gó ̣lú ̣ụ v.i. cast down; hesitate; scruple
gó ̣lú ̣ụ n. scruple; hesitation
gó ̣lú ̣ụmọ adv. hesitatingly
gó ̣mụ n. gum <English gum
gọmụ n. t umbrella tree Musanga
cecropioides
gó ̣mú ̣ụ a. straight; without bend
gó ̣mú ̣ụmọ adv. straight (as of growth)
gó ̣ọgó ̣ọ n. quack; gurgle; bubbling sound as of water
from bottle
gó ̣ọgó ̣ọ v.i. make such sound
gó ̣ọméntị̣ n. Government <English
gọrọdíị̣ a. gawky; scraggy
gọrọdíịmọ ̣ adv. scraggily
gọrọgọrọ a. skinny; thin; lean
gọrọgọró ̣mọ adv. thinly
gó ̣rọró ̣ọ a. narrow; not wide
gó ̣rọró ̣ọmọ adv. narrowly
gọrọró ̣ọ v.i. come, go, ashore (of small canoes) (cf. gororóo)
gọrọró ̣ọmọ adv. shore
guasíi v.t. seize or hit forcibly
guasíimọ adv. with force; forcibly
gúdugúdu v.i. swarm; move in large number; be crowded
with
gúdugúdu a. swarming
gúdugúdu n. swarm
gúdugúdumọ adv. in swarms
gúdumúu a. concave; hollow
gúdumúu n. hollowness; concavity
gúdumúumọ adv. concavely; hollowly
fufíi v.i. fall with dull sound, especially with mouth in
contact with an object
fufíi n. low dull sound; thud
gufíimọ adv. with a thud
gú ̣ga v.i. be sacrificed
gúgu n. ga word which entitles one to a chance in some
local games
gúgu v.t. demand such chance
gúgurúu a. concave; hollow (pan)
gúgurúu n. concavity, hollowness
gúgurúumọ adv. concavely; hollowly
guíi v.t. strike or touch with dull but forcible thud
guíi n. low dull sound; thud
guíimọ adv. with a thud
gulúgulu v.i. scatter as of soft body in water; be dispersed
gulúgulumọ1 adv. dispersedly
gulugulú v.t. scatter; disperse; rout
gulugulumó2̣ v.t. scatter into something
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gún1 n. guess; conjecture
gún1 v.t. guess; conjecture
gún gba v.p. guess; conjecture
gúngbaye n. figment; invented statement
gún2 v.i. ruminate; chew the cud
gún toguru v.i. chew the cud
gúntoguru n. rumination
gún3 v.i. root; rout (of swine)
&
v.t.
gúne v.i. struggle (cf. next)
gúne n. struggle
gúnemọ adv. strugglingly
fí g̣ úne v.p. struggle for life
gunúgunu v.i. struggle (cf. gúne)
gunúgunu n. struggle
gunúgunumọ adv. strugglingly
gúre n. drift; being driven by current; (netweaving)
gúre v.i. be carried by current; drift; (net weaving) put
gúre tọlụ in net
gúre tọlụ n.p. long mesh due to bad knotting
gúremọ adv. with a drift
guré v.t. drift; cause to drift; pack (rubbish, wealth)
guremó ̣ v.t. drift; cause to drift; shift (rubbish
gurére v.i. drift
guréremọ adv. with a drift
gurí v.t. gave; abrade
&
v.i.
guríi v.i. thump, bang, fall heavily with knee
guríi n. falling heavily with knee
guríimọ adv. with a thump
gurikíi v.i. same as preceding
& n.
gurikitíi v.i. same as preceding
& n.
gú ̣a1 v.i. be mixed-up
gú ̣a2 v.i. be sacrificed
gụá1 v.t. mix up
gụá2 v.t. sacrifice
ẹgbé ̣ gụa v.p. make sacrifice
gụasíị̣ v.i. forcibly hit (something small)
gụasíịmọ̣ adv. in a forcible way
gụáva n. fr guava tree and fruit Psidium guajava
(Myrtaceae)
gú ̣ḅa v.i. be folded (of arms)
gụḅá v.t. fold, clasp (arms)
gú ̣da v.i. be bent; be folded
gụdá v.t. fold, clasp (arms); bend
gụdamó ̣ v.t. fold (in, over, up)
tọrú ̣ gụdamọ v.p. grimace; make wry face
gú ̣dụmú ̣ụ a. concave; hollow; narrow (of space)
gú ̣dụmú ̣ụ n. concavity; hollowness
gú ̣dụmú ̣ụmọ adv. concavely; hollowly
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gú ̣ẹẹ a. presentiment; having a foreboding
gú ̣ẹẹ v.i. be prescient; have a foreboding
gú ̣ẹẹ n. presentiment; vague expectation or
foreboding (of coming event, especially evil)
gú ̣ẹẹmọ adv. with foreboding
gụẹgụẹ a. sad; morose; moody; gloomy; sullen
gụẹgụẹ v.i. look sad, morose, etc.
gụẹgụẹ n. sadness, moroseness, etc.
gụẹgụémọ ̣ adv. sadly; morosely; moodily; gloomily; sullenly
gụẹgụẹmó ̣ v.t. sadden; make sad
gụgá v.t. sacrifice
ẹgbé ̣ gụga v.p. make a sacrifice
gú ̣gụrú ̣ụ a. concave; hollow; narrow (of space enclosed)
gú ̣gụrú ̣ụ n. hollowness; concavity
gú ̣gụrú ̣ụmọ adv. concavely; hollowly
gụíị̣ n. & similar to guíi, but applied to smaller objects
v.i.
gụíịmọ
̣ adv. with a thump
gụkí ̣ v.t. knock; strike with hard blow (especially on
head)
gụkímọ̣ adv. with a knock
gụlụgụlụ a. black; cloudy
gụlụgụlụ v.i. grow black or dark
gụlụgụlú ̣mọ v.t. blacken; make black
gú ̣mụgú ̣mụ v.i. shudder
gú ̣mụgú ̣mụ n. shudder
gú ̣mụgú ̣mụmọ adv. shudderingly
gụó ̣ v.t. make medicine with bad intent to harm; cf. ḍiri gụọ practise
sorcery or
witchcraft; cure;
heal
gụó ̣ n. sorcery; wizardry
ḍirigụọḅọ n.m.f sorcerer; enchanter
.
gú ̣rẹẹ a. short (e.g. of people and trees)
gụréẹ̣ a. vivacious; lively; sprightly
gụréẹmọ̣ adv. vivaciously
gụrẹngụréṇ a. short (e.g. of grasses or trees)
gụrí ̣ v.t. graze; abrade
&
v.i.
gụrịrí ̣ v.t. graze; abrade
&
v.i.
gụrịrí ̣ n. graze; abrasion
gụrụgụrụ a. ticklish; easily tickled; sensitive to tickling
gụrụgụrụ v.i. tickle
gụrụgụrụ n. sensation of tickling
gú ̣ụ v.i. hesitate; show indecision

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GB.

gbá v.t. declare; describe; enunciate; inform; tell;

preach; proclaim
gbáḅọgọye n. defence; excuse
gbá ḍụḅamó ̣ v.p. exaggerate
gbámọ v.t. accuse; indict; charge; impute; attribute;
ascribe (fault)
egberí gba v.p. preach; tell a tale; blab; reveal or let out secret
gbáan v.i. glow
gbáan n. glow
gbáanmọ adv. with a glow
gbaḅúu v.i. snap; break with sharp crack
gbaḅúumọ adv. with a snap
gbaḅú ̣ụ v.i. same as preceding
gbadá v.t. cut thick bush; lop; prune; trim; gash; mangle;
& hack
v.i.
gbádagáa a. dank; soaked; unpleasantly damp
gbádagáamọ adv. dankly; in an unpleasantly damp way
gbádagíi a. huge and tall
gbádagíimọ adv. in a mass
gbádaráa a. dauby; greasy
gbádaráamọ adv. daubily; greasily
gbádu v.i. bubble up (of something large)
gbádumọ adv. with a bubble
gbádugbádu v.i. boil over with heavy bubbles
gbádugbádumọ adv. with heavy bubbles
gbádụ v.i. bubble up (of something small)
gbádụmọ adv. with a bubble
gbádụgbádụ v.i. boil over with bubbles
gbádụgbádụmọ adv. with heavy bubbles
gbagagáa v.i. creak; make harsh noise (as unoiled door)
gbagagáa n. harsh noise as of unoiled hinge; creak
gbagagáamọ adv. with a creak
gbágaláa a. flat; with broad level surface and little depth;
wide open (of door)
gbágaláamọ adv. flatly; opened wide (of door)
gbagara1 v.i. hover; loiter about place
gbagara2 n. edge; brink (of creek, bush, precipice)
gbágbaráa a. hard and not suppurating (as of boil)
gbágbaráamọ adv. in a hard, non-suppurating manner
gbagbasíị̣ v.i. spank; slap with open hand
gbagbasíị̣ n. spank; slap with open hand on buttocks, etc.
gbagbasíịmọ̣ adv. with a spank
gbágegee a. slant; oblique; inclined
gbágegee v.i. slant; slope; diverge from a line
gbágegeemọ adv. slantingly
gbágidíi a. very full (of sea or pond, usually because of
flood)
gbágidíimọ adv. in a very full manner (of water)
gbáin v.i. bang; crash
gbáin n. bang; crash
gbáinmọ adv. with a bang
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gbáịn a. (of sun) intense; violent; intensive; clanging
gbáịnmọ adv. intensely; intensively; with a clang
gbalá v.t. tie a cloth round the head
tịḅịgbalaweí n.m. head tie
gbálaláa a. flat
gbálaláamọ adv. flatly
gbálagị a. twisting; flexuous; sinuous; tortuous;
serpentine
gbálagịmọ adv. sinuously; flexuously
gbalagígbalagị
̣ a. coiling; winding; twisting; writhing
gbalagígbalagịmọ
̣ adv. in a coiling; winding, or twisting way
gbálị v.i. receive food, nourishment, nursing care,
subsist; cure, etc.
gbálị n. = gbalí ̣
gbalí1̣ v.t. feed; supply with food; nourish; sustain with
food; nurture; rear; foster; nurse; act as
nursemaid to; have charge of; tend; wait upon
(sick person); try to cure (sickness); heal
(wound); subsist; support life; keep oneself
alive
gbalí1̣ n. means of supporting life; method of act of (also gbálị)
feeding; subsistence; subsisting; sustenance;
method or act of receiving nourishment, cure,
etc.
gbalíḅaụ
̣ n.f. k adoptive daughter
gbalíḅarayaí
̣ ̣ n.pl. Formerly an amount claimed by the father’s lit. "subsistence
family from the mother’s family of a child money". cf. gbalị-
born under a small dowry marriage at the ígbogi
death of the father
gbalíḍaụ
̣ n.m. k adoptive father
gbalí d ̣ i v.p. adopt; take (person) into a relationship he did
not previously occupy
gbalị-ígbogi n. subsistence money
gbalínyingi
̣ n.f. k adoptive mother
gbalítọgụ
̣ n.m.f k adoptive child
.
gbalíyaị
̣ n.m. k adoptive son
gbalí2̣ v.t. add (especially in barter trade); join one thing ábangá gbalị ‘join
to another to increase weight or value: several bunches of
plantain together’
nama ékị̣ fịáí gbalị
̣
add meat to food
(gift)’
gbalí3̣ v.t. consecrate; purify; sanctify; impart sanctity to
gbalí3̣ n. sanctification; consecration; purification
gbamú ̣ụ v.i. start; make sudden movement from fear, pain
or surprise
gbamú ̣ụ n. start; sudden movement
gbamú ̣ụmọ adv. startlingly
mịé ̣ gbamú ̣ụmọ v.p. startle; cause to start with surprise
gbamụụ a. not too big; of medium age, size, etc.
gbán v.t. close; cover; shut
gbanmó ̣ v.t. close; cover; shut
gbánmọ v.t. close upon
gbanmó ̣ye n. shutter; cover; flap
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gbánye n. cover; flap; lid; shutter
gbáan v.i. be closed, shut, covered
gbána v.i. run ashore; be aground; run aground
gbaná v.t. A. take ground; rest on; strand
gbaná B. place or put on top; add; impose; lay upon
gbanámọ v.t. rest upon (side etc.)
gbanamó ̣ya v.t. rest upon one another
gbanamó ̣ adv. additionally
ḅụọgbanaye n. footstool
yegbanayọ n. ledge
gbangí ̣ n. & slip of tongue; lapse; lapsus linguae; slight
v.i. mistake of tongue; say such word
gbangịrí ̣ v.t. fry; stew
gbangịrí g̣ ba v.p. distort (of story, etc.)
gbangịrí ṭ ụa v.p. bring or drag (embellishment, person) into
matter
gbanụ n. & same as gbangí ̣
v.i.
gbanụ kọrị v.p. make a slip of the tongue
gbara v.t. keep vigil with pageantry (slang)
gbáragbára a. profuse (of sweat)
gbáragbáramọ adv. profusely
gbararáa v.i. give forth sound as of thunder; rumble
gbararáa v.i. rumble (as of thunder)
gbararáamọ adv. with a rumble
gbararáagbararáa v.i. give forth continuous sound as of thunder;
rumble
gbaráragbarára a. full of long lines or cracks
gbárị v.i. fail; miss
gbarị v.t. glance aside (of weapon); glide off object
instead of striking it full; fail; miss
gbarịmó ̣ v.t. disappoint; break appointment with; fail
gbaríya
̣ v.t. miss (of person or missile), fail to hit, find,
get, or meet (one another)
gbárụ v.i. clench; be clenched (of teeth)
gbárụ n. clenching (of teeth)
gbarú ̣ v.t. (of teeth) clench
aka gbarụ v.p. clench teeth
angbá gbarụ v.p. suck in cheeks
gbarú ̣ piti v.p. pin across (of stick)
gbasa1 n.m. masquerade type
gbasa2 n. small stick kalá gbasa ‘small
sticks for the walls
of a local building’
gbasa3 n. tp outer rind of midrib of raffia palm leaf (see ḅịlaí)̣
gbásíi a. headlong; precipitate (fall)
gbásíi v.i. fall headlong
gbásíi n. heavy headlong fall, precipitateness
gbasíimọ adv. precipitately
gbasị a. perfect; just; proper; equitable; absolute;
complete; fit; good enough
gbasị v.t. fit; befit; be of right measure, shape and size ị na gbasí let
̣ it
for (especially of dress); exactly correspond to suffice you
(receptacle); suit; look well on
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gbasímọ
̣ adv. perfectly; equitably; properly; absolutely;
completely; fitly; befittingly; suitably
gbasíạ a. equal; level; perpendicular; horizontal; plane;
evenly balanced
gbasíạ v.t. be equal to (person or thing in quality,
number, etc.)
gbasíạ n. equality
gbasíagha
̣ a. unevenly balanced; lopsided; unequal
gbasíamọ ̣ adv. equally, horizontally; perpendicularly
mịé ̣ gbasíamọ
̣ v.p. make equal; equalize
gbáun or gbáụn v.i. ring; peal; give forth clear resonant sound as
of vibrating metal, e.g. bell
gbáun or gbáụn n. ring; peal
gbáunmọ, adv. resonantly; resoundingly; with a peal
gbáụnmọ
gbédegáa a. large (of mass)
gbédegáamọ adv. widely (as of sea or space)
gbédein1 a. heavy (cf. gbé`déịn)
̣
gbédeinmọ1 adv. heavily
gbédein2 a. calm; cool; staid
gbédeinmọ2 adv. calmly; coolly; staidly
gbéderáa a. dauby; greasy
gbéderáamọ adv. greasily
gbée a. open; outspread (of space) (cf. jée)
gbéemọ adv. openly; without concealment
gbéeyo n. glade; open place in bush
gbégberáa a. hard and not suppurating (as of boil)
gbégberáamọ adv. in a hard, non-suppurating manner
gbégegee a. & slanting (same as gbágegee)
v.i.
gbegégemọ adv. slantingly
gbégeláa a. flat and open (as of pan)
gbégeláamọ adv. in a flat, open way
gbéguláa a. same as preceding
gbeguru n.m. red-legged sun squirrel Heliosciurus
rufobrachium
ọkẹlẹkẹ gbeguru n.m. m African giant squirrel (giant forest tree Protoxerus
squirrel) stangeri. Also
recorded as okeleke
gbéin v.i. be deformed or badly stitched (of limb or
cloth)
gbein v.t. sew; stitch
gbékegbéke v.i. vacillate; waver; oscillate; sway from side to
side; rock
gbékegbékemọ adv. vacillatingly
gbelé1 n.m. al small animal which drinks wine
gbelé2 v.i. enquire or inquire; make search (into matter);
& seek information (of person, about or after
v.t. thing), ask for (goods in shop); ask how or
whether; proclaim (wares)
gbelémọ adv. inquiringly
gbémọ v.t. spring upon; throw upon; be thrown
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gbemó ̣ v.t. throw; fling; hurl; cast (net); cf. ịgbó ̣ gbemọ ‘cast a
net’
gbemó ̣-ịgbọ n. cast net
gben v.t. batter; bombard; harry; loot; maraud; plunder;
raid; harpoon; spear; throw at; (in wrestling)
fling; throw
gben v.t. pluck out fruit from oil palm head
gben v.t. ms masquerade
gben v.t. dc dance a kind of step in an Njọ dance called
ikpusu
gben v.t. swing (as monkey)
gben n. fall in wrestling; swing
gbene n. a hamlet; cottage
gbengu n.m. f sea catfish sp. Arius sp. cf. ịsịngí,
nẹgú ̣, nẹngú ̣, ọtíọ,̣
sịngí ̣
gbérengíi a. huge and tall; stately; dignified; imposing
gbérengíimọ adv. imposingly; grandly
gbereí n. one (thing)
gbérerée a. open; outspread (of space); wide and
extensive; expansive
gbéreréemọ adv. extensively; expansively
gbé1̣ v.t. pay; reward; remunerate
gbé1̣ n. pay; reward; salary
gbéfị̣ n. amends; fair exchange
gbé ̣ fịya v.p. make a fair exchange
gbéyẹ n. reward; payment; recompense; remuneration
gbé2̣ v.t. digest; grind; crush; mash
gbéye ̣ n. file; strop; whet; grinder; millstone; etc.
gbẹdẹgbẹdẹ a. mashy; mushy
gbẹdẹgbẹdémọ ̣ adv. mashily; mushily
gbédé ̣ ịn ̣ a. heavy (cf. gbédein)
gbédé ̣ ịnmọ ̣ adv. heavily
gbẹgbẹlịmó ̣ v.t. tie cloth loosely round loins
gbẹgbẹlịmó ̣ n. such manner of tying cloth
gbégbẹsụụ ̣ a. at leisure; lazy; unoccupied
gbégbẹsú ̣ ̣ụmọ adv. lazily
gbẹlụgbẹlú ̣ a. pop-eyed; having bulging eyes
gbẹnẹ a. gentle; sedate; sober; sane; serious;
thoughtful; responsible
gbẹnẹ n. composure; tranquil demeanour; calmness;
equanimity; sangfroid; coolness
gbéné
̣ ẹmọ ̣ adv. gently; sedately; soberly; sanely; seriously
tọrú ̣ gbẹnẹmọ v.p. compose (countenance, thoughts, etc.)
gbénẹgbé
̣ nẹ̣ a. conscious; deliberate
gbénẹgbé
̣ nẹmọ̣ adv. consciously; deliberately
gbéngẹné ̣ ẹ̣ a. idle; unoccupied
gbéngẹné ̣ ẹmọ ̣ adv. idly
gbẹngú ̣ v.t. dismantle (e.g. zinc from roof)
gbéngụ ̣ v.i. be dismantled; be cracked (of enamelware)
gbẹngú2̣ v.t. crack (enamelware)
gbẹnịgbẹní ̣ a. numb
gbẹnịgbẹní ̣ v.i. feel numb or cramp
gbẹnịgbẹní ̣ n. numbness
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gbẹnịgbẹnímọ ̣ adv. numbly
mịé ̣ gbẹnịgbẹnímọ
̣ v.p. benumb; numb
gbẹréngị̣ v.i. collapse; undergo or experience breakdown of
mental, nervous or muscular power
gbérẹngí
̣ ị̣ a. huge and tall; stately; imposing; dignified (similar to
gbérengíi, but of
something smaller)
gbérẹngí
̣ ịmọ
̣ adv. imposingly
gbésụ ̣ a. idle; unoccupied
gbésụmọ ̣ adv. idly
gbiasíi a. crashing heavily; violent
gbiasíi v.i. to crash headlong (of something heavy)
gbiasíimọ adv. crashing heavily
gbídigbídi a. heavy (of rain)
gbídigbídi v.i. fall heavily (of rain)
gbidigbidí a. dirty (of water); foul; muddy; not clear;
soiled; turbid; (of writing) illegible; full of
blots; (of body) full of rashes; (of riches)
countless; too many to count
gbidigbidí v.i. grow dirty; develop rashes
gbidigbidímọ adv. dirtily; muddily; illegibly; profusely; lavishly
gbídigbídimọ adv. heavily, profusely (of rainfall)
mịé ̣ gbidigbidímọ v.p. make dirty
gbidigí v.t. mix; put together
gbidígi a. & (be) mixed; muddled
v.i.
gbidígimọ adv. mixedly
gbidígigbidígi adv. same as above
&
v.i.
gbidíin v.i. bellow forth (like thunder or cannon)
gbidíin n. bellowing sound
gbidíinmọ adv. with a bellow
gbigírigbigíri v.i. roll
gbigírigbigíri n. rolling motion
gbigírigbigírimọ adv. with a roll
gbíigbíi v.i. shudder; shiver; flutter; quiver
gbíigbíi n. shudder; shiver; flutter; quiver
gbíigbíimọ adv. quiveringly; shudderingly; shiveringly
gbíin v.i. thud; thump
gbíin n. thud; thump
gbíinmọ adv. with a thud or thump
gbikíi v.t. elbow; jostle; thrust
gbikíi n. jog; joggle; jostle; nudge
gbikipúu a. abrupt (of thought); sudden
gbikipúumọ adv. abruptly; suddenly
gbimúu v.i. twitch; jerk (cf. gbịmú ̣ụ)
gbimúu n. twitch; jerk
gbimúumọ adv. jerkily
gbímugbímu v.i. twitch; jerk
gbímugbímu n. twitch; jerk
gbímugbímumọ adv. jerkily
gbíngiri v.i. roll
gbíngirigbíngiri v.i. roll continuously
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gbíngirigbíngirimọ adv. with a roll
gbíni v.i. tangle; become involved
gbíni n. entanglement; tangle
gbínimọ adv. in a tangly way
gbiní v.t. tangle; entangle; intertwine
gbiníya v.t. intertwine; entwine (one with another);
& become entwined
v.i.
gbínikíi a. colour of soft mangrove mud (lalá)
gbínikíimọ adv. with mud caked on the body
gbiníngi v.i. become involved
gbiníngi n. entanglement; tangle
gbiníngimọ adv. in a tangled way
gbiningí v.t. tangle; entangle
gbiriḅúgbiriḅu a. gristly; cartilaginoid; cartilaginous (cf.
gbịrịbú ̣gbịrịbụ)
gbiriḅúgbiriḅumọ adv. in a gristly or cartilaginous manner
gbiriḅúgbiriḅu- n. cartilage; gristle
imgba
gbírigbíri1 a. of fire intense
gbírigbírimọ1 adv. intensely
gbírigbíri2 v.i. surge; move up and down or to and fro
gbírigbíri2 n. surging motion
gbírigbírimọ adv. with a surge
gbiríkigbiríki a. (of body) rough; not smooth
gbiríkigbiríkimọ2 v.i. roughly
gbiripúgbiripu v.i. start (from sleep or surprise) repeatedly
gbiripúgbiripu n. intermittent or spasmodic movement; start
gbiripúu v.i. start from sleep; make sudden movement from
surprise, sleep, etc.
gbiripúu n. start; sudden movement of surprise, or from
sleep
gbiripúumọ adv. startlingly
mịé ̣ gbiripúumọ v.p. startle; cause to start; give shock to
gbisí a. abject; despicable; miserable; degraded
gbisímọ adv. abjectly; despicably; miserably
gbisíi v.i. come into violent impact
gbisíi n. impact; collision
gbisíimọ adv. in collision
gbísigbísi, v.i. grope; search blindly
gbísigbisi
gbísigbísimọ adv. gropingly
gbísili v.i. stumble; lurch forward; have partial fall;
sprain
gbísili n. stumble; sprain
gbísilimọ adv. stumblingly
gbisili v.t. distort; twist (words
gbídịgbí
̣ dị
̣ a. heavy and long-lasting (of rain)
gbídịgbí
̣ dị ̣ v.i. fall heavily (of rain)
gbídịgbị́ dịmọ ̣ adv. heavily
gbịdịgbịdí ̣ a. & sodden; become sodden; (of writing) illegible;
v.i. become illegible
gbịdịgígbịdịgí
̣ ,̣ v.i. become sodden by being trampled (cf.
gbídịgịgbịdịgị
̣ gbịníngịgbịní
̣ ngị)
̣
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gbịlịgbịlí ̣ a. very black; swarthy (cf. gbínịkí
̣ ị)̣
gbịlịgbịlímọ ̣ adv. swarthily
gbịmú ̣ụ v.i. twitch; jerk; throb (cf. gbimúu)
gbịmú ̣ụ n. twitch; jerk; throb
gbịmú ̣ụmọ adv. jerkily
gbínịkí
̣ ị̣ a. very black; swarthy (cf. gbịlịgbịlí)̣
gbínịkí
̣ ịmọ
̣ adv. swarthily
gbịnịngígbịnịngí
̣ ,̣ v.i. become sodden by being trampled (cf. gbịdígịgbịdí
̣ gị)
̣
gbínịngịgbịnịngị
̣
gbịrịḅú ̣ụ v.i. snap; break with sharp crack
gbịrịḅú ̣ụmọ adv. with a snap
gbịrịḅú ̣gbịrịḅụ a. brittle; fragile; apt to break (cf.
gbiriḅúgbiriḅu)
gbịrịḅú ̣gbịrịḅụ n. brittleness; fragility
gbírịgbí
̣ rị̣ v.i. mark or walk away in military manner with
regular and measured tread
gbírịgbí
̣ rịmọ
̣ adv. with regular and measured tread
gbịsíị̣ a. satiate (of quarrel, case, etc.)
gbịsíị̣ n. satiety; glutted or satiated state; feeling of í ghọ
̣ pọgó ̣ la
having had too much of something; extent gbịsíịtẹ
̣ ‘I’m
beyond what is desired: e.g. completely fed up’
gbịsíịmọ
̣ adv. to satiety
gbịú ̣ụm v.i. tingle; feel prickling or stinging sensation
n. tingling; prickling or stinging sensation
gbịú ̣ụnmọ adv. with a tingle
gbó1 v.t. swear; take oath, cf. ye gbo
gbóye n. oath; solemn appeal to a god
gbó v.t. cut or harvest banana or plantain: cf. ábangá gbo
‘harvest plantain’;
ídu gbo ‘harvest
banana’
gbó2 v.t. dig. excavate; make hole by digging: e.g. éke gbo ‘dig for
rat’; olú gbo ‘dig
for crab’
gbó sụọ v.t. dig in (as thieves)
gbodó v.t. cut in many places; gash; hack; lacerate;
mangle
gbódo1 v.i. be cut in many places
gbódo2 n.m. f Madeiran sardinella, largest Cameroon Sardinella
sardine maderensis, =
búza, kigbo. cf.
afarụ1, ikerere,
kparakpará
gbodogbodó a. bold (of figures)
gbodogbodómọ adv. boldly
gbódogóo a. extraordinarily large
gbódogóomọ adv. in an extraordinarily large way
gbódoróo a. (of writing, wound) bold; well-marked
gbódoróomọ adv. boldly
gbógboróo a. brawny; muscular; thick
gbógboróomọ adv. muscularly; thickly
gbogbósigbogbósi n. & god forbid! may it not happen!
v.p.
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gbógolóo a. noticeably large
gbógolóomọ adv. in a noticeably large way
gbóko v.i. be scooped out (cf. gbóngoro)
gbokó v.t. scoop out caked object; carve out
gbokógboko ḅaị n. third day after tomorrow
gboló v.t. touch; ring (bell) knock e.g. ḅụgọ gbolo knock
at the door
gboló2 v.t. straighten the course of a boat or canoe by
means of a propelling action of the paddle at
the stern
gboló2 n. such propelling action at the stern with a
paddle to straighten the course of a boat or
canoe
gbó ̣lọ n. to chisel
igboma gboló v.p. ring bell
kpokpo gboló v.p. make proclamation
gbololó a. straight; without bond or curve
gbólolóomọ adv. straight
mịé ̣ gbololómọ v.p. straighten
gbolómọ v.t. relate to; concern; affect
gbolomó ̣ya v.i. be connected, related, skin, related by blood
gbongiátimi n. indolent wretched fellow
gbóngonóo a. straight and long (cf. gbónonóo)
gbóngoro v.i. be scooped out (of hole) (cf. gbóko)
gbongoró v.t. scoop inside a hole (of larger object)
gbónonóo a. straight and long (cf. gbóngonóo)
gbóo v.i. (of heart) be agitated or disturbed
gborí1 v.t. catch
gborí2 v.t. make or construct a fence or palisade
gboríyaị n. barrier; breakwater; bulwark; mole; rampart;
fence; palisade
gbóri n. tendon (of neck, heel); ropes for the head of a
mask
bụọtongugbori n. bp Achilles tendon
kọngó ̣gbori n. bp tendon of neck
gbóro n. floating dead trunk or tree; boom; driftwood
gboró v.t. plant
kirígboro n. planting
gborórogboróro a. cracked; full of cracks; apt to crack
gbóun v.i. thwack; whack
gbóun n. thwack; whack
gbóunmọ adv. with a whang
gbóungbóun n. tinkling device to scare animals from crops
gbọdọgbọdó ̣ a. marshy
gbọdọgbọdó ̣mọ adv. in a marshy way
gbó ̣dó ̣ịn a. genuine; really proceeding from its reputed
source
gbó ̣dó ̣ịn v.i. rudely use a direct word where a roundabout
expression would be appropriate; call a spade
a spade
gbó ̣dó ̣ịnmọ adv. genuinely
gbó ̣gọló ̣ọ a. with jaw hanging down; dejected; dispirited
gbó ̣gọló ̣ọmọ adv. dejectedly
gbó ̣ịn a. straight; without bend or curve
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gbó ̣ịnmọ adv. straight
gbọkọgbọkó ̣ a. very tall or long
gbó ̣lọ v.i. to chisel; be bored
gbó ̣lọ n. to chisel
gbọló ̣ v.t. chisel; make chisel hole; bore hole
gbọlọgị n. cr vegetable; Indian spinach Basella alba
gbọlọló ̣bọ n.m.f deceased ancestor
.
gbọlọló ̣yewarị n. house of a deceased person or principal house
in which funeral rites are observed
gbọlú ̣ v.t. give crack on the head
gbọlú ̣ n. crack on the head
gbó ̣ngọị v.t. rock; move gently to and fro as in cradle or
& chair
v.i.
gbó ̣ngọị n. rocking motion
gbó ̣ngọịmọ adv. with a rock
gbó ̣ngọnó ̣ọ a. straight and long (of smaller object)
gbó ̣nọnó ̣ọ a. straight and long (of smaller object)
gbó ̣ọn v.i. call loudly and long
gbó ̣ọn a. (of call) loud and prolonged
gbó ̣ọnmọ adv. loudly and long
gbọpụ v.i. be full (of tide)
gbọpụ n. full tide
gbọrị a. once; one; individual; single and integral, a, gbọrị ifie ‘once
an: e.g. upon a time’
gbọrịḅara n. oneness; singleness; uniqueness; sameness
gbọrịḅara a. the same; identical; not different; one and the
same; monotonous; uniform; unvarying
gbọrịḅọ n.m.f one person; one man; one
.
gbọrịḅọ gbọrịḅọ adv.p one by one
.
gbọrịtịḅị n. only, sole, person
gbọrịtịḅị adv. exactly, just, positively, precisely; quite; (also gbọtịḅị)
absolutely; entirely; altogether; outright
gbọrịye n. one (thing)
gbó ̣rọgíị̣ a. dilapidated: about to collapse
gbọró ̣kụ adv. just now; right now
gbọrọró ̣ v.t. abrade; graze
gbọụn v.t. peck; strike with beak; pick up with fork or
prong
gbọú ̣nfịye n. fork (spoon)
gbó ̣ụngbó ̣ụn a. pitted; full of scars
gbúda a. & (of sleep) deep; lie helplessly without moving (cf. gbụdáa)
v.i.
gbúdamọ adv. deeply; without movement
gbudáa a. sufficient; adequate; sufficing
gbudáamọ adv. sufficiently; adequately
gbúdagbúda v.i. squirm; kick; wriggle; writhe (cf. gbú ̣dagbú ̣da)
gbúdagbúda n. squirming; etc.
gbúdagbúdamọ adv. with a squirm
gbúdu v.i. make sound of bubble (cf. gbú ̣dụ)
gbúdu n. bubbling sound of bubbling
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gbúdumọ adv. with a bubble
gbúdugbúdu n. & same as above (cf. gbú ̣dụgbú ̣dụ)
v.i.
gbudú a. actual; real
gbudúmọ adv. actually; really
gbúgaláa a. lie still (of something wide, cf. gbú ̣galáa)
gbúgaláamọ adv. unmovingly (of something wide)
gbugbú v.t. shake; move something quickly up and down,
or to and fro, with the hands
gbúgburúu a. dull; without edge or point; blunt; obtuse
gbúgburúumọ adv. bluntly; obtusely
mịé ̣ gbugburúumọ v.p. blunt; make less sharp
gbulásigbulási v.i. flexible (cf. gbụlásịgbụlásị)
gbulásigbulásimọ adv. flexibly
gbulasíi a. flexible (cf. gbú ̣lasíị)̣
gbúlasíimọ adv. in a flexible way
gbulu n.m. f mullet sp. with a rounded head: family Mugilidae.
cf. abaraká,
akú ̣rọ,
ḅụọḅakalamọ,
ịdẹgẹ, mó ̣mgịnị,
gbulu-ịdẹgẹ?
[ẹkpẹrú ̣kpẹrụ,
ó ̣zọló ̣lị2,]
gbulu-ịdẹgẹ n.m. f mullet sp. with a rounded head = gbulu
gburáa v.i. bang; strike or shut noisily; fall heavily (cf. gbụráa)
gburáa n. bang; noisy, hard shut
gburáamọ adv. with a heavy bang
gburáagburáa v.i. splurge; make noisy display
gburáagburáa n. noisy display
gburáagburáamọ adv. with a splurge
gburangburan v.i. glow; be heated to incandescence; incandesce
gburangburan a. incandescent; glowing with heat; shining
brightly
gburangburan n. incandescence
gburangburánmọ adv. with incandescence
gburugburú a. sedimentary
gburugburu-áye n.pl. sediment; lees; dregs
gburugburúmọ adv. sedimentarily
gburúrugburúru v.i. rumble (as thunder)
gburúrugburúru n. rumbling (of thunder); rumble
gbururúu v.i. give forth sound as of thunder; rumble
gbururúu n. rumbling (of thunder); rumble
gbururúumọ adv. with a rumble
gbụda a. sufficient; adequate
gbụdamọ adv. sufficiently; adequately
gbụdáa a. (of sleep) deep (cf. gbúda)
gbụdáamọ adv. deeply
gbú ̣dagbú ̣da v.i. squirm; writhe (cf. gbúdagbúda)
gbú ̣dagbú ̣da n. squirming
gbú ̣dagbú ̣damọ adv. with a squirm
gbú ̣dụ v.i. make sound of bubble (cf. gbúdu)
gbú ̣dụ n. bubble; sound of bubble
gbú ̣dụmọ adv. with a bubble
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gbú ̣dụgbú ̣dụ n. & bubble continuously (cf. gbúdugbúdu)
v.i.
gbú ̣dụgbú ̣dụmọ adv. bubbling continuously
gbú ̣galáa a. lie still (of something spread out, smaller than
gbúgaláa)
gbú ̣galáamọ adv. unmovingly (of something smaller)
gbú ̣gbụrú ̣ụ v.i. unexpectedly small (in size)
gbú ̣gbụrú ̣ụmọ adv. in an unexpectedly small manner
gbụkú ̣ v.t. give crack on the head
gbụkú ̣ n. crack on the head
gbụláị v.i. squirm, wriggle (like snake on ground)
gbụláị n. squirm, wriggle
gbụláịmọ adv. with a squirm
gbụlásịgbụlásị a. flexible (cf. gbulásigbulási)
gbú ̣lasíị̣ v.i. wobble (e.g. of withered limb); quiver (e.g. of (cf. gbúlasíi)
pliant stick)
gbú ̣ngụrụ n. & grumble; mean; murmur; mutter
v.i.
gbú ̣ngụrụmọ adv. murmurously; murmuringly
gbú ̣nụgbú ̣nụ a. dirty; untidy
gbú ̣nụgbú ̣nụmọ adv. dirtily
gbụráa v.i. fall lightly (cf. gburáa)
gbụráamọ adv. with a light thud
gbụráagbụráa v.i. fall lightly (repeatedly)
gbụráagbụráamọ adv. with a light fall
gbụrụgbụrú ̣ a. grim; stern
gbụrụgbụrú ̣ v.i. grimace; make wry face; scowl; wear sullen
look; look sour; frown ill-temperedly
gbụrụgbụrú ̣ n. angry frown; scowl; grimace
gbụrụgbụrú ̣mọ adv. grimly; sternly
gbụú ̣ n. f croaker family
Scoaemodae
gbú ̣ụn a. fragrant; sweet-smelling
gbú ̣ụn n. fragrance
gbú ̣ụnmọ adv. fragrantly

GH.

-gha suf. A. not; it follows and makes negative ordinary á nimighá ‘I do not
verbs and a few auxiliaries, e.g. know’, á gelegúgha
‘I do not doubt’, á
fịghá ‘I do not eat’
-gha B. Equivalent to the English prefixes in- and koríagha
un-; suffixed to adjectives and their ‘inaccurate’;
derivatives to express negation, e.g. ḅólogha
‘inadhesive’;
karágha
‘incomplete’;
ineghá ‘unable’;
ebígha ‘uncomely’;
tụó ̣gha ‘uncooked’;
gháa v.i. speed; go fast (cf. vái, ghái)
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gháimọ adv. speedily
ghaí excl. yes
ghaighaí a. piquant; pungent; affecting organs of smell or (cf. vaivaí)
taste, or skin with pricking sensation
ghaighaí v.i. affect skin or mouth with pricking sensation
ghaighaí n. piquancy; pungency
ghaighaímọ adv. piquantly; pungently
gháị v.i. speed; move fast (cf. ghái, gháụ)
gháị n. speed; rapidity of movement (of smaller
creature)
gháịmọ adv. speedily
gháịn excl. response in story-telling
gháụ v.i. produce sound by rapid movement
gháụ n. speed producing sound (e.g. swirl of water
past a projecting bank)
gháụmọ adv. speedily
ghéi excl. response in story-telling
ghọ part. particle of varied use equivalent to: about; at; ó warí ghọ
̣ emí ‘he
by; from; in; on; amongst; of; within; etc., e.g. is at home’, ‘he is
in’
ghó ̣ị v.i. shout; make loud inarticulate cry
ghó ̣ị n. shout; loud inarticulate utterance
ghó ̣ịmọ adv. with a loud inarticulate cry
ghó ̣ị-ọkọrọ n. loud inarticulate shout
ghọí ̣ v.i. char; burn to charcoal
ghọí ̣ n. charring
ghọímọ ̣ v.t. leave to char
ghu v.i. echo
ghu n. echo
ghúu1 v.i. utter or send forth loud deep sound as of sea,
storm, rain, noise of quarrel; rumour wildly;
roar
ghúu1 n. roar
ghúumọ adv. with a roar
ghúu2 v.i. flow impetuously or fast (as rainwater); rush (cf. ghú ̣ụ)
ghúu2 n. rush; violent flow (of tide)
ghúumọ adv. with a rush
ghú ̣ụ v.i. flow impetuously (as water in a gutter) to
create a murmuring sound; rush
ghú ̣ụ n. rush; violent flow
ghú ̣ụmọ adv. with a rush

H.

háa excl. shout of exclamation expressing laughter, joy,

suspicion
háahúu excl. sound made when hurt by too much pepper
háị excl. shout calling attention
hée excl. shout of exclamation expressing laughter
héẹn
̣ excl. shout of exclamation expressing warning
hélị̣ n. hell; place of torture <English
hẹvịn n. heaven; abode of God (also évịnị)
̣
<English heaven)
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híin excl. shout expressing dislike
húun excl. shout expressing doubt or dissatisfaction;
humph

I.

ibé n. clan; tribe

ibeká n.m. t tree sp. resembling cocoa plant in appearance
ibenga n. h saltwater fern Acrostychum
aureum
ibéria n. love-potion; philtre
íbidi n. scuffle; scrimmage
íbiditiri n. scene where a scuffle takes place
ibó n. tp fork in tree
ibóli a. bent like a bow; arched
ibóli v.i. be arched
ibolí n. hg bow; weapon for shooting arrows
osuó-iboli n. rainbow
ibóro n. fg fish-net; driftnet
iḅéḅu n. cr two bananas or plantains which are not split
but still joined together (cf. under ábangá)
iḅele n.m. i black biting ant
iḅelúḅelu n.m. f small fry of fish (in general?) cf. isongu
iḅigá n. tp prop-root of mangrove tree
íḅe a. prone; lying face downwards; lying flat;
prostrate
íḅe v.i. lie face downwards
&
v.t.
iḅomó1̣ adv. upside-down; face downward; pronely
iḅomó2̣ v.t. cause to turn upside-down or into prone
position
iḅomó3̣ n. lean-to roof; pent-house; awning; canopy;
porch
iḅokó n. heavy piece of iron
álagbá-iḅoko n. barrel of gun
iḅókoo a. dull and lazy (cf. iḅúkúu)
iḅókoomọ adv. dully and lazily
íḅu n. fr very ripe raffia palm fruits found at the base
of the tree
iḅuḅu1 n.m. f globe-fish, puffer-fish, swell-fish Tetraodon lineatus
iḅuḅu2 n.m. club (suit in cards)
iḅúkúu a. lazy and dull (cf. iḅókoo)
iḅúkúumọ adv. lazily and dully
iḅúlu n. grey hair
iḅurúḅuru n. t tree sp. with very weak stem
iḅútúu a. dull and dirty
iḅútúumọ adv. dully and dirtily
idé n. sh fibre obtained from a shrub sp.; plant itself
idé-iboro n. fg drift-net woven with the above fibre
idémọfú ̣ n.m. c white shrimp found in the sea and sea coast
iderí v.i. descend; come or go down; sink; fall
&
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v.t.
iderí a. low; not high; not elevated
iderí n. descent; downward slope; descending;
downward motion
iderídụ n. south; southward; lower part (of river, etc.)
iderídụ a. southerly, southern; southward
iderímọ v.i. abate; grow less; degrade; debase, diminish in
intensity or pitch; diminish or come down in
price; sink; descend
iderímọ a. meek, piously humble and submissive; (see odú-iderimọ)
showing low estimate of one’s own
importance
iderímọ adv. humbly; lowly; meekly
iderimó ̣ v.t. abase; degrade; depose; dethrone; lower;
reduce to lower rank; humiliate; humble;
make base; mitigate; let or haul down (boat or
sail); diminish height of; diminish intensity or
pitch; diminish price; slope downwards
idéru n. wine from raffia palms in particular and other
palms in general
idié or idiyé n. ft hiding-place for fish formed by over-hanging
roots of plants growing near water
ídu n. fr any banana plant and banana fruit
amakoromọ-idu n. fr banana with very short fruits
ọḅụgó ̣-idu n. sh shrub sp. and its yellow fruits
idú n. secular feast in honour of Amatẹmẹsuo played
once in about seven, fourteen or twenty-one
years
idú mangị v.p. tr stage idú festival play
idu-ó ̣lalị n. tr idú festival
ikiḅa-idu n. tr rehearsal of idú at the death of a traditional
priest or on a special occasion
íduḍiri n. fr lime or ídukumu Citrus
aurantifolia
ḅéke-idukumu n. green substance resembling potash, used for
curing (e.g. foot-yaws)
idúfíi a. blubber-lipped (of humans, animals, fish, etc.)
ídukumu n. see íduḍiri
idumu n. group
ifere a. light; of little weight; not heavy; friable and
porous (soil, bread); not grave; unimportant
(person); unwanton; unchaste (woman);
nimble; quick-moving; agile; active (of body
and movement)
ifere v.i. feel light; feel relief; grow lighter
ifere n. A. levity; lightness of weight
ifere B. medicine supposed to cause levity
iferemó1̣ adv. lightly
iferemó2̣ v.t. lighten; mitigate
ifié n. chance; interval; leisure; occasion;
opportunity; moment; time; era; epoch; season
(specified as time)
ifié-ifie ḍigi, ifié- a. or occasional(ly); arising out of special occasion;
ifie kịẹn adv.p coming now and then, not regular or frequent;
. seasonal(ly)
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...ifie-ifié adv. anytime; whenever
(-gha) ifie-ifie adv. since; until
ifieá-ifiea adv. often; frequently; regularly; many times
ifiémábịsé ̣ adv. every or all the time
...ifiémị n.p. the time that; when; now that; as; ó ḅotẹ ifiémị, á mu
laté ̣ ‘now that he
has come, it is time
I went (I should
go)’
ifié famọ v.p. lose or waste time; dally or dawdle away time;
idle; loaf; loiter; pass away time
ifié seimọ v.p. spend or waste time
ífinía n. cr farina; manioc; cassava
ifingi1 n. cr cob (e.g. of maize); cf. ịmbịakpá ifingi
‘maize-cob’,
‘corncob’; ábanga
ífingi
Ifingi2 a. et of or pertaining to the Efiks or Calabar people
Ifingi2Ifingiḅọ1 n.m.f et Efik person
.
ifingi3 a. having scrotal hernia
ifingi3 v.i. develop scrotitis or scrotocele
ifingiḅọ2 n.m. man with scrotitis
ifíri1 v.i. leak; ooze out; seep; percolate
ifirimó1̣ v.t. leak upon
ifíriyọ n. leak; seepage
ifíri2 v.i. be stripped of feathers
ifiri v.t. pluck or remove feathers from a bird; strip
(bird) of feathers
ifirimó2̣ v.t. remove (feathers) into (a receptacle)
ifeín n.m. c big oyster; ship worm or teredo-worm
ifónóo a. stout; bulky; corpulent
ifónóomọ adv. stoutly
ífuku n. throwing stick or stone
igá n. cloth woven with raffia fibre
ịgáran’obiri n. da large type of dog first introdued from Igala
igba n.m. box; case; coffer
ḍụẹị-igba n. coffin
igbé v.t. land; set or go ashore; arrive by water
&
v.i.
igbékere n. f sleeper sp. (‘hard-scaled sleeper’) family Eleotridae
igbelégbe n. mi animal (usually antelope) horn used as
transverse horn. Used for the ḍụẹị fẹngụ
ceremony
igbelegbe n.m. ms masquerade borrowed from Tombia,
involving play with 2 crossed swords
igbema n. mi big bell. Church bell, hand-bell used to
control dancers. Tied to the waist of wrestlers
ígbi1 v.i. struggle; be busy
ígbimó1̣ adv. strugglingly; busily
ígbi2 v.i. burn with intensity (of fire)
igbimó2̣ v.t. intensify (of fire)
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scuffle; scrimmage; disorderly fight: e.g.
igbídi paga s. + scuffle took place
v.i.
igbidi-anda n. mixed, free wrestling of different age groups
igbidi n. ridge raised on flesh due to insect bite or by
stroke of rod or whip; wale; weal
igbigbá n. po pot with rounded bottom and no legs
igbígbáa a. (of new knife) blunt; dull; without edge or
point; (of left hand) clumsy
igbígbáa n. bluntness; dullness of edge or point
igbígbáamọ adv. bluntly; rudely
igbína n. dr waist bead
igbipẹlẹ a. & cut in halves for cooking (of plantain)
v.i.
ígbipú n. fr sweet-smelling fruit kernel like nutmeg
igbiri n. mi rattle for tying on legs of masquerade
igbiri nanga v.p. mi rattle; give out rapid rhythmical beat by
shaking rattles tied on to feet
igbiritíṇ n. t tree from which rattles are obtained
igbó n.m. ms masquerade type
Igbo a. of or pertaining to the Igbo tribe or Igbos
Igboḅọ n.m.f et Igbo person; a slave (pl. Igbon’ongu)
.
Igbokiri p.n. et Igboland
Igbopiri p.n. et Igboland
igbokiri-eke n. da guinea-pig or rabbit
igbopulo n. soft oil
igbogí n. money; cash; currency
anda-igbogi n. manila currency
ḅéke-igbogi n. English currency
pépa-igbogi n. money or postal order; currency notes
igboun n.m. c barnacle with very hard shell; women’s game
with its shell
igboun n. f ‘dog whelk’ class Gastropoda
igbú prị v.p. be dead (idiom)
igburu n. big covering cloth; mantle
igédi1 n. bead type
igédi2 n. ft hard section or foot by which mollusc attaches cf. ímgba-igede
itself to the shell: ‘foot of oyster’
igédi3 n. bp glans of penis cf. tọngó ̣-igedi
igediḅọgọ a. & (be) anachronistic, out-of-date, antiquated
v.i.
igére1 n. r nickname for crocodile cf. isegí
igére2 n. chip; a way of holding somebody on the neck cf. igére ékị
̣ kí
in wrestling: chip; throw one’s
opponent by this
method
igini n.m. ms masquerade type
íginínga n. h plant sp.
igíri n. bp anus; cloaca
igíriḅẹlẹgị n. d haemorrhoids; piles
igíri-ikoso n. bp coccyx
igíripagara n. bp buttocks
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igirigi n.m. b palm-nut vulture = vulterine fish-eagle Gypohierax
angolensis (=
ágbalakóko)
igóbiri n.m. da dog with fawn colour
igótọgụ n.m. b eaglet; juvenile palm-nut vulture Gypohierax
angolensis
igodó n. lock; padlock
ḅió-igodo n. in-lock; rim-lock
kpepu-ígodo n. padlock
ígodógo n. mi drum which House of Mẹịn claims sole right
to beat
igogoḅá n. h thistle; a prickly plant
igoin v.i. be impoverished; be indigent; be poor
igoin n. poverty; poorness; indigence
igoinḅọ n.m.f p poor person; pauper (pl. igoin-ongú)
.
igoinfị a. used in phrases such as orí igoinfítẹ̣ warị
ghó ̣ paganịmị ‘he
comes from a
House that has been
perpetually poor’
igoinmó ̣ v.t. impoverish; make poor
igóli a. bent like a bow
igologoló n. mi small bell, usually tied to waist in
masquerades and to children learning to walk
ígoni n.m. ms masquerade type
igoní n. hospitality
igoní n.m.f p guest; visitor; stranger
.
igoní a. alien; foreign; novel; hitherto unknown;
strange
igoni-áma n. foreign-home or land
igoníḅọ n.m.f foreigner; stranger (pl. igoni-óngu)
.
igoní dọgụ v.p. be dead (idiom)
igoníkiri n. strange district, country or land
igú1 n.m. ms masquerade type
igú2 n. dr iron ornament for adorning the head
íguegele n.m. b village weaver bird Ploceus cucullatus
(= álụgụḅíya;
̣ cf.
lụgú ḅịa))
iguru n.m. bs container woven with cane, rope, etc., used to
hold fishing catch
igurutugu n. ft last fish, etc., to be emptied out of iguru (= ḅoútugu)
ígwe n. mi mouth-resonated musical bow with a raffia
string played by adults for entertainment. The
string is struck with a stick, and the vibrating
length controlled with another, shorter stick
ígwekalị p.n. tr Arọ Long Juju
íjan a. ample; copious; plentiful; many; abundant;
several
íjan v.i. abound; be plentiful
íjan n. abundance; plenty
íjanghá a. few; not many; scanty
íjanmọ adv. plentifully; copiously
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íjanyaị n.pl. plenty of
mịé ̣ íjanmọ v.p. multiply
ikagi-opin n. r Home’s hingeback tortoise Kinixys homeana.
cf. ịkagị
ikegima n. iron; metal
ikein n. dry rot of tubers
ikéin n. dr shreds of oil palm fibre formerly used as an same as osikó;
apron in olden days
ikelé v.i. be around, on every side, in every direction, gbori íkelé ‘fence
about: e.g. round’; tịẹ ikelé
‘stand round’ etc.
ikelé v.t. encircle; encompass; enclose; surround; fence
in
ikelé n. enclosure; environment; surrounding
ikelékele v.i. swing round; go in circles
ikelékele n. turning round and round
ikelekelemó ̣ v.t. cause to swing round
ikeleku n.m. ms masquerade type
ikemu1 n. tp root; rootlet; root-hair
kalá n. tp small or big root or opú ikemu
ikemu2 n. tp spikelet of palm bunch
ikereḅú, n. cr cocoyam Xanthosoma
mafaffa (Araceae)
ikereḅurú n. cr cocoyam Xanthosoma
mafaffa (Araceae)
kwakwáa-ikereḅu n. cr purplish cocoyam
kesi-ikereḅu n. cr new cocoyam Xanthosoma
maffafa
ikereḅu n. cr old cocoyam Colocasia
antiquorum
ikeremanị n. sh roots of a shrub used for weaving mats and Nephthytis afzelii
screens; the plant itself (Araceae)
ikerere n.m. f small fry of [Cameroon?] Madeiran sardinella Sardinella
maderensis, =
afarụ1 cf. búza,
gbódo2,
kparakpará, kigbo
íkerére n. d rash on the body
ikiḅa1 n. briefness; conciseness; shortness
ikiḅa1 a. brief; concise; short
ikiḅamó ̣ adv. briefly; concisely; shortly
ikiḅa2 n. A. half; one of two equal parts into which a ololo-ikiḅa ‘half of
thing is divided; e.g. a bottle’
ikiḅa2 B. fathom (of cloth); see under ḅịtẹ-
íkiḅa
ikiḅa2 a. half; forming one of two equal parts into ikiḅa ololo ‘half
which a thing is divided; e.g. bottle (e.g. of
wine)’
ikiḅatugu n. cl double yard cloth
íkiíki a. secret; secretive
ikiká n. fragment; piece; shred
ikikení n. d disease akin to ababá
ikilá n.m. i soldier ant
ikió v.t. remember; recollect; recall to mind; retain in
& the memory; meditate; reflect; plan mentally;
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v.i. go back in thought; consider; think; guess;
speculate; commemorate; be a memorial of
ikió n. thought; remembrance
ikiomó1̣ v.t. remind; revive the memory of
ikiomó ̣ye1 n. reminder
ikiomó2̣ v.t. intend; purpose; design; expect; look forward
to; regard as likely; hope for (thing); be of
opinion
ẹkị ikiómọ v.p. suspect; be inclined to think that
ikiómọye2 n. intention; expectation; hope; purpose; thing
intended; speculation; suspicion
ikióye n. thought; sober reflection; consideration;
remembrance; recollection; meditation
ikiri v.i. forbear
ikirímọ v.t. endure, bear e.g. odu íkirimọ
‘comport oneself
(esp. in trouble)’
ikirigbú n.m. bronze are; manila
ikirigo n. mi cylindrical slit-gong cf. inkoro
ikísa n. mi drum used in wrestling and on war canoes. cf. ojé
Played with two wooden sticks. A footed,
standing, subconical, drum, ca. 60cm. tall
ikísa n. act of kneeling; genuflexion
ikó n. tp stump of trees; raised waist in human beings
ikogi n. bp loin
ikógíi a. crooked; not straight (of gait)
ikógíi v.i. become or look crooked or bent
ikógíi n. crookedness
ikógíimọ adv. crookedly
ikogi ḍoí v.p. turn or change over side in sleep or in sitting
ikogitugu n. bp hip
ikogi wagí ̣ v.p. same as ikogi ḍoí
ikoli1 n. jail; chain; fetters; manacles; shackles
ikoliḅagụye n. hammer
ikoliwarị n. prison, jail
ikoliwarịḅọ n.m.f prisoner (pl. ikoliwarị-
. ongu)
ikoliwarịḍigiḅọ n.m.f warder; gaoler; jailer
.
ikoli2 n. legs of pot
ikolokoló n.m. f fish sp.; Characin species order
Characiformes. cf.
ịságụ, ọkpaịn
ikoróa1 n. King in game of cards
ikoróa n. Jack in game of cards
ikoróa-ogu n. twenty with the card hearts
ikoróa2 n. device on a climbing rope
ikosó n. sn small snails, which are used as draughts or
tops
ikpá n. platform in the form of a sleeping place put as
shrine for departed ancestor; mud-bench
ikpaikputukpoluye n. tree sp. Marantochloa
kpaịn-kpotu- leucantha
kpoluye (ḍụwẹịye) (K.Schum.) Milme-
Redh. (white fls.) or
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[?] M. purpurea (Ridl.)
Milne-Redh.
(purple fls.)
(Marantaceae). cf.
ekuwekuwebaberi
[?]
ikpégara n. cr yam sp.
ikpékere n.m. f unidentified fish sp.
ikpeku v.i. coagulate; congeal; clot; curdle; condense;
freeze; solidify; set
ikpeku n. coagulation; congealment; condensation;
solidification; forming into curd, clot or solid
ikpekumindi n. ice
ikpekumó ̣ v.t. (cause to) coagulate; congeal; clot; curdle;
condense; freeze; solidify
ikpekumó ̣ye n. coagulant; coagulator
ikpekupulo n. hard oil
ikpiri n. dirty-black: cf. ikpiri olú ‘dirty-
black crab’
ikpirikpa n. stump; e.g. tịn ikpirikpa, ọfịnye ikpirikpa
ikpírikpáa a. short; not long
ikpírikpáamọ adv. curtly; short
ikpó1 n. gun
ikpó2 n. method of tying head for fight or war: e.g.
ikpó fịna
ikpó n. clew or ball of thread
díli-ikpo n. reel
éri-ikpo n. reel; spool; bobbin
ikpókpo n.m. f small fry of [balá or long-finned herring?] Ilisha [melonata?]
West African ilisha Africana. cf. balá
ikpoún n. clot (of blood); clod (of earth); lump (e.g. of
salt); loaf (of bread); lump of concrete
ikpú n. coppice; copse; fallow
ikpúkiri n. old abandoned farm lying fallow
ikpú-pẹlẹ n.m. m grass-cutter; cutting-grass;cane rat (greater Thryonomys
cane-rat) swinderianus (lit.
‘sugarcane-cutter’
íkpungúlusanị n. cr round pepper Capsicum sp.
(Solanaceae)
ikpusu n. dc Njọ dance
ikpusu gben v.p. dance such step
ikputu n. stone; block; brick; hard excrescence on trunk
of tree
ikputuwarị n. brick or block building
ịkọlị-íkputu n. corner stone
ikú1 v.i. be heavy
ikú1 a. heavy; of great weight; weighty
ikú1 n. weight; heaviness
ikú n. amount of urine urinated at once; hence nịna
íku
ikúmọ adv. heavily
ikúyaị n.pl. (lit. heavy things); things set apart as
accursed; taboo
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odú-ikú n. laziness; slothfulness; indolence
odu íkumọ v.p. make (one) lazy
ikú2 n. draught; single act of drinking; amount drunk
at once; dose of liquid medicine; fill (of
wine); mouthful
iku1 v.i. fight; contend with in duel: e.g. you ékị
̣ iku
iku2 n.m. i louse (especially head louse)
iku-iku a. lousy
obiri-íku n.m. i flea (in dogs, etc.)
ofoni-iku n.m. i louse (on bird)
pẹgẹ-iku n.m. i crab-louse; pelvic louse
iku3 n. t tree sp. Panda oleosa Pierre
(Pandaceae); cf.
akụ
ikúdi a. undulating; not straight
ikúdi n. crookedness
idúdimọ adv. crookedly
ikufení n. bf catarrh; flu; mucous evacuation from the nose;
snot; mucus of the nose
ikuká n. bp inner part of cheek
ikuka-áka n. bp cheek-tooth; premolar or molar tooth
ikúku v.i. cringe; crouch; cower; stoop; bend timidly or
servilely
ikúku n. crouch; cringe; cower
ikúkumọ adv. stoopingly; cringingly
ikúku-ikúku v.i. same as above
ikula a. lame; cripped by injury or defect in a foot or
leg; limping
ikula v.i. limp; walk lamely; hobble
ikula n. limp; lame walk; lameness
íkulá n. cl mat formerly used in wrapping cloth
ikulaḅọ n.m.f cripple; lame person
.
ikulamó ̣ adv. lamely; limply
ikúli n.m. f sleeper sp. (‘mangrove sleeper’) family Eleotridae
cf. abása-ikuli
ikúliḍiri n. h plant sp., the leaves of which are used for
thickening soup
ikumó ̣ v.t. wedge; pad; stuff; pack in tightly between
persons
ikuri1 v.i. wear off with use (of tools)
ikurimó1̣ v.t. cause to wear off
ikuri2 v.i. cease fruiting (of trees)
ikurimó2̣ v.t. cause to cease fruiting
ikuru v.i. creep (as children and beasts)
ikuru n. creep; creeping
ikuruyó a. creeping; on all fours
íkurusí n. cannon; artillery
íkurusi-imgbi n. cannon ball
ilé n. great-grand-child(ren)
ilé n. t tree sp. and its fruits; Uapaca guineensis
(Euphorbiaceae)
ḅụḅá-ile n. t species of ilé
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dísi-ilé n. t tree resembling ilé
ḍụẹị-ilé n. t male ilé with flowers only and no fruits
íleléu n. t tree sp. and its fruits; African or hog plum Ximenia americana
ḅéke-ileleu n. fr English plum
ilikí a. blunt; dull; without edge
ilikí v.i. become blunt or dull
ilikí n. bluntness; dullness of point or edge
ilikimó ̣ v.t. blunt; make less sharp
iló n. bp bone projecting at hip or collar due to
emaciation
ilogú1 n morsel; mouthful (of food)
ilogú v.i. shout; make loud utterance or vocal sound;
utter loudly
ilogú n. shout; loud utterance or vocal sound; call
ilogúmọ adv. with a shout
ilogumó ̣ v.t. blaze abroad; make known loudly
ilótoo a. oversized
ilótoomọ adv. in an oversized manner
ilú v.t. look for something amongst thick weeds
ílu n. A. the stem or stalk by which plantain or
banana bunch is attached to the tree
ílu ga B. children’s plaything made from the stalk of
plantain or banana
ilulá n. h weeds in general
ilulu n. hot temperament
ilulu sou v.p. be hot-tempered
imbákuu a. fat and bulky
imbáluu a. fat and bulky
ímbe conj. if
ímbeímbe conj. if only
imbi1 n. tp nut or kernel of palms
imbi ḅagú ̣ v.p. eat (idiom) lit. "beat
kernel"
imbiḅagụyé n. stick for cracking kernel
imbiḍigiḅó ̣ n.m. produce examiner
imbi-ịmgbọ n. fr oil palm-nut
imbi-olo n. fr coconut oil
imbitịḅị n. fr one head of coconut
béke-imbi n. fr coconut tree or fruit
kugó ̣-imbi n. bp testicle
toguru-ímbi n. fr palm-kernel
imbi2 n. nut (of engine) for securing or adjusting bolts
imbi3 n. ga draughtsman (of a game); piece (in a board-
game)
imbi fị v.p. capture a piece in a board-game
imbi4 v.t. scoop out
imbi-ịgbọ n. hand-net (used by women)
imbúluu a. fat and rounded
ímburú a. & very high (of mangroves or waves); such high e.g. ímburu ángala
n. mangrove or wave ‘tall mangroves’;
ímburu ó ̣nụngọ
‘high waves’
imḅokó n. piece of wood for cracking kernels
imḅókoo a. dull and stupid
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imeme n. bp claw; nail
ḅara-ímeme n. bp finger nail
ḅụọ-imeme n. bp toe-nail
ịtíla-imeme
̣ n. bp agnail; hang-nail
kụró ̣nama-imeme n. sh false thistle; shrub sp. with prickles on stem Acanthus montanus
and leaves (Acanthaceae) lit.
‘leopard’s claws’
imení n. flesh; pulp
imení-imeni a. fleshy; without bone; pulpy
odu-ímeni n. body
ímgba n.m. c oyster, incl. oyster spat class Gastropoda
imgba n. bp bone; skeleton
imgba-imgba a. bony; skeletal
imgbapẹlẹ n.m. heavy knife
imgbálúu a. look very swelled-up; bumpy; swollen
imgbálu-imgbálu a. full of bumps
imgbálu- adv. with bumps
imgbálumọ
ímgbe v.i. attach; settle
imgbémọ v.t. attach on to
imgbe n. wp club; cudgel
imgbeké n. wp club; cudgel
imgbékée a. abnormal; big; claviform
imgbékéemọ adv. abnormally
imgbékéemọ a. blunt; dull; without edge
imgbekú n. dullness of point of edge; bluntness; teeth
being set on edge
imgbekumó ̣ v.t. cause to be dull; blunt; set on edge (of teeth)
aka imgbekú v.i. set on edge (of teeth)
aka-imgbekú n. setting on edge of teeth
imgbélée a. big; abnormally big
imgbéléemọ adv. in an abnormally big way
imgbépele v.i. wander; roam; drift
imgbépelemó ̣ adv. wanderingly; adrift
imgbepelemó ̣ v.t. cause to wander about or roam
imgbepelé v.t. drag up or down in a zigzag fashion (of
canoe)
imgbérée a. abnormally large and spread out
imgbéréemọ adv. in an abnormally and spread-out manner
imgbésu n. fr wine palm (fruit) Raphia hookeri
Mann & Wendl.
(Palmae)
imgbétée a. big and stout
imgbétéemọ adv. stoutly
ímgbi n. coconut shell cut out in the form of cup and
used in scooping soup, grinding pepper, etc.
imgbi n. big balls of firearms; bomb; e.g. íkurusí imgbi
‘cannon balls’
imgbíla n.m. ms masquerade type
imgbílíi or imgbítíi a. of thick or swollen irregular form
imgbíliimọ adv. irregularly
imgbókóo a. (of nose) stout and narrow
imgbókóomọ adv. stoutly
imgboú n. tp woody fibre in root crops like cassava
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imgbúkuu a. (of nose) stout and rounded
ímgbukúlu n.m. am tadpole
ímgbukúlusanị n. cr round pepper Capsicum sp.
(Solanaceae)
imgbúlúu a. round; spherical (of a solid)
imgbúlúumọ adv. spherically
imí1 a. ample; abundant; many; copious; numerous;
plentiful; superfluous; many; several;
umpteen; a lot of
imí1 v.i. abound; be plentiful or many
imí1 n. abundance; plenty; superfluity
imígha a. few; not many; scanty
imígha n. fewness; scantiness
imímọ adv. abundantly; copiously; plentifully;
numerously
mịé ̣ imimó ̣ v.p. multiply; make more
imíyaị n.pl. plenty of
imí2 v.t. compress; squeeze; wring
imingi n. t tree sp.
imingi v.i. groan; moan
imingi n. groan: moan
imingimó ̣ adv. groaningly; moaningly
imomí v.i. exude; ooze; percolate
indá n. gum of teeth
inde a. of thick consistency
inde v.i. tend to curdle, solidify, coagulate, congeal,
condense
inde n. thick consistency (of liquid)
indemó ̣ v.t. cause or make to curdle or solidify; thicken
indemó ̣ye n. thickening (for soup, etc.); coagulant;
coagulator
indí n. f fish (in general (n.m. when living)
indi-ákọn ft fisherfolk
indíḍaḅa n. ft fishpond
indígbalị n. ft pisciculture
indi-ó ̣lalị n. feast in honour of the deity Ogidíga
indo1 n. projecting arms of cannon
indo2 n. short lines of hook tied on to a long fishing-
line
indo3 n. breast; udder; dug cf. ḅiótugu
indo3 v.t. suck; draw milk into mouth
&
v.i.
indoḅịḅị n. bp nipple; pap; teat; dug
indokụma n. weaning from the mother
indokụma v.i. be weaned
indokụmamó ̣ v.t. wean
indomindi n. bf milk (lit. "breast water")
indomó ̣ v.t. suckle
indomina nụngala n.m. f sleeper sp. (‘little sleeper) family Eleotridae
indorí v.i. be weaned
indu n. fr pawpaw; papaya Carica papaya
(Carocaceae)
indu-alagba n. pp long petiole or leaf-stalk of pawpaw
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indúkúu a. corpulent; fat
indúkúu v.i. become fat or corpulent
indúkúumọ adv. corpulently
indúlúu a. corpulent; fat
indúlúu v.i. become fat or corpulent
indúlúumọ adv. corpulently
indúrúu a. corpulent; bulky
indúrúu a. corpulent; fat
indúrúu v.i. become fat or corpulent
indúrúumọ adv. corpulently
íne n. mother (used in address)
ine v.t. be able to; afford (price); be competent to
&
v.i.
inegha v.aux not to be able to
.
inémọ v.t. endure; forbear
&
v.i.
inémọ n. endurance; forbearance
ineyọ n. physical and mental ability; sufficient power
ọmó ̣ụn iné v.p. fast; go without food
ọmó ̣ụn-iné n. fast(ing)
inein num. four
inein-esí num. eighty
ineinkaramọ a. fourth; fourthly
inein-ọndé ̣ num. one thousand six hundred
ineghá adv. too much (see under ḅara-
ineghá)
ineghaḅara n. excess
inengi a. deaf;
inengi v.i. become deaf
inengi n. deafness
inengiḅọ n.m.f p deaf (person) (pl. inengi-ongu)
.
inengimó ̣ v.t. deafen; stun
íngba n. f ‘oyster’, incl. oyster spat class Gastropoda
ingelenge n. dc dance step; hence ingelenge ḅá
ingólingóli n.m. minnow found in lakes and ponds
ingóló n.m. c dogwhelk Nucella lapillus
ingólóo a. whelk-shaped (of head)
ingólóomọ adv. in a whelk-shaped manner
ingu1 n. pipe for smoking tobacco
ingu ḅou v.p. smoke tobacco pipe
inguḅouḍiri n. tobacco
ingu2 n. flue in ships and launches
iní v.t. smell; discern by smell; scent; sniff; inhale;
& wind
v.i.
inikíti n. mi small drum accompaniment same as alili
in-ín excl. yes
inína v.i. hesitate over one to commence something
inína n. hesitation
ínjirí n.m. cl real India cloth <English India
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ínki n. ink; soot; tattoo; indelible patterns made on <English ink
the body by inserting pigments in punctures
ínki ki v.p. cut tattoo marks
inme-íngara
̣ n. h lichen cf. inmo-íngara
̣
inmó n. sweat; perspiration
inmó-inmo a. sweaty
inmó-inmomọ adv. sweatily
inmo-íngara
̣ n. h lichen cf. inme-íngara
̣
inmó paga v.p. sweat; perspire; exude sweat or inmó tụa
inmó pagamọ v.p. cause to sweat
inmópagamọye n. something that causes sweat
inomó ̣ v.t. cheat; defraud; fraud; swindle; trick
inomó ̣ n. trick; swindle; fraud; cheat
Inomó ̣suoḅa n.f. the deity of cheating
ínsisi n. hinge <English hinge)
inwán n. prominent ocular bone
ínye excl. yes
ínyo excl. yes
ípein n. pp raffia fibre
ipeín n. ring of hands of plantain or banana
ipésáa a. broad; wide
ipétáa a. broad; wide and flat; splay (of foot)
ípi n. see ípu
ipirí n. t palm with sweet-smelling fruits; Podoccoccus
barteri Mann &
Wendl. (Palmae)
ipiriatugu n. tp rootlike suckers of the above palm, useful for
weaving screens
ípiriya n.m. b bird sp.
ipóróo a. littery; in a state of untidiness
ipóróomọ adv. in a disorderly state
ípu1 n. go very small calabash (also ípi)
ípu2 n. fr fruit sp.
ipúkein n. fr fruits of (and usually the tree) Saxoglottis
gabunensis
íre1 v.i. die (idiomatic)
íre2 v.t. call name of something (person, etc.) fondly
or for protection
irékáa a. long and big
irí1 v.i. dry up; evaporate
irí1 n. evaporation
írigha írigha adv.p unmistakably
.
irimó1̣ v.t. cause to dry up
irí2 v.i. A. be astray; be lost; miss (road); err; mistake
&
v.t.
irí2 n. aberrance; aberration
irimó2̣ v.t. lead astray; trick
kọrị irimó ̣ v.p. lead astray; mislead
irí2 B. Following another verb it is equivalent to pẹlẹ irí ‘misjudge;
English mis-; e.g. cut crookedly’
irígirígi v.i. blunder; move blindly; stumble on or along
irígirígi a. aberrant; straying from moral standard
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irígirígimọ adv. blunderingly
iróko n. t tree sp.; iroko also recorded as
iroko. Milicia
excelsa (Welw.)
C.C. Berg. <
Yoruba?
irú1 n. caramel; the colour which a wounded sugar
cane turns into
irú sụọ v.p. grow brown and caramel-like (of sugar cane)
irú2 n. ale; liquor; wine; any drink to which no
specific name is given
irúḅẹlẹmọ n. fr fruit which, when eaten, sweetens anything
that is eaten afterwards
irú ḍu v.p. present wine according to custom at funeral
irú koromọ prí ̣ v.p. pour libation or drink offering to (something)
irú kọrí ̣ v.i. be drunk; intoxicated
irúkọrí ̣ a. tipsy; intoxicated; drunk
irútugu n. dregs or lees of wine
kụrọ-irú n. dk strong drink; alcohol
mẹnịmẹnị-íru n. soft drink
lọkọ-irú n. soft drink
iruo n. fame; reputation
iruo sou v.p. be famed for
iruosou a. famous; celebrated; renowned
iruo soumọ v.p. make famous
irusí v.i. procrastinate; be dilatory
irusí n. procrastination; dilatoriness
isegí n. r crocodile spp. N ile crocodile,
Crocodylus
niloticus, and
slender-snouted
crocodile, C.
cataphractus (=
segí). cf. igére1
isein (or isen) num. nine
isen-esí num. one hundred and eighty
iseinkaramọ a. ninth; ninthly
isenáịn num. nine (in game of agú ̣ḅa)
isenáịntoi num. ten (following nine) at end of game
isen-ọndẹ num. three thousand six hundred
Iselema a. & pertaining to the Warri or Itsekiri people;
n. Warri
isene n. bf blood from nose
ísene-ogidi n. sacrificial knife
iseregu n. fo fufu from a Urhobo town called Iseregu See under
akpú ̣nkọrọ
isi v.t. blow; send strong air-current from mouth or e.g. fụla ékị
̣ isi
an opening of an engine, etc.; spout; issue ‘blow with spittle’;
forcibly in a jet kumu ékị ̣ isi ‘blow
with chewed
medicine on place
of pain’ (as external
treatment of pain)
isi-iru n. dk wine from oil palm used in preparation of
native medicine
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isiwarị n. house or apartment in which special course of
native treatment is taken in seclusion by a
patient
isiwarị sụọ v.p. take special course of native treatment in
seclusion
isiḅiri n.m. r dwarf crocodile, ‘alligator’ Osteolaemus
tetraspi (= sibiri)
̣̣
isikí adv. too much
Isobo a. et pertaining to the Urhobo tribe
Isoboḅọ n.m.f et Urhobo person
.
isondu n. salt obtained by filtration of or lixiviating
mangrove root ash and evaporating the filtrate
isongu n.m. f small fry of fish (in general?) cf. iḅelúḅelu, ịndá-
isongu
ịndá-isongu n.m. f anchovy Engraulis
encrasicolus
isudu n. tp empty bunch of oil palm from which all the
fruits have been removed: e.g: lụgụ-ísudu
isúlúu a. snouted (of mouth)
ite n. he mat, coarser than étẹrẹ
̣
íte v.i. lessen; diminish
iti1 v.t. dry out liquid with cloth, etc.; dab; press but
not rub (surface) with sponge or soft material
iti2 n. novice in game (slang)
itiká a. damp; moist; slightly wet
itiká v.i. become damp, moist, etc.
itikamó ̣ v.t. dampen; moisten
itika-opuro n.m. c lobster
itita n. trotter
ḅụọ-itita n. neat’s foot; leg of beef
itítáa a. deformed like trotter of animal
ítoróro n. sweet; nice; enjoyable; interesting thing
itorú n. chalk; limestone
itorú gben v.p. tr throw chalk at someone (by selected
traditional priestesses) as sign of absolution
from defilement; undergo such act
itorúgben n. the above act
itoru-ítoru a. chalky
ítorú n.m. b pink-backed pelican Pelicanus rufescens
itú n. a roof; upper covering of building: e.g. warị-ítu ‘roof of
house’
itú gbein v.p. lay thatches on roof; thatch a roof lit. "sew roof";
itú kasị v.p. a complete roof work of house lit. "nail roof";
itú teri v.p. a ridge a roof lit. "cover roof";
itúteriyé n. a ridging
itu n. age-grade; group; batch; set; band; gang;
flock; herd; host; large number
itumọndị-egele n. sociable or gregarious birds akáma-itu swarm
of bees; egéle-itu
flight of birds; indi-
ítu shoal; crowd;
school; kịmị-itu
company;
congregation;
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crowd; flock;
multitude; troupe
(of people); nama-
itu flock; herd
(animals); ofoni-itu
flight, flock (of
birds); ovin-itu
herd of cattle; you-
ítu army; troop
ituḅu n. log of wood; block
ítuḅurú n.m. f fish sp.; flagfin mojarras Eucinostomus
melanopterus
ituḅuru n. cr round yam
itúka n. t tree sp. and its fruits
ituka n. hair; wool
obiri-ítuka n. bp brownish pubic hairs on children cf. pẹgẹyaí ̣
ituku a. & thick skinned or pulpy (palm fruit)
n.
itukulụgụ n. tp palm fruit with pulpy flesh
itukulụgụ m. t oil palm tree with pulpy fruits
ivángúu a. broad and with wide nostrils(of nose)
ivívíi a. blubber-lipped(of mouth)
ivuranga n. sh thicket; shrub sp.
iwá n. game of cards
iwiri n. wise or clever person
iwó v.t. A. ascend; climb; go or come up; rise; slope
upwards; rise in rank; rise in pitch (of sound);
mount; soar; grow upwards
iwó v.t. B. wake (someone) from sleep; arouse; munú ghọ iwó
awaken; e.g. ‘arouse from sleep’
iwó v.t. C. come out of water
&
v.i.
iwó n. ascent; ascension
iwódụ n. north; up-river
iwódụ a. northern; northerly; upper
iwómọ adv. upwards; in upward direction: e.g. dọgú ̣ or wagí ̣
iwomó ̣ ‘pull or turn
towards’
iwomó ̣ v.t. turn up (wick in lamp); make (voice) louder
or shriller; shrug; raise (shoulders); sniff;
draw air in audibly through nose; e.g. niní
iwomọ
iyáa excl. answer to salutation; oh no!; oh, all right!
iyamó ̣ v.t. push up material from a hole (as crab, rat,
rodent, etc.)
iyée excl. exclamation expressing tiredness or other
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N.

ị́ pron. object case of I (á); me; my

ị pron. you; your; thee; thou; thy; 2nd pers. sing.;
ịbá1 n. bribe; bribery
ịbá fị v.p. take a bribe; practise bribery (lit. "eat bribe");
ịbá2 n. batch; quantity or number of anything coming
at once or treated as a set; part; section
ịba-ịba a. sectional
ịba-ịbamọ adv. sectionally
ịbabá n. piece of wood for fastening door; latch bar
ịbara n. tp buttress roots; branches
ịbó ̣lị a. arched
Nbó ̣rọ p.n. et Ibenọ in Eket
Nbó ̣rọ a. et pertaining to the Ibenọ people
Nḅaní1̣ n. et Iḅanị, Bonny people
Nḅaní1̣ a. et pertaining to the people of Bonny
ịḅaní2̣ v.i. splash (of fish); spatter; splurge
ịḅaní2̣ n. splash
ịḅẹlẹkị n. fat; grease
ịḅẹlẹkịfá a. fatless
oḅori-ịḅẹlẹkị n. h medicinal plant
ịḅọ pron. unspecified person; "the person"
ịḅó ̣ḅọ n. discharge, mucus or film, in the eye
íḅọló
̣ ̣ n. coral bead
ịḅụḅụ n.m. tp young palm tree with growths on stem
ịḅụgú ̣ n. depression on the ground for playing ikosó; a
hole for land crab
ịdẹgé ̣ n.m. f mullet in general family Mugilidae.
cf. abaraká,
abaraká-ịdẹgé,̣
akú ̣rọ,̣ akú ̣rọ-
ịdẹgé,̣ ḅoú-ịdẹgẹ
ḅụọḅakalamọ,
ẹkpẹrú ̣kpẹrụ,
gbulu, gbulu-
ịdẹgẹ, mó ̣ngịnị,
ó ̣zọló ̣lị
ịdẹgé-ịyagụ
̣ n. f small fry of mullet family Mugilidae.
cf. ịyagụ
abaraká-ịdẹgé ̣ n.m. f mullet sp.
akú ̣rọ-ịdẹgé ̣ n.m. f mullet sp.
ḅou-ídẹgẹ
̣ n.m. f fish sp.; barbel
gbulu-ịdẹgẹ n.m. f mullet sp.
ịdó1̣ n. woven rope; twine
ịdó2̣ n. fp prehensile claw of land crab; chela
ịdọgí ̣ n. h poisonous plant, the leaves of which are used
in preparation of local rat-poison
ịdó ̣gịị a. co black; blackish
ịdó ̣gịịmọ adv. blackishly
ịdọnị n. fg fish sticks; weir; enclosure of stakes set in
stream as trap for fish
ịfárú ̣ụ a. distended; dilated
ịfárú ̣ụ v.i. distend; swell out; dilate
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ịfịán n. hg trap
ịfífịn
̣ a. very small; tiny (of nose)
ịfíṇ 1 n.m. c hermit crab
ịfíṇ v.t. blow nose to clear mucus
&
v.i.
ịfú ̣fọlị1 n. thread obtained from banana or plantain stem
ịfú ̣fọlị2 n.m. c shipworm or teredo
ịfú ̣kú ̣ụ a. extremely narrow (of space between two
walls, etc.)
ịfụkú ̣ v.i. reach end of making progress (in trade or
growth)
ịfúngọị n. f ‘mussel’ class Bivalvia
ịfụngọị n.m. sf oyster Ostrea edulis
ịfụngọị-ịkara n. sf oyster shell
abadí-ịfụngọị
̣ n.m. sf whitish soft-shelled type of bivalve shell-fish
found in hursts; clam
ịga1 n. v bush cane-rattan palm species
ịga2 n. woven ropes in general used for climbing
palms (some with loop at each end)
Ngabó a. et pertaining to the Urhobos (cf. Kaḅó)
Ngabóḅọ n.m.f et Urhobo person
.
ịgádíị̣ a. ridgy (of skin disease like yaws)
ịgádíịmọ̣ adv. in a ridgy or raised manner
Ngárá a. et pertaining to the Igala people
Ngáraḅó ̣ n.m.f et Igala person
.
ịgáran’obiri n.m. da large type of dog first introduced from Igala
ịgaragaraḅá n. t thorn; thorny tree sp.
ígẹré
̣ ̣ n. courting (of man or woman)
ígịbú
̣ ̣ n. waist movement during coition
Ígịbụ ̣ Ógbo p.n. dc popular dance club specializing in waist
movement (= Okuku)
ígịbú
̣ ̣ tụa v.p. make such waist movement
ịgba1 n. dc line of masquerade dance
ịgba ḅọgọ v.p. round off such a line
ịgba mangị v.p. dc dance in such a line
ịgba2 n. bush ropes and tangles
ịgbapiri n. jungle
ịgba n. bp sinew; tendon
ịgbá-ịgba a. sinewy
kọngó ̣-ịgba or n. bp jugular veins of the neck or throat region
pọgó ̣-ịgba
ịgbaná n. ap horn of an animal
ịgbaní ̣ v.i. contend (of child), strive, fight for a thing;
& insist, press; dwell long; make a stand
v.t.
ịgbaníạ v.i. be in rivalry; argue
ịgbaníạ n. contention; strife; controversy; dispute
ịgbaníayẹ n. point contended for in argument
ịgbaráịgbaraị a. cracked; full of cracks
ịgbó ̣ n. fg net in general
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ịgbó ̣ fụngọ v.p. fg fish with seine
ịgbó ̣ gbemọ v.p. fg throw or cast net
afarụ-ịgbọ n. fg casting net for afarụ
fụngó ̣-ịgbọ n. fg seine; drag-net
gbemó ̣-ịgbọ n. fg casting net in general
ikerere-ịgbọ n. fg casting net for ikerere
imbi-ịgbọ n. fg hand-net in general
ịdẹgé-ịgbọ
̣ n. fg casting net for ịdẹgé ̣
kalá-ịgbọ n. fg medium-sized hand-net
kigbo-ịgbọ n. fg casting net for kigbo
opu-ígbọ ̣ n. fg biggest size of hand-net
susu-ígbọ ̣ n. fg hand-net for shrimps
ịgbụrụ n. line, procession (of people)
ịgịán1 n. flywheel of machine
ịgịán2 n. ga native draughts
ịgílaị
̣ n. bm scar in the pupil of eye
ịgụá v.i. make love
ịgụá n. concubinage
ịgụára or igụáḅọ n.f. concubine
ịjábáa, ịzábaa a. spread out (of toes); sprawled
ịjagba n. whip; cane; ferule
asú ̣n-ịjagba n. horse-whip
famú ̣-ịjagba n. punishment
ịjáka n. bp eye-lashes; cilia
tọrụ-íjaka ̣ n. bp eye-lash(es)
Njó ̣ p.n. et Njọ tribe
Njó ̣ a. et pertaining to the Njọ tribe
Njó ̣ḅọ n.m.f et Njọ person
.
Njó ̣fụ n. salt made from mangrove wood ash (see isondu)
Njọn’ósungbo n. bm Njọ tribal mark on ridge of nose in olden days
ịjú ̣jú ̣ụ a. snouted
ịkagị1 n.m. i weevil; insect damaging stored grain
ịkagị-ịkagị a. weevily
ịkagịsụọtó ̣ a. weevilled
ịkagị2 n.m. r tortoise; cunning person
ịkagịḅara n. cl beautifully woven shoulder cloth; sash
ịkagịḅuru n. h yam sp. Dioscorea sp.
(Dioscoreaceae)
ịkaká n. pp corms or seedlings esp. of cocoyam e.g. ikereḅurú-
ịkaka
ịkalị1 n. fork in stick; king or queen post
ịkalị2 n. bp wrist or ankle bone
ḅara-íkalị ̣ n. bp wrist bone
ḅụọ-ịkalị n. bp ankle bone
ịkará n. c shell (especially of periwinkle etc.) e.g. ịsẹmị-ịkara
ịkaraín,
̣ ịkịraíṇ a. virgin; undefiled
ịkaraín,̣ ịkịraíṇ n. virginhood; virginity
ịkaraín-di
̣ n. primiparous birth; bearing a child for the first
time
ịkaraín-ịyọrọḅọ
̣ n.f. p virgin
ịkaraká1 n. c shell (esp. of fruits of raffia palm and of
oyster, which easily crumble); it is loosely
used for ịkará
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ịkaraká2 n.m. i termite; white ant
ịkarakádemọye n. h castor-oil plant Ricninus communis
ịkarakáwarị n. anthill
ịkásị n. bench; seat; chair
amanyanaḅọ-ịkasị n. throne
ḅéke-ịkasị n. English chair
ḍigi-ịkasị n. cane chair
ikegima-ịkasị n. steel chair
sẹrérẹ-ịkasị
̣ n. deck or easy-chair
ịkatá n. fg small basket-like fish trap
ịkatá nanga v.p. fg fish with ịkatá
ịkẹgẹ1 n. po native pot for grinding snuff
ịkẹgẹpagara n. po piece of broken native pot; broken pieces of
concrete
ịkẹgẹpegele n.m. b bird sp.; swallow Hirundo spp.
ịkẹgẹ2 n. bp socket of the eye
tọrụ-íkẹgẹ
̣ n. bp eye socket
ịkẹgẹ3 n. c shell of ịfụngọị
ịkẹgẹ4 n.m. in
di-íkẹgẹ
̣ n. bp uterus or womb in its enlarged condition
immediately following childbirth
di-íkẹgẹ
̣ nọ subj. have uteritis or pain in the womb after
+ v.i. childbirth
di-íkẹgẹnọ
̣ n. uteritis
ịkị n. dirt; grime; soot ingrained in the skin
ịkịán n. tr stick on which sacrifice is placed
ịkịó ̣ n. e mind; seat of consciousness; thought; volition
and feeling; intellectual power; direction of
thoughts or desires; sense; (loosely) heart;
wile; trick; cunning procedure; artifice;
manoeuvre
ịkịó ̣-eme a. e sensible
ịkịó ̣fa a. e senseless; foolish
ịkịó ̣tụa a. e subtle; clever; crafty; cunning; artful;
ingenious; sensible; wily; trickish; sagacious;
seeming to reason or deliberate (of animals)
ịkịrị v.i. sear
ịkịrịmó ̣ v.t. cause to sear; cauterize
ịkírịkáa
̣ a. short (of stature)
ịkírịkáamọ
̣ adv. in a short way
ịkịtaká n. host; large number
kịmị-ịkịtaka n. crowd; multitude, large number (of people)
ịkọ n.m. fg woven kind of big container for trapping fish
ịkọgịḅá n. fg round frame (usually of rattan palm) for fixing
hand-net on to for fishing
ịkó ̣gíị̣ a. bent like a bow
ịkọlí ̣ n. corner; angle
ịkọlị-íkọlị
̣ a. angular; full of bends and corners
ịkọlíkọlimọ
̣ adv. angularly
ịkọlị n.m. c water crab in general
ịkó ̣lịkó ̣ọ a. having a long occiput
íkọlọgọ
̣ n. display by members of a society or league of
chiefs who have beheaded people at war
ịkó ̣nị v.t. give love to someone before it is asked
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ịkọnị v.i. d grow lupus
ịkọnị a. lupoid; lupous
ịkọnị-obi n. d lupus; ulcerous disease of skin
ịkọrọ1 n. long stick used in climbing raffia wine palm
ịkọrọ2 n. tr horn used in pouring libation during
traditional ceremonies
ịkó ̣só ̣ọ a. emaciated; lean; gaunt
ịkpaḅarịḅá n. high degree of dryness
ịkpaḅarịḅá sụọ v.p. become very dry
ịkpáịkpáị n.m. c lobster sp.
ịkpakpa n.pl. mi A. Pair of flat pieces of wood used as musical
accompaniment; clappers, concussion-
plaques
ịkpakpa n. B. applause (by clapping)
ịkpakpa tụa v.p. clap hands; applaud by striking hands or the
clappers together loudly
ịkpakpanáḅarána n. cl print cloth
ịkpakpa-na-ḅará- n.m. cl old cloth
na
ịkpákụ n. tp fresh prop-root of stunted type of mangrove
cut for wood
ịkpakụ v.i. become dry and shrivelled; wither; fade; dry;
droop; lose freshness and vigour
ịkpakụmó ̣ v.t. make dry, or wither
ịkpakụté ̣ a. dry or dried
ịkpálaị n. anklet
ịkpalakpá n. ap animal’s feet used as food; trotters (of sheep,
pigs)
ịkpálakpáa a. long-legged; lanky
ịkpalị1 n. plait; entwined hair; braid
ịkpalị fanga v.p. braid; plait, etc.
ịkpalị2 n. ap horn of an animal
ịkpalịfá a. ap hornless; poll
ịkpalịfa-óvin n.m. da poll-cattle
ịkpan1 n. cinder; fire brand
ịkpan2 n. wp poisoned arrows
ịkpangí ̣ n. bough; branch; twig (of tree); branch;
junction, tributary (of river, road, family)
ịkpangị-íkpangị
̣ a. branchy; with many branches
ịkpasị n. handle of wooden spoon
ịkpataká n. bier; woven cagelike material used as coffin
in olden days, (now chiefly used for
ceremonial burials only)
ịkpịrí ̣ n. d scabies; mange; itch
1
ịkpịrị-íkpịrị
̣ a. d scabby; mangy
ịkpú ̣ n. bp gizzard; crop; larynx; voice-box; Adam’s
apple
pọgọ-íkpụ
̣ n. bp Adam’s apple
ịkpú2̣ n. tp growing point of coconut or oil palm;
cabbage; terminal bud of banana or plantain
ịkpú ̣kụ n.m. i coconut beetle
ịkpụkụ n. tp node; knot in wood; base of a branch;
protuberance covered with bark on trunk or at
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ịkpụkụ-í`kpụkụ a. knotty; gnarled
ịkpụkụ3 n. bm wen; more or less permanent tumour of
benign character on scalp or other part of
body
pọgọ-íkpụkụ ̣ n. d goitre; Derbyshire-neck
ịkpụkụ4 n. bm elbow or knee joints
ḅara-íkpụkụ
̣ n. bm elbow
ḅụọ-ịkpụkụ n. bm knee
ịkpụngụ n. ap knob; proboscis; trunk (of elephant)
ịkpụngú ̣bun n.m. i long-horn beetle
ịkú ̣ n. between the legs
ịkú ̣díị̣ a. clawed
ịkú ̣lị adv. in vain
ịkú ̣rịkú ̣rị a. scraggy
ịkú ̣rịkú ̣rịmọ adv. scraggily
ịkụrụḅa n. tp iron-wood; see ịmọ
ịkụtị n. bp claw or bent fingers or toes
ḅara-íkụtị ̣ n. bp clawed fingers
ḅụọ-ịkụtị n. bp bent toes
ịkú ̣tíị̣ a. bp clawed
ịkụtú ̣kụtụ n.m. f small specimen of horse mackerel [Caranx spp.?]
family Carangidae
cf. mọrọn, pélia
ịla1 n. bead
ḍíḅi-ịla n. h weed with beadlike seed
ịla2 n. t fig tree
ịla3 n. cr Job’s tears Coix lachryma-jobi
(Gramineae)
ịlịa n. he broomstick from palm frond stick
ịló ̣ n. siege; besieging
ịló ̣ koromọ v.p. lay siege to; besiege
ịló ̣tọ v.i. (wetness) be so wet as to shed drops; dripping
wet; very wet
ịlú ̣lú ̣ụ a. heavy; of great weight; laden with
ịlú ̣lụ2ụmọ adv. heavily
ịmá n. matter; pus
ịmá sụọ v.p. fester; gather pus
ịmáraịn n. bm wale or weal; ridge raised on flesh by stroke
of rod or whip
ịmbásị n. pp carpel or section into which a pistil cell of See also ọgá
fruit is divided
ịmbasị v.t. do (something) deliberately due to perversity
ịmbasị adv. wilfully; deliberately; perversely
ịmbí ̣ n.m. m red river-hog Potamochoerus
porcus cf.
akatolútẹ ịmbị
ịmbị-áfụlaḅa n. fr fruit of tree much relished by red river-hog
ịmbị-akásiko, n.m. b bird sp.; sunbird family
N ectariniidae (cf.
ịsẹrẹ; ọtị)
ịmbị-akásọgị n.m. b bird sp.; sunbird family
N ectariniidae (cf.
ịsẹrẹ; ọtị)
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porcus. Cf. ịmbí ̣
ịmbịakpá n. cr corn; maize Zea mays
(Gramineae)
ịmbịakpáfịye n. he spoon
ị`mbílị́ ị̣ a. fat and short
ịmbírịmbí
̣ rị̣ a. trivial; trifling; of small value
ịmbírịmbí
̣ rịmọ
̣ adv. trivially; triflingly
ịmbítị̣ v.i. grimace; make wry face; lour; frown; scowl;
gloom
ịmbítị́ ị̣ a. grim; unmirthful
ịmbítị́ ịmọ̣ adv. grimly; unmirthfully
ịmbítịkí
̣ ị̣ a. & same as above
v.i.
Nmḅọkọ a. et of or pertaining to the Ibibio tribe or Ibibio
Nmḅọkọbọ n.m.f et Ibibio person
.
ịmgbalakpá n. go small calabash for storing gun-powder;
powder flask; (slang) scrotum
ịmgbálú ̣ụ a. slightly swollen
ịmgbálú ̣ụ v.i. swell slightly
ịmgbálú ̣ụmọ adv. in a slightly swollen manner
ịmgbará n. wp ammunition
ịmgbéké
̣ ẹ̣ a. small; smallish (of head)
ịmgbékẹ́ ẹmọ ̣ adv. smallishly
ịmgbélé ̣ ẹ̣ a. same as preceding
ịmgbélé ̣ ẹmọ̣ adv. in a smallish way
ịmgbésẹ ̣ v.i. lie across
ịmgbésẹmọ ̣ adv. crosswise
ịmgbẹsé ̣ v.t. cross; place crosswise; (of obstacle) go across
(river, sea, road); thwart
ịmgbẹségbasa
̣ n. cross-stick for weaving net which gives the
mesh
ịmgbẹsẹmó ̣ v.t. cause to put across
ịmgbẹsétịn
̣ n. cross
ịmgbíkpí
̣ ị̣ a. stumpy; thickset; stocky; of small height or
length in proportion to girth
ịmgbíkpí
̣ ịmọ
̣ adv. stumpily; stockily
ịmgbịpalị n. dr tight pants or lower underwear
ịmgbọ1 n. grist; size or thickness of yarn or rope: e.g. éri-ịmgbọ
‘thickness of
thread’
ịmgbọ2 n. pp stone (of stone fruit); seed; grain; nut
ḅió-ịmgbọ n. heartwood; core
ịmgbọị n. improvised rope obtained from split leaf of
young raffia vinifera palm
ịmgbú ̣ n. hump; hunch; hunchback
arụ-ịmgbụ n. bo keel of boat
ḅụọ-ịmgbụ n. bp shin of leg
ọbụ-ímgbụ
̣ n. bp hunch of back
ịmgbú ̣lú ̣ụ a. small; not large (of lump, mass)
ịmgbú ̣lú ̣ụmọ adv. smallishly
ịmgbụrụ n. corrugation; line
ịmgbú ̣tụ v.i. recoil or shrink; grow humpy
ịmgbú ̣tụ-ọbụ n. humpback or hunchback
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ịmgbú ̣tú ̣ụ a. humpy; hunchy
ịmgbú ̣tú ̣ụmọ adv. with a hump
ịmọ n. core; heartwood; the hardest part of a tree, see ịkụrụḅa
usually impregnated with black resinous
matter; ironwood; species of mangrove;
ịmó ̣rọịn n.m. c periwinkle with smooth shell; e.g. ịmó ̣rọịn ịsẹmị
ịmparaḅọ n.m. carrier; porter; drudge; servile worker; slave
ịmparafịrị n. drudgery
ịmụkú ̣ n. stinginess; churlishness
ịmú ̣kú ̣ụ a. stingy; churlish; niggardly
ịmú ̣kú ̣ụmọ adv. churlishly; etc.
ịmụnụmụnụ n. tp middle folding leaves of oil palm tree torn in
shreds, used as part of war dress, in traditional
shrines, or used singly for tying
ịmụsú ̣ n. tp male flower of oil-palm
ịná poss. my, 1st pers. plural;
ịna poss. your , 2nd pers. plural;
ínaịn
̣ n. my own; mine; belonging to me
ịnaịn n. your own; yours; belonging to you (sg.)
índạ int. how many? (followed by a noun or sentence): e.g. índa
̣ ḅara
‘how many hands?’
ịndá n.m. f fish sp.; royal threadfin (‘young shiny nose’; Pentanemus
‘adult shiny nose’) quinquarius
ịndáḅara n.m. f giant African threadfin; 6ft. and over Polydactilis
quadrifilis
ịndáḅutu n.m. f lesser African threadfin Galeoides
decadactylus
ịndá eḅutu n. f (‘golden threadfish or shiny nose’)
ịnda-ímeni n. h plant sp. with soft and tasty wood used for
chop-stick
ịnda-ísongu n.m. f fish sp., European anchovy Engraulis
encrasicolus cf.
isongu
ịndá-isongu n.m. f fish sp., European anchovy Engraulis
encrasicolus cf.
isongu
ịndamanga n. oblique or asquint lock; squint, strabismus
(when eye turns inward or outward it is
referred to as cross-eyed strabismus and wall-
eyed strabismus respectively)
ịndányingi n.m. f threadfin sp. family Polynemidae
índaị
̣ n. how many (used as a subject): e.g. índaị
̣ ị wọ ékị?
̣
‘how many did you
take?’; máịn na
traị na índaị?
̣ ‘2 +
3, how many?’
ịndálaị n. wire
ịndíkáa
̣ a. very black
ịndụ v.i. tarry; remain; wait for
ịndụlụ v.i. recoil; grow humpy
ịndụlú ̣mọ v.t. hump or hunch up (back) wilfully for a
moment
ịndụlụ-ọbụ n. p humpback; hunchback
ịndú ̣lú ̣ụ a. humpy; hunchy
ịndú ̣lú ̣ụmọ adv. with a hump
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ịngará n. d scabies; crawcraw
ịngará-ịngara a. d scabious; scabby
inme-íngara
̣ n. h lichen cf. inmo-íngara
̣
ịngaradọ n. d smallpox; variola
ịngará fị v.p. make mischief
ịngaráfị n. cheating tendency; mischievous conduct
ịngaráfị a. mischievous
ịngaráfịḅọ n.m.f mischief-maker
.
ịngarụ n.m. c periwinkle sp. with spiked shell also ịngarụ-ịsẹmị
ịngị adv. thoroughly
ịngịasí ̣ n. he spoon
ịngịasítịḅị
̣ n. spoonful
ịngịlímọ
̣ v.i. tarry; wait; persist
ịngímọ
̣ v.i. exert force to excrete or deliver foetus; bear
down
ịngịmó ̣ v.t. push or bear down
ịngịrị v.i. scream; screech
ịngịrị n. scream; screech
ịngịrímọ ̣ adv. screeching
ịngịrịmó ̣ v.t. cause to screech, etc.
ịngịríngị ̣ v.i. char (completely)
ịngọ n. riches; wealth; prosperity
ịngọ kọn v.p. acquire, possess, win (wealth or prosperity)
ịngú ̣ n.m. am frog sp.
ịngụa v.i. hurry up; make haste
ịngụịngú ̣ a. touching; affecting; pathetic
ịngụịngú ̣ v.i. be affected or moved in mind
ịngụịngú ̣ n. touchingness; affect
ịngụịngú ̣mọ adv. touchingly; affectingly
íngụó
̣ ̣ n. cr sugar-cane Saccharum
officinarum
(Gramineae)
ịngú ̣síị́ ̣ a. lean and dejected
ịngú ̣sịịmọ adv. dejectedly
ịní ̣ poss. 1st pers. singular; my, mine
ịnị poss. 2nd pers. singular; your; thine; thy;
ịnịa, ịnịya n. wp arrow; dart
ịníḅịḅịnátẹrẹ
̣ íḅ
̣ áa n. ft hairy larva found in dry crayfish
ịnkwọ n. ??? = sụka [not in text]
ịníya ̣ n.m. k my son (archaic)
ịnkpọpị n.m. fathom of cloth tied to fall in front
ịnọ n. bm wound; cut; flaw
ịnọ lá v.p. sustain or suffer wound
ịnọ ékị ̣ lamó v.p. bm wound
ịntakị n.m. cl fathom of cloth tied to fall in front
ịntẹ conj. but; and
ịnụ a. old (of things)
ịnụḅuru n. cr old, sweet yam
ịnú ̣ ḅụọ v.p. become old and sweet
ínwaịn
̣ v.i. tie (cloth) round loins: e.g. ḅịtẹ ínwaịn
̣ ‘tie
cloth’
ínwaịn-ḅịtẹ
̣ n. dr loincloth
ịnwaịnmó ̣ v.t. tie (cloth, etc.) on to
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ḅịté-ịnwaịntẹḅọ
̣ n.m.f p adult person
.
ịnwanwán n. ga play in water
ịnwanwan n. g sedge with very sharp stem and leaves Scheri sp.
(Cyperaceae)
ịnwẹnẹ n. mi very small copper bells used for tying on
hands during dances, etc.
ịnyaíṇ n.pl. crumbs; small shredded fragments (especially
of shrimp)
ịnyán v.i. become restless; yearn; be filled with longing
for or after rest, home, or action
ịnyánmọ adv. restlessly; yearningly; longingly
ịnyanmó ̣ v.t. cause to become restless
ịnyan n. tp frond of small raffia vinifera palms used for
roofing or walling; dry frond of raffia palms
in general for burning anything
ịnyángị n. bp clitoris
ịnyanya n.pl. he roof mats (plural of ịnyan)
ịnyọ1 n. d eczema
ịnyọ2 n. man-power; strength; stamina; staying power;
power of endurance; ability
ịnyọkpó ̣ a. powerful
ịnyọ3 n. breath; air taken into and expelled from lungs
ịnyọ ḍọụmó ̣ v.p. take breath; pause; rest
ịnyọ pélẹ̣ v.p. breathe one’s last; die; give up ghost
ịnyọpẹlẹ n. giving up ghost
ịnyọpélẹ-ikurusi
̣ n. first cannon shot fired at the death of a person
ịnyọ sara v.p. breathe
ịpá n. column; body of people, especially following
one another; part or section of a crowd; lobe,
especially of liver or lungs
ípiriya
̣ n. b bird sp. (unidentified)
ịpó ̣ró ̣ọ a. littery; in a state of untidiness; disorderly
accumulation of odds and ends
ịpó ̣ró ̣ọ v.i. litter; look untidy (of objects lying about)
mịé ̣ ịpọró ̣ọmọ v.p. make untidy
ịpó ̣tó ̣ọ a. & (be) ashamed, abashed; disconcerted by
v.i. consciousness of guilt
mịé ̣ ịpó ̣tó ̣ọmọ v.p. make ashamed; disconcert
ịrá n. seclusion or retirement in fattening house
according to either custom or after child-birth,
accouchement; lying-in; delivery in child-
birth
ịrá kọrị v.p. tend woman in child-birth
ịrákọrị n. midwifery; obstetrics
ịrákọrịḅọ n.m.f midwife; man-midwife; obstetrician
.
ịrákọrịfịrị n. midwifery work; obstetrics
ịrá sụọ v.p. be confined for fattening or after childbirth
ịrásụọmọ v.t. fatten; seclude in fattening house
ịrá tụwẹịn v.p. present food, etc., to women at childbirth
according to N embe custom, done by the
husband or his representative
ịrátụwẹịn n. such custom of presentation of provisions
ịrátụwẹịn a. with young one; nursing: e.g. ịrá ịyọrọḅọ
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‘nursing mother’;
ịrá nama ‘animal
giving suck’
ịrẹ1 n. t sasswood tree Erythrophleum
suaveolens (Guill.
& Perr.) Brenan
(Leguminosae-
Caesalpinioidae)
ịrẹ, ẹrẹ2 n. name; nomenclature; word by which
individual person, animal, place or thing is
called
ịrẹ ékị
̣ tịn v.p. name; give name to; (figuratively) give bad
name to
ịrẹfá a. nameless; anonymous
ịrẹfí(tẹ)
̣ a. celebrated; famous
ịrẹná(tẹ) a. renowned
ịrẹsinyaị n.pl. bf blood (more idiomatic
than odúai, odúyaị,
puló)
ịrú ̣ a. small; not large; not plenty
ịrú ̣ n. smallness; paucity
ịrú ̣mọ adv. into small pieces
ịrụmó ̣ v.t. make small; belittle
ịrú ̣tẹịn a. least; smallest; slightest
ịrú ̣timi-ifie n. infancy; early childhood; babyhood
írụa
̣ v.i. pinch from anything before actual division
ịrú ̣a n. sun; sunshine
ịrụakụra n. wt dry season
ịrụapaga-anga or - n., East; Orient; eastern; oriental; eastward;
dụ adv. easterly
& a.
ịrụasụọ-anga or - n., West, Occident; Western; occidental;
dụ adv. westward; westerly
& a.
írụdú
̣ ̣ụ v.i. be current; prevail (esp. of news)
ịrụká n. brass bangle; any imperishable property
ịságụ n.m. f fish sp.; characin
ịsalasá1 n. tp spongy roots overhanging a river in which
prawns (opuro) are caught
ịsalasá2 fg artificial trap for sp. opuro resembling the order
real one Characiformes. cf.
ikolokoló, ọkpaịn
ịsalị a. stark; stiff; rigid; not flexible
ịsalị v.i. grow stiff after death
ịsalịmó ̣ adv. stiffly; rigidly
ịsalịmó ̣ v.t. make stiff; stiffen
ịsamụ n. fp fin (of fish; frill (of cloth; a type of woven
cloth with a frilled edge
ịsan1 n. sponge; native fibrous material used in
filtering palm wine
ịsan2 n. shred; scrap; fragment; rag; strip, torn or
broken piece; small remains
ịsẹmị n.m. c ‘common periwinkle’ family Littorinidae
ịsẹmị-ịkara n. c periwinkle shell
ịmó ̣rọịn-ịsẹmị n.m. c periwinkle sp. (see ịmọrọịn)
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ịngarụ-ịsẹmị n.m. c periwinkle sp. (see ịngarụ)
ịsẹrẹ n.m. b sun-bird family
N ectariniidae (cf.
ịmbị-akásiko;
ịmbị-akásọgị; ọtị
ísị̣ 1 a. bald; hairless; featherless
ísị̣ 1 v.i. lose hair
ísị̣ 2 v.i. be cut or cleared
ịsí ̣ v.t. cut, clear for farm, etc.
ịsịngí ̣ n. f large kind of ọtíọ,̣ a sea catfish (‘real grown Arius sp. = sịngí. ̣
catfish’; ‘second-stage catfish’; ‘young type cf. gbengu, nẹgú ̣,
catfish’) nẹngú ̣
ịsísị̣ v.i. be bruised, be contused
ịsísịyọ
̣ n. abrasion; contusion; bruise; graze
ịsịsí ̣ v.t. abrade; scrape off, injure (skin) by violent
rubbing; bruise; contuse; excoriate; graze
ịsọnọ n.m. i ant in general; emmet
ịsọnọwarị n. i ant nest
ịsụ n.m. m giant-pouched rat (giant rat) spp. Gambian giant-
pouched rat
(Gambian giant rat),
Cricetomys
gambianus, Emin’s
giant-pouched rat
(Emin’s giant rat),
C. emini. Also
identified as the
N igerian white-
toothed shrew,
Crocidura nigeriae.
Cf. tụrụ-éke
ịsụḅụ knife
ịsụlụ a., (be) persistent (of sore) against medicine;
v.i. chronic; lingering
ịsụlụmó ̣ v.t. make persistent
ịsú ̣sú ̣ụ a. snouted
ịtaḅalá n.m. f fish sp. blackchin tilapia; spotted tilapia; Sarotheradon
redbelly tilapia; and other cichlid or tilapiine melanotheron
fish sp. (‘river tilapia’) melanotheron;
Tilapia mariae;
Tilapia zillii; and
other family
Cichlidae. cf. adi,
atán, elekéti,
ọkpọtụḅa
ịtílạ n.m. f mudskipper Periophthalmus
spp. cf. amgbóko
itíla-imeme
̣ n. hangnail
ịtítáạ a. (of teeth) carious; decayed
ítorú
̣ n. b pink-backed pelican Pelecamus
rufescens
ịtú1̣ n.m. c very small mangrove crab (= tígarágara)
ịtụfụrú ̣ n.m. f fish sp.; snapper sp. which feeds on crabs Lutjanus sp.
ịtú2̣ n.m. i insect that bores into canoes
ịtụḅụlú ̣ n. haft; handle; hilt; shaft; tang (of knives,
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spades, etc.)
ịtú ̣tụ n. d caries; decay of teeth; shipworm
ịtú ̣tụ-ịtú ̣tụ a. carious; decayed
ịvịavịá n. broom made of twigs or dry spadix of flower
cluster or inflorescence of coconut after the
nuts have been picked
ịwọfí ̣ n. premature death
ịwọ-indí n. fresh, raw, unsmoked fish
ịwọ-ịwọ a. fresh, raw, young
ịwọmó ̣ adv. afresh; anew
ịwọyaị n.pl. raw food presented to a deity or juju
ịwákáa a. conspicuous (of dress); striking to the eye;
attracting notice
ịwákáamọ adv. conspicuously
ịwísị̣ v.i. be torn off
ịwịsí ̣ v.t. tear off
ịwọ a. crude; fresh; green; new; novel; strange; raw;
unsmoked
ịyá n. agony; affliction; calamity; desperation;
distress; hardship; suffering; torture; misery
ịyaḅú ̣ pron. unspecified people; they; them, cf. eín
ịyá fị v.p. suffer; undergo pain or grief; have trouble; be
in distress
ịyámọ adv. distressingly; agonizingly
ịyamó ̣ v.t. afflict; distress with bodily suffering; torture;
inflict bodily pain
ịyágáa a. (of teeth) serrulate, or serrulated, finely serrate
ịyagụ n.m. f small fry of fish, esp. mullet e.g. family
Mugilidae. cf.
ịdẹgé-ịyagụ
̣
ịyó ̣ v.i. go with favourable tide; go easily and without
quarrel with someone
ịyó ̣ n. favourable tide (ebb or flow): e.g. ịyó ̣mindi
ịyọmó ̣ v.t. turn (about) to go favourably with tide
ịyọrọ a. & female; feminine; any part of a device or
n. mechanism that bears the lock or socket
ịyọrọḅọ n.f. woman (pl. ịyọrọ-ongu)
ịyọrọ lá v.p. attain womanhood or female maturity
ịyọrọlá n. attainment of womanhood or female maturity
ịyọrọtó ̣gụ n.f. p girl; maiden; an expression of praise
ịzan n. fo palm kernel oil
ịzú ̣zú ̣ụ a. having prominent front teeth

J.

jáị1 (also záị) a. heavy (of rain)

jáị1 (also záị) v.i. fall heavily
jáịmọ1 adv. heavily (of rain)
jáị2 v.i. alight (of bird), settle (after flying down from
the air)
jáịmọ2 adv. aloft; high up
jákajáka a. ruffled; shaggy; rough-haired; unkempt;
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jákajákamọ adv. shaggily
mịé ̣ jákajákamọ v.p. ruffle
jákakáa a. shaggy; with rough dried-up twigs; bristly;
setaceous
jákakáamọ adv. setaceously
jákatáa a. shaggy and lying loose (e.g. hair)
jákatáamọ adv. shaggily; loosely (of hair)
jakí ̣ v.i. pp flower; produce flower
jákịrị, zákịrị a. strong and agile, but too thin
jákịrịmọ adv. in a strong but thin way
jála n. comb; toothed strip of horn, metal, ivory,
wood, etc., for dressing or cleaning hair
ikegimajala n. metal comb
tịn-jala n. wooden comb
jalá v.t. A. comb; draw comb through hair tịḅị jalá comb hair’
jalá B. scratch soil for food (as fowl); push away
jálaḅáa a. supine; lying face upward
jálaḅáamọ adv. supinely
jalágị v.i. be scattered or dispelled; disintegrate;
dissolve (of meeting); resolve; straggle
jalágịmọ adv. dispersedly; scatteringly
jalagí ̣ v.t. scatter (things) about; bestrew; dispel;
disperse; dissipate
jálaláa a. supine
jálaláamọ adv. supinely
jálóo a. supine
jálóomọ adv. supinely
jámú ̣ụ a. tall; of more than average height
jámú ̣ụmọ adv. in a tall way
járaráa a. gawky; lanky
jée a. open; outspread (of space) (cf. gbée)
jéemọ adv. openly; without concealment
jéen a. clear; unclouded
jéenmọ adv. without concealment
jélekée a. open; clear; unclouded
jélekéemọ adv. openly; without concealment
jí (also zí) v.i. sag; have downward bulge or curve in middle (see dí)
jimó ̣, zimó ̣ v.t. make sag; cause to sag or curve; relax
jíge v.i. budge; move; quake
jíge n. shaking; churning; stir; concussion; quake;
tremor
jígejíge a. shaky; quaky
jígemọ adv. quakingly
kiríjíge n. earthquake
kụró ̣jige n. concussion; shock
jigé v.t. bestir; agitate; churn; stir; shake; sift; sieve;
riddle; concuss
imbi jige v.p. sift; sieve; riddle (kernels)
odú jige v.p. bestir oneself
jígo n. current; drift
jigó v.t. ford; wade
jígolo v.i. stagger through soft mud; cleave on to anchor
jigorí a. frisky; frolicsome; sportive; playful
jigorí v.i. caper; frisk; gambol; play pranks
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jigorí n. caper; frisk; gambol; prank; mad frolic; erratic
action
jigorímọ adv. friskingly; in a gambolling way; frolicsomely
jíi (also zíi) v.i. fall plentifully (of rope), or limply (of large
snake or human being) in one place
jíimọ, zíimọ adv. limply; plentifully
jiló v.i. twitch; pull with light jerk
jilómọ adv. with a light jerk or pull
jílóo a. stretchy
jílóo v.i. stretch out; protrude; be in the way
jílóo n. sticking out; protrusion; being in the way
jílóomọ adv. stretching out; in a drawn manner
jimeín n. extra power
jimeín tụa v.p. put extra power
jumúu v.i. jerk (e.g. of fishing-line); tug (cf. jịmú ̣ụ)
jumúu n. jerking (e.g. of fish on hook); tugging
jimúumọ adv. with a jerk or tug
jimúujimúu v.i. tug repeatedly
jíne v.i. struggle for life; be disturbed (by danger; of
many people)
jíne n. struggle for life
jínemọ adv. strugglingly
jiné v.t. worry (as restless baby worries mother)
jipúu1 n. zip; light sharp sound, as of bullet passing cf. jịpú ̣ụ1
through water
jipúumọ adv. with a zip; suddenly
jipúu2 v.i. disappear; vanish; be lost; die away from sight cf. jịpú ̣ụ2
or existence
Jízos n.m. Jesus <English
jịgẹ n.m. jigger
jígọrí
̣ ị̣ a. tubby
jígọrị́ ịmọ ̣ adv. in a tubby way
jílọ́ ̣ọ a. taut (of longer rope); not slack (cf. jínyó
̣ ̣ọ)
jílọ́ ̣ọ v.i. be taut
jílọ́ ̣ọ n. tautness
jílọ́ ̣ọmọ adv. tautly
jímụụ ̣ a. extra taut (as of rope in tug-of-war)
jímụụ ̣ v.i. be extra taut
jímụụmọ ̣ adv. extra tautly
jịmú ̣ụ, zịmú ̣ụ v.i. tug (as fish on line) (cf. jimúu)
jịmú ̣ụ, zịmú ̣ụ n. tug (as of fish on line)
jịmú ̣ụmọ adv. tugging
jínyọ, ̣ zínyọ
̣ v.i. be half-slack (of rope)
jínyọ, ̣ zínyọ̣ n. half-slackness (of rope)
jínyọmọ ̣ adv. half-slackly
jínyó ̣ ̣ọ a. taut (of shorter string) (cf. jílọ́ ̣ọ)
jínyó ̣ ̣ọ v.i. be taut
jínyó ̣ ̣ọmọ adv. tautly
jịpú ̣ụ1 n. zip; light sharp sound, as of bullet passing (cf. jipúu 1.)
through water
jịpú ̣ụmọ adv. with a zip
jịpú ̣ụ2 v.i. to be absent (at a short distance; for a short (cf. jipúu 2.)
time)
jíụ̣ v.i. feel a sudden chill (e.g. of iced water)
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jíụ̣ n. sudden sensation of cold (e.g. of liquid)
jíụmọ
̣ adv. suddenly chilling
jókáa a. huge and fearsome (esp. of teeth of monsters)
jókáamọ adv. in a huge and monstrous way
jóko n. animosity; active enmity; lasting hatred; feud;
hostility
jókoḅọ n.m.f enemy; hostile person (pl. jóko-ongu)
.
jóko sụọ v.p. to become enemies
jóngbolóo a. tall (as of a monster)
v.i. be tall and monstrous
jóngbolóomọ adv. in a huge and monstrous way
jóngo n.m. jar; quantity contained in it
jóo v.i. stare; gaze; look fixedly with eyes wide open
jóo n. stare; gaze; intent look
jóomọ adv. intently; staringly (of look)
jopíi v.i. jump into water feet first; stride away (as of
monster)
jopíi n. jumping into water feet first; striding away (as
of monster)
jopíimọ adv. jumping into water feet first
jóri v.i. be difficult to understand
jó ̣ị1 a. pattering (of rain or water); trickling (of
stream into sea)
jó ̣ịmọ1 adv. patteringly; tricklingly
jó ̣ị2 v.i. lie about; spread; litter
jó ̣ịmọ2 adv. lying about untidily
jó ̣kụ v.i. jut; stick out; protrude
jó ̣kụụ a. protrusive; protruding; sticking out
jó ̣kụụmọ adv. protrusively
jó ̣kụụyọ n. jut; protrusion; crest; projection
jọlọlíị̣ a. straight; without bend
jọlọlíị̣ v.i. be stretched or straightened
jọlọlíị̣ n. straightness
jọlọlíịmọ ̣ adv. without bending
jó ̣ró ̣in a. tall and slim (as of person)
jó ̣ró ̣inmọ adv. in a tall slim manner
jọró ̣ịn v.i. glide into water
jọró ̣ịn n. gliding motion into water (as of kingfisher)
juáa, zuáa v.i. dive into water (out of sight)
juáa, zuáa n. dive into water (out of sight)
juáamọ adv. with a dive (out of sight)
júgujúgu v.i. splurge; make noisy display or effort in the
hold of the mesh of a net just above water (of
fish
júgujúgu n. splurge
júgujúgumọ adv. with a splurge
jugujugú v.t. rinse (mouth); fill mouth with water and swill
vigorously to wash out
jú ̣gụjú ̣gụ v.i. make a light splurge or splash
jú ̣gụjú ̣gụ n. light splurge
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K.

ka part. even; too; also; likewise

káan v.i. burst asunder; gush; be torn; be pierced
through
káantẹ a. tattered (of cloth)
kaḅí ̣ n.m. f king of fish; tigerfish Hydrocynus vittatus
[ vitteatus?]
Kaḅó p.n. Urhobo town from which type of hard farina (cf. ịgabó)
is obtained; cf. kaḅóna’ífinia
kaḅú1̣ n. adage; proverb; traditional maxim;
enigmatical saying; allegory; parable; saw;
by-word
kaḅú1̣ v.t. speak proverbially or ironically (to someone)
kaḅú ̣ kọn v.p. speak a proverb
kaḅú2̣ n. fg special noose for doubling meshes (net
weaving)
kaḅú ̣ tụa v.p. put such a noose
kádịgíị̣ a. gnarled; gnarly; rugged
kádịgíịmọ̣ adv. ruggedly
kadịgíkadịgị
̣ a. covered with protuberances; twisted; rugged
kadịgíkadịgịmọ
̣ adv. ruggedly
káfịáan, káfịan a. lean and small
káfịáanmọ adv. in a lean and small way
kága v.i. become tangled; be tied with (loincloth)
sideways
kaga v.t. tie; fasten; tether
kagámọ v.t. tie, bind (to, down to, together); attach; fasten
to
kágị a. firm; of solid or compact structure
kágị v.i. be firm; get compact; get consolidated
kágị n. firmness
kágịmọ adv. firmly; compactly
kagịmó ̣ v.t. consolidate; compact; solidify; cf. nangá kagịmọ
‘tread (something)
firm’
kagí ̣ v.t. fg dam a creek during the day in a special
manner for fishing in night tide
kágo n. cargo; wares <English cargo)
kagulúkagulu a. very uneven (e.g. of floor); crooked (e.g. of
wood)
kagulúkagulumọ adv. unevenly; crookedly
kágulúu a. twisted, rugged (of larger objects)
kágulúumọ adv. twistedly; ruggedly
kágurúu a. sinewy (of a strong man); muscular;
awkwardly bent (of tree)
kágurúumọ adv. in a sinewy or muscular way; in an
awkwardly-bent way
kagụlú ̣kagụlụ a. uneven; crooked (less than kagulúkagulu)
kagụlú ̣kagụlụmọ adv. unevenly; crookedly
kágụlú ̣ụ a. twisted; rugged (of smaller objects)
kágụlú ̣ụmọ adv. twistedly; ruggedly
kágụrú ̣ụ a. sinewy (of smaller man); muscular;
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kágụrú ̣ụmọ adv. in a sinewy or muscular way; in an
awkwardly-bent way
kái1 v.i. abound; be plentiful
kái2 v.t. bang; make sound of gun or explosion
kái2 n. bang; report of gun
káimọ adv. with a bang
káị v.i. make sound as of striking a stone or bone
káị n. sound of a knife on a stone or bone
káịmọ adv. with a sharp blow
káịn v.i. come off (as fruit from tree or leg from crab)
káịn koro v.p. be plucked off
kaí ̣ v.t. pluck; pick (flower, fruit); reap; harvest, crop
(grain crop such as maize, rice, etc.)
kaịn-óngu n.pl.p reapers; harvesters
ers.
kaín-ye
̣ n. instrument for reaping; harvesting machine
káịnkólo n.m. b bird sp.; bulbul Pycnonotus
barbatus (= akpo-
égele)
kaká n. fourth day of the native week held sacred and
as day of rest before the advent of the English
seven-day week
kakaḅúu v.t. snap; make sudden audible bite
kakaḅúu n. snap
kakaḅúumọ adv. with a snap
kakaḅú ̣ụ v.t. same as kakaḅúu, but of smaller object
and
n.
kákaráa a. dry
kákaráa v.i. be dry and stiff (e.g. as sheet); be dry and
crumbly (as mud floor)
kákaráa n. dryness
káraráamọ adv. in a dry way
kakaráa v.i. rattle; crackle (as of dry leaves) (cf. fakaráa)
and
n.
kakaráakakaráa v.i. (make) rapid succession of short sharp hard
and sounds; rattle
n.
kakarákakara v.i. struggle; contend with in violent effort to get
free or escape grasp
kakarákakara n. violent struggle
kakarákakaramọ adv. strugglingly
kákoló n. precipitousness; steepness
kákolóo a. steep; precipitous
kákolóomọ adv. steeply; precipitously
kákoro a. strong without flesh; hard without water (of
land)
kákoromọ adv. in a strong but lean or dry way
kakorókakoro a. (of palm fruit) having thin pulp; stony
kákurúu a. muscular
kákurúumọ adv. muscularly
kakụrú ̣kakụrụ a. stony (of fruit)
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kakụrú ̣kakụrụmọ adv. stonily (of fruit)
kákụrú ̣ụ a. stony (of fruit)
kalá1 a. little; minute; small; junior; lesser; minor;
smaller
kalá2 n. small or big root or opú ikemu
kala-áma n. village; small town
kala erému n. f spotted soapfish ? Rypticus
subbifrenatus. cf.
erému
kaláfuro n. bp small intestines
kaláị1 n.pl. few; not many; e.g. kaláị ékị ̣ ḅóo
‘bring a few’; kaláị
bú ̣ kó ̣ ‘a few were
left’; indi ákalaị
ékị̣ ḅóo ‘bring a
few fishes’
kaláị2 (kaláyaị) n.pl. small ones; small pieces or things; e.g. ó ̣wọmá kalaị
‘small children’;
mamá kalaịmá
táan ‘collect these
small ones’
kalánama n. al small animal
kalíe (kaláye) n. something small; small thing or piece; e.g. kalíemí kọ́ ̣ọn ‘pick
the small piece’
(singular of kaláị)
kalíọ̣ 1 n. bit; drop; small piece of anything; e.g. mindítọpị kalịọ:
‘little drop of water’
kalíọ̣ 2 adv. awhile; for a short time; slightly; e.g. í na
̣ kalíọ̣ koru
‘wait awhile with
me’; kalíọ̣ seítẹ
‘slightly spoilt’
kalíọḅụkọ
̣ adv. nearly, almost; (lit. "it remained small")
kala-ó ̣wọma n.pl. p small children
kala-ó ̣wọmayaị n.pl. d chickenpox; varicella; measles
kaláseri n. first flow of tide
kalató ̣gụ n.m.f small child (0-12 years)
.
kaláwarị n. small house; closet
kaláḅarị n. N ew Calabar people; pertaining to them
and
a.
kaláịn v.i. jump smartly on one foot with the other raised
(as in a dance); raise both legs casually while
sleeping on a bed (as children do)
kaláịnmọ adv. jumping smartly on one foot with the other
raised, or raising both legs while resting on a
bed
kalukalu a. pop-eyed; having bulging eyes; bulgy
kalukalúmọ adv. with bulging eyes
kalụkalụ a. same as preceding
kambala n. straddle; (be in) attitude with legs wide apart
and
v.i.
kámbaláamọ adv. with a straddle
kambí a. sour; of acid taste as a result of fermentation
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kambí v.i. become sour
kambí n. sourness
kambímọ adv. sourly
kambimó ̣ v.t. make sour, soured
kambịlí ̣ v.i. become sour
kambịlí ̣ n. sourness
kambịlịmó ̣ v.t. make sour; sour
kámbịlíị̣ a. sour; of acid taste, due to much potash
kámbịlíịmọ ̣ adv. sourly
kámbolóo a. hollow-eyed; having sunken eyes
kámbolóomọ adv. with sunken eyes
kámị v.i. quarrel; find fault with; brawl; squabble
kamí ̣ n. quarrel; altercation; squabble; brawl
kamíḍọgị
̣ a. quarrelsome
kamíḍọgị ̣ n. quarrelsomeness
kamíḍọgịmó ̣ ̣ mọndị v.p. go about quarrelsomely
kamíkamị ̣ a. peevish; querulous; irritable
kamíkamịmọ ̣ adv. querulously
kamí k ̣ ọrị v.p. compose a quarrel
kamí ṣ ụọ v.p. quarrel
kamịníkamịnị ̣ v.i. tingle; feel prickling sensation (especially in
throat)
kamịníkamịnị
̣ n. tingle; prickling sensation (esp. in throat)
kamó1̣ n. ceremonial pouring of libation during feast,
masquerade or funeral rites of juju persons
kamó1̣ v.i. pour libation (cf. kanmó ̣)
kamó2̣ n. free gift of fish, food, etc., given to one
another on highways; the act of presenting
such gifts
kamó2̣ v.t. give out, receive, such gifts; e.g. kamó ̣ ó ‘give (me)
something!’ (said
e.g. when passing
people fishing)
kamó ̣ye n. elephant tail hair used as necklace in olden
days (a version of Aro Igbo nkam ényí)
kán n. earth formed from remains of wood ash; dust
kan v.t. rend; tear; lacerate; mangle; scatter (meeting,
gathering)
kaná n.m. bs basket; wicker vessel of cane ropes, rushes,
etc.; the quantity contained in it
kanátịḅị n. basketful
kana n. carboy; large globular glass bottle usually
protected with a frame of rushes; demijohn
kanakaná v.i. tingle; feel prickling or stinging sensation
(esp. in the nose)
kándikándi v.i. sprawl; spread (one’s limbs) out in ungainly
and way; sprawling movement
n.
kándikándimọ adv. with a sprawl
kangá a. dry; without water
kangá v.i. become dry by evaporation, draining, wiping,
etc.
kangámọ adv. in a dry way
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kangákiri n. dry land
kángaláa a. straddling; sprawling
kángaláa v.i., straddle; sprawl
n.
kángaláamọ adv. with a straddle
kángaráa a. dry; fatless (of fish or meat)
kángaráa v.i. be dry or fatless
kángaráamọ adv. in a dry or fatless way
kángaráamó ̣ v.t. make dry
kángiríi a. robust; not slender
kángiríi n. robustness
kángiríimọ adv. robustly
kángolóo a. large (of living things) in comparison with
another of same kind
kángolóo n. comparatively large size
kángolóomọ adv. in a comparatively large way
kángoróo a. emaciated; lean
kángoróo n. emaciation; leanness
kángoróomọ adv. in an emaciated way
kanmó ̣ n. (pour) libation (cf. kamó ̣)
and
v.i.
káparáa a. ungracefully lean and tall
káparáamọ adv. in a tall and lean way
kápóo a. lean; emaciated
kápóomọ adv. in an emaciated way
kapúu n. snap; (make) sudden audible bite or cut
and
v.t.
kapúumọ adv. with a snap
kapú`ụ n. & same as preceding
v.t.
kará a. A. complete
kará B. too much
karágha a. incomplete
karámọ adv. completely
karamó ̣ v.t. complete; make up the amount of, or the
position of
kara v.t. carve; slice off pieces from (wood, etc.) with
knife; sliver; peel; take off skin from (yam,
cocoyam, pineapple, etc.)
karasara-áye n.pl. peelings; slivers
karákara a. straight; without curve or bend; erect; vertical;
upright; righteous; strictly honourable or
honest; just; equitable; straightforward
karákara v.i. be straight or erect
karákara n. straightness; erectness; honesty; justness
karákaramọ1 adv. straight; vertically; uprightly; righteously;
honestly; justly; straightforwardly; etc.
karákaramọ2 v.t. straighten or make straight
-karamó ̣ a. pertaining to position: e.g. máịnkaramọ
‘second’;
traịkaramọ ‘third’;
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‘fourth’
karan n. h shrub of spearmint family; tea-bush; scent- Ocimum
leaf; African curry-powder; used for cookery gratissimum Linn.
and as medicine; savoury (Labiatae)
karapúu v.i. snip (larger things); (make) cut with small
& n. quick strokes as with scissors
karapúumọ adv. with a snip
karapú ̣ụ v.i. snip (smaller things)
& n.
karapú ̣ụmọ adv. with a snip
kararáa v.i. (feel) slightly twisting sensation on side of
& n. body; feel a twinge
kararáamọ adv. tightly, with twisting sensation
káraríi a. stern (of look)
káraríimọ adv. sternly
kararíi v.i. (feel) grating sensation in throat in
& n. swallowing
kararíimọ adv. with grating sensation
kararíị̣ v.i. similar to preceding, but sharper and more
& n. painful
kararíịmọ̣ adv. with sharp grating sensation
karí ̣ v.t. pray; worship; adore; engage in prayer
karí ̣ n. prayer; litany; worship
karíwarị
̣ n. a church; prayer-house; house of worship;
synagogue; cathedral
karíị̣ excl. serve you right!
karịzíni n. kerosene <English
oweikarịzíni n. petrol
karụkarú ̣ a. rough; not smooth
karụkarú ̣mọ adv. roughly
kasa n. fg racket for drying fish
kasíi v.i. (give forth) sound (as) of a shrewd or sharp
& n. blow
kasíimọ adv. with the sound of a sharp blow
kásị v.i. be confined or imprisoned; be locked up; be
crucified; (of screw) tighten
kasí1̣ v.t. fetter; shackle; chain; imprison; confine; lock;
nail; crucify; load; charge (as gun with shot);
button up (as chest); tighten (nut or screw)
kasí1̣ n. A. confinement; imprisonment
kasí1̣ B. charge; right quantity of explosive for gun;
load
kasịmó ̣ v.t. fasten; fetter; shackle; chain; nail (to
something)
tekelé kasị v.t. crucify
kasí2̣ v.i. dress up with cloth
kásoróo a. lean; gaunt; thin; not plump (cf. kófolóo)
kásoróo v.i. grow lean or thin
kásoróo n. leanness; gauntness
kásoróomọ adv. thinly
kasụkasú ̣ a. bony; thorny
kasụkasú ̣mọ adv. with bones
kátaḅáa a. stiff; rigid; not flexible
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kátaḅáa n. stiffness
kátaḅáamọ adv. stiffly
kátakáta v.i. boil vigorously
kátakáta n. vigorous boiling
kátakátamọ adv. vigorously
kátakpóo a. tall and stout
kátakpóomọ adv. stoutly
katịkatí ̣ a. thorny; spiny; prickly; full of spines
katịkatímọ ̣ adv. with thorns
káu v.i. (give forth) sound (as) of cutting with an axe,
& n. or of hitting foot heavily against something
káumọ adv. with such loud sound
káụ v.i. (give forth) sound (as) of cutting with sharp
& n. knife
káụmọ adv. with such sharp sound
kaú ̣n1 v.t. catch (a thrown object); snap; take up word
from someone without letting one finish;
snatch; sei(feel) grating sensation in throat
when swallowing
kaú ̣n2 v.t. dash foot against something e.g. ekuré ị̣̣́ kaú ̣ ̣n I
stubbed mỵ̣̣̣̣ toe
̣̣̣
kaú ̣n3 v.i. b hawk ̣̣̣
& ̣̣̣
̣̣̣
v.t. ̣̣̣
̣̣̣
kaú ̣n4 v. grating sensation in throat when swallowing; e.g. pọgó ̣ kaú ̣̣̣ ̣n
clear throat noisily to bring up (phlegm, bone
etc.)
kaú ̣n5 v.t. bear malice or wrongful intention towards e.g. ó í kaú
̣ ̣n wọrí ̣
another; threaten; state intention firmly he bore malice
towards me, he
threatened me
kaú ̣n6 n. palm fibre left after oil has been expressed
and the nuts separated
keḅé1 v.t. influence; have effect upon (foetus) e.g. owuḅeí
tó ̣gụmá keḅeté ̣ the
maspuerade has
influenced the baby
girl (i.e. the baby
looks like the
masquerade her
mother saw while
pregnant)
keḅé2 v.t. leave (someone) sad after departure from a
place; be missed by (someone)
kee (?) v.i. (utter) loud shout or cry
keekee (?) n. loud shout or cry
keekeemọ adv. (of shout) loudly
kéfekéfe v.i. stagger; totter
kéfekéfe n. stagger(ing); totter(ing)
kéfekéfemọ adv. staggeringly
kéferée a. (of clothes and nose only) short
kéguru n. fp gizzard or crop of mullets, bonga
keki v.i. be near; draw near to; approach e.g. wa ama ná
kekité ̣ we are near
home
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keki a. near; close to (in time or place) e.g. ịna kekinimi
warí ṣ ụó ̣ọ enter the
house near you
keki adv. near; at a short distance e.g. ó fí n
̣ a mu
kekité ̣ he is near to
death, he is almost
dead
kekía v.i. be near; draw near to e.g. wa ama ná
kekíatẹ we have
drawn near to home
kekía a. near; close to (in time) e.g. kekía ene ghọ
ḅóo come on a near
day (i.e. soon); wa
kekíanimí we are
related; kekía ifie
in a short time;
kekía tẹíṇ nearest,
next
kekía adv. near; at a short distance e.g. wa ama ná mu
kekíatẹ we have
gone near home
kekíamọ adv. closely e.g. kekíamọ ó léẹ̣
flog him from close
at hand; kekíamọ ó
díị̣ examine him
closely
kekíya v.i. be near; draw near to e.g. wa ama ná
kekíatẹ we have
drawn near to home
kelú n. deep part of river; depth; deep water; deep
place; abyss
kelúkeluḅaḅuru n. h water-lily
kémbeláa a. big, fat, robust
kémbeláa v.i. waddle (of movement of fat person)
kémbeláamo adv. in a waddling way
kéngereḅa n. pl. phosperescence in salt water seen glowing at
night when water is disturbed
kengerékengeré v.i. (of tears) rise to eyes
kengerékengerémo adv. with tears rising to eyes
kengu v.i. chill; become cold; freeze
kengu v.i. harden; congeal; condense
kengumó ̣ v.t. (cause to) freeze; congeal; coagulate; chill
kení v.t. carve (meat) in pieces; chp; cut small
kenwáakenwáa v.i. swagger; show self-confidence or self-
satisfaction by gait; walk like a superior
among inferiors
kenwáakenwáa n. swaggering gait
kenwáakenwáamo adv. swaggeringly
keráa v.i. give crack on the head with force
keráa n. crack on the head caused by force
keráamọ adv. with forceful crack
kékéin a. rigid; stiff; not flexible
kékéin a. collected (of human being)
kékéinmọ adv. rigidly
kékéinmọ adv. collectedly
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kérekére a. sociable; ready and willing to converse; not
averse to society; liking company
kérekére n. sociability
kérekéremọ adv. sociably
kérekére kérekére a. unsteady in behaviour
kérekére kérekére n. unsteady behaviour
kérekére adv. with unsteady behaviour
kérekéremọ
kerikerí a. rough; not smooth
kerikerímọ adv. roughly
kesi a. actual, licit; real; true; proper; genruine
kesi agbará n. f snapper sp. Lutjanus sp. cf.
agbára
kesiḅará adv. properly; truly; actually; genuinely; really
kesi-ikereḅu n. cr new cocoyam Xanthosoma
maffafa
kesímọ adv. actually; really
kesiye1 adv. verily; truly
kesiye2 n. fact
késíi a. composed; tranquil; calm
késímọ adv. composedly
kéteḅáa a. solid; rigid
kéteḅáamọ adv. solidly; rigidly
ketiketí a. spiny; prickly
kéu n. sound (as) of a sharp blow on the head
kéu v.i. give forth sound (as) of a sharp blow on the
head
kéumọ adv. with sharp sound (as) of a blow on the head
ké1̣ v.t. avoid; abstain from; eschew; shun; skirt; pass e.g. ké ̣ b ̣ọgọ
close to without touching
ké2̣ v.t. slice; pare; cut (cloth into pattern) c.f. ké mu imení
ghọ koromó ̣ pare
(nails) to the quick
kéẹ̣ v.i. be sliced; be pared; be cut into pattern
kéfụ́ ̣ụ a. (of cloth) short
kéfú ̣ ̣ụmọ adv. in a short way
kẹgé1̣ v.t. guard an entrance
kẹgé2̣ n. b aquatic bird (unidentified)
kẹgẹrịḅá n. condition of legs being bandy or wide apart at
the knees
kẹgẹrịḅátụa a. bandy-legged; bow-legged
kẹgị v.t. guard c.f. ẹbí ̣
kéịké
̣ ị̣ v.i. hesitate; be reluctant
kéịké
̣ ịmọ ̣ adv. hesitatingly
kékẹ ̣ 1 v.i. cave in (of earth); be worn out
kékẹ ̣ 2 v.i. expand (of ulcer); emerge from egg
kékẹ ̣ n. erosion; abrasion (of waves)
kékẹ ̣ 1 v.t. cut food in pieces; chip; hack; hew; wash (of
waves); wear out
̣ 2
kékẹ v.t. hatch (egg)
kẹkẹré1̣ v.i. make clucking (of hen after laying); cackle
kẹkẹré1̣ n. clucking; cackle
kẹkẹrémọ̣ adv. cacklingly
kẹkẹré2̣ v.t. economize; use sparingly; practise economy;
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& be frugal; be economical (especially with
v.i. regard to food)
kẹkẹré2̣ n. frugality
kẹkẹré3̣ v.t. pursue (person) with palaver
kẹkụ v.i. manage with inadequate material
kẹkụrụ n. m rope squirrel (tree squirrel) spp. Thomas’s rope
squirrel (redless
tree squirrel),
Funisciurus
anerythrus, red-
cheeked rope
squirrel (orange-
head tree squirrel),
F. leucogenys, fire-
footed rope quirrel
(fire-foot tree
squirrel), F.
pyrropus. Also
recorded as kékụrụ
̣
kélé
̣ in
̣ a. passing casually in a balanced way; standing
in a balanced way (usually on one leg e.g. of
birds)
kélé
̣ inmọ
̣ adv. in a balanced way (usually of standing on one
leg or passing casually)
kẹlụkẹlú ̣ a. dwarfish; stunted (especially of mangroves)
kẹlụkẹlú ̣ adj (describes) eyes of someone who has been in
water for a long time
kẹlụkẹlú ̣mọ adv. dwarfishly (!); stuntedly
kẹmbéẹkẹmbé
̣ ẹ̣ a. moving in a showy way (as when wearing
new clothes)
kẹmbéẹkẹmbé
̣ ẹ̣ v.i. move in a showy way
kẹmbéẹkẹmbẹ́ ẹmọ
̣ adv. showily
kẹmbélẹkẹmbé ̣ lẹ
̣ v.i. swagger
kẹmbélẹkẹmbé ̣ lẹ ̣ n. swagger; swaggering gait
kẹmbélẹkẹmbé ̣ lẹm ̣ adv. swaggeringly
ọ
kéngẹ
̣ a. tilted
kẹngé1̣ n. tilt
kẹngé ̣ koro v.p. remain in a tilted way (as a boat on land);
bend sideways (as in a dance)
kẹngé2̣ n. kind of tree
kẹngélẹkẹngé
̣ lẹ
̣ v.i. wobble (as of floating object in water)
kẹngélẹkẹngé
̣ lẹ ̣ n. wobble
kẹngélẹkẹngẹ́ lẹmọ ̣ adv. with a wobble
kẹngẹrékẹngẹrẹ̣ v.i. (of tears) rise to eyes
kẹnịfa n. ‘nineteen’ in a game of cards
kẹnrénkẹnrẹn
̣ v.i.. (of rain) abate; diminish; lessen
kẹnrẹnkẹnrẹn a. very ripe or mellow
kẹnrẹnkẹnrẹn v.i. be very ripe or mellow; be smoothly scraped
(as roasted food); be ready to burst (of boil)
kẹrẹndú ̣kẹrẹndụ v.i. move close by someone looking for favour;
meddle; interfere
kẹrẹndú ̣kẹrẹndụm adv. in a meddlesome way
ọ
késẹké
̣ sẹ
̣ v.i. drizzle; (fall in) fine dense drops of rain
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késẹké
̣ sẹ
̣ n. drizzle; fine dense drops of rain
késẹké
̣ sẹ ̣ a. drizzly
késẹké ̣ sẹmọ ̣ adv. with a drizzle
kẹsíị̣ a. short; not tall
kẹsíị̣ v.i. be short
kẹsíịmọ ̣ adv. in a short way
kétụké ̣ tụ ̣ a. dwarfish (!)
kétụké ̣ tụ ̣ n. dwarfishness
kétụké ̣ tụmọ ̣ adv. dwarfishly
kéụn ̣ 1 a. spruce; neat in dress and appearance;
kéụn ̣ 2 a. dexterous; deft; neat-handed; skilful
kéụn ̣ 3 a. dry; without water (of root crops)
kéụnmọ ̣ adv. neatly; sprucely; deftly; dexterously; skilfully
kẹụn1 n. potash used in cookery or mixed with tobacco
for snuff
kẹụn2 n.m. f fish sp., African red snapper Lutjanus agennes
cf. agbára
kẹụn-agbara n. f African red snapper Lutjanus agennes
kẹwá n.m. mongoose spp. [‘fox’] marsh mongoose,
Atilax paludinosus,
and long-snouted
mongoose (long-
nosed mongoose),
Herpestes naso
kí1 v.i. wink at; momentarily close one eye to convey e.g. tọrụ ékị ̣ kị
private intimation to person
kí2 v.t. adjourn, put off (of case, meeting); postphone; e.g. (of case,
change date of meeting; delay, defer; meeting) kí dịn ené
prị; kị sigimó ̣
kí3 v.t. appoint, fix (time, place, for a purpose) ene kí fix a date;
ifié ki fix a time
kímọ adv. put off to (another time)
ki1 v.t. cut, chop hack; hew, mangle, notch
ki2 v.t. tap (wine)
ki3 v.t. tattoo
kịánkururu n. green-backed heron Butorides striatus
(cf. kurukuruḅou;
ogbokó; pịnáḅou
kịárara n. fish-eating bird; tern family Sternidae
(=kịérịya;
̣ cf.
akú ̣pa; apú ̣ka)
kíasíi a. weighty; massive
kíḅikíḅi v.i. struggle; contend with person or obstacle or
work
kíḅikíḅi n. struggle
kíḅikíḅimọ adv. with struggle (difficulty?)
kídibúu a. fat-bellied (due to food); stodgy; bulging
kídibúu v.i. bulge
kídibúu n. stodginess; bulginess
kídibúumọ adv. in a bulging manner
kigbo n. f Madeiran sardinella, largest Cameroon Sardinella
sardine maderensis, =
búza, gbódo2. cf.
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kparakpará
kigí1 n. wall
sikakigí n. gable end (wall)
kigí2 v.t. balk, block, check dam, delay, hinder, detain,
restrain, bar, preclude, stop, thwart, obstruct,
hamper, impede, dissuade
kigímọ v.i. be shadowed or shielded
kigimó ̣ v.t. cover, shade, screen, shadow, shield, keep off,
defend
kigíye n. hindrance, restraint, obstruction, impediment
kígigúu a. stiff, rigid, unbending
kígigúu v.i. be stiffened
kígigúumọ adv. stiffly, rigidly
mịé ̣ kígigúu v.p. stiffen, make stiff
kígigúu(yọ) n. stiffness, stiffening
kígoni n. gun with stone as percussion cap
kíi v.i. be cut
kíiki v.i. walk heavily, thud
kíikimọ adv. with a thud
kíinkíin a. running heavily, thudding (of steps) n.b. lighter than
gbíin
kíinkíinmọ adv. with a thud
kike n. sẹkịapú ̣ dancing shout
kike v.t. to give sẹkịapú ̣ dancing shout
kíkele v.i. flounder, squirm, wriggle, writhe, wallow, roll
kíkele n. floundering, squirming, wriggling
kikelé v.t. roll, cause to move or turn in some direction
over and over, trundle
kíkelemó ̣ v.t. roll, trundle
kíkelemó ̣ n. the act of rolling
kíkiríi a. stocky; short and strongly-built
kíkiríimọ adv. in a stocky manner
kíle v.i. mingle with; go about among
kile n. defilement, pollution
kilemó ̣ v.t. defile, pollute, desecrate, make ceremonially
unclean
kingbou n. tree good for soft wood carving
kíngiríi a. fat and short
kíngiríimọ adv. in a fat, short way
kingirímangígha
̣ n. f largest type of ray order Rajiformes
kíoi num. one (used in counting only)
kiosíi v.t. pierce, prick (of sharp instrument); make hole
in (cask, boil etc.)
kiosíimọ adv. piercingly
kirí1 n. earth, ground, land, soil; ground fenced off for
tillage
kirí2 n. farm, building site, estate
kiri3 n. floor
kiri-ánga n. landside, landward
kiri-ánga a. landside, landward
kiríḅio n. underpart, underneath
kiríḅio a. underpart, underneath
kiríḅolo n. kind of weed
kiríḅọgọtẹ(ḅọ) n.m.f dead ancestor
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kirídụ n. base, bottom
kiríḍiri n. kind of weed
kirífa a. groundless
kirífofo n.m. snake sp.; carpet viper Echis carinatus
kirí gbori v.p. fence off a piece of land
kirí ghọ timi v.p. sit on ground, sit down
kiríghọtimíye n. seat
kiríkiri ad. shallow, not deep
kirídiriyọ1 n. shallow place
kirídiriyọ2 n. shoal
kirí kpokpo v.p. glean; gather grains left by reapers
kirí kpuru v.p. cut down large trees on top of growing crops
kirí kọ v.p. remain, be left over or behind
kiríkọ a. final, last, only remaining
kiríkọḅọ n.m.f survivor, remainder (of a family)
.
kiríkọyaị n.pl. remains, residue
kiríkọye n. remainder, surplus
kiríkọyọ n. remainder, surplus
kirí la v.p. reach land; be shallow (within a person’s
depth or so that a stick can reach the bottom
kirímọndịarụ n. vehicle (general), car, lorry etc.
kirímọndịwei n.m. snake (general)
kirínyanaḅọ n.m.f landowner
.
kiri-óḅori n. da goat
kiri-ó ̣tọkọ n. kind of shrub
kirísoguye1 n. plough
kirísoguye2 n. crowbar
kirísụgịrị-ene n. Saturday
kirí sụọ1 v.p. sink; fall to the bottom
kirí sụọ2 v.p. become land (of watery place)
ḅiokiri n. dry land
̣ 1
waríkiri n. floor
̣ 2
waríkiri n. building site
-kiri n. (usually suffixed to proper names to mean) Inémọkiri Inémo’s
settlement, colony settlement
kírimáin a. rigid, rigescent
kírimáinmọ adv. rigidly
kirínakirína a. immediate
kirínakirínamọ adv. immediately
kíriríi a. rigid; unyielding
kíriríi v.i. refuse to stand up in time when called or
pulled
kíriríimọ adv. rigidly
kírokíro a. avaricious; eager to get
kírokíromọ adv. avariciously
kíti n. bustle; excited activity; fuss
kití v.i. bustle; make show of activity; fuss; hurry
about or up and down
kítikíti a. cursory; hasty; hurried
kítikíti v.i. move fussily about or up and down
kítikíti n. fuss; bustle; excessive commotion;
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ostentatious activity; cursoriness
kítikítimọ adv. fussily; cursorily
kítipúu a. very dark; dense
kítipúu v.i. grow dark
kítipúumọ adv. densely
kíạ v.i. permeate; diffuse itself through; percolate;
filter through
kíạ n. percolation; filtration
kíạ paga v.p. ooze out
kịá v.t. drain; filter; strain; filtrate
kịamó ̣ v.t. drain or filter into
kịáye n. filter; strainer
kịaḅịlíị̣ v.i. snatch; seize quickly, eagerly, or
unexpectedly, especially with out-stretched
hand; catch neatly (e.g. agalá)
kịaḅil`íịmọ
̣ adv. in a snatching way; with a snatch
kịaní ̣ n. walking stick
kịánkururu n. green-backed heron Butorides striatus
(cf. kurukuruḅou;
ogbokó; pịnáḅou
kịápịsí ̣ n. percussion cap
kịárara n. fish-eating bird; tern family Sternidae
(=kịérịya;
̣ cf.
akú ̣pa; apú ̣ka)
kịátị n. card game <English card, or
French cartes)
kídịbú
̣ ̣ụ a. bulging (of smaller objects than kídibúu)
kídịbú
̣ ̣ụmọ adv. in a bulging manner
kịékịẹ ̣ n. entirety; entireness; completeness
kịékịẹ ̣ adv. altogether; completely; entirely; totally (or kịékịẹmọ)
̣
kíẹn ̣ 1 v.i. be counted; be enumerated
kíẹn ̣ 2 v.i. become cracked
kịéṇ v.t. count; calculate; enumerate; reckon up; single
out
kịéṇ n. counting; enumeration; calculation
kịénya
̣ a. (of persons) specific, definite; distinctly
formulated (number)
ogbó kịẹnmọ v.p. add up or add together; count up; find the sum
of
kịẹn v.t. crack (as kernel, enamel)
kịẹrị a. alone; lonely; solitary; only; sole; lone; mere
kịẹrị adv. only; solely; exclusively
kịẹrịḅara n. lone hand
kịẹrịḅeri n. something heard by one person (lit. "lone ear")
kịẹrịḅịḅị n. lone opinion
kịẹrịḅọ n.m.f p single person; individual; each person
.
kịẹrịpọgọ n. lone voice
kịẹrịtịḅị n. solitariness
kịẹrịtịḅị a. individual
kịẹrịtịḅịḅọ n.m.f p individual person
.
kịérịya
̣ n.m. fish-eating bird; tern family Sternidae
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akú ̣pa; apú ̣ka)
kígẹ
̣ v.i. resemble; be like; have similarity to or feature
in common with or same appearance as; seem;
appear
kígẹ
̣ a. alike; similar
kígẹ-aye
̣ n.pl. similar things
kígẹḅọ ̣ n.m.f p mate; peer; equal (pl. kígẹ-ongu)
̣
.
kígẹgha
̣ unlike; not like; dissimilar
kịgémọ ̣ v.t. resemble (a person)
kígẹyọ
̣ n. resemblance; similitude; likeness
kígịgú ̣ ̣ụ a. tight; closely and firmly drawn together
kígịgú ̣ ̣ụ v.i. be tight
kígịgú ̣ ̣ụmọ adv. tightly
kịgọrị n. t screwpine; pandanus
kíkalị ̣ v.i. sliver; break off as sliver
kịkalí ̣ v.t. sliver; break off pieces
kíkalí ̣ ḅạ n. h plant sp. resembling fịsanị but pungent Aframomum
sceptrum (Oliv. &
Hanb.) K. Schum.
(Zingiberaceae)
kíkịrí
̣ ị̣ a. short and stocky (smaller)
kíkịrí
̣ ịmọ ̣ adv. stockily
kíkó ̣ ̣ọ a. short; not far-reaching; at arm’s length; fairly
narrow
kíkó
̣ ̣ọmọ adv. shortly; narrowly
kịlé1̣ v.t. refuse, forsake
kịlé2̣ v.i. boast; be proud
kịlẹyaị n.pl. ms funeral masquerade played for deceased
people of high caste (furo-ébi-óngu)
kịlịkịlị a. wise; discreet; crafty
kịlịkịlímọ ̣ adv. wisely; discreetly
kịlọḅú ̣kịlọḅụ1 v.i. be tantalized
kịlọḅú ̣kịlọḅụmọ1 adv. tantalizingly
kịlọḅú ̣kịlọḅụyọ n. bp epiglottis
kịlọḅú ̣kịlọḅụ2 v.i. breathe faintly (of a dying person)
kịlọḅú ̣kịlọḅụmọ2 adv. with a faint breath
kịlọḅú ̣ụ a. concise; curt; terse
kịlọḅú ̣ụmọ adv. curtly; tersely
kịló ̣kị n. clock <English clock
kílọkí
̣ lọ̣ a. intent; earnest; eager (of looks); watchful
kílọkị́ lọmọ̣ adv. intently; earnestly; eagerly; watchfully
kịló ̣lị v.i. trickle; flow in drops or in small steady stream
kịló ̣lị n. trickle
kịló ̣lịmọ adv. with a trickle
kịlọlịmó ̣ v.t. cause liquid to trickle; cry; weep
kịló ̣lọ v.i. trickle; flow in drops
kílọló ̣ ̣ọ a. trickly; trickling
kílọló ̣ ̣ọmọ adv. with a trickle
kílọ́ ̣ọ a. intent; eager (of looks)
kílọ́ ̣ọ v.i. look intently; pry
kílọ́ ̣ọmọ adv. intently; eagerly
kịmị- a. human; of, belonging to, man
kịmịḍiḅikiri n. burial ground; cemetery; graveyard
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kịmị-itu n. crowd; multitude
kịmị-ịkịtaka n. crowd; multitude
kịmíkịmị
̣ n. everybody
kịmịnaịn n. contemptuous attitude
kịmịnama n. bp human flesh
kịmị-ọgịzị n. crowd; multitude
kịmịsẹ n. human creature; human race; human nature;
humanity
kịmịtịḅị adv. per head; each
kịmịtọgụ n.m. p mankind; human being; human species (pl. kịmị-ọwọma)
kịmụkịmú ̣ a. tight; tense; taut
kịmụkịmú ̣ n. tautness; tightness
kịmụkịmú ̣mọ1 adv. tightly; tautly
kịmụkịmú ̣mọ2 v.t. tighten; tauten
kímú
̣ ̣ụ a. & same as preceding
n.
kịna n.m. f fish sp.; N ile perch Lates niloticus
kịngá v.t. barter; exchange thing for some other thing;
buy
kịngẹrị a. alone; only; lone
kịngẹrịḅara n. lone land
kịngẹrịḅọ n.m.f each person; individual
.
kịngẹrịtịḅị n. solitariness
kịngẹrịtịḅịḅọ n.m.f single person
.
kíngị
̣ v.i. be felled (of tree)
kịngị v.t. fell (tree)
kínkịa
̣ n. fo biscuit <English cracker
kịó ̣nị v.i. drip; fall in drops from anus (of watery
evacuation), or from mouth or nostril (due to
bending after eating)
kịó ̣nịmọ adv. in drops
kịó ̣nịkịó ̣nị a. sporadic; occurring only here and there
kịó ̣nịkịó ̣nịmọ adv. sporadically
kịọníkịọní
̣ ̣ v.i. drip frequently (especially from the anus)
kíọnkí
̣ ọn
̣ v.i. chirp; peep (as of chicken); (make) sharp
& n. short note (as) of small bird
kíọnkí
̣ ọnmọ
̣ adv. chirpingly; with a peep
kịọnkịó ̣n a. (of oils) light; not heavy; (of water) as clear as
crystal; crystalline; (of eyes) bright, clear
kịọnkịó ̣nmọ adv. lightly; clearly; brightly
kíọrí
̣ ị̣ a. not wide; narrow (of space)
kíọrí
̣ ị̣ v.i. become narrower; contract
kíọrị́ ị̣ n. narrowness
kíọrí ̣ ịmọ ̣ adv. narrowly
kíọsí ̣ ị̣ a. small and emaciated; looking very leggy
kịọsíị̣ v.i. prick, pierce sharply (of sharp instrument)
kịọsíịmọ ̣ adv. piercingly
kịpú ̣ v.t. make click at as sign of contempt
kírị̣ 1 v.i. be well; come back to health; be recovered
from illness, etc.
mịé ̣ kịrịmó ̣ v.p. make well; cure
kírị̣ 2 a. different; not the same; unlike; of other
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nature, form, or quality; separate; dissimilar
kírị̣ 2 v.i. differ from; be unlike, be at variance; be
distinguishable from; vary; be different in
degree or quality
kírị̣ 2 n. difference; dissimilarity; variation
kírịmọ
̣ adv. differently; separately
kírịtọrụ
̣ a. queer; strange; odd; eccentric
kịrí ̣ v.t. crop (hair); clip; cut; cut to pieces; peel into
bits; pare rind of fruit
kírịkí
̣ rị̣ a. diverse; varied; sundry; several; different;
separate; respective; distinct
kírịkí
̣ rịmọ
̣ adv. diversely; severally; differently; separately;
respectively
kịrịkịrí1̣ n. detail; item by item
kịrịkịrímọ ̣ 2 adv. in detail
kịrịkịrí ̣ a. tight; closely fastened (usually of network)
kịrịkịrímọ ̣ adv. tightly
kịrịpú ̣kịrịpụ a. cunning; crafty; subtle; artful; wily
kịrịpú ̣kịrịpụmọ adv. cunningly; craftily; subtly; wilily
kịrịrị a. niggardly; parsimonious; stingy; giving
grudgingly
kịrịrị n. niggardliness; act of giving in small amounts;
stinginess
kịrịrịmó ̣ adv. in a niggardly way; stingily
kírịrú
̣ ̣ụ a. very small and scanty (of size)
kịrịrú ̣ụ v.i. make gnawing sound
kịrịrú ̣ụ n. gnawing sound
kịrịrú ̣ụmọ adv. with a gnawing sound
kịrịrụú ̣ a. exact; precise
kịrịrụú ̣mọ adv. exactly; precisely
kísáạ a. steady; skilful for one’s age
kísáagha
̣ a. unsteady
kísáamọ ̣ adv. steadily
kítịkí ̣ tị̣ a. incessant (of laugh); (of cough) whooping
kítịkí ̣ tịmọ
̣ adv. incessantly; unceasingly
kítịkí ̣ tị-ọlọ
̣ n. whooping cough
kịtịkịtí1̣ n.m. da donkey; ass
kịtịkịtí2̣ a. compact; closely packed together or woven
kịtịkịtímọ ̣ adv. compactly
kíya ̣ v.i. same as kíạ
kịyá v.t. same as kịá
kóḅiri v.i. be assembled; congregate; collect, gather, into
a crowd
kóḅirimọ adv. collectively; together
koḅirí v.t. assemble; gather together; collect; congregate;
garner; pack; put (things) closely together
koḅirimó ̣ v.t. collect into a place; aggregate; heap up
koḅiríya v.t. call together; gather together; convoke
koḅiríya n. assembly; convocation; gathering; meeting
kóḅirikóḅiri n.m. da turkey = tolótolo
kóḅu v.i. be mixed up; mingle
kóḅugha a. unmixed
koḅu v.t. blend; mix; mingle
koḅughá a. undiluted; neat
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koḅumó ̣ v.t. mix up; intermingle; interblend
nịná koḅu v.p. sweep off urine from floor
óbió koḅu v.p. treat yaws with mixture of oil and camwood;
salve; smear
óbiókoḅu n.m. cl cloth type
kófíi a. projecting (of buttocks and tails)
kófíimọ adv. in a projecting way
kófolóo a. tall and emaciated (cf. kásoróo)
kófolóomọ adv. in a tall, emaciated way
kóforóo a. skinny (e.g. of fowls); with no meat
kói1 v.i. thump; bang (cf. kóin)
& n.
kóimọ adv. with a thump or bang
kói2 a. fond of crying (of child)
kói2 n. being fond of crying
kóitọgụ n.m.f cry-baby; one who cries childishly
.
kóin v.i. slight thump or bang (cf. kói)
& n.
kóinmọ adv. with a slight thump or bang
kóko v.i. be kept; be reserved; be concealed; remain in
(bed, room, house); remain indoors; (of food)
remain in good condition
kokó1 v.t. keep; pay due regard to; observe; guard;
protect; maintain in proper order; own and
manage; reserve (thing for future time);
conceal
kokó2 n. cacao tree and fruit
kokobí n. fg fish sp. trap
kókoin n.m. f fish sp.; snapper sp. Lutjanus sp.
kókoin agbará n. f snapper sp. Lutjanus sp. cf.
agbára
kokoríkokori a. not deep; not fleshy (of fruit)
kokoróko n.m. da cock; chanticleer; male of domestic fowl;
(neut.) the crow of a cock
kokorókokoro a. shallow
kokorókokoromọ adv. shallowly
kókoróo a. shallow; not deep
kókoróomọ adv. shallowly
kólu n. coal <English coal)
kómbolóo a. hollow-eyed
kómbolóomọ adv. with sunken eyes
kondú n. waist; loins
kondu-ímgba n. waistbone; sacrum
kóngióo a. lean; thin; not plump
kóngolóo a. oversized (of something hard and round)
kóngoroḅa n. death-rattle; rattling sound in throat
immediately before death
kóngoróo a. big and well-built (of a man)
konkon a. oily; red
konkónmọ adv. oilily; redly
konongú n.pl.p p people (collectively); inhabitants
ers.
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kopíimọ adv. forcefully (of peck)
koría v.i. agree; become, be, in harmony (with person);
get on with one another; suit the constitution
of; fit; be of right measure, size and shape for
(esp. of dress); coincide; agree with;
correspond to
koría a. accurate; correct; right; true
koría n. accuracy; correctness; coincidence
koríagha a. incorrect; not right; inaccurate; wrong; not
coincident; not matching
koríamọ adv. accurately; correctly; rightly; coincidently
koríayemịẹ a. righteous; just; upright; virtuous
koríaye(mịẹ) n. righteousness; uprightness; virtuousness;
justness
korikori a. bald; bare of hair or head feathers
korikorímọ adv. baldly
koro1 v.i. rage; prevail; be violent; be at the height; be
plenty of (of wind, sea, cold, famine, battle,
flies, mosquitoes, etc.)
koro2 v.t. bear; produce, yield (tubers, corms, etc.) (of
root crops)
koro3 v.t. bear; carry; possess; occupy; dominate (of ó oru koroyó ‘he is
demon or spirit) bearing a spirit’;
oru ó ghọ koroyó
‘a spirit possesses
him’
koro4 v.t. begin; commence (to do, doing, work) ó koro mọndịté ̣ ‘he
has begun to work’;
koro mịé ̣ ‘start to
do’
tịtarịkoro n. beginning
koro5 v.i. reach required length (in net weaving)
koro5 n. the required length of net
koro6 v.i. A. (of rain, dew, night, darkness) fall; osuó koro ‘rain
descend; drop; come down; rain; e.g. falls’; eḅué koro
‘dew falls’; noin
koro ‘night falls’;
egilá koro
‘darkness falls’
koro6 B. drop from; cease from; alight from; come ó fịrí ghọ
̣ koroté ̣
down from; drop, come, fall, land, on; e.g. ‘he has left work’; ó
sukúlu ghọ koroté ̣
‘he has left school’;
ó lụgú ̣ ghọ koro
‘he fell from a palm
tree’; fin-árụmị
koroté ̣ ‘the
aeroplane has
landed’; ikputumí ̣
ịní tịḅị
̣ ghọ koro
‘the stone fell or
landed on my head’
koro6 C. fall in a trap, etc. e.g. edí ghọ koro ‘fall
in a trap’; ịgbó` ghọ
koro ‘be caught or
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be entangled in a
net’; ịdọnị ghọ
koro or kó ̣n ghọ
koro ‘fall in a fish
trap’; yoú ghọ koro
‘fall in wrestling’
koro6 a. deep
koro6 n. A. deep; deepness; depth
koro6 B. throw or fall in wrestling
koro ḅo v.p. come down
korómọ1 v.t. fall towards (a direction; e.g. tịnmí ándụ
̣
koromọ ‘the tree
fell directly
opposite me’
korómọ2 v.t. meet by chance or accidentally; e.g. á mu ó korómọ ‘I
met him by
chance’; arrive for
an event
korómọ3 v.t. resemble; be like
koromó ̣ya1 v.t. resemble one another
koromó ̣ya2 v.t. open one into another (rooms)
koromó1̣ v.t. A. place; put in particular place; e.g. míọ̣ ghọ koromó ̣
lay down, sacrifice
(one’s life); e.g. ịní ̣
numomị á wọ
koromọ ó prị ‘I lay
down my life for
him’
koromó ̣ iri v.p. misplace; mislay
tọn koromó ̣ v.p. decree; enact; destine; ordain
koromó1̣ B. lay or produce (eggs) (as of bird or fish; e.g. angá koromọ
koromó1̣ C. dismiss <service or school); cashier; e.g. fịrí ghọ
̣ koromọ
put down from
canoe, ship or
vehicle; disembark;
e.g. arụ ghọ
koromó ̣ lay down,
make fall down, put
on the ground (a
wrestler); e.g. yoú
ghọ koromó ̣ put
(hook and line) in
water for fish; e.g.
ḍaye koromó ̣ pẹlẹ
koromó ̣ cut down;
fell; ḅarásin
koromó ̣ let down;
let fall; dá koromó ̣
help to put down
koromó2̣ v.t. bathe with water; baptise e.g. mindi ékị ̣ koromó ̣
oil; lubricate; e.g.
pulo ékị ̣ koromó ̣
apply; put on
(medicine); e.g.
kumu ékị ̣ koromó ̣
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koro timí v.p. stay put
koroyọ n. deep; deep place; abyss
ḅege koro v.p. fall down
ḅió koro adv.p deep down
.
ḅio koró v.p. land; disembark; go ashore
ḍosí koro v.p. jump down
ḍugó koro v.p. follow down; mind; bother about
fụlọ ghọ koro v.p. be tasty in soup
imgba ghọ koro v.p. be cut to the heart lit. "be affected to
the bone";
kirí koro v.p. land; disembark; go ashore
odú ghọ koro v.p. deeply affected lit. "affected to the
flesh";
sín koro v.p. alight by accident; collapse; drop off; fall off
sú ̣n koro v.p. fall prostrate
tugu kóro v.p. fall behind; drop behind; lag behind; (of
liquid) settle
kororíi n. & (make) strident sound (as) of bailing water in
v.i. small amounts; scrape
kororíimọ adv. stridently; scrapingly
kóroróo a. having a raised ridge (of nose)
kóroróomọ adv. with a raised ridge
korú n. v bush rope for weaving screens
koru v.i. A. wait; tarry
& t.
timí koru v.p. await; bide
koru B. watch; remain awake for a purpose; be on
the watch; keep watch; be vigilant; exercise
protecting care over; guard
koruḅọ n.m.f watcher; watchman; guardian
.
korúya v.t. wait for one another
noin koru v.p. keep watch; keep vigil
kóti n.m. coat <English coat)
kótíi a. projecting (of tails) (cf. kófíi)
kótíimọ adv. in a projecting way
kótikóti a. flapping (of tail when fowl, etc., runs) (cf. kó ̣tịkó ̣tị)
kótikótimọ adv. in a flapping way
kótoḅáa a. tall, well-built, and upright (as of large bird,
animal, or person)
kótoḅáamọ adv. in a tall, well-built, upright way
kótokóto a. caustic (of concentration of liquid); biting;
pungent; very hot
kótokótomọ adv. pungently; caustically
mịé ̣ kótokótomọ v.t. make pungent or hot
kótokpóo a. fairly tall, well-built, and upright (e.g. of cock
or person)
kótokpóomọ adv. in a well-built, upright way
kótoróo a. emaciated; lean and tall
kótoróomọ adv. in an emaciated way
kóu v.i. give forth sound (as) of cutting with an axe
kóu n. sound of chopping with an axe
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kó ̣ v.i. remain; be left over or behind after
abstraction; be stranded
kó ̣mọ adv. over; in excess; in addition; besides; more
kọmó ̣ v.t. leave over or behind
kọmó ̣prị n. fathoms of twine left over at each end of line
and hook for drawing up the weight or sinker
or trawl-anchor
kó ̣ye n. remainder; surplus (pl. kó ̣yaị)
kó ̣yọ n. remainder; surplus
kọḅá n. hooked stick
kọḅátụa a. hooked (of stick)
kó ̣ḅịlíị̣ a. hooked; sickle-shaped; falciform; falcate
kó ̣ịkó ̣ị v.i. hesitate; delay
kọkó ̣ only in
kọkó ̣ fị v.p. capture a piece in draughts
kọkọ adv. at all; in any degree; (N .B. used to express e.g. wa kọkọ
doubt and regret); bíyannyú
̣ ̣ aán?
‘shall we meet at
all?’ érị
̣ kọkọ
olótuḅei aán? ‘am I
the champion at
all?’
kọkọákọkọ adv. as I was saying
kọkó ̣nẹḅénẹ ̣ adv. if at all that ...
kọkọkọkọ adv. same as kọkọ
kọkọró ̣kó ̣ọ n. crow of a cock
kó ̣lọló ̣ọ a. nerveless; feeble
kó ̣lọló ̣ọ n. nervelessness; feebleness
kó ̣lọló ̣ọmọ adv. feebly; nervelessly
kó ̣lọmbíị̣ a. curved; sickle-shaped
kó ̣lọmbíị̣ v.i. curl up; coil up
kó ̣lọmbíịmọ̣ adv. in a coiled-up way
1
kó ̣n v.t. A. pick up; lay hold of and take up; lift up; fịní kọn
̣ ‘collect
collect; gather; e.g. firewood’; ịnyan
kó ̣n ‘collect palm
fronds’; ịsẹmi kó ̣n
‘gather
periwinkles’; tịn
kó ̣n ‘pick up or
take up a stick’;
kó ̣n bọ ‘fetch; go
for and bring back’;
kó ̣n sin ‘carry
away; pick off’
kó ̣n1 B. acquire; have; possess; e.g. ala kó ̣n ‘acquire
wealth’; ḍawọị kó ̣n
‘have a dream’;
ịngọ kó ̣n ‘possess
wealth’
kó ̣n2 v.t. A. engage in trade or industry; e.g. ḅoú kọn ‘engage in
fishing’; mọndị
kọn ‘engage in an
enterprise’; ọká
kọn ‘engage in
carpentry’; pirí kọn
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‘engage in
farming’; tuḅo kọn
‘engage in trade’
kó ̣n2 n. any industry or trade; enterprise; business,
especially mechanical or mercantile
employment carried on as a means of
livelihood or profit
kó ̣n2 B. engage in habitual murder; e.g. niní kọn engage in
piracy (usually
implies habitual and
stealthy murder)
niníkọnḅọ n.m.f p murderer
.
kó ̣n3 v.t. entertain with hospitality; receive hospitably; e.g. igoni ékị
̣ kó ̣n
kó ̣n4 v.t. speak (a proverb); e.g. kaḅú ̣ kọn
kó ̣n5 v.t. dam; block up; impede; shut in; e.g. nụnọ kọn ‘dam a
creek (partially, to
trap fish’
kó ̣n5 n. fg fish-trap; same as ịdọnị
kó ̣n6 v.i. graze (of cattle); feed (of other animals and
birds)
kó ̣n7 n. ap trunk of elephant
kọndọ a. & left
n.
kọndọ-anga n. left side
kọndọḅara a. left-hand side
kọndọḅara n. left hand
kọndọḅara adv. leftward; leftside
kọndọfí ̣ a. left-handed
kọndọfịḅọ n.m.f left-handed person; lefthander
.
kondó ̣mọ a. not straightforward; awkward; clumsy
kọndọ sụgịrị v.p. have dysentery
kọndọsụgịrị n. d dysentery
kọndú ̣ n. playing card
omonikọndụ n. card second to the queen
kọngó ̣ n. neck
kọngọ-ásịnya n.pl. jugular vein
kọngó ̣ kụrọ v.p. be stiff-necked
kọngó ̣ nụngalamọ v.p. crane; stretch neck
kọngọló ̣kọngọlọ v.i. act nervelessly
kó ̣ngọló ̣ọ a. feeble; nerveless
kó ̣ngọló ̣ọ n. feebleness; nervelessness
kó ̣ngọló ̣ọmọ adv. feebly; nervelessly
kọnịkọní ̣ a. punctilious; attentive to petty formality
kọnịkọnịmọ adv. punctiliously
kọpíị̣ v.i. peck forcibly (cf. kopíi)
kọpíịmọ̣ adv. forcefully (of peck)
kó ̣pụ n.m. cup <English cup)
kó ̣pụtịḅị n. cupful
kọpụ v.i. be full (of tide)
kọpụ a. full (of tide)
kọpụ n. full tide
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kó ̣rị B. be intoxicated; be drunk
kó ̣rị a. intoxicated; tipsy
kó ̣rịmọ adv. tipsily
kó ̣rị C. catch on; be ignited; light up (of
combustible or fire)
kó ̣rị D. be seasoned (of salt in soup)
kọrí ̣ v.t. A. arrest; catch; capture; hold; seize; take
hold; intercept motion of; apprehend; grasp;
check suddenly (breath); perceive with senses
or mind (meaning, sound, tune); maintain,
assert as true (opinion or statement)
kọrí ḅ ̣ o v.p. fetch; arrest
kọrí k ̣ igí v.p. detain; keep in confinement
kọrí m ̣ ọndịmọ v.p. guide; lead
lá kọrí ̣ v.p. overreach; outwit; circumvent; entrap
príkọrí
̣ ye ̣ n. mortgage; hostage; security; pledge
ye ékị
̣ prí k ̣ ọrí ̣ v.p. mortgage; pledge; pawn
kọrí ̣ B. catch; receive; be infected with (a cold, a oḅogú kọrí;̣
fever, hunger, etc.) e.g. ọmó ̣ụn kọrí;̣ affect;
attack; excite strong
desire; e.g. munú
kọrí ̣
kọrí ̣ C. intoxicate; excite; exhilarate beyond self- e.g. irú kọrí ̣
control; surfeit;
kọrí ̣ D. act as nursemaid; nurse; have charge of e.g. tó ̣gụ kọrị
ịrá kọrị v.p. tend woman in child birth
ịrákọrịḅọ n.f. midwife
tó ̣gụkọrịḅọ n.f. wet- or dry-nurse
kọrí ̣ E. betroth; engage; affiance; bind by promise e.g. ịyọrọḅọ kọrí ̣
of marriage;
kọrí ̣ F. (idiomatic) eat
kọrí ̣ G. (idiomatic) dress up properly (of costume)
kọrịkọrí1 a. exhausting; fatiguing; tiresome; wearisome;
weary
kọrịkọrí1 v.i. grow weary; tire; be exhausted with
kọrịkọrí1 n. fatigue; weariness after exertion; exhaustion
kọrịkọríghạ a. tireless
kọrịkọrímọ ̣ adv. exhaustingly; tiringly; wearisomely; wearily
2
kọrịkọrí ̣ n. ghost to frighten a child; bogeyman
kọrịmó1̣ v.t. drive; steer (canoe, boat, vehicle); conduct;
guide; lead; direct (one’s course or self)
kọrịmó ̣ iri v.p. misguide; mislead
kọrịmó2̣ v.t. ignite; brighten; fẹngụ kọrịmó ̣ fan
(fire) to make
flames’; ofuro
kọrịmó ̣ ‘blow up
(fire) to make
flames’
kọrịmó3̣ v.t. season; make palatable by introduction of salt
kọrọ n.m. t piassava or raffia hookeri palm
alakọró n. t “king” raffia palm raffia hookerii
ḅoúkọrọ n.m. t palm raffia vinifera
kesikọrọ n.m. t palm raffia hookeri

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kọrọ-ẹgbẹgbẹrịḅa n. coils on the stem of raffia palm
kọrọkọró1̣ a. full of, abounding in, raffia palms
kọrọpembu n. raffia palm frond
kọrọ tugurumó ̣ v.p. set stick on stem of raffia palm for climbing
kọrọtugurumọye n. stick for climbing raffia palm
kọrọkọró2̣ a. gaudy; gorgeous; richly coloured; ornate
kọrọkọró ̣mọ adv. gaudily; gorgeously
kọrọrọkó ̣tị n.m. b bird sp.; hammerkop Scopus umbretta.( =
anénde)
kó ̣sị v.i. rot; decay; break to pieces; be crashed or
smashed
kọsịmó ̣ v.t. cause to rot; make rotten; shatter; smash;
crash
kọsí ̣ v.t. shatter; smash; crash
kọsị1 v.t. beat, thrash, properly
kọsị2 v.t. eat properly
kó ̣tị n. court <English court)
kó ̣tịkó ̣tị a. flapping (of tail of small creature when
running)
kpongbo1 n. b bird sp. (unidentified)
kúḅu v.t. vow; take oath; promise solemnly
kúḅuye n. vow; oath
kuḅu1 n. fathom; deeping
kuḅufíndi n. breadth; broadness; width
kuḅu2 n. bp bosom; breast; tit; boob cf. indo3, ḅiótugu
kuḅu sú ̣n v.p. shroud; cover or clothe the bosom of corpse
with cloth
kuḅusụnḅịtẹ n.m. shroud; sheet or cloth for covering a corpse
kuétekuéte a. hasty; hurried
kuétekuéte v.i. move hurriedly
kuétekuétemọ a. hastily; hurriedly
kugu n.m. pitcher; water-pot; ewer
kukuínduku n. cr sweet potato Ipomoea batatas
(Convolvulaceae)
kukurí v.i. speak with caution, trying to hide part of the
truth
kukúrukukúru v.i. grope, search blindly
kukúrukukúrumọ adv. gropingly
kule v.t. greet; hail; salute; thank
nú ̣a kule v.p. make thank-offering
nú ̣akuleye n. thank-offering
nú ̣akuleye n. title; personal appellation, hereditary or not,
denoting or implying grade, status; club
nickname
kulefí ̣ a. titled
kúlelíi a. slimy (cf. kú ̣lẹlíị)̣
kúlelíimọ adv. slimily
kulelíkulelíi a. slimy
kulelíkulelíimọ adv. slimily
kumbú1 n.m. to axe; chopping tool
kumbú2 a. short; not tall; not long; concise; brief; curt;
not far-reaching
kumbú2 n. shortness
kumbúmọ adv. shortly; concisely; briefly; curtly
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mịé ̣ kumbumó ̣ v.p. contract; decrease; abbreviate; abridge; lessen;
shorten
kumú n. tr medicine; drug; spell; charm
kumú gụọ v.p. make medicine with bad intent to harm;
practise sorcery
kumúgụọḅọ n.m.f p sorcerer; enchanter
.
kún1 v.t. braid; plait; pleat; interweave (hair, etc.)
kún2 n. period of tide when day dawns while water is (same as seriḅá)
still flowing full
kuna v.t. order; bid; command
kúne v.i. end; come to an end
kune a. extreme; last; outermost
kune n. end; limit; climax
kunefá a. endless; infinite; eternal; without end
kunemó1̣ v.t. end; bring to an end
kunemó2̣ a. extreme; outermost; last; final; latter
kunemó3̣ n. end; extremity; climax; very end
kunemọ-éne n. last day; day of judgment
kunemó ̣mị adv. finally; lastly; in the end
kune sin v.p. clean up anus of corpse
kunesin n. customary clean-up of anus of corpse at death
tịnkune n. stub; stump of tree
kúngelée a. (of stomach) stodgy; heavy; filling; bulging
(due to much food)
kungu n.m. i jigger Tunga penetrans
kunú a. rank; rancid; stale; foul-smelling; insipid;
musty (of food, news, etc.)
kunú v.i. become foul-smelling or stale
kunumó ̣ v.t. make stale
kuopúu v.i. (of pulling) pull stridently
kuopúumọ adv. stridently
kúorúu a. dull by nature; stupid
kúorúumọ adv. stupidly; dully
kúrepepe n.m. b blue-spotted wood-dove Turtur afer
kúru n. t tree sp. Lophira alata
kuru n. plank in general; blackboard
kurukiri n. floor of planks
kurupagara n. piece of sawn plank or timber
kúrukúru n.m. b white-faced owl Ptilopsis leucotis
kurukuru a. co black; negroid
kurukuru n. co black; blackness
kurukuruḅou n.m. b bird sp.; black heron Egretta ardesiaca;
but not a local bird?
Perhaps the adult
dark morph of the
western reef egret,
Egretta gularis (cf.
kịánkururu;
ogbokó; pịnáḅou)
kurukuruḅọ n.m.f black person; N egro
.
kurúru v.i. mourn; feel sorrow or regret (for, over, dead
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show conventional signs of grief for period
after person’s death; sorrow for (dead person,
thing)
kurúru n. mourning
kúsa a. plentiful (of hair)
kusi n. fr cashew plant and fruit
kusi-ịmgbọ n. fr cashew nut
kúsukúsu a. loose; uncombined; hanging free; morally lax
kúsukúsu v.i. become loose
kúsukúsumọ1 adv. loosely
kúsukúsumọ2 v.t. make loose
kusukusú v.i. come loose (of hair, etc.)
kúuku n.m. b cuckoo; wood-pigeon family Cuculidae;
Columba palumbus
kụatụrụ n.m. keg; small barrel (especially for gun-powder); fọú ̣n kụatụrụ ‘keg
hence of powder’
kụẹlíị̣ v.i. readily do something for somebody with a (cf. next word)
motive underneath
kụẹlíịmọ
̣ adv. readily
kụẹríị̣ v.i. readily agree (cf. preceding
word)
kụẹríịmọ
̣ adv. readily
kú ̣gain n. f unidentified fish sp. (‘he-goat fish,) ?family Mullidae
kú ̣gala n.m. f king of fish; spadefish Chaetodipterus sp.
kụgó ̣ n. scrotum
kụgọ-ímbi n. testicle
kụgó ̣ púu v.p. (of male) reach age of puberty
opukụgó ̣ n. orchitis (of testicle); scrotitis or scrotocele (of
scrotum)
kụgụ n. stretch of land, etc., where something abounds
kụkara n. landslide under water
kú ̣kịrị v.i. be eroded
kụkịrí ̣ v.t. gnaw; erode; chip
kụkụḅaị a. real; actual; true; sincere; correct; honest
kụkụḅaị n. reality; actuality
kụkụḅaímọ̣ adv. really; actually; truly; sincerely; honestly;
correctly
kụkụḅaịye n. fact; fidelity; honesty; truth; truthfulness
kú ̣kụlú ̣ụ a. (of forehead) protrusive; bulgy
kú ̣kụrú ̣ụ a. tight; close-fitting; having little space
kú ̣kụrú ̣ụmọ adv. tightly
kụla n. t tree sp. with medium-sized leathery leaves,
and its fruits
kú ̣lakú ̣la a. strewn; scattered
kú ̣lakú ̣lamọ adv. scatteringly
kú ̣lala n. intestinal mucus; slime on body of fish and e.g. osi-ákụlala
reptiles; snail’s slimy secretion,
kú ̣lẹlíị̣ a. slimy (cf. kúlelíi)
kú ̣lẹlíịmọ̣ adv. slimily
kụlẹlíkụlẹlị ̣ a. slimy
kụlẹlíkụlẹlịmọ ̣ adv. slimily
kụlụkụlụ v.i. ebb completely; decline
kụlụkụlụ n. dry ebb of tide
kụmá v.t. abstain from; refrain from
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ḅurú kụma v.p. refrain from food
ḅurúkụma n. abstinence from food
indo kụma v.p. refrain from sucking; be weaned
indokụma n. weaning
indo kụmamó ̣ v.p. wean
-kụma suf. not. negative of imperatives fiekụmáa ‘speak
not’, i.e. ‘do not
speak’; furukụmáa
‘steal not’, i.e. ‘do
not steal’;
esínkụma ‘fear
not’, i.e. ‘do not
fear’
kú ̣mbụlú ̣ụ a. small-mouthed
kụmọ n.m.f p man; human being; person; the human race;
. one
kụmọḅa n. manslaughter; (loosely) murder
kụmọ esinmó ̣ a.p. awful; frightful; horrible (see under esinmó ̣)
kụmọpẹịḅó ̣ n.m.f p man-eater; cannibal
.
kú ̣n v.t. be polite out of respect; shun, avoid (out of
respect); keep clear of
kú ̣ngha a. disrespectful
tọrú ̣ kụn v.p. avoid out of respect lit. "avoid face";
kú ̣na a. shy; easily startled; timid; avoiding
observation; bashful; coy; uneasy in company
kú ̣na v.i. boggle; start with fright; be shy; hesitate;
fumble; be awkward
kú ̣na n. shyness
kú ̣namọ adv. shyly
kụnẹní ̣ a. slimy
kụnẹnímọ ̣ adv. slimily
kú ̣ngẹléẹ̣ a. stodgy (of stomach)
kú ̣ngụkú ̣ngụ v.i. shilly-shally; vacillate, hesitate to act or
choose one’s course; be undecided
kú ̣ngụkú ̣ngụ n. vacillation; shilly-shallying
kụnú ̣ a. fragrant; sweet-smelling; savoury
kụnú ̣ v.i. emit sweet smell; smell sweet or fragrant
kụnú ̣ n. fragrance; pleasant or sweet smell
kụnú ̣mọ adv. fragrantly
kụnụmó ̣ v.t. cause to smell sweet
kụnụpuló n. special Grade A oil; perfume
kú ̣ọ v.i. be effaced, erased, obliterated, burnished,
expunged
kú ̣ọ síin v.p. be rubbed out
kụó ̣ v.t. clean; erase; expunge; wipe; rub out;
obliterate; make dry; polish; make smooth by
friction; burnish; efface
kụó ̣mọ v.t. wipe on (something)
kụó ̣ sin v.p. erase; wipe away, off, out; expunge
kụọrú ̣ụ a. dull; sluggish; slow-moving
kụọrú ̣ụmọ adv. dully
kú ̣ọsú ̣ụ a. having small buttocks or hunkers; flat
kú ̣ọsú ̣ụmọ adv. flatly

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kú ̣péẹ̣ a. undersized; dwarfish
kú ̣péẹmọ
̣ adv. dwarfishly
kú ̣pẹréẹ̣ a. undersized
kú ̣pẹréẹmọ ̣ adv. in an undersized way
kụra n. year; age
kụraḅọgọ a. old (of crop, book, etc.)
kụraye n. d smallpox; variola
ḅoyo kụra n.p. coming year
ḅọgọtẹ kụra n.p. last, past year
mí k ̣ ụra n.p. this year
pí k
̣ ụra n.p. next year
kụraịkpalịkpalị n.m. antler deer
kú ̣rẹkú ̣rẹ a. active; brisk
kú ̣rẹkú ̣rẹmọ adv. briskly; actively
kụrẹkụré ̣ v.i. get up briskly
kụrịkíkụrịkị
̣ a. scraggy; scanty (of vegetation, hair, etc.);
meagre
kụrịkíkụrịkịmọ
̣ adv. scraggily; scantily; meagrely
1
kụrịpíkụrịpị ̣ a. scanty (of vegetation, hair, etc.); meagre
kụrịpíkụrịpịmọ ̣ adv. scantily; meagrely
kụrịpíkụrịpị ̣ v.i. scratch body in quick, sharp strokes
kụrịpíkụrịpịmọ ̣ adv. in quick sharp strokes
kụrịríị̣ v.i. make a gnawing sound
kụrịríị̣ n. gnawing sound (as of rat)
kụrịríịkụrịrí
̣ ị̣ v.i. make a gnawing sound repeatedly
kụrịríịkụrịrí
̣ ị̣ n. repeated gnawing sound
kụró ̣ a. strong; vigorous; drastic; violent; firm;
formidable; fermented (of wine); hard; stiff;
rigid; scarce (of food); laborious, toilsome (of
work); acute (of disease); energetic; forcible;
powerful; strenuous; well; in good health;
austere; harsh; terse; severe; stern; strict;
rigorous; vehement
kụró ̣ n. physical ability; energy; force; vigour;
strength; power; impetus; violence; military
power or strength; hardness; firmness;
stiffness; rigidity; influence; scarcity (of food)
kụró ̣ḅara adv. strongly
kụró ̣ḅọ n.m.f strong person
.
kụró ̣ḅọ-imgba n. t tree sp. Ouratea flava
(Ochnaceae)
kụrọḍugó n. noise; loud outcry
kụrọ-éfẹrụ
̣ n. strong wind; gale; wind storm
kụrọ-éwụ ̣ n. strong current (of air)
kụrọfịrí ̣ n. labour; toil
kụrọ-irú n. strong drink; alcohol
kụrọjóko n. virulent animosity
kụrọkirí n. firm ground; foundation (of building)
kụrọmindí n. current (of water)
kụrọmó1̣ adv. drastically; strongly; vigorously; violently;
firmly; formidably; stiffly; rigidly;
laboriously; acutely; energetically; forcibly;
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kụrọmó2̣ v.t. harden; strengthen; stiffen; influence
kụró ̣-nama n.m. m leopard; ‘tiger’ Panthera pardus.
lit. strong animal’.
cf. sírị̣
kú ̣rọn’ásawọ n.pl. iron rods kept in front of shrine cf. ákparígwe)
kụrọpọgó ̣ n. loud tone or voice
kụró ̣toi n. athletics
ḅarákụrọ a. strong (of physical strength)
kpó ̣ kụrọmọ v.p. make fast; fasten strongly
mịé ̣ kụrọmó ̣ v.p. make firm; treat seriously; confirm; fortify;
make well
odúkụró ̣ a. energetic; well
tọrú ̣kụrọ a. taking by force; piratical
tuḅokụró ̣ a. dear; costly; high-priced
kụsa v.t. lacerate; tear
kụsakụsá a. unkempt; untidy; dishevelled; ruffled;
uncombed
kụsakụsámọ adv. untidily
kụsẹkụsé ̣ a. ragged; torn; frayed
kụsẹkụsémọ ̣ adv. raggedly
kú ̣sẹréẹ̣ a. meagre and emaciated (as a bunch of
plantains or a sickly person)
kú ̣sẹréẹmọ
̣ adv. meagrely; very much emaciated
kụsị v.t. eat palm fruits as birds do; peck
kú ̣tẹkú ̣tẹ v.i. fiddle (of children); make aimless movements
kụtẹkụté ̣ a. tiny
kú ̣ụ v.i. tire; be fed up
kwakwa a. co red; scarlet
kwakwáa-ikereḅu n. cr purplish cocoyam
kwékwẹ̣ v.i. prate; prattle
kwẹkwẹ a. prating; prattling

KP.

kpá1 v.t. shave hair round the sides of head with razor tịḅị kpá; pare, trim,
blade cut away irregular
parts of wood (in
canoe-carving)
kpá2 v.t. hold stern of canoe steady with paddle e.g. arụ kpá
kpáa1 a. easy; quick
kpáamọ1 adv. easily; quickly
kpáa2 n. & crackle; creak
v.i.
kpáamọ2 adv. with a creak
kpáakpáa v.i. flutter; flap wings; go about restlessly; quiver;
shiver; shudder; vibrate; tremble with
excitement
kpáakpáa n. flutter; shudder; quiver
kpáakpáamọ adv. with a flutter; shudderingly
kpáakpée a. quick (unexpectedly)
kpáakpéemọ adv. quickly (unexpectedly)
kpaḅúu v.i. snap; break with sharp crack (of larger object)
kpaḅúu n. snap; crack
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kpaḅúumọ adv. with a loud snap
kpaḅú ̣ụ v.i. snap; break with sharp crack (of smaller
object)
kpaḅú ̣ụ n. snap; crack
kpaḅú ̣ụmọ adv. with a snap
kpádugúu a. stodgy; bulging (belly)
kpagagáa v.i. creak; make harsh noise as of unoiled hinges
kpagagáa n. creak
kpagagáamọ adv. with a creak
kpagagóo v.t. bite or sting sharply (cf. kpakóo)
kpagagóomọ adv. sharply (of bite)
kpái v.i. bang; make sound of explosion as of gun,
thunder, etc.
kpái n. bang
kpáimọ adv. explosively
kpáị v.i. clap; slap; make explosive noise as of hand-
palms being struck together
kpáị n. clap; slap
kpáịmọ adv. with a clap or slap
kpáịkpáị1 n.m. grasshopper
kpáịkpáị2 v.i. flap; clap; chirp (as grasshopper); clap (as of
slipper)
kpáịn1 a. dry; not yielding water; without water; careful
kpáịn1 v.i. dry up completely; become completely dry by
evaporation or draining
kpáịnmọ1 adv. dryly; carefully
kpáịn2 v.i. spark; emit sparks of fire; clink; make sharp
ringing sound
kpáịnmọ2 adv. with a spark or clink
kpáịnkpáịn v.i. fret; show angry impatience; fuss
kpáịnkpáịn n. fuss; bustle
kpáịnkpáịnmọ adv. fussily; fretfully
kpaịnkpụtụ n. food; flour of unripe plantain mixed with oil
and cooked
kpakamúu v.i. palpitate; pulsate; throb (of heart and bosom)
with more than usual force or rapidity
kpakamúu n. palpitation; pulsation; throbbing
kpakamúumọ adv. throbbingly
kpakaráa1 v.i. crackle; emit slight cracking sound
kpakaráamọ1 adv. with a crack
kpakaráa2 v.i. move suddenly
kpakaráamọ2 adv. moving suddenly
kpakarákpakara v.i. crackle continuously
kpakarákpakaram adv. continuously crackling
ọ
kpákiríi a. stocky; thickset; short and strongly built;
hefty; sturdy
kpákiríimọ adv. stockily; sturdily
kpákị n.m. very small kind of jar
kpákíị̣ a. very small (of size); stingy
kpákíịmọ̣ adv. in a very small way; stingily
kpákịríị̣ a. dry; not plump
kpákịríịmọ̣ adv. drily
kpáko1 n.m. m red-capped mangabey Cercopithecus
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torquatus
kpáko2 n.m. any member not initiated into sẹkịapụ club (slang)
kpákolo v.i. fall slowly downwards; sink in level; subside
kpákolóo a. sunken (of eyes)
kpákolóomọ adv. with sunken eyes
kpakóo v.t. bite or sting sharply (cf. kpagagóo)
kpakóomọ adv. sharply (of bite)
kpákoróo a. bony; not fleshy (of head)
kpákoróomọ adv. in a bony way
kpákpa v.i. slide off as land-slide; break off as sliver;
sliver
kpákpa n. landslide about to fall off; chink; peep-hole;
deep crevice
kpakpá v.t. beat down mud or block wall for rebuilding;
prepare bamboo material for mat weaving
kpákparáa a. dry; bone-dry; hard
kpákparáa v.i. become dry by evaporation
kpákparáamọ adv. drily
kpákulúu a. filled and a little distended (of stomach, bag,
etc.)
kpákulúumọ adv. in a slightly distended way
kpakulúu v.i. come into contact with (something hard)
while chewing or e.g. when an engine is in
motion; jar (on something)
kpakulúumọ adv. with a jar; jarringly
kpákurúu a. bulging (of something hard, e.g. kugu)
kpákurúumọ adv. in a bulging way
kpákurúu2 v.i. emit deep creaking sound
kpákurúumọ adv. with a deep creak
kpákụlú ̣ụ a. silent; not speaking
kpákụlú ̣ụmọ adv. silently
kpakụrú ̣kpakụrụ a. dry (especially of food eaten without relish;
very dry (e.g. of leaves)
kpakụrú ̣kpakụrụm adv. in a dry manner
ọ
kpákụrú ̣ụ a. dry
kpákụrú ̣ụmọ1 adv. in a dry manner
kpákụrú ̣ụmọ2 v.t. dry; make very dry (e.g. fish
kpalaḅú ̣ụ v.i. blink; wink; twinkle
& n.
tọrú ̣kpalaḅú ̣ụ n. wink, blink of eyelids
kpaláị1 v.i. swing loosely and quickly; jerk (e.g. of
paralyzed leg, or grasshopper)
kpaláị2 v.i. be completely finished
kpaláịmọ adv. entirely, completely (finished)
kpalakíị̣ a. paralyzed
kpalakíịmọ̣ adv. in a paralyzed manner
kpalakpalá a. finished; complete
kpalakpalá v.i. be finished completely
kpalakpalámọ adv. entirely, completely (finished)
kpalí ̣ v.t. pilfer; pinch
kpámbụlụ n. wart
kpámerée1 a. short and stunted (of person)
kpámeréemọ adv. in a short and stunted way
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kpámerée2 a. high up (of shaving round the head)
kpámeréemọ adv. in a high-up manner (round head)
kpámịníị̣ a. tight; close-fitting
kpámịníịmọ̣ adv. tightly
mịé ̣ kpámịníịmọ
̣ v.p. tighten
kpamúu v.i. palpitate; pulsate
kpamúu n. palpitation; pulsation
kpamú ̣ụ v.i. snap; pluck, break, with sharp crack
kpamú ̣ụ n. snap; sharp crack
kpamú ̣ụmọ adv. with a snap
kpanáịn v.i. prickle; tingle; spark
kpanáịnmọ adv. with a tingle
kpanáịnkpanáịn v.i. feel prickling or stinging sensation; fret; show
angry impatience
kpanáịnkpanáịnm adv. fussily; fretfully
ọ
kpangbá v.i. become dry
kpangbámọ v.t. make dry
kpangba a. as in
kpangbakiri n. dry land
kpángulúu a. stodgy; bulging; pot-bellied; swollen
kpángulúu v.i. be distended; swell out (of soft object; cf.
kpákurúu and next)
kpángulúumọ adv. with bulging belly
kpángụlú ̣ụ a. swollen (of something small)
kpángụlú ̣ụ v.i. distend; swell out (of smaller object than
kpángulúu)
kpángụlú ̣ụmọ adv. in a swollen way (of something small)
kpankpan a. spotless, immaculate
kpankpánmọ adv. spotlessly; immaculately
kpapú ̣ n.m. to scissors; forceps
kpapú ̣ v.t. cut off or up with scissors; grasp or hold with
tongs; scissor
kpapú ̣ pẹlẹ v.p. cut (something hard, e.g. wire) with
wirecutters
kpapú ̣pẹle n.m. f unidentified sea fish sp.
kpápụye n. to native type of tongs
kpára v.i. be skewered; get stuck (in narrow space); be
rounded up (as suspect)
kpará v.t. skewer; pin or pierce fish or meat with stick
or iron for drying or cooking; gore; pierce
with horn or tusk; round up (suspects)
kpará n. ft stick of pierced fish e.g. indíkpara
kparáye n. to skewer; pin of wood
kparaḅúu v.i. snap, break with sharp crack (of larger (cf. kpaḅúu)
objects)
kparaḅúu n. snap; sharp crack
kparaḅúumọ adv. with a snap
kparaḅú ̣ụ v.i. snap (of smaller objects)
kparaḅú ̣ụ n. snap
kparaḅú ̣ụmọ adv. with a snap
kpárajáa a. lanky; tall and lean
kpárajáamọ adv. in a tall and lean way
kpárakpára a. very swift (e.g. of ebbing tide)
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kpárakpáramọ adv. very swiftly
kparakpará n.m. f Madeiran sardinella, largest Cameroon Sardinella
sardine, at a certain stage of development maderensis. cf.
afarụ1, búza,
gbódo2, ikerere,
kigbo
kpárankpáran v.i. spark; throw off sparks
kparankparan-áye n.pl. sparks
kpárankpáranmọ adv. with sparks
kparapú ̣kparapụ v.i. snap, blink, wink, twinkle, incessantly
kparapú ̣kparapụ n. incessant snap, blink, wink, twinkle
kparapú ̣ụ v.i. snap; take instantaneous photograph; break
with sharp crack; blink; twinkle; wink
kparapú ̣ụ n. snap; crack; blink; wink; twinkle
kparapú ̣ụmọ adv. with a snap
kpáraráa a. lanky; tall and lean
kpáraráamọ adv. in a lanky manner
kpararáa v.i. break lengthwise (of splits)
kpararáamọ adv. lengthwise (of splits)
kpararákparara a. apt to break lengthwise; full of cracks
kpáraróo a. lantern-jawed (of long and thin jaw)
kpáraróomọ adv. in a lantern-jawed way
kparasíi v.i. snap; break with sharp crack (as if heavily
trodden on)
kparasíi n. snap; sharp crack
kparasíị̣ v.i. snap; break with sharp crack (as if lightly
trodden on)
kparasíị̣ n. snap; light crack
kparasíịmọ̣ adv. with a snap
kparasíkparasị
̣ a. brittle; fragile; easily snapped or shattered
kpárikpári v.i. move with undue haste; hurry
kpárikpári n. hurry; undue haste
kpárrikpárimọ adv. hurriedly
kpárúu a. corpulent; fat
kpárúumọ adv. corpulently
kpásaláa a. bony; all skin and bone; thin
kpásaláamọ adv. thinly
kpasíi v.i. snap; break or cut with sharp but loud noise
kpasíi n. snap
kpasíimọ adv. with a loud sharp noise
kpasíị̣ v.i. snap; break or snap with sharp but light noise
kpasíị̣ n. snap
kpasíịmọ̣ adv. with a light snap
kpatáa v.i. raise (e.g. heavy load) easily
kpatáamọ adv. easily
kpatáị v.t. slap (person, etc.) with palm, or part lips
& i. noisily in enjoyment of food; smack (lips)
kpatáị n. smack; slight explosive report as of surface
struck with palm, or of lips parted suddenly
kpatáịmọ adv. with a smack
kpatáịkpatáị v.i. smack continuously
kpatáịkpatáị n. continuous smacking of lips
kpátakáa a. soft and sticky
kpátakáamọ adv. in a soft, sticky way
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kpatakáa1 v.i. raise (e.g. heavy load) completely and
suddenly
kpatakáamọ1 adv. completely and effortlessly
kpatakáa2 v.i. forget completely or entirely
kpatakáamọ2 adv. entirely; completely
kpátakpáta v.i. run unsteadily
kpátakpátamọ adv. quickly
kpátị adv. narrow; tight; compact
kpátị v.i. narrow; become narrow
kpátịmọ adv. tightly; compactly
kpatịmó ̣ v.t. narrow; tighten
kpatí ̣ v.t. sting (mosquito, gnat, bedbug, etc.); pinch;
nip between tip of finger and thumb; smart;
rankle
kpatí ̣ n. sting; pinch; smart
kpátóo a. knock-kneed; (of breast) rudimentary
kpátóomọ adv. in a knock-kneed way
kpáu v.i. bang; thud; fall with low dull sound; make
sound of explosion or the report of a gun
kpáu n. bang; thud
kpáumọ adv. with heavy fall; with a thud
kpáụ1 v.i. bang; make slight sound of explosion or the
report of a gun
kpáụ1 n. slight bang
kpáụmọ adv. with a light report
kpáụ2 v.i. keep silent
kpáụn v.i. ring; give forth sound as of vibrating metal;
peal
kpáụn n. ring; peal
kpáụnmọ adv. resoundingly
kpaú ̣n v.t. carry (something) on one’s back
kpaú ̣n n. act of carrying (person or something) on the
back
kpaụnmó ̣ v.t. tie on to someone’s back
kpaú ̣nmọ adv. close by, close to or close upon
kpáụụ a. silent; not speaking
kpáụụmọ adv. silently
kpawáị v.i. fall sharply
kpawáịmọ adv. with a sharp fall
kpáwóo a. sunken (of eye, cheek)
kpáwóo v.i. be sunken
kpáwóomọ adv. with sunken eyes
kpawóo v.i. utter long loud doleful cry (of pain); howl
kpawóo n. howl (of pain)
kpawóo a. howling
kpawóomọ adv. with a howl
kpé v.t. weave
kpée v.i. thump; bang; bump
& t.
kpée n. thump; bang; bump
kpéemọ adv. with a thump, bang, or bump
kpeekpé a. wide apart
kpeekpémọ adv. widely apart
kpeekpemó ̣ v.t. make wide apart
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kpéekpée v.i. shout loudly
kpéekpée a. loud (of shout)
kpéekpéemọ adv. loudly (of shout)
kpéin a. mute; silent
kpéinmọ adv. mutely; silently
kpékée v.i. lurch; stagger; tilt; suddenly lean to one side
kpékée n. lurch; stagger
kpékéemọ adv. with a lurch; lurchingly; staggeringly
kpekéekpekée v.i. waver; oscillate; vacillate; rock; swing like
pendulum; move to and fro on a fixed point
due to action of water, etc.
kpekéekpekéemọ adv. vacillatingly; waveringly
kpékekpéke v.i. be irresolute or undecided between opinions
kpékekpéke a. irresolute; undecided; hesitating
kpékekpéke n. irresoluteness; irresolution
kpékekpékemọ adv. irresolutely; hesitatingly
kpékelée a. too near edge; almost falling (cf. kpékẹlé
̣ ẹ)
̣
kpékeléemọ adv. in an almost falling manner
kpekelée v.i. lurch; stagger; tilt; suddenly lean to one side
kpekelée n. lurch; stagger
kpekeléemọ adv. with a lurch; lurchingly; staggeringly
kpekélekpekéle v.i. make series of lurches or staggers
kpekélekpekéle n. continuous lurching
kpekerée n. & same as kpekelée
v.i.
kpeki v.i. draw near to; approach; e.g. wa mu ama ná
kpekité ̣ ‘we have
drawn near the
town’
kpeki a. near; close to, in time, etc.; e.g. í na
̣ kpekinimi
warímị ̣ sụó ̣ọ ‘get
into the house near
me’
kpeki adv. near; at a short distance; e.g. ifiémị ḅo kpekité ̣
‘the time has drawn
near’
kpekpe a. wide apart
kpékperáa a. tough; hard to break or cut; stiff; tenacious
kpékperáa v.i. become hard
kpékperáamọ1 adv. toughly; stiffly
kpékperáamọ2 v.t. make hard (e.g. skin)
kpéngekpénge a. replete; filled; stuffed
kpéngelée a. fat and oversized (of head)
kpépu a. dumb; unable to speak
kpépu v.i. be dumb
kpépu n. dumbness; aphasia
kpépumọ adv. dumbly
ḅịḅịkpépu n. dumbness
ḅịḅị kpépumọ v.p. make dumb
kpepú v.t. hold something in the mouth without chewing
or swallowing; make dumb
kperekí v.i. bang; meet with force or sudden impact
kperekí n. bang; collision; impact
kperekímọ adv. with a bang or impact
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kperepúu v.i. bang, shut with noise or sudden impact
kperepúu n. bang
kperepúumọ adv. with a bang
kpetekáa a. dauby; greasy; thick
kpetekáamọ adv. daubily; greasily; thickly
kpéterée a. dauby; greasy; thick
kpéteréemọ adv. daubily; greasily; thickly
kpeti v.i. set; settle (of leg or bone after fracture or
dislocation)
kpetimó ̣ v.t. bank up (fire for slow burning); cause to set or
settle
kpewée v.i. beat strongly
kpewée n. strong beating
kpewéemọ adv. with a strong beating
kpé ̣ v.i. beat with sharp or light beating; crack
kpé ̣ n. light beating
kpémọ ̣ adv. with light beating
kpéẹ̣ adv. never (with negative verb e.g. ó kpéẹ̣ fịghá
‘he never ate’
kpéịkpé
̣ ị̣ v.i. knock lightly and repeatedly; talk too much;
prate
kpéịkpé
̣ ị̣ a. prattling
kpéịn ̣ v.t. do or touch slightly
kpẹkẹlẹ adv. in time or quickly (with negative sentences); ó kpẹkẹlẹ ḅoghá
e.g. ‘he did not come in
time (or quickly)’
kpékẹlé
̣ ẹ̣ a. too near edge; dangerously poised (cf. kpékelée)
kpékẹlé
̣ ẹmọ
̣ adv. in a dangerously poised way
kpékẹrẹ́ ẹ̣ a. following closely (as child)
kpékẹré ̣ ẹmọ̣ adv. following closely
kpẹkịkpẹkị v.i. draw near to; approach
kpẹkịkpẹkị a. near, close to
kpẹkịkpẹkị adv. near; at a short distance
kpẹkịkpẹkímọ ̣ adv. closely
kpékú ̣ ̣ụ a. short; low; not high or tall
kpékú ̣ ̣ụmọ adv. low, low down
kpérẹkpé ̣ rẹ
̣ v.i. chatter; talk quickly or smartly; sputter;
splutter
kpérẹkpé
̣ rẹ
̣ n. sputter; splutter; chatter
kpérẹkpé
̣ rẹmọ
̣ adv. sputteringly
kpẹrụkpẹrụ a. covered with protuberances (e.g. of scalded
skin) or shoots (e.g. of sprouting earth)
kpétụkpé
̣ tụ
̣ v.i. prattle; talk in childish manner
kpétụkpé
̣ tụ ̣ n. childish prattling; prattle
kpéwé ̣ ẹ̣ a. very close to the ground (of trees or people)
kpiḅúu v.i. break with sharp crack (of larger objects)
kpiḅúumọ adv. with a sharp crack
kpígigíi a. bulging; heavy with child
kpígigíimọ adv. heavily (of pregnant woman)
kpíi1 v.i. thump; bump
kpíi1 n. thump; bump
kpíimọ1 adv. with a thump or bump
kpíi2 v.i. rush; stampede; engage in sudden flight or
hurried movement
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kpíi2 n. rush; stampede; hurried flight
kpíimọ2 adv. with a stampede or rush
kpíikpíi a. full of jubilation (of crowd of people)
kpíikpíimọ adv. with jubilation
kpíin v.i. stamp; thump; bring down (foot, or stick)
heavily on ground
kpíin n. stamp; thump; heavy downward blow with
foot or stick
kpíinmọ adv. with a stamp (of foot)
kpíkiríi a. stocky; thickset
kpíkiríimọ adv. stockily
kpikpi a. replete; stuffed; filled
kpikpímọ adv. in a stuffed way
kpiliḅúu v.i. blink; shut the eyes for a moment and open
them as sign of contempt
kpiliḅúu n. blink (contemptuous)
kpiliḅúumọ adv. with a blink
kpilikpili v.i. glide; pass by with smooth continuous
movement
kpilikpili n. glide
kpilikpilímọ adv. glidingly
kpílilíi a. greasy; dauby
kpílilíimọ adv. greasily; daubily
kpimukpimu a. turgid
kpimukpimu n. turgidity
kpimukpimúmọ adv. turgidly
kpimúkpimúu v.i. pulsate; palpitate
kpimúkpimúu n. throb; pulse
kpimúkpimúumọ adv. throbbingly
kpímúu a. turgid; morbidly swollen
kpímúumọ adv. turgidly
kpimúu v.i. pulsate; beat; throb; palpitate; expand and
contract by beats
kpimúu n. pulse, throb
kpíniníi a. smooth; not wrinkled or hairy; not pitted or
scored
kpíniníimọ adv. smoothly
kpípúu a. robust; stout
kpípúumọ adv. robustly; stoutly
kpíri v.i. be caught
kpirí v.t. catch
kpíridíi a. overfull; heavy with child
kpíridíimọ adv. heavily with fruit or child
kpírikíi a. dingy; dirty-looking; dull-coloured; dull-
witted; opaque; swarthy
kpírikíimọ adv. dingily; opaquely; swarthily
kpirikíkpiriki v.i. make a stampede; stampede
kpirikíkpiriki n. stampede; sudden fright and scattering of a
number of cattle; unconcerted movement of
many persons by common impulse
kpirikíkpirikimọ adv. with a stampede
kpírikpíri v.i. rush; run violently; flow fast
kpírikpíri n. rush; violent or tumultuous advance; run or
flow
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kpírikpírimọ adv. with a rush
kpisíi1 v.i. bump; thump
kpisíi1 n. bump; thump
kpisíimọ1 adv. with a bump
kpisíi2 v.i. stampede; engage in sudden flight or hurried
movement of people due to panic
kpisíi2 n. stampede; panic flight
kpisíimo2 adv. with a stampede
kpitíi a. thickly and closely woven
kpitíimọ adv. thickly and closely
kpịḅú ̣ụ v.t. break with sharp crack (of smaller objects)
& i.
kpịḅú ̣ụmọ adv. with a sharp crack
kpíị̣ v.i. crackle; emit slight cracking sound
kpíị̣ n. crackle
kpíịmọ̣ adv. with a crackle
kpịkpị a. very tight
kpịkpímọ ̣ adv. very tightly
mịé ̣ kpịkpímọ ̣ v.p. make tight
kpịlịḅú ̣kpịlịḅú ̣ụ v.i. blink incessantly; flash on and off
kpịlịḅú ̣kpịlịḅú ̣ụ n. incessant blinking or flashing
kpịlịḅú ̣kpịlịḅú ̣ụmọ adv. with a blink
kpịlịḅú ̣ụ v.i. blink; look with eyes opening and shutting
kpịlịḅú ̣ụ n. blink
kpílịlí ̣ ị̣ a. greasy; dauby
kpílịlí ̣ ịmọ ̣ adv. greasily
kpímụkpí ̣ mụ
̣ a. fidgety
kpímụkpí ̣ mụ̣ v.i. fidget; move restlessly
kpímụkpí ̣ mụ ̣ n. fidget; bodily uneasiness seeking relief in
spasmodic movements; fidgetiness
kpímụkpí
̣ mụmọ
̣ adv. with a fidget
kpịmụkpịmú ̣ a. very tight or taut
kpímú ̣ ̣ụ a. tight; closely held; fitting
kpímú ̣ ̣ụnị adv. tightly
kpịmụmó ̣ v.t. tighten
kpịngó ̣ọ v.i. nod
kpịngó ̣ọ n. nod
kpịngó ̣ọmọ adv. noddingly; with a nod
kpírịkí ̣ ị̣ a. very black; swarthy
kpírịkí ̣ ị̣ n. swarthiness; blackness
kpírịkí ̣ 1
̣ ịmọ adv. swarthily
kpírịkí ̣ 2
̣ ịmọ v.t. blacken
kpịrikíkpịrịkị ̣ v.i. creak; make harsh noise
kpịrikíkpịrịkị ̣ n. creak; harsh loud noise, as of unoiled bed,
hinge, etc.
kpịrịkpịrị1 v.i. creak; make harsh noise
kpịrịkpịrímọ̣ 1 adv. with a creak
2
kpịrịkpịrị a. tight; closely fastened
kpịrịkpịrímọ ̣ 2 adv. tightly
3
kpịrịkpịrị v.i. char; burn to charcoal; blacken with fire
kpịrịkpịrímọ ̣ 3 adv. in a charred way
kpịrímụkpịrí
̣ mụ̣ a. fidgety
kpịrịmú ̣kpịrịmụ v.i. fidget
kpịrịmú ̣kpịrịmụ n. fidgetiness
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kpịrịmú ̣ụ v.i. cut; cease; stop abruptly
kpịrịmú ̣ụmọ adv. abruptly
kpịrịmú ̣ụmọ adv. abruptly
1
kpịrịsíkpịrịsị
̣ a. brittle; apt to break; crisp; fragile; frail
1
kpịrịsíkpịrịsị
̣ n. brittleness; fragility; crispness
kpịrịsíkpịrịsịmọ
̣ adv. with crispness; brittly; frailly
2
kpịrịsíkpịrịsị̣ v.i. grit; produce grating sound
kpíụ̣ v.i. (of sigh) deep-drawn; (of rain) heavy and
prolonged
kpíụmọ
̣ adv. in a deep-drawn way (of sigh); heavily (of
rain)
kpíyó
̣ ̣ọ a. sticky (as of excess pomade)
kpíyọ́ ̣ọmọ adv. stickily
kpó v.t. coil; cause to twist up into circular or spiral
shape; fold; double (flexible thing) over upon
itself; wind; clasp; lay together and interlace
(arms); swathe; envelope; convolve; roll up
kpó n. coil; length of coiled rope, wire, etc.; single
turn of coiled thing; fold; hollow between two
thicknesses; crease; line caused by folding
kpó mịé ̣ v.p. dive suddenly (of shoal of fish
kpomó ̣ v.t. fold up; curl; coil up
kpóḅili a. coiled; folded; twisted; convoluted
kpoḅilimó ̣ v.t. heap up; fold up; agglomerate
kpokorokpokoró a. bold; well-marked; bigger in size, etc.
kpokorokpokoróm adv. boldly; stoutly
ọ
kpókoróo1 a. chief; especial; exceptional; principal;
particular
kpókoróomọ1 adv. chiefly; especially; principally; particularly
kpókoróo2 a. bold; well-marked; bigger in size; stout;
sturdy; hefty; strongly-built; stalwart;
doughty; valiant
kpókoróomọ2 adv. boldly; stoutly; sturdily; heftily; stalwartly;
doughtily; valiantly
kpókoróo3 a. bleak, bare (of poverty); abject; despicable
kpókoróomọ3 adv. miserably; bleakly
kpokpó v.t. pick up; glean
& i.
kpokpomó1̣ v.t. collect in small quantities; scrape together
kpokpomó2̣ v.t. collect into (a receptacle)
kpokpo n. piece of wood beaten to make an
announcement, declaration, or proclamation;
the announcement, declaration or
proclamation so made
kpokpo gboló v.p. make proclamation, announcement or
declaration
kpóokpóomọ adv. loudly as if making a proclamation
kpókporokpo n. crowing (m.) cock (cf. kokoróko)
kpókporóo a. brawny; strong and muscular; thick (of rope)
kpókporóomọ adv. thickly; strongly
kpólokíi a. crooked; deformed
kpólokíimọ adv. crookedly
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kpólombíimọ adv. in a curved way
kpólu v.i. be folded; be wrapped
kpolú v.t. wrap; enfold; fold
kpolúye n. wrapper
ogbó kpolúmọ v.p. fold together
kpongbo1 n.m. b bird sp.
kpongbo2 n. dry land
kpóngúu1 a. snub (of nose)
kpóngúu a. idle; unoccupied; lazy; indolent
kpóngúumọ adv. idly; indolently
kpóo1 v.i. be twisted up into circular or spiral shape;
coiled
kpóokpóo a. creased; curly
kpóo2 v.i. give forth sound (as) of knocking or cutting
on something hard (e.g. on head, table, etc.)
kpóo2 n. knock
kpóomọ adv. with such loud sound
kpórokíi a. crooked; deformed
kpórokíimọ adv. crookedly
kporokíi v.i. strike against something
kporokíi n. impact; collision
kporokíimọ adv. with an impact
kporokíkporoki a. untidily scattered (of objects inside house)
kporokíkporokimọ adv. in an untidy, scattered way
kpórokpóro v.i. patter; make rapid succession of drops (as
rain, tears)
kpórokpóro n. pattering; stream (of tears)
kpórokpóromọ adv. with a patter
kpórokúu a. massive and dull (of person); too large (of a
cover)
kpórokúumọ adv. in a massive, dull way
kpóru v.i. swell; grow bigger; dilate; distend; expand;
bulge out
kpórúu a. swollen; dilated; distended; inflated; puffed
kpótokóo1 a. chief; especial; principal; particular
kpótokóomọ adv. chiefly, especially
kpótokóo2 a. bold; well-marked
kpótokóomọ adv. boldly; stoutly
kpotokpotó a. bold; well-marked
kpotokpotómọ adv. boldly
kpóun n. resonant sound (as of gong)
kpóunmọ1 adv. resonantly
kpoun v.i. be completely finished
kpóunmọ2 adv. completely (finished)
kpó1̣ v.t. moor; fasten or attach (boat or other floating
object) to permanent anchor; tie; bind knot;
tether
kpó ̣ ḅa v.p. hang; suspend on gibbet
kpó ̣ḍigi n. tether, rope
kpó ̣mọ v.t. tie to
kpó ̣ tekelé v.p. hang up; suspend
kpó2̣ v.i. age; grow old; mature; ferment, sour (of palm
wine)
kpó ̣mọ v.t. age; cause to grow old; stunt; dwarf; check
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growth or development of; mature; make sour;
cause to ferment
kpó ̣tẹ a. aged; old; lasting; mature; solid (of wood);
stunted; sour; fermented (of drink)
ḅịḅịkpó ̣ a. haughty and insolent
ḅịḅị kpọmó ̣ v.p. refresh mouth
ḅịḅịkpọmọye n. dessert
kpó ̣ị v.i. patter; cause to make rapid succession of taps
on top of water or roof (as rain, etc.)
kpó ̣ị n. patter(ing)
kpọị adv. to the point; to the purpose; exactly
kpó ̣ịkpó ̣ị v.i. talk in rapid mechanical way; talk glibly;
patter
kpọkí1̣ v.t. take small pieces of meat while butchering
kpọkí2̣ v.i. try and walk with a bad leg
kpọkịrí ̣ v.t. dog; follow closely; track; pursue person
(with palaver)
kpó ̣kịríị̣ a. lonely; solitary; companionless; lonesome; (cf. kpó ̣kọró ̣ọ)
isolated
kpó ̣kịríịmọ
̣ adv. lonesomely; solitarily
kpó ̣kọló ̣ọ a. hanging loose
kpó ̣kọló ̣ọmọ adv. in a loose-hanging way
kpó ̣kọró ̣ọ a. lonely; (of belly) bulging out while whole (cf. kpó ̣kịríị)̣
body is emaciated
kpó ̣kọró ̣ọmọ adv. in a lonely way; in a bulging manner
kpọkpọ adv. only; solely; nothing more or besides and that
is all
kpọlí ̣ v.t. climb
kpọlọḅú ̣ụ v.t. put; add
& i.
kpọlọḅú ̣ụmọ adv. a little extra (added to something bought or
requested)
kpọmbí ̣ v.t. pinch, nip or squeeze between tips of fingers;
twitch; pull at, jerk at (person’s sleeve)
especially to call attention
kpọmbí ̣ n. pinch; twitch; nip; squeeze
kpọmó ̣ adv. very much
kpó ̣n kpó ̣n v.i. mi give forth sound (as) of musical drum
kpó ̣n kpó ̣n n. sound of drum
kpọnọnó ̣ v.t. rub eyes, blink, etc., after sleep; e.g. tọrú ̣ kpọnọnọ ‘rub
eyes’
kpó ̣ọ v.i. be moored, fastened or attached to permanent
anchor; be tied; be tethered
kpó ̣ọ fi v.p. commit suicide by hanging
kpó ̣ọfị n. suicide by hanging
kpọrọkpọrọ a. careful in movement (towards or away from)
object)
kpọrọkpọrọ v.i. move towards person (of object drawn); move
with person (of live objects) without pause or
hesitation
kpọrọkpọró ̣mọ adv. with careful movement; without pause or
hesitation
kpó ̣rọkú ̣ụ a. dull; sluggish; slow-moving
kpó ̣rọkú ̣ụmọ adv. dully
kpọrọnkpọrọn v.i. patter
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kpọrọnkpọrọn n. patter(ing)
kpọrọnkpọrọnmọ adv. with a patter
kpó ̣rụ v.i. be overfull (of stomach)
kpó ̣rú ̣ụ a. suffering from indigestion; not eupeptic
kpọsọkpọsó ̣ v.i. move slowly
kpọsọkpọsó ̣mọ adv. with slow movement
kpọtọ n. small wooden musical drum accompaniment; see ekere
kpọtọkpọtó ̣ a. filthy; muddy
kpọtọkpọtó ̣mọ adv. filthily
kpó ̣tọkó ̣ọ a. of thick consistency (of soup)
kpó ̣tọkó ̣ọmọ adv. thickly
kpọtọkó ̣mọ v.t. thicken; make thick (soup)
kpó ̣tọpú ̣ụ1 a. prepared so as to be thick (of food)
kpó ̣tọpú ̣ụmọ1 adv. in a thick way (of food)
kpó ̣tọpú ̣ụ2 v.i. feel satiated in the throat due to much oil (of
food); be crowded, be in a swarm (of crowd)
kpó ̣tọpú ̣ụmọ2 adv. in a satiated manner (of food in the throat); in
a thick way (of crowd)
kpó ̣tọró ̣ọ a. messy (of mucus, etc.)
kpó ̣tọró ̣ọmọ adv. in a messy way
kpọtụ n.m. round basket with lid for keeping fish or fowl
kpó ̣tú ̣ụ a. dull
kpó ̣tú ̣ụmọ adv. dully
kpúkée a. pigeon-breasted
kpúkéemọ adv. with a pigeon breast
kpúkelée a. pigeon-breasted (same as kpúmée)
kpúkeléemọ adv. with a pigeon breast
kpukpu v.i. knock; rap; tap
kpukpu n. knock; rap; tap
kpúkpuru adv. en bloc; in a lump; wholesale; en masse; in a
mass; all together
kpúkukpúku v.i. rattle dully
kpúkukpúku n. dull rattle
kpúkukpúkumọ adv. with a dull rattle
kpúkulúu a. small and well-rounded (e.g. of cocoyam)
kpúkulúumọ adv. in a well-rounded way
kpúmée a. pigeon-breasted (same as kpúkelée)
kpúméemọ adv. with a pigeon breast
kpúngulúu a. roundish; round
kpúngulúumọ adv. roundly; in a circular way
íkpungúlusanị n. cr pepper with round fruits
kpuráa v.i. bang; fall, shut, close with noise; throw down
negligently
kpuráa n. bang
kpuráamọ adv. with a bang
kpúrakpúra a. cursory; hasty; hurried
kpúrakpúramọ adv. hurriedly
kpurú v.t. cut down large trees on top of growing crops
kpurukúkpuruku v.i. rumble; make sound as of undersized leg in
rainboot
kpurukúkpuruku n. rumble
kpurukúkpuruku adv. with a rumble
mọ
kpururúukpururú v.i. rumble; make sound (as) of thunder, heavy
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u cart, air in bowels, etc.
kpururúukpururú n. rumble
u
kpurúu excl. an abuse, insult
kpusúu v.i. puncture; prick; pierce
kpusúu n. puncture
kpusúumọ adv. with a puncture
kputukputu a. dirty; foul; unclean; unchaste; soiled
kputukputúmọ adv. dirtily
kpútukúu a. dirty
kpútukúumọ adv. dirtily
kpúturu v.i. be rumpled, wrinkled, creased
kpúturuyọ n. sprain; wrench
kputurú v.t. rumple; wrinkle; crease (fabric, garment, face,
etc.); sprain, wrench (ankle, wrist)
kpúu1 v.i. explode
kpúu1 n. explosion
kpúumọ1 adv. with heavy explosion
kpúu2 v.i. fall with a thud
kpúu2 n. thud
kpúumọ adv. with a heavy fall
kpúu3 n. flatulence; state of having gas in the
alimentary canal; constipation
kpuwáa v.i. thrash; beat with stick or whip or hand; spank;
beat the waves heavy
kpuwáa n. thrashing; beating; whipping; spanking
kpuwáamọ adv. with a spank
kpuwáakpuwáa v.i. keep beating or thrashing; keep beating the
waves; make way against wind or tide
kpuwáakpuwáa n. continuous beating, thrashing
kpú ̣kéẹ̣ a. small and stunted
kpú ̣kéẹmọ
̣ adv. in a small and stunted way
kpú ̣kẹléẹ̣ a. slim but not stunted (e.g. of child)
kpú ̣kẹléẹmọ
̣ adv. in a slim, but not stunted way
kpú ̣kpọ v.i. be loosened
kpụkpó ̣ v.t. disentangle; extricate; loosen; strip off,
unfasten; untie; untwist; unmask; unravel
kpụkpụ v.i. knock on door
kpụkpụ n. knock
kpụkpú ̣mọ adv. with a knock
kpú ̣kpụrú ̣ụ a. stunted (e.g. of person or tree)
kpú ̣kpụrú ̣ụmọ adv. in a stunted way
kpụkụkpụkú ̣ v.i. rattle lightly
kpụkụkpụkú ̣ n. light rattle
kpụkụkpụkú ̣mọ adv. with a light rattle
kpú ̣kụlú ̣ụ a. small (by comparison with larger objects of
same kind)
kpú ̣kụlú ̣ụmọ adv. in a comparatively small way
kpú ̣méẹ̣ a. pigeon-breasted (of small person); rounded
(of unweaned child’s stomach)
kpú ̣méemọ
̣ adv. in a pigeon-breasted way; in a rounded way
kpú ̣ngụlú ̣ụ a. small and roundish
kpú ̣ngụlú ̣ụmọ adv. in a small roundish way
kpụráa v.i. thud (of small objects)
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kpụráamọ adv. with a light thud
kpụráịn v.i. chink; twang
kpụráịn n. chink; twang
kpụráịnmọ adv. with a chink or twang
kpú ̣rụkéẹ̣ a. small (of person, especially child)
kpú ̣rụkéẹmọ
̣ adv. in a small way
kpụrụkú ̣kpụrụkụ a. crunching (e.g. of gravel); clinking (e.g. of
tightly-packed beads)
kpụrụkú ̣kpụrụkụ adv. crunchingly; clinkingly
mọ
kpụrú ̣rụkpụrú ̣rụ v.i. hang trailing behind; straggle in rear
kpụrú ̣rụkpụrú ̣rụm adv. in a trailing manner
ọ
kpụrụrú ̣ụkpụrụrú ̣ v.i. rumble; purr
ụ
kpụrụrú ̣ụkpụrụrú ̣ n. rumble; purr
ụ
kpụrụrú ̣ụkpụrụrú ̣ adv. with a small rumble; with a purr
ụmọ
kpụsú ̣ụ v.i. puncture; prick; pierce; punch; strike with
light blow
kpụsú ̣ụ n. puncture
kpụsú ̣ụmọ adv. with a slight puncture, punch or light blow
kpú ̣tụ a. compact; closely packed together
kpú ̣tụmọ adv. compactly
kpú ̣tụkpú ̣tụ a. fizzy; sputtering
kpú ̣tụkpú ̣tụ v.i. fizz; fizzle; make sputtering sound
kpú ̣tụkpú ̣tụ n. fizz; fizzle; sputter
kpú ̣tụkpú ̣tụmọ adv. with a fizz
kpụwáa v.i. thrash, beat with stick or whip or hand, lightly
or sharply; beat the waves lightly
kpụwáa n. beating
kpụwáamọ adv. with a light beating
kpụwáakpụwáa v.i. keep beating or thrashing lightly; keep beating
the waves
kpụwáakpụwáa n. continuous light beating
kpụwáị excl. Serves you right!

L.

lá1 v.t. A. reach; get as far as; attain to; arrive at á dí-ene láté ̣ it has
(specified point or object of destination); reached my
succeed in affecting either simply or with the birthday; ịnị ḍirímị
hand or instrument or missile or influence íḅ ̣ara láté ̣ your
letter has reached
me (lit. my hand)
lá n. act of reaching or attaining
láwọrio excl. serve you right! you deserve to be ill-treated!
láya v.t. come into contact with one another;
(euphemism) come together (of man and
woman)
kirí la v.p. ‘reach ground’; fall; die
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lá1 B. meet; satisfy; be adequate; suffice; be
enough; be sufficient
lá1 a. sufficient; sufficing; adequate; enough;
competent
lá1 n. adequacy; sufficiency; enough; competence;
competency
lágha a. inadequate; insufficient; not enough; not
sufficing
lamó1̣ adv. sufficiently; adequately
lá1 C. concern; relate to; affect í ḷ aghá (it) does not
concern me
lamó2̣ v.t. succeed in affecting or hitting with missile or
instrument
tíọ̣ la1 phr. where does it affect you?
ye ékị̣ lamó ̣ v.p. wound
yelá1 a. wounded
lá1 D. be equal to (person or thing in quality,
number etc.)
lá1 E. amount to; come to; be equivalent to
tíọ̣ la2 phr. how much is the cost?
tóḅ ̣ara la phr. how much is the cost?
yelá2 a. precious; important; dear; costly; of great
non-material worth; high-priced
lá1 F. happen to; come upon e.g. ye í ḷ átẹ
ẹḅẹḅáa if anything
should happen to
me
lá2 v.aux ought (expressing duty, rightness, ị mịé ̣ la you ought
shortcoming, advisability, or strong to have done; ị mịé ̣
possibility) la (fa) I don’t
blame you (i.e. it’s
not your fault
láa1 a. pale; pallid; anaemic; wan
láa1 n. paleness; pallor
láamọ adv. palely; pallidly; wanly
mịé ̣ láamọ v.p. etiolate; make pale
laa2 n. liver
láḅaraláḅara adv. anyhow; indiscriminately; promiscuously
lagá n. needle (rare) cf. ḅịtégbeinye
̣
lagilagí a. raw and blood-red
lágịlágị v.i. be restless; throb
lágịlágịmọ adv. restlessly; with a throb
lagịlagí ̣ a. intense; violent (sun)
lagịlagímọ adv. intensely, violently
lágụlọ n. gall; bile; gall-bladder
láịláị a. nonsensical; heinous; idious; atrocious;
hateful; promiscuous
láịláị n. nonsense
láịláịkụmọ n.m.f villain; scoundrel; rascal
.
láịláịmọ adv. nonsensically
lala n. black sedimentary mud
lalálala a. muddy
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láligbóo a. fatless (of fish)
lapụlapú ̣ a. succulent; immature
lapụlapú ̣mọ adv. succulently
lé v.t. spy; keep close and secret watch (upon
person, movements etc., into secrets etc); peep
into
lée a. fast; rapikd; quick-moving; sPeedy; swift (of cf. léelée
motion)
léemọ adv. rapidly; swiftly (of motion)
léelée a. unsteady cf. lée
léeléemọ adv. unsteadily
leferé v.i. fleet; glide away; be transitory; move swiftly
leferemó ̣ v.t. cause to move swiftly
léferée a. fleeting
léferéemọ adv. fleetingly
légberée a. naked; bare; nude; unclothed; undraped
legilegí a. raw and slimy-looking e.g. as raw oyster
léke n. swing; seat slung by ropes or chains for
swinging
léke fẹngụ v.p. swing (a swing)
lekée v.i. be swung
lekéemọ adv. toppling over; swoopingly (of birds); with a
swing
lékeléke a. unsteady; restless
lékelékemọ adv. unsteadily; restlessly
léketée a. high; situated far above ground or sea-level
léketéemọ adv. far up; aloft
leketélekete v.i. waver; oscillate unsteadily; becom unsteady
leketéleketéemọ adv. waveringly
lekulélekulé a. slimy; jelly-like
lekulélekulémọ adv. slimily
lelégi v.i. be identified, distinguished or recognised
lelegí v.t. distinguish; discern; see the difference
between; identify; recognise; know
lelegimó ̣ n. mark; sign; indication; badge; symbol; seal
lelegimó ̣ tụa v.p. mark; make a mark on (thing)
lélúu a. calm; quiet; waveless
lélúumọ adv. wavelessly; calmly
lepulepú a. curdy; in curds cf. lẹpụlepú ̣
lepulepu-áye n.pl. curds, coagulated substance
lepulepúmọ adv. in curds
léu a. calm, quiet; waveless cf. léụ ̣
lé ̣ v.t. beat; flog; hit; kick; lam; lash; strike; thrash
lé1̣ v.i. bluster; storm boisterously (of person etc.)
lé2̣ v.i. palpitate; pulsate; throb with more than usual
force or rapidity (of heart, bosom, temples)
lẹmó ̣ v.t. strike; beat; drive; hammer (as with hammer)
̣ 1
lédị n. lead metal from English lead
lédị̣ 2 n. dull and lazy person (slang)
légẹ ̣ v.t. feign; stimulate; pretend
légẹ ̣ n. pretence; simulation
inengi légẹ ̣ v.p. pretend deafness
loló légẹ̣ v.p. simulate indignation
nẹmú ̣ légẹ̣ v.p. feign madness
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obí légẹ ̣ v.p. feign sickness
lẹgé ̣ n.m. dagger; knife
légí
̣ ị̣ a. low; not high (esp. of seat)
légí
̣ ịmọ
̣ adv. in a low position
lẹgịlẹgị v.i. diminish; lessen (of heat, fire or pain)
lẹgímọ ̣ v.t. feign; invent (excuse, story); simulate; e.g. ó obi ékị
̣
pretend lẹgímọtẹ
̣ ‘he
feigned sickness
and did not come’
lẹgímó ̣ ̣ye n. pretence; simulation
lẹgịmó ̣ v.t. deceive; delude; beguile; bamboozle; hoax
lẹkẹlẹké1̣ a. thirsty; feeling thirst
lẹkẹlẹké1̣ v.i. feel thirst; be thirsty
lẹkẹlẹkémọ ̣ adv. thirstily
2
lẹkẹlẹké ̣ a. thin; lean; not plump
lẹkẹlẹkémọ ̣ adv. thinly
lékẹté
̣ ẹ a. gaunt and tired
lékẹté
̣ emọ
̣ adv. in a gaunt, tired way
lẹkụlẹlẹkụlé ̣ a. slimy
lẹkụlẹlẹkụlémọ ̣ adv. slimily
lẹlé ̣ v.t. allure; decoy; entice; lure
lélú ̣ ̣ụ a. low; loaded (of boat) not elevated (in
geographical position etc)
lélụ́ ̣ụmọ adv. with slow motion (as heavily laden boat)
lẹpúlẹpú ̣ a. slimy; not hard (of coconut) cf. lepulepú
lẹpúlẹpú ̣mọ adv. slimily
léụ̣ a. calm; quiet; waveless cf. léu
léụmọ̣ adv. calmly; wavelessly
ligbó n. kind of tree that yields wild rubber
ligbó ḅara n.phr (as bitter as) ligbó
.
líkolíko v.i. dangle; hover about; be suspended and sway
to and fro
líkóo v.i. hang
likóo n. hang; downward droop
likóomọ adv. with a downward droop
líkoto v.i. hang down
líkotóomọ adv. with a downward droop
lịa n. broom made from palm frond
líáa
̣ a. slim; of small girth; slender
líáa ̣ v.i. be slim
líáamọ adv. slimly; slenderly
lịgịlịgí ̣ a. strict; tense; not lax
lịgịlịgímọ ̣ adv. strictly
lịká n. dust;earth
ló1 v.t. reclaim; win back from savagery or waste
condition
ló2 n. mark on each yard length of real india or
some other cloth
loḅiáaloḅiáa v.i. hover about; become restless in agony
loḅiáaloḅiáamọ adv. restlessly
loḅuloḅú a. luxuriant; exuberant; profuse of growth
loḅuloḅúmọ adv. exuberantly
lóḅúu a. lush; luxuriant (esp. of leaves)
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lóḅúumọ adv. luxuriantly
lódíi a. empty; fatless; unproductive
lódímọ adv. emptily
lodó n. gall; typical bitter substance
lókotóo a. ungracefully lean and tall
lókotóomọ adv. in an ungracefully lean and tall way
lókpóo a. mature; heavy; dense
loló2 v.i. develop; grow; increase (fast), (of plants,
ulcers, etc.)
lolomó ̣ v.t. quicken; stimulate; accelerate growth
lóo a. steadfast; intent; fixed (of look)
lóo v.i. look fixedly with eyes wide open (at, upon);
stare
lóomọ adv. steadfastly; intently; fixedly
ló v.t. coat with clay or plaster; daub; smear; plaster;
bedaub
ló ̣boró ̣ọ a. flabby; flaccid; limp (especially of buttocks)
ló ̣boró ̣ọmọ adv. limply
ló ̣gọló ̣ọ a. lanky; hanging loose (of strands)
ló ̣gọló ̣ọmọ adv. in a lanky way; in a loose-hanging way
lọgụlọgú ̣ a. pendulous; suspended
lọgụlọgú ̣mọ adv. pendulously
ló ̣ị a. calm (of sea); lush (of grass, etc.)
ló ̣ịmọ adv. calmly
lọkó ̣ a. easy; not difficult; not stiff; soft; wanting in
hardness; lithe; flexible; supple; tender; not
rough; not coarse; not tough; not hard; feeble;
weak; infirm; wanting in force; balmy; mild;
not astringent; non-alcoholic; mellow; easily
wounded; delicate; loose; not compact or
dense; slack; sluggish; remiss; inactive;
relaxed; weary; lacking vigour
lọkó ̣ v.i. languish; grow feeble; lose vitality; shrivel (of
leaf, etc.)
lọkọ-irú n. fo soft drink
lọkó ̣lọkọ a. soft; loose; mellow
lọkọmó1̣ adv. easily, softly, tenderly; feebly; weakly;
mildly; delicately; wearily; loosely; cheaply,
etc.
lọkọmó2̣ v.t. ease; make easy; relax; slacken; weaken;
enfeeble; enervate; loosen; cheapen; reduce
speed of
lọkọtuḅó n. cheap price; low price
odúlọkọ a. weary; tired
odúlọkọ n. tiredness; dullness, etc.
tuḅolọkó ̣ a. cheap; inexpensive; of low cost
ló ̣kọtó ̣ọ a. languid; nerveless; weak
ló ̣kọtó ̣ọmọ adv. languidly
ló ̣kpọ v.i. droop; hang down, as in weariness; be
dripping; be very wet
ló ̣kpọọmọ adv. droopingly
pisí ló ̣kpó ̣ọ v.p. be dripping wet
lọlí ̣ v.t. massage; rub; press joints and muscles of
body with hand to stimulate their action; iron
(linen) with flat iron
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lọlí ̣ n. massage; press or pressing; rub or rubbing
ló ̣lịkí ̣ n. rowlock; tholepin
ló ̣lịkí ̣ a. flabby; flaccid; limp
ló ̣píịmọ
̣ limply
lọpó ̣ n. frill; lappet; small addition of meat to normal
share
lọsí ̣ n. one yard (of cloth)
luáa a. sheepish
luáamọ adv. sheepishly
luáaluáa v.i. plough way through (e.g. tall grass); swing
majestically (e.g. of nama luké)
luáaluáamọ adv. with a movement of ploughing one’s way
through, or of swinging majestically
luamúu a. (of hair, leaf, etc.) long and luxuriant
luamúumọ adv. luxuriantly
lụgú ̣ n. fr oil-palm fruit
lụgú ̣ḅịa n. b weaver-bird
lụgú ̣pembu n. oil palm frond
lụgú ̣n.-tịn n. cr oil palm, ‘palm tree’ Elaeis guineensis
Jacq. (Palmae)
lúkáin a. pendulous; hanging down
lúkáinmọ adv. pendulously
luké n. heavy fleece on chest (esp. of odugbaná)
lúkpáa adj long and drooping (esp. of leaf or breast);
pendulous
lúkpáamọ adv. droopingly
lúlu n. buffoon; idiot; imbecile; nitwit
lúorúu a. sheepish; bashful
lúorúumọ adv. sheepishly; bashfully
lúu a. foolish (of person’s act)
lúumọ adv. foolishly
luu v.i. dartle; keep on dartling
lụáalụáa adj similar to luáaluáa, but of smaller objects
lụáalụáamọ adv. as luáaluáamọ, but of smaller objects
lú ̣atáa a. having lashlike appendage
lú ̣atáamọ adv. with lashlike appendage
luéẹ̣ vi.i move away quietly
luéẹmọ
̣ adv. quietly; calmly
luéẹluẹ́ ẹmọ
̣ adv. peacefully; quietly
lụgá n. space between first wall-plate and outer wall-
plate in native houses
lú ̣gbáa a. dauby; smeared
lú ̣gbáamọ adv. in a smeared manner
lụgbáị v.i. flop; make dull sound of soft body falling
from higher up
lụgbáịmọ adv. with such soft fall
lụgịlíị a. nerveless; feeble
lụgịlíimọ
̣ adv. nervelessly
lụgú ̣ n. fr oil palm fruit
lụgú ̣ n.m. oil palm (tree)
alalụgú ̣ n. t “king” oil palm
lụgú ̣bein n. oil palm bunch
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lụgụ-ímgbọ
̣ n. oil palm fruit
ẹngẹlụgụ n. mantled palm fruit
itukulụgụ n. tenara palm fruit
óḅilólolụgụ n. yellow palm fruit
lụgụ1 v.t. eat (palm fruit) e.g. lụgú ̣ lụgụ
lụgụ2 n. myth; tale; purely fictitious narrative
lụgụama a. mythological; fictitious
lụgụ gbá v.p. tell a tale
lụgúḅ ̣ia n.m. b weaver-bird sp. Ploceus sp. (cf.
álụgụbị́ ya;
̣
íguegele)
lú ̣kéin
̣ a. languid; lacking vigour
lú ̣kéinmọ
̣ adv. languidly
lú ̣kẹtée a. languid; inert
lú ̣kẹtéemọ adv. languidly
lú ̣kọ v.i. feel biting sensation in an ulcer; smart
lụkọ v.t. chew (a stick or bone)
lụkọ n. chewing-stick; chewstick
lú ̣kpáa a. hanging limply or loosely (of something
smaller)
lú ̣kpáa v.i. hang limply; slouch
lú ̣kpáamọ adv. limply
lú ̣la n. short stick placed across road for hauling log,
etc.
lú ̣la dẹ v.p. spread such sticks
lú ̣lakíị a. limp; wanting in energy; lacking vigour;
languid
lú ̣lakíimọ
̣ adv. limply; languidly
lúụmaíṇ n. anchor
lụó ̣ọ v.i. slouch; droop; go or stand or sit with loose
ungainly attitude
lụó ̣ọ n. slouch
lụó ̣ọmọ adv. in a drooping manner
lú ̣ụlú ̣ụ adj eager; intent (of looks)
lú ̣ụlú ̣ụmọ adv. eagerly; intently

M.
má1 num. double; twin; two; twofold
má1 n. couple; brace; pair; twin; two (used as
adjective in N embe)
ma ánga farímọ
̣ a.p. wp double-edged or two-edged (of sword, knife)
má ḅẹlẹụ tụá a.p. two- or double-tongued; fork-tongued (of
reptiles)
má ḅịḅị tụá a.p. double-barrelled (of gun)
mádụtịḅị(-obi) n.m. s amphisbaenid snake; fabled snake with head = dú ̣tịḅịdú ̣tịḅị
at each end
ma-ótumo n.m. i insect sp. found in books and boxes; silver-
fish
ma ọndé ̣ num. eight hundred
má tịḅị tụa a.p. two-headed
má tọrụ tụa a.p. two or double-faced
mési num. forty
má2 fem. this
dem.
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a.
má3 pl.de these (things)
m.a.
-ma1 fem. the (feminine) tó ̣gụ ‘child’,
def.a tó ̣gụma ‘the girl’
rt.
-ma2 pl.de suffix used to form definite plural of non- indí ‘fish’, indíma
f.art. personal nouns; e.g. ‘fishes’
máa n. child’s name for mother; mum; mama
máịn num. two
& n.
máịnkaramọ a. second
adv. secondly
máịn mịẹ v.p. have hallucination(s); see double
máịnmịẹ n. hallucination
maíṇ v.i. disappear; vanish; cease to be visible
maịnmó ̣ v.t. cause to vanish or disappear
máịnbe conj. if; on condition that; e.g. ó ḅo maịnbe ‘if he
comes’
malú ̣ụ v.i. move swiftly; flash
malú ̣ụmọ adv. with a flash
malú ̣ụmalú ̣ụ v.i. move very swiftly
malú ̣ụmalú ̣ụmọ adv. with a very swift movement
máma dem. these (things)
&
dem.
pron.
mama n. child’s name for mother
mamba n. flat but thick log or stone for cracking kernels
mamba2 n. oblong lead rods formerly packed and sold in
kegs, used in manufacturing of shot balls
called "sara"
mamíwọta1 n. faints; impure spirit coming over at end of
distillation
mamíwọta2 n.f. tr mermaid; a water-spirit
manda a. ductile; malleable; plastic; pliable; pliant;
lithe; supple; flexible
n. malleability; plasticity; pliability; ductility
mandamó ̣ adv. plastically; pliantly
mánga n.m. i biting insect
manga a. blind
v.i. be blind; go blind
n. blindness
manga-anga n. blind side; (fig.) wrong side
mangaḅọ n.m.f blind person
.
mangaḅó ̣ẹrịgha n. wt fine rain; drizzle
mangamó ̣ v.t. make blind
mangaláa a. fleeting
v.i. disappear; be lost; fleet away
mangaláamọ adv. fleetingly
mángiríi a. plump; fat; full; rounded
mángiríimọ adv. plumply
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n. running; speed in running; escape
mangí ḅ
̣ ọgọ v.p. A. run away
B. run very well; run to much
mangímọ
̣ v.t. run to or towards
mangịmó ̣ v.t. hide away from; allow to escape
mangípigíaye
̣ n. race
mángolóo a. concave; sunken; hollow
mángolóomọ adv. concavely; hollowly
mánị adv. A. yet; so far; in the immediate future; so
soon as now
B. before previous to time in question; in the á mánị fịghá ‘I
past. Note: Both the foregoing uses occur in have not yet eaten’,
a negative context; e.g. or ‘I won’t eat
now’. To
differentiate them,
the former has the
word wó ̣kụna
meaning ‘now’,
added after mánị;
and the latter has
the words dịn ifié
meaning ‘another
time’ added after
mánị. See
following
examples: á mánị
wó ̣kụna fịghá ‘I
won’t eat now (or
yet)’ á mánị dịn
ifié fịghá ‘I haven’t
eaten yet (or
already)’ or ‘I’ve
never eaten (that)’
manrambaị n. day before yesterday, or the day after
tomorrow
ḅọgọtẹ manrambaị n.p. day before yesterday
ḅoyo manrambaị n.p. day after tomorrow
deḅí manrambaị n.p. non-existent date; day that will never come
mányamánya a. faint; indistinct
mányamányamọ adv. faintly; indistinctly
mapóo a. flabby; flaccid; limp
mapóomọ adv. limply
mapúu v.i. throb; palpitate; pulsate
n. throb; palpitation; pulsation
mapúumọ adv. throbbingly
mapúumapúu v.i. throb continuously
mapúumapúumọ adv. with continuous throbbing
masínị
̣ n. sewing-machine
masínịḅọ
̣ n.m. merchant prince
máụn1 v.i. be shocked at (something heard); e.g. odú ghọ máụn, lit.
"shocked on body",
i.e. deeply shocked
n. shock; impact; sudden and disturbing mental
impression
máụnmọ adv. shockingly
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máụn2 v.i. mew; miaow
n. cry of cat; mew; miaow
ḿbịsẹ = mí-bịsẹ
̣ conj. ‘since’
ḿḅụ = mí-ḅụ
̣ adv. ‘as soon as’
meín pers. these (people)
pl.de
m.a.
-mein pers. the (people)
pl.de
f.art.
mékulée a. toothless
mékuléemọ adv. in a toothless manner
melúu v.i. dart; start rapidly in some direction under
water
n. dart or sudden rapid motion of fish under
water
melúumọ adv. with a dart
menú v.t. pin screen with menúye
menúye n. short, sharpened stick used for fastening
screen on to upright when damming creek
méranméran a. light in complexion; starting to be ripe or
mellow
méranméran v.i. become ripe or mellow
méranméranmọ adv. ripely; mellowly
merému a. supine; lying face upward
v.i. lie face upward
merémumọ adv. supinely
merému-oki n. back-stroke
meremú1 v.t. turn face upward
meremumó ̣ v.t. turn palm upward; turn anything inside out
meremú2 v.t. admit; accept as valid or true; acknowledge;
agree; answer; avow; confess; believe; own
meremú2 n. admission; acceptance; acknowledgement;
agreement; answer; reply; avowal
meremuḅió n. faith; belief
mérenée a. sleepy; drowsy
mérenéemọ adv. sleepily; drowsily
mérengíi a. habitually indolent; slothful; lazy
mérengíimọ adv. slothfully; indolently
m’ési num. two score; forty; 40
m’ésikaramọ a. & fortieth; in the fortieth place (e.g. of ọga or
adv. soldiers)
méun v.i. move slowly in close-packed formation
méunmọ adv. moving slowly in close formation
mé ̣ v.i. dissolve; become liquid
mẹmó ̣ v.t. dissolve; make liquid
méẹ̣ a. slow; stealthy; secret
méẹmọ̣ adv. slowly; stealthily
mẹẹ adv. until
méẹn ̣ a. lukewarm; moderately warm; tepid; slightly
warm
méẹn
̣ v.i. become tepid
méẹnmọ
̣ adv. lukewarmly; tepidly
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méẹnmé
̣ ẹn ̣ v.i. move gently and slowly
méẹnmé
̣ ẹnmọ ̣ adv. moving gently and slowly
mẹkẹsú ̣ụ v.i. disappear; be lost; fleet; slip away
mẹlẹsú ̣ụmọ adv. fleetingly
mélị́ ị̣ a. thorough; complete
mélị́ ịmọ ̣ adv. thoroughly; completely
mélụmé ̣ ̣ 1
lụ a. medlesome
mélụmé ̣ lụ̣ 1 v.i. meddle; busy oneself unduly with
mélụmé ̣ lụ ̣ 1 n. meddlesomeness
1
mélụmé ̣ lụmọ̣ adv. meddlesomely
2
mélụmé ̣ lụ ̣ v.i. flicker; wave to and fro (as serpents’ tongue)
2
mélụmé ̣ lụmọ ̣ adv. flickeringly
mẹlú ̣ụ v.i. flash; move swiftly across
mẹlú ̣ụ n. flash; swift movement across
mẹlú ̣ụmọ adv. with a flash
méṇ a. gentle; quiet
ménmọ ̣ adv. gently; softly
ménẹ ̣ v.t. say; said
& i.
méngẹlẹ
̣ v.i. develop; increase; become bigger
méngẹlé
̣ ẹ̣ a. grown-up; huge; large; big; heavy; unwieldy
méngẹlẹ́ ẹmọ
̣ adv. unwieldily; heavily
mẹngụrú ̣ v.i. move briskly
mẹngụrú ̣ n. sudden or quick movement
mẹngụrú ̣mọ adv. with a brisk movement
mẹnịmẹní ̣ a. luscious; richly sweet in taste; sugary; sweet
mẹnịmẹní ̣ n. sweetness
mẹnịmẹnị-íru n. soft drink (lit. "sweet drink")
mẹnịmẹnímọ ̣ adv. lusciously
mẹnịmẹnịmó ̣ v.t. sugar; sweeten
mẹnmẹn v.i. become tepid
mẹnménmọ ̣ v.t. make tepid
mérẹngú ̣ ̣ụ a. dull; slow-moving; sluggish
mẹrẹngú ̣ụmọ adv. dully; sluggishly
mẹrú ̣nmẹrú ̣ụn n. sensation as of ants crawling over the skin
mẹrú ̣nmẹrú ̣ụn v.i. feel such crawling sensation; tingle
mẹrú ̣ụ v.i. flicker; flirt; move briskly
mẹrú ̣ụmọ adv. flickeringly
mésẹlé ̣ ẹ̣ a. flat; horizontal; level; plane
mésẹlé ̣ ẹmọ ̣ adv. flatly; levelly; horizontally
métẹré ̣ ẹ̣ a. very small; tiny; paltry
méụn ̣ 1 n.m. i small red ant, very slow moving, found on
food and sweets
̣ 2
méụn a. smooth; well-trimmed; not pitted
méụnmọ
̣ adv. smoothly
mẹụn n. honey
mẹụnḅará a. mellifluous; sweet as honey (of even voice)
míkimíki v.i. commune; hold intimate intercourse together;
communicate
milipúu v.i. wriggle as larva; heave
mílolíi a. smooth; free from projections
mílolíimọ adv. smoothly
miná1 n.m. tr box-like seat for traditional priests, etc.; box
for storing certain traditional property
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miná2 v.t. sound a trumpet; e.g. odú mina
‘show signs of
possession by deity’
miná3 v.i. ache; fester; rankle; e.g. andí dụ
̣ mina ‘have
a headache’; ịnọ
mina ‘a wound
rankles’
mindí n. water; kind of liquid; tide; periodical rise and
fall of sea; sap; vital juice circulating in plants
mindí-agbọpẹlẹbọ́ ̣ n. f sea horse Hippocampus spp.
mindí-agbọpẹlẹḅọ n. f sea horse Hippocampus spp.
mindí-apụn n. f unidentified fish sp. resembling roundworm
mindíḅileḅọ n.m. diver
mindíḅio n. under water
mindi-ébi n. mt good tide for fishing, usually neap tide
mindi-élẹgẹlẹ
̣ n. f large catfish sp. found in streams order Siluriformes
mindí fa v.p. ebb; recede
mindi-íderi n. mt fall of flood
mindí ịkagị n. r turtle spp. West African black
forest turtle,
Pelusios nigre, and
West African mud
turtle, P. castaneus
mindí koro v.p. bathe in water
mindíkoroḅịtẹ n.m. towel; bathing-cloth
mindíkọn n.m. s black snake
mindímindi a. watery; juicy; sappy; succulent
mindímọndị- n. rainboot
agbaka
mindi-óḅolịa n.m. f snake eel sp. (‘striped snake eel’, ‘serpent family
eel’); moray eel (‘moray or painted eel’) Ophichthidae;
family Muraenidae.
cf. ongorí1
mindi-ófoni n.m. f flying fish; butterfly ray family Exocoetidae;
Gymnura spp.
mindi-ógboro n.m. f fish sp.; barracuda Sphyraena spp. cf.
ḍọrọ, ogborokílo
mindi-okoko n. r hawksbill turtle Eretmochelys
imbricata
mindí ságị v.p. have or take a bath
mindí sára v.p. become seasoned (of wood); slightly smoked
(of fish
mindísei n. bad tide for fishing, usually spring tide
mindítugu n. source of a river
abadímindi
̣ n. mt sea-tide
alámindi n. mt salt water
bouboumindí n. mt fresh or sweet water
ḍaḅamindí n. mt lake or pond water
ḍọụḍọụmindí n. mt cold water
ebimindí n. mt clean water; good tide for fishing, usually
neap tide
furumindí n. time of last and first quarters of moon when
nights are very dark
ikpekumindí n. mt ice; water with frozen surface
indomindí n. milk
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ịyó ̣mindi n. mt favourable tide
kalamindí n. mt neap tide; small tide
koromindí n. bath
kụrọmindí n. mt current (of water)
opumindí n. mt spring-tide; spate
osuómindi n. mt rainwater
ọfịrímindi
̣ n. hot water
ọmó ̣mindi n. mt ebb tide
pígirimindi n. mt whirlpool
semindí n. mt bad water; bad tide for fishing; water from
ulcer; wound or dead tissue
serimindi n. mt flow or full tide
sụọmindí n. mt spring tide
tọrụmindí n. mt sea or river water
tuḅomindí n. mt well-water
tụḅụrụmindí n. mt unfavourable tide
míngilimíngili a. vermicular; like a worm in movement
v.i. slither; slide unsteadily; go with irregular
slipping motion
míngoliḅa-angala n. t red mangrove Rhizophora
harisonii
minikíi v.i. heave; rise with alternate gentle falls (as
waves)
n. heaving; swelling (of waves)
mínimíni v.i. glide; move, change, colour, by smooth
continuous slow movement (of liquid, ship,
carriage, snake, chameleon changing colour)
mínimínimọ adv. glidingly
mínimíniḅasan n.m. b fish-eating bird (unidentified)
míomío a. oily; covered with oil
míomíomọ adv. oilily
míoríi a. long-faced
mipúu v.i. throb; palpitate; pulsate; heave
n. throb; palpitation; heave
mipúumọ adv. throbbingly; with a heave
mipúumipúu v.i. throb or heave in succession
mipúumipúumọ adv. throbbing continuously
miyé n. mangrove Laguncularia
racemosa
mizilí1 v.i. mildew; be tainted with
mizilímọ v.t. mildew; taint
mizilí2 v.i. disappear; vanish
mizilimó ̣ v.t. cause to vanish
mí ̣ neut. this; the thing (common and neuter nouns)
dem. close at hand or touched or pointed to or
a. drawn attention to or observed by speaker at
the time, or already named or understood or in
question; seldom interchangeable with aní;̣
current
mí ḅ
̣ ara adv.p this way; this wise; thus; so; accordingly;
. ditto; likewise
mína
̣ karagha adv.p rather than this
.
mínẹ
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-mị neut. A. the (of most things or of common nouns); warímị̣ ‘the house’;
def.a e.g. tó ̣gụmị ‘the child’
rt.
-mị B. the fact that; e.g. ó ḅomị wa ḅio
ḅẹlẹmó ̣ ‘the fact
that he came made
us happy’
mịé ̣ v.t. do; make; accomplish; fulfil; perform; effect;
bring about; cause to be; produce;
manufacture; influence; induce; construct;
frame; prepare; establish; enact; constitute;
amount to; gain; acquire (money); dress sore
mịéḅọ
̣ n.m.f doer; maker; performer
.
mịé ̣ ḍẹrí ̣ v.p. mock; hold up to ridicule; ridicule by
imitation; deride; sneer; scoff at
mịéḍẹrí
̣ ye
̣ n. mockery; derision; scoff; object of ridicule;
laughing stock; travesty
mịé ̣ ḍụḅamó ̣ v.p. magnify; enlarge
mịẹ ébimó ̣ v.p. A. amend; make better; correct an error (in
document)
B. (in a bad sense) punish properly
mịẹ-égbẹye
̣ n. duty worth doing
mịé ̣ koríamọ
̣ v.p. correct; amend; set right
mịémọ̣ v.t. do unto; bestow upon
mịénafía
̣ a. worthy of being done; suitable or proper to be
done
mịé ̣ pagamọ v.p. invent; devise; reveal indirectly; give the
show away
mịé ̣ seimó ̣ v.p. err; sin; make mistake
mịéseimó
̣ ̣ a. guilty
mịéseíya
̣ adv. perhaps; possibly; it may be; (lit. "doing
badly")
mịé ̣ toí v.p. take in vain; mimic
mịétoíye
̣ n. travesty
mịéye ̣ n. something to do; handiwork; doing; deed
míịmí
̣ ị̣ v.i. smile; grin
n. smile; grin
mịlịpú ̣ụ v.i. make peristaltic movement
n peristalsis of the anus
mịlịpú ̣ụmọ adv. (move) peristaltically
mílọlí
̣ ị̣ a. slender and smooth
mílọlí
̣ ịmọ
̣ adv. slenderly and smoothly
mímị ̣ neut. this (singular and impersonal)
dem.
pron.
míngịrị
̣ v.i. turn quickly or smartly (of eyes)
n. quick turn(ing) (of eyes)
míngịrịmí
̣ ngịrị
̣ a. delirious; hallucinatory; insane; mad;
senseless; lunatic
v.i. be lunatic; insane
n. delirium; hallucination; insanity; madness;
lunacy
míngịrịmí
̣ ngịrịmọ
̣ adv. deliriously; madly
mínị ̣ v.i. be absorbed; swallowed
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mínịmí
̣ nị
̣ a. absorbent; absorptive
mínịmí
̣ nịmọ
̣ adv. absorbently
mịní ̣ v.t. absorb; suck in; swallow up; gorge; gulp
míọ̣ adv. here; hither; in this place
n. here; this place or point
míọlí
̣ ị̣ a. slender; thin (and long)
míọlí
̣ ịmọ ̣ adv. slenderly; slimly
mịọmịó ̣ a. thin, slim and sharp
mịọmịó ̣mọ adv. slimly but sharply
míọrị́ ị̣ a. small and emaciated (of person)
míọrí ̣ ịmọ ̣ adv. in a small, emaciated way
mịọríị̣ v.i. withdraw swiftly (e.g. of tongue of snake)
mịọríịmọ ̣ adv. withdrawing swiftly
mítịmí ̣ tị̣ a. dirty; filthy
mítịmí ̣ tịmọ ̣ adv. dirtily; filthily
móndoróo a. long and smallish (of nose); sheepish (of
looks)
móndoróomọ adv. in a long and smallish way (of nose);
sheepishly (of looks)
móronmóron a. slightly smoked and still partially fresh
móronmóronmọ adv. in a slightly smoked way
móronóo a. tall and gaunt (of person); drowsy, sleepy (of
face)
móronóomọ adv. in a tall gaunt way (of person); drowsily,
sleepily (of face)
-mọ1 suf. suffix used to form causative verbs; e.g. findimó ̣ ‘widen’;
ebimó ̣ ‘beautify’;
koromó ̣ ‘fell’
-mọ2 suf. suffix used to form directional verbs; e.g. ḍorímọ ‘weave
together’; korómọ
‘fall towards’
-mọ3 suf. suffix used to form adverbs; e.g. fíndimọ ‘widely’;
ebimó ̣ ‘well,
beautifully’
mó ̣kụ adv. in order that; so that
mọkú ̣fa adv. not; (it is used always with the future suffix -
nyụ)
mọkú ̣nẹ adv. in order that; to
mọmbí ̣ v.t. absorb; suck; drink like sponge
mọmbó ̣ n. tp midrib of leaf of raffia palms, both hookeri
and vinifera
mọmbọló ̣ n. fg floats on a drift net
mọndị v.i. A. walk; make a journey; travel or go on foot;
perambulate; stroll; move; make progress; go
from place to place; saunter; (in net weaving)
move (of a mesh) due to bad tightening
n. walk; walking gait; journey; distance travelled
in specified time; walk; excursion or foot;
stroll; saunter; move or movement; expedition
mọndị paga v.p. walk out
mọndị toí v.p. stroll; walk about
mọndịtọlụ n. running mesh (of net)
ḍigi mọndíị̣ excl. safe journey
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lovers
n. companionship; friendship; acquaintanceship;
love
mọndị-ara n.f. female companion, friend, acquaintance or
lover; concubine
mọndíbọ
̣ n.m.f companion; friend; acquaintance; mate;
. stranger that one comes across (pl. mọndị-
ongú)
mọndị mịé ̣ v.p. make friends, love
mọndị-oweí n.m. male companion, friend, acquaintance; lover
v.i. C. live with specified principle or in specified meremuḅio ghó
manner; e.g. mọndị ‘walk by
faith’
n. specified manner in which a person lives;
principle by which person lives
v.i. D. speed; go fast
n. velocity; speed; quickness of motion
v.t. E. (of machine, person, plan, etc.); work; fịrí mọndị
̣ ‘carry
operate; act; do appointed work; put or keep on operation’;
in operation; be engaged in work; e.g. ‘make effort’; só ̣mụ
mọndị ‘solve (sum)
by calculation’
n. operation; working; action
mọndị ḅó v.p. work up; bring gradually to efficient state
mọndịfịrí ̣ n. achievement; thing made
mọndị kó ̣n v.p. engage in a trade
mọndị pagamó ̣ v.p. work out
mó ̣ngị n.m. f dolphinfish; West African ladyfish [ten- Coryphaena sp.;
pounder?] Elops lacerta
mó ̣ngịnị n.m. f mullet sp. (‘the soft-scaled mullet’) family Mugilidae.
cf. abaraká,
akú ̣rọ,
ḅụọḅakalamọ,
gbulu, ịdẹgé,̣
tunwan [ó ̣zọló ̣lị2?]
mọngọlọmọngọlọ a. willowy; slim; slender
mọngọlọmọngọlọm adv. slimly
ọ
mó ̣ngọló ̣ọ a. slim; lithe and slender; willowy
mó ̣ngọló ̣ọmọ adv. slimly
mó ̣nị v.t. covet; desire eagerly (what belongs to
another)
a. covetous; eagerly desirous (of another’s
property
n. covetousness
mọnọ conj. or (in an interrogatory sentence); e.g. ị ḅonyú ̣ mọnọ érị ̣
ḅo? ‘will you come
or should I come?’
(see under anígha)
̣
mọrọn n.m. f fish sp.; horse mackerel [Caranx spp.?]
family Carangidae
cf. ịkụtú ̣kụtụ, pélia
mu v.i. depart; go; set out; start; leave; proceed;
travel; journey
n. departure; going out or back; exit
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mulée n. raised point from which a dive or plunge is
taken
mulé ḍosi v.p. take a dive or plunge
mumbé n. mark made by local method of bloodletting
mumbé tụa v.p. make mark for letting blood
mumbeí n.m. f fish sp.; snake-head Parachanna
obscura. c=
ágbagú ̣rụ, okoḅia
múmbulúu a. plump; plumpy
múmbulúumọ adv. plumply
mumere n. dye; matter used for dyeing; shrub plant and
fruit used for dyeing
mumere-ịḅọlọ n.m. i insect; cotton stainer Dysdercus spp.
ayeḅamumere n. bm mole; spot or blemish on human skin
múngele a. round; circular; spherical
v.i. revolve; turn round and round; rotate; go in
circular orbit
n. circumference; distance round
mungelemó ̣ v.t. revolve; cause to turn round; rotate; make a
circle
múngu1 n. swirl; commotion made by fish, etc., rushing
through water
múngu tụa v.p. swirl; cause such commotion
múngu2 v.i. be depressed
mungu a. hollow; having a depression
n. hollowness
mungukiri n. hollow place; valley
mungumó ̣ adv. hollowly
munguyọ n. hollow place; valley; depression
mungurúmunguru a. plump; plumpy
mungurúmunguru adv. plumply
mọ
munú v.i. A. sleep; fall or be asleep
n. sleep; rest
munumó ̣ v.t. cause to sleep
munúwei n.m. bed; thing to sleep on
v.i. B. cohabit; have sexual intercourse with;
copulate; unite sexually
munúya n. cohabitation; coition; sexual copulation or
union
múu v.i. low; moo
n. low(ing); moo(ing)
mụkú ̣ụ v.i. stir; move
n. stir; movement
mụkú ̣ụmụkú ̣ụ v.i. stir gently; heave gently
mụkú ̣ụmụkú ̣ụmọ adv. with a gentle heave
mú ̣mbụrụ v.i. stir gently (especially while sleeping)
n. gentle stir or movement
mụmọ n. la sand-bank; shoal
mụmọgbọlụ n.m. b bird sp.; curlew species (common on sand- Numenius sp. (cf.
banks) abadị-ókolaịn;
abadí-okolaịn;
̣
okolaín)̣
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flood
mụná n. k affinity; brotherhood; relations; kindred;
relationship; fraternity; brotherliness
mụna-ára n.f. sister
mụnáḅọ n.m.f relation; relative; beloved one (pl. mụna-óngu)
.
mụna-érema n.pl.p k sisters; female cousins
ers.
mụna-ówei n. k brother; male cousin (pl. mụna-
óweiongu)
v.i. fraternize; associate as brother or sister or
relation
mú ̣ndụ adv. here; over here; cf. mí dụ
̣
mụngụrụ v.i. move briskly
mụngụrụmọ adv. with a brisk movement
mụngụrụmụngụrụ v.i. move about constantly
mụngụrụmụngụrụ adv. with constant movement
mọ
mú ̣nrụn n. h fire-resisting plant and its black fruit also recorded as
múrụn. Vitex
grandifolia Gürke
mụnụmụnú ̣ a. (of eyes) charming; captivating; bewitching;
enticing
mụnụmụnú ̣mọ adv. charmingly
mụrẹnmụréṇ a. (of fire) slow; not intense
mụrẹnmụrénmọ ̣ adv. slowly
mú ̣samú ̣sa a. (of painting) thin; not dauby or thick
mú ̣samú ̣samọ adv. thinly
mú ̣séẹ̣ v.i. grin; smile; smirk; show teeth in stupid smile
mú ̣séẹ̣ n. grin; smile; smirk
mú ̣séẹmọ
̣ adv. simperingly

N.

ná v.t. hear; perceive with the ear; grant prayer;

receive letter or message from
ná n. act of hearing; perception with the ear
náya v.i. hear one another; confer together; conspire
na part. A. with e.g. ó na ḅóo ‘come
with him’
na B. and e.g. orí na érị
̣ na
‘he and I’
na...na part. before: it is repeated alternately with the ó ḅo na ḅo ná, wa
principal verb; e.g. ká ḅonyú ̣ ‘before
he comes we too
shall come’
náan v.i. awake; cease to sleep; rouse from sleep
náan n. state of being awake
nafíạ a. worth; deserving, worthy of; e.g. mịé ̣ nafía;
̣ ‘worth
doing’ ẹrị náfía;
̣
‘worth seeing’ ná
nafía;̣ ‘worth
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nafíạ appropriate; of sufficient worth or merit; e.g. bomó nafíạ
‘praiseworthy’; ḅé ̣
nafíạ
‘blameworthy’
náịn a. aloft; high up; upward; excitant; moved to
strong feeling
náịnmọ adv. excitedly; straight up
naịn v.i. get up (of penis)
naịnmó ̣ v.t. cause to be erect
nákaragha adv. rather than; e.g. aní nakaragha
̣
‘rather than that’;
mí nakarágha
̣
‘rather than this’
nákịríị̣ a. = níkịrí
̣ ị̣
nama n.m. al animal; (neut.) meat or flesh
namaḅafụ n. pickle
namaḅakiri n. shambles; scene of carnage
namaḅawarí ̣ n. abattoir; slaughter-house
namaḅụọ n. footprints of beast; tracks; pug
namakọrị-obiri n. da hound, hunting dog
nama-odu n. hide; leather; skin
nama-otóngoi n.m. i solitary wasp which frequents meat or fish
nama ọsọịn v.p. hunt (for game)
namasóbiri n. insult literally "bad as
dog" or "bush
animal"
namatịnẹyaí ̣ n.pl. bp nerves; sinews; tendons
nándụrụ v.i. shrivel; contract or wither into wrinkled,
folded, rolled-up, contorted, or dried-up state
nandụrú ̣mọ v.t. shrivel
nándụrú ̣ụ a. shrivelled; contorted
nánga v.i. be trampled
nangá v.t. trample; tread underfoot; walk upon; press or
crush with the feet (as lụgú ̣ nanga)
nangáya v.t. trample one another
nangụló ̣ or nángụọ a. long; tall
náya v.i. hear one another; confer; take counsel;
conspire; combine; concur, privily, for
unlawful purpose
née v.i. reel (of eyes, head); be in a whirl; be dizzy;
sway; stagger; swoon; have fainting fit
née n. reel; swoon; stagger
néemọ adv. reelingly; staggeringly
néenée v.i. reel; swoon; sway
néenée n. sway(ing); reel(ing); swoon
néenéemọ adv. swooningly; swayingly
nékenéke a. crazy; insane; mad; maniacal
nékenéke v.i. be mad; act madly
nékenéke n. craze; mania; madness; delirium; insanity
nékenékemọ adv. crazily; maniacally; madly
nembé n. fg fishing method
nembé kọn v.p. f fish on or dam flat bank of river or tụa
Nembe n. et N embe people
Nembeḅịḅị n. et N embe language

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Nembeḅọ n.m.f et person of the N embe clan
.
Nembenaịn n. et range of the N embe language; vocabulary
Nemben’ebiwei n.m. i guinea-worm
néréun a. absorbed; hypnotized
néréunmọ adv. absorbedly
mịé ̣ néréunmọ v.t. hypnotize
néun a. absorbed
néunmọ adv. absorbedly
nẹ1 conj. because; since; inasmuch as; for the reason
that
nẹ2 part. that, which, who
nẹgú n. f sea catfish sp. (‘the smallest sea catfish’) Arius sp. cf.
gbengu, ịsịngí,
nẹngú ̣, ọtíọ,̣ sịngí ̣
nẹmú ̣ a. insane; mad; lunatic
nẹmú ̣ v.i. mad; be mad; act wildly
nẹmú ̣ n. insanity; madness; lunacy
nẹmú ̣mọ adv. madly
nẹmụmó ̣ v.t. make made
nẹmú ̣ lẹgẹ v.p. fancy insanely
nẹmú ̣lẹgẹ n. insane fancy
nẹmụsánga n.m. insect
nẹngẹ adv. so; as appears or results from preceding or nẹngẹ ó mughá so
implied statement or fact; e.g. he did not go’
nẹngẹnẹngẹ adv. so
nẹngí ̣ v.t. A. beat; surpass; excel; outdo; e.g. ḅẹrẹmị í nẹngịté
̣ ,̣
lit. "the case has
surpassed me (in
doing)", i.e. ‘the
case has been too
much for me’; ó í ̣
nẹngịghá ‘he does
not beat me’
nẹngí ̣ B. be above, at a higher point, on the upper ó sógio í nẹngịté
̣ ̣
side; e.g. ‘he has risen above
me’
nẹngí ̣ C. be more than (introducing second member e.g. ḅurú fị ábangá
of comparison); nẹngị ‘to eat yam
more than plantain’;
ẹrí nụngalá
̣ ị2@
nẹngí ‘you
̣ are
taller than I’
nẹngí ̣ a. surpassing; excellent; pre-eminent
nẹngíḅara
̣ adv. surpassingly; excellently; pre-eminently
nẹngịmó1̣ v.t. conquer; defeat; overcome; overthrow; gain
& i. victory; triumph; be successful; prevail (over
enemy); win; subdue; subjugate; vanquish
nẹngịmó2̣ n. conquest; defeat; success; overthrow; triumph;
victory; subjugation; win
nẹngịmó ̣ḅọ n.m.f victor; conqueror; vanquisher
.
nẹngịmọ a. successful; victorious; triumphant
nẹngíya
̣ a. not equal; unequal
v.i. be unequal
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nẹngíyaghá
̣ a. not unequal; equal
nẹngíyamọ ̣ adv. unequally
mịé ̣ nẹngíyamọ
̣ v.p. make unequal
nẹngú ̣ n.m. f sea catfish sp. (‘the real sea catfish’; ‘long- Arius sp. cf.
snouted sea catfish; ‘rigid sea catfish’) gbengu, ịsịngí,
nẹgú ̣,
ọtíọ,̣ sịngí ̣
nghọ contracted for of -mị ghọ
ními a. discreet; judicious; prudent; sagacious;
worldly-wise; circumspect; cautious; wary;
taking everything into account; not speaking
out at inopportune times; sensible
ními v.i. be wise; get wise
ními n. wisdom; sagacity; prudence; possession of
knowledge
nímimọ adv. discreetly; judiciously; prudently;
sagaciously; wisely; warily; cautiously;
sensibly
nimi v.t. know; identify; recognise; be aware of; be
conscious of; feel; be acquainted with;
experience; learn; sense; heed; be versed in
nimighá a. unknown
nimiwọrị adv. knowingly; in a knowing manner;
consciously; intentionally
nimíya v.t. be on intimate terms with; love
nimíya n. acquaintance
ḍirinimi a. learned; literate
yenimi n. knowledge; learning; familiarity gained by
experience
mịé ̣ nimimó ̣ v.p. make known to
-nimí suf. be; used to express state or condition; e.g. ebínimí ‘it is
good’; ị ḅonimí
yo? ‘are you here
now?’
nínein num. eight
nin’esí a. one hundred and sixty
níneinkaramọ a. eighth
níneinkaramọ adv. eighthly
nin’ọndé ̣ num. three thousand two hundred
níngala v.i. swell; distend
níngaláa a. swollen; distended (of limbs, caused by
rheumatic pain)
niní1 n. bp nose; organ or smell
niní ḅọgọ v.p. smell
niníkondu n. bp ridge of nose
nini-ópogolo n. bp nostril
ninípanga n. bp wing of nostril
niní2 v.t. punish (subordinate) unduly
niní kọn v.p. do murder; assassinate
niníkọnḅọ n.m.f habitual murderer; assassin; assassinator
.
ninnín a. numb; torpid
ninnín n. numbness; torpidness
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mịé ̣ ninnínmọ v.p. benumb; torpidify; numb; stupefy
ninóngo v.i. commune; hold intimate intercourse together
ninóngo v.t. discuss; examine by argument
níị̣ a. tense; unrelaxed; strained to stiffness (of (cf. nịịní)̣
bowel nerves)
níị̣ v.i. become tense
níị̣ n. tenseness; tensity
níịmọ̣ adv. tensely
nịịní ̣ a. tense; strained to stiffness (cf. níị)̣
nịịní ̣ v.i. become tense
nịịní ̣ n. tenseness; tension
nịịnímọ ̣ adv. tensely
níkịrí ̣ ị̣ a. wasp-waisted (of waist)
nịkọnịkó ̣ or níkó
̣ ̣ọ a. thin; slender and emaciated
nịná n. bf urine
nịná san v.p. urinate
pẹrẹnịná n. bf semen
nịnásịnị n. fr fruits of the shrub ẹkụẹkụẹḅá (which see)
nịnọ see nụnọ
ńka adv. also; too; even (contraction of
mímị
̣ ka)
noin n. night
noinḅiri(ogbo) n. midnight
noindeaḅụ n.pl.p tr roving night spirits
ers.
noin koru v.t. keep lyke-wake or watch over dead body at
night with lamentations and merry-making,
before burial the next day
noinkoru n. lyke-wake; wake
noinmó ̣ v.t. benight; overtake (of night) enemí ị́ noinmọ,
̣ ‘I
was benighted’
noinnama n.m. tr juju [??]
&
pl.pe
rs.
noin-ogbo n. midnight
nóngoróo a. very tall
nó ̣ a. pungent; piquant; biting; pricking (to skin,
taste, smell of pepper, snuff, sun, etc.); painful
nó ̣ v.i. ache; suffer continuous or prolonged pain
nó ̣ v.t. A. give rise to pain; inflict pain upon
nó ̣ B. annoy, irritate, molest, harass, vex, (also mịé ̣ nọmó ̣
exacerbate, exasperate, aggravate v.p.)
nó ̣ n. ache, pain, suffering, distress, pang, throes,
anguish, agony
nó ̣gha a. painless
nó ̣ghamo adv. painlessly
nó ̣mọ adv. pungently, piquantly, painfully
nó ̣ịn a. faint, very thin
nó ̣ịnmọ a. faintly, thinly
nó ̣mbadáị n. h herb sp. Bryophyllum
pinnatum. <
English never-die
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nó ̣ndí ̣ v.i. said of any person whose wraith or apparition
is seen after death and can cause harm
nó ̣ndí ̣ n. such act of roving of a wraith or apparition
nọndọ n. bad omen; marvel; miracle; mystery; wonder;
amazement; portent; significant sign; prodigy;
marvellous thing
nọndọ ékị
̣ ḅé ̣ v.p. amaze; overwhelm with wonder; surprise;
portend; foreshow, as omen
nọndọ2 n.m. fabled creature resembling man and ape that
can be tamed; anthropoid ape; simian; any
man with doubtful origin
nọndọ3 n. eclipse (of sun or moon); ịrú ̣a nọndọ ḅé ̣ ‘an
eclipse of the sun
took place’;
ọgọnó ̣wei nọndọ
ḅé ̣ ‘an eclipse of the
moon took place’
nó ̣ngbọró ̣ọ a. gawky
nó ̣ụn n. i tasty grub found in rotting raffia or oil palm
-ń timí (should, would) have; e.g. ị mịé-ṇ timí ‘you
ought to have done
it’ (contraction of -
nyú ̣ timí)
nu n.m. al animal sp. ???
númo v.i. subsist or feed on
numó1 a. live; that is alive; living
v.i. live; be alive; continue alive
n. life; being alive; period from birth to death;
mode of living; lifetime; livelihood
numófa a. lifeless
numó famọ v.p. end life; kill
numomó2̣ v.t. let live; spare
numó n. fg harpoon; fishing-spear
numo1 n. hair; e.g. tịḅị anumọ ‘hair of
head’
numo2 n. song; hymn; chorus; music: e.g. tun-numo ‘hymn;
song’
numo pẹlẹ1 v.p. stop or cut off singing
numo pẹlẹ2 v.p. join up in a song after a pause
numo sogio v.p. raise or start a song or hymn
numo3 n. curse; reviling
worínumo n. curse or reviling lit. ‘abusive song’
núngbáa a. stiff and stubborn (e.g. of disobedient child)
núngbaláa a. obstinate and uncooperative (e.g. of child)
nungú n. sideways look; leer; glance
nungu ékị
̣ ḍigi v.p. look askance at; view suspiciously; leer
nunú n. tp roots of pandanus used as rope for many
purposes
núu a. sheepish
núumọ adv. sheepishly
nú ̣a n. general form of greeting; thanks; thank you
nú ̣a kule v.p. render thanks
nú ̣akuleye n. thank-offering
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n. length
nụngalámọ adv. in a long or tall manner
nụngala numó n.p. long life
nú ̣ngbáa a. stiff and stubborn (of a smaller child than
núngbáa)
nú ̣ngbaráa a. stiff, obstinate, and dirty-looking (of child)
nú ̣ngbọ v.i. be charred or singed
nụngbọ1 v.t. char; burn off the hair of an animal after
slaughter; singe; grave (bottom of boat) by
burning off accretions
nụngbọ2 n. bonfire; campfire
nụngbọ ḍosí v.p. jump over bonfire
nụnọ, nịnọ n.m. creek
nụnọ imbí v.p. ft scoop fish in a creek
nụnọ kó ̣n v.p. ft dam a creek
nú ̣nụ v.i. be pulled, stretched, elongated
bála nú ̣nụ subj. be swelled out with wind (of sail)
+ v.i.
nụnụ v.t. drag; haul; pull; draw; attract; attune
nụnú ̣mọ v.t. drag up (to self); make appreciable increase in
height and growth
nụnụ-obí n. twitching illness
nụnú ̣ya v.i. drag one another
n. tug-of-war
bála nụnụ v.p. bo draw sail for wind
ḅịḅị nụnụ v.p. make wry mouth; pout
ḍiginụnụ n. tug-of-war
farịyaị nụnụ v.p. tune drums
ibolí nụnụ v.p. set (arrow) on string, nock
ógbogbáanụnụ n. tug-of-war
tọrú ̣ nụnụ v.p. grimace; make wry face
nụnú ̣ma n. fo fufu from yam, etc.; e.g. ḅurú nụnụma
‘yam fufu’
nụnụma n. dr brass anklet
nụnụmaḅẹlị n. d irritation in the throat; tonsilitis (treated by
licking oil from cleaned nụnụma)

NY.

nyáịn v.i. be broken; break

nyaịnmó ̣ v.t. cause to break; disable
nyakámịnyakámị v.i. feel prickly heat within body
nyákatáa a. bristly
nyákatáamọ adv. in a bristly way
nyakíi v.i. heave; rise and fall; rise with alternate falls (as
waves, branch of tree or bed under weight of
animal or man, etc.)
nyakíi n. heave; heaving
nyakíimọ adv. with a heave
nyámbáa a. sedate; staid; composed
nyámbáamọ adv. sedately; staidly
nyámbiríi a. plump; corpulent
nyámbiríimọ adv. plumply
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nyamú ̣ v.i. stay long; linger; delay
nyamú ̣ a. distant; far; remote
nyamú ̣mọ adv. lingeringly; distantly
nyaná v.t. acquire; possess; own; have; dominate;
occupy; hold sway
nyana-ára n.f. p (female) owner
nyana-áye n.pl. assets; belongings; effects; goods; property
nyanáḅọ n.m.f p male or female owner; (esp. in referring to (pl. nyana-óngu)
. God) lord or lady
nyana-ówei n.m. p male owner; lord
ama nyana v.p. govern; manage; rule; hold sway
amanyana n. governance; act or manner of governing;
holding sway
amanyana-ará n.f. p empress; queen; governess; manageress
amanyanaḅó ̣ n.m.f p monarch; potentate; supreme ruler; president
.
amanyanaḅọkirí n. kingdom; monarchy
amanyana-oweí n.m. p emperor; king; governor; manager
nyángalágha a. respectable; of fair social standing; honest and
decent in conduct; e.g. nyángalágha kụmọ
nyángịrị v.i. rock while walking (cf. nyó ̣ngịrị)
nyángịrị n. rock; rocking manner while walking
nyángịrịmọ adv. with a rocking motion
nyangịrímọ
̣ v.t. move towards in a rocking manner
nyánkịnyánkị a. frivolous; given to trifling; not serious
nyánkịnyánkịmọ adv. frivolously
nyée a. open; exposed (of sky)
nyée v.i. become open (of sky)
nyéemọ adv. without concealment; openly
nyéeyọ n. glade; clear open space or passage between
forest trees
nyenenée v.i. flash (cf. nyẹnẹnéẹ)
̣
& n.
nyenenéemọ adv. with a flash
nyenénenyenéne a. with a flash
nyenénenyenénemọ adv. in a flashing way
nyẹngbéẹ,̣ a. lazy
nyéngbẹẹ
̣
v.i. be lazy
nyẹngbéẹmọ
̣ adv. lazily
nyéngelée v.i. increase, especially in volume; be distended, (cf. nyéngẹlé
̣ ẹ)
̣
swollen out
nyéngeléemọ adv. in a distended manner
nyengenyengé v.i. be distended
nyengenyengémọ adv. in a distended manner
nyéngerée v.i. accumulate; collect (cf. nyéngẹré
̣ ẹ)
̣
a. accumulative
nyéngeréemọ adv. accumulatively
nyengérenyengére, v.i. shake like spherical envelope of liquid in a (cf.
nyéngerenyengere container nyẹngérẹnyẹngé
̣ rẹ)
̣
nyéngerenyengere adv. in a constantly shaking manner
mọ
nyenrennyenrén a. shiny; glistening; washed bright
n. glistening; shininess
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nyenrennyenrénmọ adv. in a glistening manner
nyéuun a. dense; crowded together (cf. nyéụụn)
̣
nyéuunmọ adv. densely; crowdedly
nyéịn
̣ a. fine and small in grains
nyéịnmọ
̣ adv. finely
nyẹnẹnéẹ̣ v.i. flash (cf. nyenenée)
& n.
nyẹnẹnéẹmọ ̣ adv. with a flash
nyẹnénẹnyẹné ̣ nẹ
̣ a. continuously flashing
nyẹnénẹnyẹné ̣ nẹmọ
̣ adv. with a continuous flash
nyẹmínịnyẹmí ̣ nị ̣ a. shifting and loose (of sand, wet or dry)
nyẹmínịnyẹmí ̣ nị ̣ n.p. quicksand
nyoun
nyéngẹlé
̣ ẹ̣ v.i. increase spherically (cf. nyéngelée)
nyéngẹlé
̣ ẹmọ
̣ adv. in a distended manner
nyéngẹré ̣ ẹ̣ v.i. accumulate; collect (cf. nyéngerée)
nyéngẹré ̣ ẹmọ̣ adv. accumulatively
nyẹngérẹnyẹngé ̣ rẹ,
̣ v.i. almost capsizing; nearly filled with water (of (cf.
nyéngẹrẹnyẹngẹrẹ
̣ canoe) nyengérenyengére)
nyẹngịnyẹngị a. very fine and small (of writing)
nyẹngịnyẹngímọ ̣ adv. finely
nyénị ̣ v.i. sink; settle down
nyẹní ̣ v.t. depress; push down by force
nyẹnrẹnnyẹnréṇ a. crystal clear
n. clearness; transparency
nyẹnrẹnnyẹnrénmọ
̣ adv. in a very clear manner
v.i. become very clear; show pus clearly at tip (of
swelling); be ripe (of boil)
nyéụụn
̣ a. dense; crowded together (cf. nyéuun)
nyéụụnmọ
̣ adv. densely; crowdedly
nyingí n.f. p A. mother; mama; mum; female parent; dam
nyingi-áma n. motherland
nyingi-ánga n. k female branch of family
a. matrilineal
nyingi-ára n.f. k mother; mum; etc.
nyingíḅọ n.f. one that deserves filial reverence; oldest
female member of a house or family
nyingi-óngu n.pl.p k mothers; leading women in a community
ers.
gbọrị nyingi mụná n.p. k uterine brother or sister; relation on the
mother’s side
B. plant from which others are derived
nyingiḅá n. slips of bamboo stick on which the fronds of
the bamboo are woven to form roof mats
nyinrímunyinrímu a. tasting hard and raw
nyinrímunyinrímu adv. with a hard, raw taste
mọ
nyinrimúu a. hard and raw, giving the feeling of an
uncooked yam
nyinrimúumọ adv. with a hard, raw feeling
nyịnrímụnyịnrí
̣ mụ
̣ a. same as nyinrímunyinrímu
nyokómunyokómu v.i. pant; gasp; throb (of heart)
& n.
nyokómunyokómu adv. gaspingly
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mọ
nyókúu a. massive
nyókúumọ adv. massively
nyomunyomu a. thirsty; feeling thirst
nyomunyomúmọ adv. thirstily
nyóngbolóo v.i. grow; develop (huge)
a. huge; enormous
nyóngbolóomọ adv. hugely; enormously
nyóngolóo v.i. list; lean over to one side (of boat) due to
shifting cargo; incline (of building, person,
etc.)
n. list; leaning, inclination to one side (of boat)
nyóngolóomọ adv. with a list
nyónmáa a. calm; quiet
nyónmáamọ adv. calmly; quietly
nyoún n. sand
nyoun-áka n. whitish gravel or pebbles
nyoúnnyoun a. sandy; granular
nyó ̣ịịn a. fine; in small particles
nyó ̣ịịnmọ adv. in small particles; finely
nyọngịnyọngí ̣ a. crowded; closely packed (of people)
nyọngịnyọngímọ ̣ adv. in a crowded manner
nyó ̣ngịrị v.i. rock; move to and fro gently while in motion (cf. nyángịrị)
n. rocking
nyó ̣ngịrịmọ adv. with a rocking motion
nyó ̣ngịrịnyọngịrị a. very soft
nyó ̣ngịrịnyọngịrịm adv. very softly
ọ
nyó ̣ngọ v.i. stoop; deign; condescend
nyó ̣ngọmọ adv. stoopingly
nyó ̣ngọló ̣ọ a. pendulous; hanging down or sideways
nyó ̣ngọló ̣ọmọ adv. pendulously
nyọngọmó ̣ v.t. bend; bow; stoop
nyó ̣nkụmú ̣ụ a. flabby; empty-looking (as of stomach)
nyungumó ̣ v.t. throw off or away
nyungumọ-áye n.pl. rubbish; litter; compost; muck; farmyard
manure
-nyụ suf. shall; will; can; may; e.g. á ḅonyú ̣ ‘she will
come, she may
come’
nyụkú ̣ụ v.i. heave; nod
& n.
nyụkú ̣ụmọ adv. with heave or nod
nyụkú ̣ụnyụkú ̣ụ v.i. heave or nod continuously
& n.
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ó pron. he; him; his

óbi n.m. s snake (in general)
óbitandígha
̣ n. h fence plant; lantana
opu-óbi n.m. s python
obí v.i. ail; be ill; be sick
obí n. illness; sickness; disease
obimó ̣ v.t. cause to be sick
obibí n. pricker; spike; pricking instrument
óbió n. d framboesia; yaws
óbió koḅu v.p. treat yaws with kind of native oil or smear
óbiókoḅu n. such treatment for yaws
óbiókoḅu n.m. cl cloth used in such treatment
obirí n.m. da dog
obiri-áka n. ap canine or eye-tooth
obiri-íku n.m. i flea
obiri-ítuka n. bp brownish pubic or body hair on children cf. pẹgẹyaí ̣
obirítọgụ n.m. da pup; puppy
namakọrị-obiri n.m. da hound; hunting dog
obiriékeke n. t borassus palm, fan-palm <Igbo úbiliékeke
óbolokú ̣ma n.m. b bird sp. (unidentified) with melodious voice
obongoro n.m. r leatherback turtle Dermochelys
coriacea
obósi n.m. cl red cloth
oburu n. verandah; lobby
oḅiloló n. fr green kind of palm-fruit
oḅilolólụgụ n.m. t palm tree bearing this fruit
óḅilóngo n.m. b bird sp. with long neck which dives for fish Anhinga rufa
African Darter
oḅito n.m.f p buffoon; a fool
.
oḅogoró n. bay
oḅogú n. d cold; chill
oḅogú v.i. feel feverish, chill
oḅogu-áịdẹgẹ n. goose-flesh; bristling of the skin caused by
chill or fright
oḅogú kọrị subj. catch or receive cold lit. "cold is catching
+ v.t. (someone)";
oḅogu-óḅogu a. d cold; chilly; feverish; aguish
oḅogu-óḅogumọ adv. aguishly; coldly
oḅókóo a. wide and gaping; yawning
oḅókóo v.i. gape; yawn
oḅókóomọ adv. agape; widely
oḅolo n. fist; buffet; shrewd blow
oḅoloḅagụ n. boxing; pugilism
oḅoloḅagụḅó ̣ n.m. boxer; pugilist
oḅolo tụá v.p. clench hand tightly to form a fist
oḅoloyou n. fisticuffs
oḅori n.m. da goat or sheep (in general); a fool
oḅoriḅolo n. h goatweed Cyathula prostrata
(Amaranthaceae)
[?] = tọrú ̣-gbalịye
oḅoriḅoloye n. h herb sp. Desmodium sp.
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Papilionioideae)
oḅori-ịḅẹlẹkị n. h weed used as medicine
oḅorikụgọ n. sh shrub with edible yellow fruit
oḅoritọgụ n.m. da kid or yearling
ḅou-óḅori n.m. m water chevrotain Hyemoschus
aquaticus
kiri-óḅori n.m. da goat
ọnana-oḅori n.m. da sheep
owei-oḅori n.m. da he-goat
óbu n. court of a powerful deity or of a league of
powerful men which used force to arbitrate in
all matters affecting two disputing parties in
olden days
óbu koromọ v.p. lay complaint to an óbu court
oḅuró1 v.t. roast slowly or lightly; simmer; bake
oḅuró2 n. dust
oḅúróo a. dusty
oḅúróomọ adv. dustily
odigbá n. pap; gruel
odigiri n. mi big wrestling drum
odó n. co red
ododó n. cl red cloth
odokó n.m. b hawk family Accipitridae
odú n. bp A. body; skin; leather
ódu ḍói v.p. transfigure; transmute; slough; moult; shed lit. "change body";
skin
óduḍói n. transfiguration; transmutation; moulting;
casting off of skin
odúyaị, odúaị n.pl. bf blood
namaodu n. bp skin; leather; hide
B. condition; self
odú bomọ v.p. praise oneself; boast
odúbomọ n. self-glorification; self-laudation; self-praise;
boast
odúḅa n. self-execution; self-murder; self-executing;
suicide
odúdẹrị a. self-betraying
odúdọgụ a. self-propelled
odúḍiḅi a. self-propagating; self-sown
odú ḍigíi excl. look out! be vigilant! be careful! be watchful!
take care!
odúḍigiḍụḅamọ n. self-regarding
odúḍigi-eneni n. self-pity
odúḍigiseimọ n. self-abhorrence
odúḍigitọrú ̣sin n. self-abandonment
odúḍụḅamọ n. self-aggrandizement
odúḍụḅamọ a. arrogant; presumptuous; haughty
odúḍụa n. self-defence
odu-ékịḍịá
̣ n. self-revelation
odu-ékịyetí
̣ ṇ n. self-respect; self-reverence; self-esteem
odúfamọ n. self-destruction; self-destroying
odú fị v.p. accustom; habituate
odúfịna a. self-imposed
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odúfuramọ a. self-fertilizing
odúgba a. self-explaining; self-explanatory
odúgbalị a. self-feeding; self-supporting; self-sustaining
odugbaná n. da ram; male of sheep
odu-íderimọ n. humility; self-abasement; self-humiliation
odu-íkú a. lazy; indolent; slothful; lethargic
odu-íkú n. laziness; indolence; slothfulness; idleness;
lethargy
odu íkumọ v.p. make lazy
odu írụmọ
̣ v.p. belittle oneself
odu-íyamọ
̣ a. e self-tormenting; self-torturing
odúghọḅióḅara n. e self-forgetfulness
odúghọními a. e self-conscious
odúghọními n. e self-consciousness
odúghọpaga a. e shocking
odúkasị a. e self-convicted
odúkasị n. e self-conviction
odúkọrị a. e self-appointed; self-restrained
odúkọrị n. e self-control; self-restraint
odúkpo a. e self-winding
odúkpọ a. e hardy; capable of endurance
odúkụró ̣ a. healthy; strong
odúlamọ a. e self-inflicted
odúlẹgịmọ a. e self-deceiving; self-deceptive
odú lọkó ̣ v.p. e languish
odúlọkó ̣ a. languid
odú lọkọmọ v.p. weaken
odúmịẹḍẹrí ̣ n. e self-scorn
odúmọndịwei n.m. rheumatism
odúnafíya ̣ a. e self-complacent; self-satisfied; self-content
odúnafíya ̣ n. e self-complacence; self-satisfaction
odú nimi v.p. e be discreet; know oneself
odúnyana n. e self-governing
odú pigi v.p. e abnegate; deny oneself
odúpigi n. e self-abnegation; self-denial; self-renunciation
odú pou v.p. e be patient
odúpou a. e patient
odúpou n. e patience; calm endurance, of pain, or any
provocation; perseverance
odúsara a. smart; brisk; swift
odúsara n. smartness; briskness, etc.
odúsei a. gaunt; haggard; lean
odúsei n. gauntness; leanness, etc.
odúseimọ n. masturbation, self-pollution
odú sin v.p. abscond; flee; run
odúsogiomọ a. e self-conceited
odúsogiomọ n. e self-conceitedness; self-exaltation; boast
odútarị a. e selfish
odútarị n. e self-love
odútelimọ a. e self-taught
odútelimọ n. e self-education
odútịn a. e self-accusing; self-accusatory; self-styled
odútịn n. e self-accusation
odú tọlọmọ v.p. preen; trim feathers or self; prepare; make (of birds, etc.)
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odútọlọmọ n. preparation
odútọndị a. self-luminous
odú tú ̣ọ v.p. perspire; sweat
odútú ̣ọ n. perspiration; sweating
odútụọmọ a. promoting perspiration
odúwagịmọḍigí n. e self-examination
odúwori n. e self-cursing
odúaị n.pl. bf blood also ịrẹsinyaị,
odúyaị, puló
odugbaná n.m. da ram; male of sheep
odugurú n. a room; apartment
kala-odugurú n. a boudoir; small room
opu-odugurú n. a chamber; big room
oḍóḅáị a. heavy, thick and unpolished (of art and craft)
oḍóḅáịmọ adv. heavily and thickly (carved)
oḍu1 n. ap tusk of ivory; all ivory work; trumpet; growth
on tail of certain snakes and on ventral fin of
certain fishes
oḍu-imbí n. button (pr. oḍimbí)
oḍu-imbi opogoló n.p. button-hole
oḍu-ịsịye n. t plant sp. with rough leaves; sand-paper Ficus asperifolia
oḍu mina v.p. sound a trumpet
ḅịla-óḍu n. ap elephant tusk
oḍu2 v.t. peel (something) with much flesh attached to (or oḍu sogú v.p.)
the bark; e.g. oḍu kará
oḍuó v.t. tie animal skin or velum to drum casing or
barrel; tie fish hook to a line; tie a harpoon to
a staff or handle
ofo1 n.m. f fish sp. African moony; angelfish Monodactylus
sebae; family
Pomacanthidae
ofo2 n.m. s horned viper
ofógori n. inanition; emptiness
ofógoriḅọ n.m.f empty braggart
.
ofokó n. short-windedness
ofokó ḅió pin v.p. be out of breath
ofoni1 n.m. b fowl; bird in general class Aves (cf.
egéle; ọgó ̣nọ-ofoni)
ofoni-aḅụọkpatị n.m. c lobster sp.
ofoni-ama-ama n. m Lord Derby’s anomalure (Derby’s flying Anomalurus
squirrel) derbianus
ofoni-ama-na- m Beecroft’s anomalure (Beecroft’s flying Anomalurus
nama-na-ama- squirrel) beecrofti. Lit. ‘bird
tengi of the man of the
village’ [?]
ofonimunumọ n. v ivy
ofoni-obi n. catalepsy; convulsion; epilepsy; fit
ofoni-otoin n. bm small boil on the face
ofonipán n. cock-crow
ofonitọgụ n.m. da chick; chicken
ofoniwarị n. fowl-pen; mat-roof of canoe
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ọgó ̣nọ-ofoni n.m. b bird of the air
ofoni2 n.m. i chrysalis; pupa (of insect)
ofoni3 n. bm pimples; acne; e.g. tọrú ̣kuḅu
ofoni ‘pimples of
the face’
oforofo n. bp windpipe or trachea e.g. popo-óforofo
oforokpo a. & counterfeit; (thing) made in imitation; not e.g. oforokpo kasa
n. genuine; inferior; ‘inferior fish sp.
frame’
ofúro v.i. be blown
ofuro v.t. blow; send strong air-current from mouth;
hoot or whistle (as steamer, launch; etc.)
ofuromó ̣ v.t. insufflate; blow air into nose of a hound; (of
snake) hiss at a victim to kill it
ofuroye1 n. mi flute; fife; whistle, etc.
ofuroye2 n. d jaundice; yellow fever; malaria; ague;
shivering fit
ogbidoro n. dregs; less; sediment
ogbígbi n. tr necromancy
ogbó1 n. centre; middle; midst
ogbó1 a. central; middle
ogbókuḅu n. & centre; central
a.
ogbó pagamọ v.p. centre; centralize
noin-ogbo n. middle of night
tọrụ-ogbo n. middle of river; midstream
ogbó2 n. club; company; fellowship; guild;
brotherhood; league; group; party
ógbo sú ̣ọ v.p. be mixed
ogbó sụọ v.p. join a club or league
ogbósuọ n. group; league
ogbó3 n. time; e.g. tịtarị ogbo
‘first time’
ebi-ogbó n. more suitable place or group
ogbodoin n. h bush cane Coster afer (same
as opóto)
(Zingiberaceae)
ogbogba a. thick (of cloth); tough (of meat)
ogbogba n. thickness or toughness
ógbogbáanụnụ n. tug-of-war
ogbogboniḅa n. beam of house; ridge-piece; ridge pole; ridge
tree
ogbogboniḅada n. king- or queen-post
ogboín n. fr mango in general Irvingia gabonensis
(Irvingiaceae)
akpákpa-ogboin n. fr wind (native) mango
ḅéken’ogboin n. fr imported mango varieties
ịyọrọ-ogboin n. fr imported mango variety with smaller fruits
owei-ogboin n. fr imported mango variety with larger fruits
ogbokó n.m. b heron family Ardeidae (cf.
kịánkururu;
kurukuruḅou;
pịnáḅou)
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ogbomu n.m. bowl; basin
ogboni v.t. persecute; pursue with enmity and injury
(especially holder of opinion held to be
heretical); assault jointly
ogboni n. persecution; joint assault
ogborokílo n.m. f barracuda Sphyraena spp. cf.
ḍọrọ, mindi-
ógboro
ogbudú n. nursery for puppies hence obiri ógbudu
ogian n.m. ms masquerade type
ogidí1 n.m. to matchet; cutlass
alapụ-ogidí n.m. wp sword
ísene-ógidi n.m. wp sacrificial knife
ogidikirífụngọama n.m.f p dwarf; midget; pigmy; pygmy; extremely
ḅọ . small person much below the size of ordinary
man
ogidí2 n. bp curved thickened shinbone (sabre tibia) due to
yaws
ogidí3 n. tp scraps sliced from mangrove wood; sliver;
hence angala ogidi
ogiga n. dr ornament of the head
ógilogíri n. bubble of soap blown into air; soap bubble
ogio occurs in n. tr arena into which people suspected of
ogiopolotiri witchcraft are brought for public post-mortem
examination after death; now, a place where
corpses of people of high caste in N embe
society (furoébi-ongu) and brought for last
lying-in-state before burial
ogiongion n. d asthma (cf. okionkion)
ogiri n. fo Igbo condiment
ógo n.m.f namesake
.
ogodo n.m. m black-fronted duiker Cephalophus
nigrifrons
ogodoḍigísẹgị n. after-glow; glow of setting sun; gloaming;
evening twilight
ogóni n.m. bronze masks and works of art used by early
N embe settlers
ogorá n. corrugation; edgeways
ógorómba n. rope obtained from oil palm mid-rib
ogósi n.m. c small snail
ogú n. twenty in game of cards
oguára n.m.f giant; man in the moon
.
ogugu n. la depression; ravine; pit; gully; any concave or
hollow surface
ogúgúu a. hollow; concave
ogúgúumọ adv. concavely; hollowly
ógumágala n.m. r chameleon
ogumasirí n. market
ogúmogú n. mi thumb-piano, sansa, mbira (see okéreke, ó ̣bọ)
ogúnu n.m. b bird sp. (unidentified) with long tail
ogúnuwarị n.m. f fish sp.; snapper sp. Lutjanus sp. cf.
agbára
ogurú n. m yellow-backed duiker Cephalophus
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silvicultor
oguga n. door-panel made of raffia-palm poles and
moved on ropes acting as rollers
ogugú n.m. al animal with very thick hide
ohóo excl. expression of surprise
ói excl. shout
ojé n. mi wrestling drum (same as ikísa)
ojeye n. brass; brasswork
ojígo, ozígo n. he local mat
ójilée n. ga children"s game; mock tug-of-war
okéreke n. mi thumb-piano, sansa, mbira, musical (see ogúmogú,
instrument with nine keys ó ̣bọ)
óki n.m. f sawfish Pristis spp.
oki v.i. swim
oki n. swimming
okílo n.m.f p musician; singer; songster
.
okilolo n.m. la brook; rill; rivulet; runlet; runnel; spring;
stream; fountain
okio n. la freshet; rush of freshwater; flowing into sea;
flood of river from heavy rain; hence
okiomindi
okionkion n. d asthma (cf. ogiongion)
okiri n.m. da castrated he-goat
ókirínga1 n. wt harmattan
ókirínga2 n. tp cotton, cotton wool; kapok
ókiríngatịn n. t cotton plant; kapok
ḅéken’okiringa n. cr cultivated cotton plant; cotton wool for
wounds
okó n. active force of sẹkịapụ club
okóḅa1 n. cowry
okóḅa2 n. ap wattle; red fleshy growth around the eyes of
boa or python and other snakes, and birds like
drake, turkey, etc.
okoḅia n.m. f fish sp.; snake-head Parachanna
obscura. =
ágbagú ̣rụ,
mumbeí
okogoló n. t tree sp. and fruit used as spice; African Monodora
nutmeg; myristica
(Annonaceae)
okóko1 n.m. b grey parrot Psittacus erithacus
(cf. ala-okóko)
okókoḅara a. parrot-like; psittacine
ala-okóko n. b king parrot; said to have red plumage all over
the body as on the tail
okóko2 n. ga children’s game
okolaíṇ n.m. b curlew Numenius sp. (cf.
abadị-ókolaịn;
abadí-okolaịn;
̣
mụmọgbọlụ)
abadị-ókolaịn n.m. b curlew sp.
okólo n.m. la creek
okólokuḅu n. la bed of river; channel
okólo-ogbo n. la bed of river; centre of river; channel
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ọbụ-ókolo n. bp hollow of back
ọbụ-ókolokuḅu- n. bp back-bone
imgba
Okoloḅa n. & Bonny; pertaining to Bonny
a.
okoloḅana’abanga n. fr common species of banana, longer than
osokpo
okoloḅan’abanga n. fr banana plant
okombó v.i. gape upon
ókombóko n.m. ms masquerade type
okongo n. ap empty shell, especially of snail; hence osi-
ókongo; skeleton of building; underlying
support or essential substructure of anything;
frame
ọkụma-ókongo n. mi frame of drum
warị-ókongo n. a frame of building
okoróḅa n.m. f small tilapia sp.
okoroko n.m. s snake sp.
ókoróngo n.m. f drum spp. (fish) Umbrina spp.
okori a. barren (of land); jejune
okori n. barrenness; jejuneness
okorimó ̣ v.t. make barren
okoróḅa n. f small tilapiine fish family Cichlidae.
cf. ẹgụrụḅa
ókoróngo n. f meagre (‘meagre drum sp.’); drum Argyrosomus
regius; Umbrina
spp.
okosi a. old; adult; elder; senior; aged; senile
okosi n. age; senility
okosiḅọ n.m.f old man; adult; elder; senior (pl. okosi-ongú)
.
okosighá a. ageless; never growing old
okosimó ̣ v.t. age; olden; cause to grow old
okosiyaị n.pl. conversation about sex matters
okóto n.m. c crab sp. found in bush freshwater streams
okótugu n. spot on which the spirit of sẹkịapụ club is
supposed to be resident
okpo [?] n. plant sp. Ctenolophon
englerianus
(Ctenolophonaceae)
okpó n. bo old leaking canoe
ókpodódo n. serious quarrel
okpóko-lodudu n. m cusimanse Crossarchus
obscurus
okpokoro n. fr nut (of palm-fruit), hence okpokoro imbi
okpókpo n. d foot-rot
okpokpo n. bp skeleton; skull; scalp
tịḅị-okpokpo n. skull; scalp
okpómina n.m. f giant sea catfish (‘broad-headed sea catfish’) Arius gigas
okpongbó n. dr spiral anklets from knee to ankle worn by
women at various ceremonies
okporó n.m. am frog with long legs
ókporóko n.m. fo stockfish
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oil (especially hard oil in the past)
okpósóo a. lonesome
okpótúu a. & (be) dull
v.i.
okpótúu n. dullness
okpótúumọ adv. dully
ókpoyaị n.m. b ostrich Struthio camelus;
not a local bird
ókpun n. tr shrine; house or enclosure marking the spot
where a deceased ancestor is supposed to be;
cenotaph
okpúru n. fo farina soaked in pepper soup and oil
okpútu n. carrion
okuḅó v.t. bring; assimilated form of ẹkị ḅó
okúkúu a. hollow; concave
okúkúumọ adv. hollowly; concavely
okún n.m. he mortar for pounding
okurú n.m. bag (usually) of leopard skin decorated with
small bells hung by juju of highest rank
ókụrụ n. cr okra plant and fruit
olibi n.m. s black cobra Naja melanoleuca.
cf. angalatuguwéí
olikí v.t. pilfer; steal
oló1 n. t boundary tree Dracaena sp.
ịyọrọ-oló n. t species with small leaves
owei-oló n. t species with large leaves
oló2 n. pomade; white oil
olópulo n. heated oil that has become white
olósú ̣ọ subj. become white in frying process (of oil)
+ v.i.
imbi-oló n. coconut oil
oló3 v.t. make love with
n. concubinage; cohabiting of man and woman
not legally married
olo-ára n.f. p female lover
olóḅọ n.m.f p lover; concubine (pl. olo-óngu)
.
olo-ówei n.m. p male lover
oló4 n. e grief; deep sorrow; keen regret
olo saí ̣ v.p. e grieve; give deep sorrow to; utter abuses and
cry
ologo n. decree; code; law; statute; doom
ologonimiḅó ̣ n.m.f p lawyer
.
ologo tụá v.p. enact (law); decree
ḅẹ-ólogo n. commandment
oyiaḅẹ-ólogo n. ten commandments
olóko1 n.m. he jug
olókokụmọ n. imaginary person; monster
olóko2 v.i. be hollowed; be dug out
olóko2 a. hollow; not solid
olóko3 n. sf [rhomboid mussel?] ‘whelk or buckie’ [Modiolus
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olókosịngị n. f catfish sp., described as sickly and emaciated order Siluriformes
with big head and hollow and flabby sides
olokó v.t. cut (something) with the flesh; hollow; dig out
ololi v.i. languish; pine; waste away from disease but
not die quickly
ololi ḅịá v.p. (of fruits) become ripe immaturely
ololiḅịá n. such immature ripeness
ololimó ̣ v.t. (of disease) cause to languish
ololo n.m. bottle
ololo-ịkará or n. broken pieces of bottle
ololo-ịkaraká
olomaịn n. bp groin
ólominókporu n. d lockjaw; mumps; tetanus
oloseí a. cruel; wicked; tyrannical
oloseí n. cruelty; wickedness; tyranny
oloseíkụmọ n.m.f p tyrant; wicked person
.
olósẹkịaḅa n.m. b dove Streptopelia sp.
(identified as a
turtle dove, but
there are no local
spp.)
olótu n.m. p champion (especially in wrestling)
olú n.m. c land crab
olu-ópogolo n. c hole of land crab
olútụngba n. c leg of land crab
ala-olú n.m. c yellowish-brown land crab
ikpiri-olú n.m. c black and dirty land crab
ịyọrọ-olú n.m. c female land crab
owei-olú n.m. c male land crab
olúlu v.i. pass through a narrow aperture; go in or out
furtively or secretly; sneak; slink
olúlu ḅọgọ v.p. sneak out, past, away
olulumó ̣ adv. sneakingly
olúlu paga v.p. sneak out, off, away
olúlu sụọ v.p. sneak in
óma n. measure; grade see Exodus 16:16-
36
ómangị n.m. two-gallon pot
ómangịnẹngị n.m. 3-gallon pot
ómbu n. A. weak point (usually a hole from the pith of
the wood) that occurs just below the stern
(rarely on the bow) of a carved canoe
ómbu B. the tip of coconut shell first cut open
before the body is broken into three parts
ombú v.i. be sharp, sharp-pointed
ombúmọ adv. sharply
ombumó ̣ v.t. sharpen
ombu n. bp navel; umbilicus
ombuḍigi n. bp navel-string; umbilical cord
ombu koro subj. drop or fall off (of navel-string from newborn
+ v.i. baby)
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ombuloú n. t tree sp. and fruit, Chrysobalanus
orbicularis
omí v.t. (of lips) suck in; hence ḅịḅị omi ‘sucked-in
lips’
omíngoo a. (of fame) queer; strange
omíngoomọ adv. queerly; strangely
omongi v.i. grow weak and feeble
omongi n.m. da smallest member of a litter or brood; runt;
(anthony in the case of pigs)
omongimó ̣ v.t. cause to grow small; stunt; dwarf
omoni n. p slavery; slave
omoni-ará n.f. p female slave
omoniḅó ̣ n.m.f p slave; human chattel; bond-man; bond-slave
.
omoni-ábangá n. fr plantain cultivar
omoni fé ̣ v.p. deal in slaves
omonifé ̣ n. dealing in slaves; slave-dealing
omonifịrị n. bond service
omonikiri n. bondage; serfdom
omonikọndụ n.m. p first male slave
omoni-ongu n.pl.p p slaves; serfs
ers.
omoni-owei n.m. p male slave
omoniwarị n. house of bondage; place of confinement
óndo v.i. wash anus after stool
ondomó ̣ v.t. cause to wash anus
ondo v.t. tie cloth or put hand between legs
óndoḅá n.m. cl cloth type
ongorí1 n.m. f snake eel sp. family
Ophichthidae. cf.
mindi-óḅolịa
ongorí2 v.t. scrape the bottom of container
ongorímọ v.t. fold loin cloth up to thighs
& i.
ongoró n. fg fish trap
ongu n.pl.p collection of people e.g. mein óngu
ers. ḅoyó ‘these people
are coming’
-ongu suf. suffixed to nouns or to the root of verbs to e.g. ama ‘village’,
form plural noun signifying persons or ama-ongu
practitioners (see under -ḅọ, to which it acts ‘villagers’; yoú
as plural): ‘fight’ you-óngu
‘fighters’; furu
‘thieve’ furu-ongu
‘thieves’ telimó ̣
‘teach’ telimọ-óngu
‘teachers’
oní v.t. slaughter; kill for food
óno n. large building; barracks
ononi a. languid; spiritless
ononi v.i. pine; languish; put on languid look; waste
away
ononimọ adv. languidly; languorously; languishingly
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onu n. barricade
onweín n. smoke; reek; vapour
onwein-árụ n. bo ship
onwein-ónwein a. sooty; dusky; smoky
onwoin1 v.t. bite; nip with teeth
onwoinyọ n. bite; wound made by bite
onwoin2 v.t. bail, bale (water)
onwoínmọ v.t. bail, bale (into something)
onwoinye n. bailer
ónya1 a. efficacious; producing desired effect (of
medicine)
ónya1 v.i. be efficacious
ónyamọ adv. efficaciously
ónyayọ n. efficaciousness; efficacy
ónya2 n. witness; testimony; evidence
ónyaḅọ n.m.f eye-witness (pl. ónya-ongu)
.
ónya sụọ v.p. bear witness
ónya tịẹ v.p. stand surety or witness
ónyaye n. testimony; evidence
onyé n. flowers of cotton tree
óo excl. oh! (expressing various emotions)
oó excl. oh! (expressing various emotions)
ópo v.i. be peeled
opó v.t. A. peel in long strips
opó B. castrate; geld; spay; bark (a tree)
opówọrịoḅọ n.m. p eunuch
opogolo n. cavity; gap; hole; hollow; leak
opoli n.m. fg round basket for keeping fish; big kpọtụ
opolomó ̣ v.t. twist bush cane rope for urgent work; bark (a
tree)
opóma n. blister
opóráa a. full of husks or sheaths (e.g. of maize)
opóráa n. plentifulness of husks
opóráamọ adv. with plenty of husks
opóropo n.m. da pig; swine <Portuguese porco
opóropoḅeri n. h weed sp.
opóropotọgụ n. da piglet
opóropowarị n sty; piggery
opóto n. v bush cane sp.; Coster afer (see
ogbodoin)
opú a. big; great; ample; important; high in rank;
eminent; immense; elaborate; copious;
extensive (of families); much
opú n. greatness; importance; highness; eminence
opumó ̣ adv. greatly; amply; immensely; copiously; much;
eminently; elaborately
ópuló n. dyed feathers of assorted colours used for
ornament; plume
opúlo n.m. c generic term for lobsters, mudshrimps. e.g. Squilla locusta,
Callianassa
turnerana;
ópumbosúosúo n.m. i insect sp.
opuro n.m. c crayfish sp.
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ópur’ánga n. sh shrub sp. and its fruit. Tristemma hirtum
(Melastomaceae)
opurotịḅị n. bp prepuce; foreskin
opuru-anga n. h herb sp. Melastomastrum
theifolium (G Don)
A & R Fernandes
(Melastomataceae)
opusaní ̣ n. cr big peppers; capsicums < ‘great’ + ‘pepper’
ópuwárị1 n. big house or family
ópuwárị2 n. tr big meeting house for traditionalists
orá poss. his (plural form)
pron.
orí pron. he
órikó n. ap red tail feather of parrot; hence órikó pụkọ
oriyá n. t tree sp. (see epiyé)
oriyó n. secret talks
oriyó pogi v.p. eavesdrop; hide to listen to secrets
oriyópogi n. eavesdropping
oriyópogiḅọ n.m.f eavesdropper
.
óro n. hr mat woven with stems of an aquatic plant of
sedge family
oro n. gutter
orodó v.t. commune
oropo n. pp bark of plantain or banana stem or some trees;
hence ábanga óropo
oróri or oróro v.i. be gnawed in; be bored in
ororí or ororó v.t. gnaw in; bore into
oru n.m. tr god; deity;
oru n. tr idol; fetish
oru jigé v.p. be possessed by a spirit initially
orujigé n. initial stage of being possessed by a spirit
oru karị v.p. tr worship juju
orukarị n. traditional religion
orukarị a. relating to traditional religion
oru koro v.p. continue to be possessed by a spirit
orukoro n. continuing state of possession
oru siḅa v.p. be in possession of juju
orusiḅa n. possession of juju
órugurú adv. all the time; ever before; e.g. órugurú ghọ
or órugurúm bịsẹ
orupogí n.m. m small bat sp. family Chiroptera
osí n.m. c snail
osi-ákụlala n. bf snail’s slimy secretion; seminal emission
akpakpafa-ósi n. i slug
ósigíri n. sugar < English sugar
osikó n. strips of thread for tying round the waist;
apron
osíokokoríko n. t tree sp. with long broad leaves (see ósuan)
osisi n.m. f fish sp.; snapper sp. ?pigsnout grunt Lutjanus sp.;?
(‘pigfish’) Pomadasys rogerii.
cf. agbára
osoḅaị1 n. fg two or more pronged harpoon or fish-spear
osoḅaị2 n. d urinary disease; strangury
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osokosóko n. fr banana plant Musa cavendishii
osokpo1 n. fr. banana plant Musa cavendishii
osokpo2 n. style of tying women’s head very high
osóru n.m. i grub found in decaying stick or manure heap;
yam beetle larva
ósuan n. t tree sp. with long broad leaves and small (see osíokokoríko)
spines on the body, not suitable for firewood
ósumogbúgburu n.m. i scorpion
ósun n. only occurs in the expressions:
ósun-alá n. tr priesthood of those who give wine to a deity
ósunḅọ n.m.f tr one that gives wine to a deity
.
osunga n. g grass in general
osungbo1 n.m. i millipede; stupid person
osungbo2 n. only occurs in;
osungboḍigi n. v slender liana sp.
ábanga-ósungbo n. pp row of infertile seed embedded in plantain and
banana fruit
andị-ósungbo n. bp nerve from centre of brow to nose which
swells out when person is annoyed
igíri-osungbo n. bp nerve running from anus to scrotum or vulva
in the case of females
Nzọn’ósungbo n. bm heavy tribal mark cut from the centre of the
forehead to the ridge of the nose by Njọ in
olden days
osuó n.m. wt rain
osuo-íboli n. wt rainbow
osuómindi n. wt rainwater
oti1 a. barren; childless
oti1 v.i. become barren or childless
oti1 n. barrenness; childlessness
otimó1̣ v.t. make barren
oti2 a. shallow; of little depth
oti2 v.i. become shallow (of deep wound); shoal
oti2 n. shallowness
otimó2̣ v.t. make shallow
otiyọ n. shallow place; shoal
otiotioḅa n. glow of rising or setting sun; twilight;
gloaming
otípou v.t. circumcise female organ
otípou n. circumcision of female genital organ
otíta n. wt fog; mist
otiti1 n.m. b Senegal coucal Centropus
senegalensis
otiti2 n.m. ms masquerade type and dance rehearsal
performed at the death of people of high caste
(furo-ébi)
otiti tíṇ v.p. dance such play
oto1 n. corridor; lane; path
oto2 n. unit of count in fish trade; e.g. indi óto ‘20
frames of fish’;
kasa otó ‘100
empty frames’
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otoḅá n.m. m hippopotamus Hippopotamus
amphibius
otoḅá ms masquerade performance depicting the
hippopotamus
otoḅa-ánda (see under andá)
otoín n. bm abscess; boil; carbuncle; tumour
agbagba-ótoin n. bm carbuncle; anthrax
ofoni-otoin n. bm small boil on the face
otokolo n. la island; isle
otóku1 n.m. c crayfish; shrimp
otóku2 n. pp pistil cell of citrus fruits filled with juice
otolo n. soft part of the belly around the pelvis, often
bulging out
otómọ v.t. measure up; approach full measure
otondoriḅa n. bp fontanel
otongbolo n.m. i mosquito
otongbolo-warị n. mosquito-netting
otóngoi n.m. i wasp
otóngoiwarị n. i vespiary; wasps’ nest
nama-otóngoi n. i wasp seen on fresh fish or meat
otosi n. whitlow
otóto conj. notwithstanding; in spite of the fact that; e.g. ẹrí otóto
̣ ka
albeit; although; nevertheless; mịétẹ ̣ ifiémị ‘in
spite of the fact that
even you have done
(it)’
otóto B. if; on the condition or supposition that; in e.g. ị ḅo ḅóa otóto
the even that; in case; wa tíịn ̣ ‘in the even
that you come, call
us’
ótu n. goal, in some kinds of game
ótu kọrị v.p. reach goal; (idiomatic) die
otumó n. bp vulva; vagina; anus; tail
otumódụ n. ap tail
otumófa a. tailless; hence otumófa ovin
‘tailless cow’
otumópagara n. bp buttocks; hips; fundament
otumósa n. adultery fee
otumótụawei n.m. dr knickers; shorts; trousers
ma-otúmo n. i insect sp.; silverfish
otuo v.t. collect; contribute; pay collection
otuo n. contribution; collection
otuo-ẹfẹrẹ n.m. collection or offertory plate
otuómọ v.t. collect up
otuoye n. collection
ovin n.m. da cow
ovin-tọgụ n.m. da calf
ovíri v.i. suffer; undergo pain
ovíri n. pain; anguish; suffering
owei1 a. & p male; masculine; of the sex that begets
n. offspring or performs the fecundating function
(used of persons or animals, birds); any part
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owei-ágbọkó n. r male agama lizard
owei-álapá n. f jellyfish (male) with long flagella cf. álapá, ịyọrọ-
álapá
oweiḅọ n.m. p man; male being (pl. owei-ongu)
oweiongu-okí n. (swimming) trudgen-stroke
oweitọgụ n.m. p male-child expression of praise
owei2 a. powerful; aromatic (of gin, etc.)
oweimó ̣ v.t. make powerful or more serious or furious
owei tẹíṇ a.p. prepotent; more powerful than others
owoló n. pit; abyss; bottomless chasm
owomó ̣ v.t. blight; wither; shrivel; scathe
oworóworoḅa n. tp wood decay in log where the sapwood has
been eaten up leaving only fragments of
heartwood and the bark
oworóworoḅa sụó ̣ subj. such decay has set in
+ v.i.
owoso n. t timber-yielding tree; black afara Nauclea
vanderguchtii (De
Wild.) Petti Syn.
sarcocephalus
nervosus
(Rubiaceae)
ḍaḅa ḅio-owoso n. t ‘swamp owoso’ Nauclea
vanderguchtii (De
Wild.) Petti Syn.
sarcocephalus
nervosus
(Rubiaceae). cf.
owoso
owu1 n.m. ms masquerade; masked play
owu gbeín v.p. play masquerade
owusara n. principal waterside on which masquerade
performs fụláprị ceremony
owu (ḅei) 2 n. bp afterbirth; caul; membrane enveloping foetus;
loosely it refers to placenta too
oyi num. ten
oyiesí num. two hundred
oyikaramọ a. & tenth; tenthly
adv.
oyiọndẹ num. four thousand
oyóyo n. & perfect paragon or beauty; very beautiful
a. thing
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Ọ.

ọ pron. second person plural pronoun; you, ye; also e.g. ọ nẹmú ̣yo ‘you
possessive your; are mad’; mamá ọ
yaí ‘these
̣ are yours
(or your own)’
ó ̣ba n.m. go large calabash
ọba n.m. king of Benin; Ọba of Benin
Ọba-ama p.n. Benin city
ọbọ́ ̣rụ n. f unidentified freshwater fish sp.
ó ̣bọ n. mi thumb-piano, sansa, mbira, musical cf. ogúmogú or
instrument with two faces on a broad flat okéreke
board
ọbọdọgọ n. cr cassava cv. with very high cyanide content
and hence very poisonous
ó ̣ḅọkọḅụọ n. h common climbing weed
ọbọlọ n. wrestling trick; deadly grip; strangle-hold (see ọgá)
ó ̣bọó ̣nya n. t umbrella tree Musanga
cecropioides
(Moraceae) (see
also gọmụ)
ọbú ̣ n. back; behind; exterior
ọbụ-áḅịḅị n. gossip
ọbụ-ánga n. backside; posterior
ọbú ̣ ḅó ̣gọ v.p. dc dance back turning properly to rhythm
ọbú ̣ḅó ̣gọ n. such dancing
ọbú ̣ ḅó ̣gọghá v.p. dc dance back not turning to rhythm
ọbú ̣ḅó ̣gọgha n. dc dancing back without turning to rhythm
ọbú ̣ ḅọgọ v.p. move into chambers for consultation (of case)
ọbú ̣ḅọgọ n. movement into chambers for consultation
ọbú ̣ḅụgọ n. back door; posterior gate or door
ọbú ̣dụ adv. aback; backwards
ọbú ̣ ghọ ḅé ̣ v.p. slander; speak ill of
ọbụ-ímgbụ
̣ n. spinal column
ọbụó ̣bụ a. backward; behind; stealthy
ọbụ-ókolo n. hollow of the back
ọbụ- n. backbone
ókolokuḅuimgba
ọbú ̣ sụọ v.p. move into chambers for consultation (of case)
ọbú ̣sụọ n. movement into chambers for consultation
ó ̣bụ tú ̣a v.p. go astern; go backwards; fall back; retreat;
back-water
ọbú ̣tongu n. backside; posterior In the following
expressions ọbú ̣
means ‘back of’:
hence arụ-ọbụ;
ḅara-ó ̣bụ; ḅẹlẹ-
ọbụ; asú ̣n-ó ̣bụ;
ḅụọ-ọbụ; ḍiri-ọbụ;
ẹfẹrẹ-ọbụ
ọbú ̣kọ adv. afterwards; in the sequel
ọbụrú ̣ v.t. hold collectively; hold many objects
ó ̣ḅa n. deceit
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ọḅárị n. gum; resin; pitch; tar
ọḅọ n.m. r African softshell turtle Trionyx triunguis.
Also recorded as
ọḅọr
ó ̣ḅọkọḅú ̣ọ n. h common climbing weed
ọḅọkọló ̣ n. a area used as public latrine
erema ọḅọkọló ̣ n.p. a women’s latrine
owei-ongu ọḅọkọló ̣ n.p. a men’s latrine
ó ̣wọmá ọḅọkọlọ n.p. a children’s latrine
ọḅó ̣pụ n.m. c moulting crab, etc.; any weakling; hence ọḅó ̣pụ-ịkọlị
& a.
ọḅọró ̣ v.t. ft hunt for fish with harpoon
ọḅọró ̣ n. ft hunting fish with harpoon
ọḅó ̣rụ n.m. f freshwater fish sp.
ọḅụgó ̣ n.m. m colobid and cercopithecine monkey. [Applies cf. akan-ọḅụgọ,
to several species in N embe, the white-nosed ege-ọḅụgọ, kesi-
guenon and the mona monkey.] ọḅụgọ, kẹké-̣
ọḅụgọ,
akan-ọḅụgọ n.m. m putty-nosed monkey; putty-nosed guenon Cercopithecus
nictitans. Cf.
ọḅụgọ
ege-ọḅụgọ n.m. m olive colobus monkey Procolobus verus.
Also recorded as
ége. Cf. ọḅụgọ
kesi-ọḅụgọ n.m. m. mona monkey Cercopithecus
mona. Lit. ‘true
monkey’. Cf.
ọḅụgọ
kẹké-ọḅụgọ
̣ n.m. m Sclater’s monkey; Sclater’s guenon Cercopithecus
sclateri. Cf. ọḅụgọ
ọḅụgó ̣ḅara n. he wooden ladle
ọḅụgọ-ídu n. h plant sp. and its yellow fruits Masaenda isertiana
(Rubiaceae)
ọḅụgọ-ígbiri n. h plant sp. and its seed, used as rattle. Eriocoelum
pungens var.
inermis
(Sapindaceae)
ọḅụgó ̣lụgụ n. standing on the head; headstand
ọḅụgó ̣lụgụ gbein v.p. stand on the head as acrobatic feat
ọḅụgọtandíghạ n. t thorny tree, the roots of which are used as
tonic medicine
ọḅú ̣rụ n. decaying remains of thistle
ọdẹlé1̣ n.m. b vulture family Accipitridae
ọdẹlé2̣ n. bp ganglion
ó ̣dị a. of small space; tight; compact
ó ̣dị v.i. become tight or compact; become jammed,
especially in the end of a hole or an enclosure
ó ̣dị n. tightness; compactness; squeeze
ó ̣dịmọ adv. in a tight condition; compactly; tightly
ọdịmó ̣ v.t. jam or squeeze (thing) against something;
push (thing) together into a small space
ọdịmó ̣ kọrí ̣ v.p. capture without struggle in an enclosure
ọdịmó ̣ tụá v.p. squeeze in; force in
ó ̣dị paga v.p. force way out of a tight place; squeeze out
ó ̣dị sụọ v.p. force entry into a tight place; squeeze out
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ó ̣dị sụọ v.p. force entry into a tight place; squeeze in
ọdídí ̣ ị̣ a. rudimentary (of organ); imperfectly
developed
ọdídị́ ịmọ
̣ adv. in an imperfectly developed manner
ó ̣dụgụbíạ n.m. i wasp sp.
ọdụó ̣lụ n. fg fishing stick for pinning screens
ọḍịa n.m. f freshwater fish sp.; tailspot ctenopoma Ctenopoma
kingsleyae. =
enumetandị
ọḍírị̣ v.i. be weighed down with (load, work, cares,
punishment, etc.)
ọḍírịmọ
̣ adv. in a weighed-down manner
ọḍịrịmó ̣ v.t. weigh down
ó ̣ḍọ a. abstinent; not liking some food
v.i. be abstinent
n. abstinence; habit of refraining from many
kinds of food
ó ̣ḍọmọ adv. abstemiously
ọḍọmó ̣ v.t. appliqué; embroider ornament
ọḍọmó ̣ye n. embroidery; ornament
ọḍú ̣ n. fo soup of fresh fish cooked into a slightly thick
consistency with oil and a little water; hence
ọḍú ̣ tụọ
ọḍú ̣a n. situation in which an arbitrator in a dispute
turns to assist one side in the dispute
ó ̣fịn v.i. be swept; be cleaned
ọfịn v.t. sweep
ọfịnmó ̣ v.t. sweep aside
ọfịnyé n. broom
ọfịọ1 v.i. whistle
n. whistling; whistle
ọfịọ2 v.i. rage (of disease, famine)
n. raging (of disease or famine)
ọfịrí ̣ a. e ardent; hot; fervent; fervid; passionate;
zealous; glowing; intense; torrid; very hot;
tropical
n. d fever; malaria; sickness; nickname for small-
pox; heat; hotness (perception or sensation of
it); hot weather; pungency of flavour; warmth
of feeling; anger
ọfịrịḅió n. ardour; enthusiasm; fervour; zeal; heat of
mind
ọfịrịloló n. hot displeasure; rage
ọfịrímọ
̣ adv. ardently; fervently; fervidly; passionately;
zealously; intensely; hotly
ọfịrịmó ̣ v.t. cause to heat up; warm up
ọfịrịma n.m. f shark and dogfish spp (‘slender, long-nosed order Squaliformes,
shard’; long-nosed shark’), incl. tiger shark incl. Galeocerdo
cuvier
ọfịrịma-aká n. bp double teeth growing from the same root
ọfịrịma-ịḅẹlẹkị n. fp shark-oil, from shark’s liver
ọfọịn v.t. take by force; plunder; pillage; loot
n. act of taking by force
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ọfọụ1 n.m. f moonfish, freshwater fish sp.; large specimen Citharinus latus cf.
of ẹpẹtẹ ẹpẹtẹ
ọfọụ2 n. t tree sp., the fruits of which resemble those of
kola
ọfọụ3 n. tr carved wooden device in form of U, frilled
with shreds of immature leaves of oil palm
tree called ịmụnụmụnụ and decorated with
narrow length of white cloth impregnated
with charms, used as protective armour for the
bow of a war canoe
ọfọụḍuré n. bo rear thwart in a war canoe
ọfọụḍuré n. bo front three thwarts of a war canoe which are
extended outwards for the pullers to sit on,
and under which the U arms of the "ọfọụ" are
lashed
ó ̣fụrú ̣gba n. wp sling (for missiles)
ọgá1 n. to adze; carpenter’s tool
ọgá2 n. ga pieces of shaped broken plate used for game;
the game itself
ọgá3 n. pp carpel or section of citrus fruit containing the
pistil cells called otóku
ọgá4 n. (wrestling) deadly grip; stranglehold (see ọbọlọ)
ọga n.m. i small biting red ant
& a.
ọga ịsọnọ n. i small biting red ant sp.
ọgándi n.m. cl cloth; organdie
ọgbá n. v bush cane ropes
ọgbákana n. bs special basket woven with cane rope
ọgbákiri n. farm with plenty of ropes and tangles
ọgbaní ̣ n. bs rectangular farm basket with plank bottom
ó ̣gbọ v.t. puke; retch; spew; vomit
ó ̣gbọyaị n.pl. vomit; gorge; vomited matter
ọgbó ̣lọ n.m. c small snails used as tops
ọgbọlọ n.m. am nickname for frog
ọgbọlú ̣gbọlụ n.m. i praying mantis
ọgbó ̣rụ n. card; club
ó ̣gbụ n. tr something resembling mud used in smearing
the hair on the heads of wives of high priests
during times of mourning
ọgbụdụ n. sludge; thick greasy mud (especially from
palm oil)
ó ̣gbụ kún v.p. said of a woman when she has plastered her
hair during mourning
ó ̣gị n. d venereal disease; gonorrhea
ọgịẹí ̣ n.m. he small knife
ọgịgá n. pad for loads (see ọkịkaḅá)
ọgígáạ a. pinched or squeezed in appearance (especially
of neck)
ọgịọrị v.i. talk noisily
n. noisy talking
ọgịzị n. plenty; abundance
ọgó ̣ n. k state of being as brother-in-law or sister-in-
law
ọgọ-ára n.f. k sister-in-law
ọgó ̣ḅọ n.m.f k brother- or sister-in-law (pl. ọgọ-óngu)
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ọgọ-ówei n.m. k brother-in-law
ọgọdọ n.m. dr inner loincloth used as pants or tight drawers
ọgọdó ̣mọ v.t. troop; flock about after or to (something)
ọgó ̣gọị v.i. shout or talk boisterously
n. boisterous talk
ọgọmó ̣ v.t. spare; be frugal
ọgọmó ̣ḅara adv. sparingly
ọgó ̣nọ n. apex; top; up; sky; heaven
adv. in heaven; heavenly; upstairs
ọgọnọḅuru [?] n. cr aerial yam Dioscorea bulbifera
(Dioscoreaceae). lit.
‘up-yam’
ọgó ̣nọḅuru n. t breadfruit tree and fruit
ọgó ̣nọdụ n. north; up-river; skyward
ọgó ̣nọ dụ sei v.p. talk nasally due to defect in nose
ọgó ̣nọdụsei n. such nasal speech
ọgó ̣nọkuḅuyaị n.pl. hypocrisy; pretence; dissimulation
ọgó ̣nọkuḅuyaị mịẹ v.p. be hypocritical; dissimulate
ọgó ̣nọkuḅuyaịmịẹḅ n.m.f hypocrite; pretender; dissembler
ọ .
ọgó ̣nọ-ofoni bird of the air (cf. egéle; ofoni1)
ọgó ̣nọwarị n. storey house; upstairs
ọgó ̣nọwei n.m. moon; month It is divided as follows: (pl. ọgó ̣nọyaị)
ịwọ-ọgó ̣nọwei n.m. new moon
ọgó ̣nọweiḅịḅị n. first quarter
ọgó ̣nọweiagbatụa n. second quarter; full moon
ọgó ̣nọweipáịn n. third quarter when moon is waning
ọgó ̣nọweifá na n.p. fourth quarter until new moon is seen
paga na
ọgó ̣nọye n. thunder; lightning
ọgụ n. small ante-chamber in old-time houses
ọgú ̣gú ̣ụ a. short; deformed (of neck)
ọgú ̣gú ̣ụmọ adv. in a deformed manner
ọgụrụ n. potassium iodide
kurukuru-ọgụrụ n. potassium permanganate
ó ̣ka1 n. bead used by royalty alone in olden days
ó ̣ka2 n. t tree sp. and fruit (same as ákaụn)
ọká1 n. ashes from plantain rind used as potash
substitute in cookery
ọká2 n. carpentry
ọká kọn v.p. engage in carpentry work
ọkadịgọ n.m. b hornbill sp. family Bucerotidae
(cf. amúsu1;
akanga1; apịapịa)
ọkaíṇ n. t tree sp. and fruit; Garcinia kola
ọkaịn n. roofing mats; thatches
ọkará n. et Ghana; Accra; hair style for men; women’s
cloth style
ọkaráḅọ n.m.f et Ghanaian; Accra person
. & a.
ọkará kpọ v.p. tie cloth round loins with another piece of
rope or cord
ọkarákpọye n. dr rope or cord used in tying cloth round loins
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ọkaran’álu n. cl Ghana print cloth
ọkarásutu n. dr women’s dress style consisting of a lower
cloth, a blouse and a top cloth all of the same
cloth
ọkéké
̣ ẹ̣ a. curved like the interior of a circle; concave (of
face)
ọkéké
̣ ẹmọ ̣ adv. concavely
ọkélẹ́ ẹ̣ or ọkélẹké
̣ ẹ̣ a. small; of little size; smallish
ọkịkaḅá n. pad for loads (see ọgịgá)
ọkịn-álala n.m. b woodland kingfisher; blue-breasted kingfisher Halcyon
senegalensis; H.
malimbica (cf.
ḍụẹị-ọkịanlalá;
ḍụẹị-ọkịn-alala;
ẹgbẹíntekeleb
̣ ̣a)
ḍụẹị-ọkịn-alala n.m. b bird spp.; pigmy kingfisher, malachite Ispidina picta;
kingfisher Corythornis cristata
ọkịrí ̣ a. facetious; funny; jocular; humorous; waggish;
droll; flippant
v.i. jest; joke; jeer; speak or act in trifling manner;
banter
n. facetiousness; fun; jest; joke; jocularity;
humour; drollery; waggishness; flippancy;
pleasantry
ọkịríkụmọ
̣ n.m.f wag; jester; droll; joker
.
ọkịrímọ
̣ adv. facetiously; jokingly; jestingly; jocularly;
humorously; waggishly; drolly
sei-ọkịrí ̣ n. joke with malice in it
ó ̣kọ n. bf curd vomited by child
ó ̣kọ sara v.p. vomit curd
ọkó1̣ v.t. bribe; pervert by gifts or other inducements
the action or judgment of
n. bribe; bribery
ọkó ̣ fị v.p. take or "eat" bribe
ọkó ̣ye1 n. bribe
ọkó2 v.t. hire; employ (person) for wages; procure or
grant temporary use of (thing) for stipulated
payment
ọkó ̣bọ n.m.f hireling; labourer
.
ọkó ̣fịrị n. labour (for wages)
ọkó ̣ye2 n. hire; rewards; wages
ọkó3̣ n. short but heavy rain that falls just before dry
ebb
ọkó ̣kọ n. foam; froth; lather; suds
ḍarị-ọkọkọ n. scum from a boiling pot or fermenting wine
ọkọló ̣ v.t. clean rope for basketwork
ọkọlọkọpogí n.m. m big bat which cries throughout the night family Chiroptera
ọkọríkọrị
̣ n.m. i centipede which glows on being touched
ọkó ̣rọ v.i. shout; make loud cry or sound
n. shout; loud utterance
ọkọró ̣mọ v.t. hoot; assail (person, etc.) with derisive shouts;
boo
ọkpáịn n.m. f fish sp.; characin sp. order
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ikolokoló, ịságụ
ọkparan n.m. first-born son
ọkpọkó ̣kpọkọ n.m. f bubu, a freshwater catfish reputed to move Auchenoglanis
supinely; occientalis
ọkpọló ̣kpọlọ n.m. b talkative bird; hence, a great talker
ọkpọró ̣ v.t. drag; search bottom of river with grapnel or
drag
ọkpọró ̣ye n. grapnel or drag
ọkpó ̣tọ n bp brain
tịḅị-ọkpọtọ n. bp brain matter
ọkpọtó ̣ n. bf mucilage; phlegm
ọkpọtó ̣kpọtọ n. pp rotten fibre of plantain left on the stump
ọkpọtụḅa n.m. f freshwater fish of cichlid perch species family Cichlidae.
cf. adi, atán,
elekéti, ịtaḅalá
ọkpó ̣tụụ a. dull; sluggish; depressed
v.i. lose force; dull
n. dullness
ọkpó ̣tụụmọ adv. dully
ọkpụrụbịá n.m. one-gallon pot
ọkú ̣ n.m. m Africcan buffalo; ‘bush-cow’ Syncerus caffer
ọkụ v.i. abut; border; have a common boundary with
n. boundary; land mark; border; margin; limit
ọkụ ghọ ḅọgọ v.p. encroach or intrude usurpingly (on boundary)
ọkụghọḅọgọ n. encroachment
ọkụkú ̣ n.m. ms masquerade type
ọkú ̣kú ̣ụ a. protruding; curved like the exterior of a circle;
convex (of forehead)
ọkú ̣kú ̣ụmọ adv. convexly
ọkú ̣lọ1 n. bo bow of boat or canoe
arụ-ọkụlọ n. bow; fore-end of boat
arụ-ó ̣kụlọḅa n. (see under arụ)
ọkú ̣lọ2 n. source
ọkụmá n. beating drum in general
ó ̣kụó ̣dụ n. mi bugle; trumpet
ọkụó ̣kụọ n. t tree sp.
ó ̣kụrụ n. cr okra plant and fruit
ó ̣kụrụbéke n. d rashes resembling small yaws often found on
small children
abadị-ó ̣kụrụ n. h hibiscus plant found along sea shores
ọlalị n. feast; festivity; festival; merriment; carnival
ọlalị fí ̣ v.p. enjoy or celebrate a feast
ḅuru-ó ̣lalị n. tr yam festival
idu-ó ̣dalị n. tr secular feast in honour of amatẹmẹsuo
indi-ó ̣lalị n. tr ‘fish’ festival
ịsẹmị-ọlalị n. tr ‘periwinkle’ festival
oḅoripẹlẹ-ọlalị n. tr feast when a goat is slaughtered or sacrificed
for a deity or a departed ancestor
ọlílị́ ị̣ a. bald; hairless
ọlílị́ ịmọ̣ adv. baldly
ọlọ1 v.i. d cough; expel air from lungs
& t.
ọlọ1 n. d cough; act of coughing
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kítịkí
̣ tị-ọlọ
̣ n. d whooping cough
ọlọ2 n. fp vital organs of crustacean
ọlọgọlọ n.m. m African civet [cat] Viverra civetta
ọló ̣kọ v.t. retch
ọló ̣kọ n. retching
ọlọkó ̣ v.t. disgorge; eject from throat
ọlọlímọ ̣ v.i. drag oneself forward with difficulty
ọló ̣lọ v.i. loosen; become less tight and hence fall off;
look paralytically emaciated
ọlọló ̣ v.t. clean up oil palm leaf or plantain stem for
fibre; clean the heads of lobsters and shrimps
in preparation for cooking; loosen; make less
tight
ọlụ n.m. k second-born son
ọlú ̣lú ̣ụ a. small-mouthed
ó ̣ma n.m. f electric catfish Malapterurus
electricus
ó ̣mbị v.t. rub; spread (ointment, powder, camwood,
dye, etc.) over the body
ọmbịmó ̣ v.t. cause to rub over
ó ̣mbịpulo n. pomade; ointment; unguent
ó ̣mbịye n. camwood dye
ó ̣mbịye-ó ̣mbịye a. of crimson colour; red
ó ̣mbịlárị n. umbrella <English umbrella
ọméndẹ́ ẹ̣ a. (of nose) flat
ọmí ̣ n. h itching weed; cow itch also recroded as
ó ̣mị; Mucuna
pruriens
(Leguminosae-
Papilionioideae)
ọmímị
̣ n.m. tr fabled spirit which has a supposed adjustable
magic arm
ọmịní ̣ pron. second personal pronoun plural; you; ye
ọmó ̣ v.i. mt ebb; flow back; recede
ọmó ̣ n. & mt ebb tide; cf. ọmó ̣ mindi
a.
ó ̣mọ ḅá v.p. mt dawn while water is still ebbing
ó ̣mọḅá n. mt period of tide when day dawns while water is
still ebbing
ọmó ̣ noin v.p. mt become night while water is still ebbing
ọmó ̣noin n. mt period of tide when night falls while water is
still ebbing
ó ̣mịteghá sériyeghá n.p. nothing
ọmó ̣bụ n.m. i housefly in general
kala-ọmó ̣mbụ n.m. i sandfly; midge
opu-ọmó ̣mbụ n.m. i blowfly; meatfly
ọmó ̣ngọ n.m. he mug; drinking vessel <English mug
ọmó ̣rịmba n. pointing of hand at someone abusively; an
expression da ékị̣ ḅálị said to an opponent
ọmó ̣rịmba tụá prí ̣ v.p. point hand abusively at someone and actually
utter da ékị
̣ ḅálị
ọmó ̣ụn n. appetite; dearth; famine; hunger
ọmó ̣ụn koro subj. have famine; famine exists
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ọmó ̣ụn kọrị subj. feel hunger; be hungry
+ v.t.
ọmó ̣ụnkọríyo
̣ a. hungry, peckish
ó ̣mọyaí ̣ n.m. ms masquerade type
ọmụngụ n. battle; war
ọmụngụ-arú ̣ n. bo battleship; warship; war canoe
ọmụngụ-arụ-alaḅó ̣ n.m. bo war canoe chief; a chief who has amassed
wealth to reach the status of manning a war
canoe (30 slaves and ammunition)
ọmụngụ-arụ-ekeré n. mi wooden drums used in a war canoe; the style
of beating them
ọmụngụkirí n. captivity
ọmụngụ-ongú n.pl.p soldiers
ers.
ọmụngụḅaibuluḅá n. h fern; bracken
ọna n.m. f geelbeck croaker (‘small-mouth or weakfish’) Atractoscion
aequidens
ọná n.m. f meagre (‘meagre drum’; ‘croaker or large- Argyrosomus regius
mouth’; ‘sea croaker)
ọnana n.m. da sheep hence ọnana oḅorí
ọnanakokoḅó ̣ n.m. shepherd (pl.
ọnanakok’ongú)
ọnanatọgú ̣ n.m. da lamb; yearling
ọndé ̣ num. four hundred, used as unit of counting
ọngbọ v.t. importune; solicit pressingly; make appeals to
ọngbọ n. solicitation
ó ̣nghaá n. no, expressing an emphatic negative
ọngọ n. channel; sound; strait
ọngọlí1̣ v.t. clean up or scoop completely (with hand,
spoon, etc.) any semi-solid matter
ọngọlịmó ̣ v.t. clean up to one side
ọngọlí2̣ n. fr succulent coconut fruit
ọngọrí ̣ v.i. snore
ọngọrí ̣ n. snore; snoring
ó ̣nị n.m. cl cloth canopy over an arena for dancing or
meeting
ó ̣nị dụ v.p. spread cloth as canopy over an arena
ọní ̣ v.t. flay; strip off skin or hide
ọnínịị̣ a. very small; tiny
ọnọ n.m. cl black cloth used for mourning
ọnụngó ̣ n. mt wave; breaker
ímburu-ó ̣nụngọ n. mt very high wave; heavy ocean wave breaking
on coast
yakayaka-ó ̣nụngó ̣ n. mt small rough waves
ọnụnú ̣ n. mi harmonium; harmonica; organ in general
ḅara-ó ̣nụnụ n. mi accordion
ḅịḅị-ọnụnụ n. mi mouth-organ
ḅụọ-ọnụnụ n. mi pedal organ
ọnyéndẹẹ
̣ v.i. simper; smirk
& n.
ọnyéndẹẹmọ
̣ adv. simperingly
ọnyényẹẹ
̣ v.i. same as preceding
& n.
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ó ̣ọ excl. expressing confused emotion
ọpagịpagí ̣ n. fr spice plant and its fruit
ọpagịpagílụgú
̣ ̣ n. fr mantled type of oil palm fruit
ọpaịn n. g reed; the Indian bamboo, Oxytenanthera
abyssinia
ọpalí ̣ n. he special knife used for tapping palm wine
ọpịán1 n. lot (for finding lost things)
ọpịán tụa v.p. draw or cast lots
ọpịán2 n.m. ms masquerade type
ọpịapịá n.m. same as apịapịá
ọpịna n. skin; hide; integument; bark; rind; tan; husk;
outer cover
ó ̣pịnánga n. bf wax in the ear; cerumen
ọpịndá n. bp shoulder
a. bp scapular
ọpịndágbenḅịté ̣ n.m. sash
ọpínị
̣ v.i. become bare of skin or bark
ọpịní ̣ v.t. peel; rind; bark; strip; excoriate
ọpịpaịn n.m. f fish sp.; minnow sp., especially one in salt family Cyprinidae
water
ọpịpí ̣ n.m. notorious thief
ọpịrịsíkị
̣ n.m. half gallon pot
ọpó ̣ n. corner of room
ọpó ̣tugu n. back of fire place; cf. ḅụrọtongu;
edenítongu
ọpó ̣ịn n.m. r female of tortoise
ọpó ̣lụ n.m. c crayfish
ọpọtọkọ, ọpọtọ n. mud
ọpó ̣lụḅayaị n.m.f legendary, exceptionally tall human being
.
ọpó ̣rịmó ̣pọ n. fp air bladder of sea-catfish; sound
ọpụ n. belly; lower front of body; flank; fleshy part
of front of body between ribs and hip
ọpú ̣n v.t. seethe food with the rind
ọpú ̣ntụọfịaí ̣ n. such seethed food
ọpụrú1̣ v.t. gather up with the hand
ọpụrú2 n. bo section of canoe
ọpụrụ-áka n. bo built-up sides of canoe; coaming
ḅio-ó ̣pụrụ n. bo bulk-head; inner part of ọpụrú ̣
ọpụrú3 n. ap back length of an animal from shoulder to hip
ọra pron. your (plural) second person
plural possessive
pronoun;
ọrí ̣ n. bp pubic hair cf. obiri-ítuka,
pẹgẹyaí ̣
ọríyọ
̣ excl. serve you right!
ọrọ n.m. la creeklet; rill; rivulet; runnel
ọrọdọ n.m. i biting fly; Chrysops spp.
ọrọmú ̣ n. vomiting feeling which tends to rise from the
root of the navel
ọrọmú ̣ sou v.p. feel such vomiting feeling
ọrọrọḅilégha n.m. b bird sp. with long thin legs found on sudd Actophilornis
grasses; African jacana; common lily trotter africanus
ọró ̣sị n. cr rice Oryza sativa
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Portuguese arroz
ọrú ̣ n. order; class; kind; sort
ọrụḅá n.m. fg woven basket-work open at both ends, used (also ọríḅa)
̣
for fishing; coop
ọrú ̣rụụ a. mute; silent
ọrú ̣rụụmọ adv. mutely; silently
ọsá n. very tall, but fruitless, oil palm tree; e.g. ọsá lụgụ
ọsá sụọ v.p. become ọsá
ó ̣saịn(ḅẹlẹ) n.m. pot of medicine kept in special place for
healing
ọsẹkẹ a. very small; very few (of bunch, contents, etc.)
ọséṇ n. soap (in general)
éḅẹn’ọsẹn
̣ n. native black soap (also ó ̣ḅẹn’ọsẹn)
ọsịḅá n. fp spine of fish; hard part in fin of fish; awn
ọsígọ
̣ n. holes in wood caused by teredo or shipworm
or stemborers
ọsịkaịn n.m. f fish sp.; halfbeak spp., flat garfish family
Hemiramphidae
ọsịkasịká n. mi musical instrument; a rattle
ọsịkasịkaídu n.m. f very small and thin fish resembling ọsịkaịn, Hemiramphidae sp.
halfbeak spp.
ọsímaịn
̣ n. t tree sp., the wood of which is very durable in also égele-ákaụn
water;
ọsịma in
ọsịmakọn n. blacksmithery
ọsịmakọnḅó ̣ n.m. blacksmith
ọsịmamọmbọ n.m. f unidentified scaly fish described as very tasty
ọsịsá1 n. a bridge; jetty; landing pier; mole
ọsịsá2 n. cl cloth in strips
ọsó1̣ v.t. f fish in a "nembe" dam
ọsó2̣ v.t. tr keep preliminary lyke or waking before actual hence ḍụẹị ọsó ̣
night of ceremonies;
ọsọḅú ̣ n. falsehood; alie; fib; false statement
ọsọḅú ̣ v.i. lie; speak falsely; tell lie; fib; hence ọsọḅụ
gba
ọsọíṇ 1 v.t. hunt; chase or pursue wild animals or game hence nama ọsọịn
for food or sport;
ọsọíṇ 1 n. hunting; pursuit of game
namaọsọịnḅó ̣ n.m. p hunter
ọsọíṇ 2 v.t. p spy; explore secretly; keep secret watch (on
movement of person)
ọsọíṇ 2 n. spying
ama-ọsọịn n. espionage; practice of using spies or spying
kụmọ-ọsọịnḅó ̣ n.m.f p spy
.
ọsọínsọịnḅá
̣ n.f. tr god responsible for ferrying spirits to the
underworld
ọsọkịsọkí ̣ n.m. f fish sp.
ọsọmụ n. errand; message
ọsọmụ mọndị v.p. go on errand
ọsọmụmọndịḅó ̣ n.m.f messenger; forerunner; harbinger; precursor;
. one who carries a message
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yọ ékị
̣ ọsú ̣kụ dọgú ̣ v.p. frequent a place
ọta n. fg weir; enclosure of stakes set in a stream as
trap for fish
ọtị n.m. b sunbird sp., black in colour family
N ectariniidae (cf.
ịmbị-akásiko;
ịmbị-akásọgị;
ịsẹrẹ);
ọtịkọkó ̣ n. chikoko mud
ọtíọ̣ n. f small type of sea-catfish called sịngí ̣ Arius sp. cf.
gbengu, nẹgú ̣,
nẹngú ̣
ọtó ̣bịrị n.m. small 1/4-gallon pot
ó ̣tọló ̣ n. sh shrub sp. yielding valuable wood for fish-rods
and small fruits for thickening soup
mindi-ó ̣tọlọ n.m. sh shrub species found in more swampy
conditions
ọtọlọtọlọḅá n.m. i non-biting small insect resembling sandfly
ọtó ̣ndịaḅá n.m. i firefly; glow-worm
ọtó ̣ngbọlọ(ḅá) n. very minute particle of dewdrop; scintilla;
spark; atom; tittle; whit
ọtú ̣ma n. mud in general
a. made of earth or clay; fictile; e.g. ọtú ̣ma ḅẹlé ̣
‘clay pot’
ọtú ̣ma-ọtú ̣ma a. muddy
ọtịkọkó ̣-ọtụmá n. chikoko mud
pérẹn’ó
̣ ̣tụma n. yellow clay
ọtụmụ1 n. cr aerial yam Dioscorea bulbifera
ọtụmụ2 n. double navel
ọtụrú ̣ n. great number
ó ̣vọ n. vow; covenant; testament
ó ̣vọ fị v.p. make a covenant; vow
ó ̣vọ iri v.p. go against a covenant
ó ̣vọ kọrị v.p. be affected by a vow
elemu-ó ̣vọ p.n. Old Testament
ịwọ-ó ̣vọ p.n. N ew Testament
ó ̣wọmá n.pl.p p children (plural to tó ̣gụ) e.g.
ers. ó ̣wọmá kalaị ‘few
children’ (but
loosely used as
‘small children’);
kala ó ̣wọmá ‘small
children’
kalaó ̣wọmayaí ̣ n.pl. d chickenpox; measles
ọwọrọdọ-álagba n. gun; cap-gun; dane-gun
ó ̣wọrọwó ̣só ̣ n.m. m brush-tailed porcupine Atherurus africanus
ọyaya n.m. b bird sp. (unidentified) (cf. wáya; wó ̣ya)
ọyéḅẹ̣ n.m.f p moron; degenerate brute; fool; buffoon
.
ó ̣yị v.i. char; burn to charcoal
ọyọ n.m. cl native cloth in strips (perhaps from Oyọ)
ọzarị n. rust
ọzarị koro v.p. rust; become rusty
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ọzarị-ọzarí ̣ a. rusty
ọzarị pẹlé ̣ v.p. corrode
ó ̣zọló ̣lị1 n. ga children’s game; hopping on one foot and
swinging the other to and fro
ó ̣zọló ̣lị2 n. f small fry of fish, especially those of mullet e.g. family
Mugilidae cf.
ẹkpẹrú ̣kpẹrụ,
ịdẹgé,̣ ịyagụ
ó ̣zọnízọbịá
̣ n. cloth resembling real india
ọzú ̣gụụ a. tight; deformed; misshaped (of net, garment,
etc.)

P.

pá1… nyụ v.aux must; be obliged to (do) e.g. á pá munyú ̣ ‘I

. must go’
pá2 v.i. dare; venture to; have the courage to; ought
pá3 adv. still; even to this present time; just; e.g. pá timí ḍigíi
‘just wait and see’
paán v.i. A. crow; utter loud cry of cock; bleat; make
sheep’s, goat’s, or calf’s cry; low; moo; utter
cry of cow; hoot; utter cry of owl
paán n. crow; cry of cock; bleat; cry of sheep, goat or
calf; low; moo, cry of cow; hoot
paán B. boo; hoot; make sound of disapproval or
contempt at a speaker or an announcement
paán n. boo(ing); hoot(ing)
egé pan v.p. encourage by shouting (especially in case or
on happy occasions)
pága v.i. be manifest; present oneself formally or
publicly; come out
paga v.i. A. go out; start; depart; journey; travel;
proceed; move
paga n. departure; going away; starting
pagamó1̣ v.t. acquit; discharge; divorce; send out; dissolve
(marriage)
pagáya v.t. absolve from marriage; divorce from one
another
pagáya n. dissolution or undoing (of marriage);
divorcement
paga B. happen; come to pass; come about
pagámọ v.t. happen to; betide; appear to
pagamó2̣ v.t. cause; effect; bring out or about; produce;
start; develop
paga C. be or become visible; appear; be published
paga n. appearance
paga D. grow; develop; increase in size or height;
be produced; be found in some place; wax
paga n. growth; development; germination
paga ḅo v.p. come forth from; issue, appear, originate,
from
paga gbáan v.p. grow over; be covered with some growth
fụrú ̣ paga v.p. smell out; smack of (something)
pu paga v.p. germinate; sprout; spring up; rise (of moon)
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paga a. E. clean; free from dirt; unsoiled; chaste;
washed out; pure; undefiled
pagaghá a. unclean; impure; unchaste; soiled; defiled
págara v.i. be redeemed or bailed
pagará1 v.t. answer; reply to
pagaráye1 n. answer; reply
pagará2 v.t. bail; redeem
pagaráḅọ n.m.f redeemer
.
pagaráye2 n. redemption
pagara1 n. sheet; broad more or less flat piece of some
thin material (as of iron, lead, glass, paper,
etc.); shred; strip; torn or broken piece (of
crockery, etc.); side (of person, animal,
object); part; half of something; fillet
pagara ḅịté ̣ n.m. cl cloth woven in strips
pagarapagará a. sheet by sheet; piece by piece
págarapágara a. not fluent; half and half (of language)
págarapágaramọ adv. not fluently
pagara pú v.t. break or saw into plank; fillet (fish)
imbipagara n. part (usually 1/3) of a broken head of coconut
kurupagará n. sheet or piece of sawn timber plank
pulópagara n. half-cask of oil
págị1 v.i. be pledged; pledge one’s self
págị1 n. state of being pledged
págị2 v.i. take more than necessary (of food, drink);
cloy, glut, satiate, oneself with (food, drink,
etc.)
pagị1 v.t. pawn; impawn; pledge; put in pawn or pledge
pagịye n. pawn; pledge
pagị2 v.t. give more than necessary (of food or drink);
cloy, glut, sate, satiate (with food, drink or
pleasure)
paị v.i. be not true
paị n. lie; lying
páịn v.i. be broken; dwindle; wane (as moon); shrink
(by breaking)
páịngha a. unfailing; unwaning
paịnmó ̣ v.t. fail (a promise)
paíṇ v.t. break piece off
paká n. tree sp. yielding very light wood and fibre Clappertonia
bark ficifolia (Willd.)
Decne. (Tiliaceae)
palágị v.i. stagger; totter; walk unsteadily
palágịmọ adv. staggeringly
palalá, pálaláa a. flabby; flaccid; limp (cf. next word)
pálaláamọ adv. limply
pálalóo a. flabby; flaccid; limp (cf. preceding
word)
pálalóomọ adv. limply
pálị a. tight; compact; closely fitting; firmly put
together
pálị v.i. become tight
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pálịmọ adv. tightly fitting
palí ̣ v.t. A. support; tighten so as to keep from falling; e.g. tịnmí tugumí
̣ ̣
give strength to; palíị̣ ‘fix the stick
firmly!’
̣ 1
palímọ v.i. choke; become unable to breathe properly
owing to stodginess of stomach
̣ 2
palímo n. such condition of being choked
palímọ
̣ sụọ v.p. force entry into a tight or compact place
palịmó ̣ v.t. tighten; hamper; obstruct space with material
obstacles
palí ̣ B. follow; come after in order; support;
second; land assistance
palíḅọ
̣ n.m.f supporter (pl. palị-óngu)
.
palịmó2̣ v.t. follow closely; chase
pambá1 n. wing; eaves (of house)
pamba- n.m. b large stork, so called because of its large family Ciconiidae
imburúsụọgha wings
pambawei n.m. f fish spp. with broad flat body; skates and rays order Rajiformes
pambá2 n. leaf (of book or tobacco), hence ḍiripamba;
single thickness of folded paper which is
equal to two pages in a book
pamba v.i. become hot and dry; thirst; parch
pamba n. feeling of hotness
pambamó ̣ v.t. make hot and dry; make thirst; parch
pámbara v.i. slightly burn at bottom of soup pot (of soup)
pambará n. slightly burnt scent in soup
panáma n. dr panama hat <English
pangá n. go calabash drinking cup
ninípanga n. bp wing of nostril
pánị n.m. he pan <English
pápa adv. for nothing; free; in vain; unsuccessfully;
merely; simply; barely; just
papaḅará a. empty-handed
papaḅarámọ adv. empty-handed
papaḅió n. emptiness; futility; vanity; fruitlessness
papaḅió a. empty; containing nothing; devoid of
furniture or inmates; without loads; vain;
addled; futile; fruitless
papaḅịḅí ̣ a. without meat or fish; plain (of food)
pápamọ adv. freely
pápapaga a. casual; accidental; happening by chance
pápapagayé n. accident; chance happening
papatúgu a. bare; naked; nude; unclothed; uncovered
papatúgu n. nakedness; nudity
papayé n. nonsense; meaningless words
pápa2 adv. even (in negative context); e.g. á bene pápa
ḍigí ka ḍigíghá ‘I
never even looked’
papa n.m. k child’s name for father
papalá a. flat
pápaláa a. flat
pápaláamọ adv. flatly
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páraráamọ adv. in an ungainly manner
párị v.i. be spun
párịpárị a. ruffled; curly (of hair); kinky
parí ̣ v.t. spin
pásisei v.t. make devout supplication; beseech, pray,
& i. entreat, earnestly
pásisei n. earnest prayer; entreaty
pásụ v.i. be dented
pasụ v.t. dent
pátakáa v.i. patter
& n.
pátakáamọ adv. with a patter
patákapatáka, v.i. patter
patakapataká & n.
patákapatákamọ adv. with a patter
patákipatáki v.i. heavy patter
& n.
patákipatákimọ adv. with a heavy patter
pátakíi a. broad and heavy
patapatá v.i. spatter; splash
& n.
patapatámọ adv. with a spatter
páụn n. pound sterling <English
pée a. pale; pallid; wan; sallow; anaemic
pée v.i. grow or become pale, sallow
pée n. pallor; paleness
péemọ adv. palely; pallidly; wanly
pégele v.i. dc dance; masquerade dance in which dancer
whirls round and round
pégele n. ms such a masquerade dance
pegelé v.t. turn round for examination
pegelé ḍigí v.p. examine a thing round and round
pegelemó ̣ adv. twistingly; hence pegelemó ̣ gbaá ‘tell
(something) in roundabout manner’
pegelemó ̣ kaú ̣n v.p. brandish (as sword)
pekée v.i. dart; take off; spring from
pekéemọ adv. with a spring or dart
pekelée v.i. dodge; shuffle
pekelée n. dodging; shuffle; shuffling
pekeléemọ adv. with a dodge
pekelépekele, a. dodgy; fickle; inconstant; changeable
pekélepekéle
pekelépekele, v.i. dodge; move quickly round
pekélepekéle
pekelépekelemọ adv. with a dodge
pékepéke v.i. falter; stagger
pékepékemọ adv. falteringly
pékuláa a. broad and wide
pékuláamọ adv. broadly
mịé ̣ pékuláamọ v.p. make broad; broaden
pékunáa a. broad or wide
pékunáamọ adv. broadly
pelelée v.i. dart; start rapidly in some direction; dodge
peleléemọ adv. with a dart
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pelélepeléle, a. dodgy
pelelépelele
pelélepeléle, v.i. dartle; keep on darting
pelelépelele
pelemúpelemu v.i. dartle
pelemúu v.i. start rapidly in some direction; dart dodge
pélia n.m. f fish sp.; [African horse mackerel?]; Senegal Caranx senegallus.
jack; pompano sp. family
Carangidae. cf.
mọrọn, ịkụtú ̣kụtụ
péligue n. hanky-panky; underhand dealing
pembú n. tp frond of palms
ḅéke-imbípembu n. tp coconut frond
kọrọpembu n. tp raffia palm frond
lụgú ̣pembu n. tp oil palm frond
pende v.i. (of body) settle; come to rest
pendemọ1 adv. composedly
pendemọ2 v.t. compose; arrange in a specified manner;
tranquilise
péndu v.i. feel tired because of hard work
péndu n. aching tiredness; the feeling which comes as a
result of too much hard work
péndumọ adv. with aching tiredness
pendú v.t. tire; cause to be tired
pénge a. oblique; in a sideways direction
pénge v.i. be bent or leaning
péngemọ adv. obliquely
pengé v.t. cause to bend or lean
péngenée a. light; of little weight; of small specific gravity
péngenéemọ adv. lightly
pengenépengene a. light; of little weight
pengenépengenemọ adv. lightly
pénipéni v.i. gasp; strain for air or breath, with open
mouth, as in drowning or in exhaustion
n. gasp; straining for air or breath
pénipénimọ adv. gaspingly
pénwáa a. broad; wide; broad-brimmed
pénwáamọ adv. broadly; in a broad-brimmed style
pépeláa a. broad; wide and flat
pépeláamọ adv. broadly; widely
pepelámọ v.t. broaden; widen
pepesáa a. broad; wide and flat
pepesáamọ1 adv. broadly; widely
pepesáamọ2 v.t. broaden; widen
pereperé a. smart; brisk; lively
n. smartness; word used at time of purification
by priest or priestess, urging that the person
should be brisk and smart
pereperémọ adv. smartly; briskly
pereré v.i. dart; take off
n. dart
pererémọ adv. with a dart
pereréperere or v.i. falter; stagger
peréreperére
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pererépereremọ adv. falteringly
peri n. tr human sacrifice given in rotation by members
of a society or league of chiefs; head of
enemy taken at war; a big and ferocious game
animal killed
peri-atịḅị n.pl. tr skulls of sacrificed victims kept as trophies
peri ḅá v.p. said of a child when it cuts its milk-teeth, or
of an eaglet when it develops white feathers
from dull grey ones; or of a person who has
performed a difficult task
perinamá n.m. any of the following animals when killed is ḅịlá ‘elephant’; ọkú ̣
regarded as perinamá:- ‘bush-cow’;
kụró ̣nama
‘leopard’; tele
‘gorilla’; émein
‘manatee’ or
‘seacow’; ḅólia
‘dolphin’
peri pẹlé ̣ v.p. behead a victim at war or perform human
sacrifice; take scalp
peripẹlé ̣ n. taking of scalp; beheading of a victim at war
perígbo n.m. ms masquerade type
péselée a. pale; pallid; sallow; wan
v.i. grow pale; become pale
n. pallor; paleness
péseléemọ adv. palely; pallidly; wanly
petáa v.i. patter; spatter
& n.
petáamọ adv. with a patter or spatter
petapetá v.i. patter (in succession)
& n.
petapetámọ adv. with a continuous patter
pétekáa a. wide or broad (of foot)
pétekáamọ adv. broadly; widely
petekapeteká v.i. patter (as footsteps of some animal on soft
& n. soil); spatter with tread
petekapetekámọ adv. with a patter
pewáa v.i. patter; spatter
& n.
pewáamọ adv. with a patter
péẹn
̣ v.i. show first flow (of tide)
n. first flow of tide
péẹnmọ
̣ adv. slightly
pẹgẹ n. pelvis; pubic region
pẹgẹ-ikú n.m. i crab-louse
pẹgẹtugú n. pelvic region
pẹgẹyaí ̣ n.pl. bp pubic hairs cf. obiri-ítuka, ọrí ̣
pégị ̣ v.i. be prised up
pẹgí ̣ v.t. prise up, open, by leverage
péị̣ v.i. be eaten
pẹí1̣ v.t. eat (fish or meat only)
pẹí2̣ v.t. touch or be touched by a draughtsman or
& i. some stick in a game of igboun and other
games
péịpé
̣ ị̣ a. perforated; pitted
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péịpé
̣ ịmọ ̣ adv. in a perforated way
pẹịpẹínẹgị ̣ n.m. whale order Cetacea
pẹịpẹínẹngị ̣ n.m. whale order Cetacea
pékẹlé
̣ ẹ ̣ a. slim
pékẹlẹ́ ẹmọ ̣ adv. slimly
pẹkẹlépẹkẹlẹ ̣ a. slim
pẹkẹlépẹkẹlẹmọ ̣ adv. slimly
pẹkẹpẹké ̣ a. thin; lean
pẹkẹpẹkémọ ̣ adv. thinly
pékụpé ̣ kụ
̣ n. & whisper
v.i.
pékụpé
̣ kụmọ
̣ adv. whisperingly
pélẹ ̣ 1 v.i. be cut, felled, mowed, ceased, stopped, ended,
decided, settled, concluded, adjudged
pélẹ
̣ koro v.i. be cut down
pélẹ̣ 2 n. mt neap-tide
pélẹḅa
̣ n. period of tide just following a spring when,
although the tide will be flowing, the level or
height of water continues to decrease daily
pẹlẹ1 v.t. cut; amputate; fell; mow; chop; hew; hack;
notch
pẹlẹghaḅoú n. la virgin forest which has not been farmed for
over forty years and more; jungle
pẹlẹghatọngó ̣ n. bp uncircumcised penis
pẹlẹ koromó ̣ v.p. cut down
pẹlẹ sín v.p. cut away or off
peri pẹlé ̣ v.p. take scalp
peripẹlé ̣ n. taking of scalp
tọngó ̣ pẹlẹ v.p. circumcise
tọngó ̣pẹlẹ n. circumcision
tọngó ̣pẹlẹgha n. uncircumcision
tọngó ̣pẹlẹgha2 n.m. i centipede
pẹlẹ2 v.t. chip; trip up; cause to stumble by entangling e.g. ó a ghọ ḅụọmá
or suddenly arresting the feet; pẹlé ̣ ‘he tripped her
up’
n. wrestling-trick; chip
pẹlẹ3 v.t. cease; end; stop; desist; bring or come to an
end
pẹlémọ
̣ v.i. be screened; be stranded
pẹlẹmó ̣ v.t. intercept; sheet out; screen; dam; interrupt;
prevent passage
farịyaị pẹlé ̣ v.p. mc stop drumming
numo pẹlẹ4 v.p. cease or cause to stop singing
pẹlẹ4 v.t. conclude; decide; adjudicate; determine;
judge; settle; adjudge
pẹlẹ irí v.p. misjudge
ḅọrẹ pẹlé ̣ v.p. decide a case
ḅẹrẹpẹlẹḅó ̣ n.m. judge
ḅẹrẹpẹlẹ-ené n. judgement day
ḅẹrẹpẹlẹyé n. judgment
pẹlẹ5 v.t. mc drum or sing an accompaniment; cf. inikí pẹlẹ or alili
pẹlẹ; numo pẹlé ̣
pélẹkoro
̣ n. cr banana cultivar
pẹlẹkoro n. corridor
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pẹlẹkoroḅụgó ̣ n. door in a corridor
pẹmbụ n.m. f fish sp.; razorfish Xyrichthys sp. cf.
epelépele
̣ 1
pénị n. penny (coin) (archaic) <English
̣ 2
pénị v.i. be prised up
pẹní ̣ v.t. open with force; prise; open (eyes) wide
pẹpẹ a. thin; lean
pépẹlé
̣ ẹ̣ a. flat
pépẹlẹ́ ẹmọ
̣ adv. flatly
pẹré ̣ a. rich; wealthy; having riches
pẹré ̣ n. richness;
pẹré ̣ n.m. king (Njọ origin, but retained in N embe
especially for king in games of draughts and
cards)
pẹréḅọ
̣ n.m.f rich or wealthy person
.
pẹrékụmó
̣ ̣ n.m.f rich person; lord; lady
.
pẹrẹmó ̣ v.t. enrich; make rich
pẹrẹnịná n. bf semen
pérẹn’ó
̣ ̣tụma n. yellow clay
pẹrẹsaní ̣ n. cr sweet pepper plant and fruit resembling
alligator pepper
pérẹḅú
̣ ̣ụ a. low; not high (of house)
pérẹḅú
̣ ̣ụmọ adv. in a low way
pérẹpé ̣ rẹ ̣ a. loquacious; chattering
pérẹpé ̣ rẹ ̣ n. loquaciousness
pérẹpé ̣ rẹmọ ̣ adv. loquaciously
pétẹké ̣ ẹ̣ a. low; not high (of seat)
pétẹké ̣ ẹmọ
̣ adv. low
pẹtẹpẹté ̣ a. tiny; very small
pétẹré ̣ ẹ̣ a. tiny; very small
píga v.i. be moored or pinned or transfixed
pigá v.t. berth; moor (canoe) in suitable place; pin,
transfix with stick
pigákiri n. bo berth; a ship’s place at wharf; sleeping place or pigáyọ
of a boat
pọgó ̣ piga v.p. choke; stop breath temporarily by blocking
with food or water; choke down
pigi v.t. deny; disown; recant; abjure; abnegate;
renounce; contradict
pigi n. denial; abnegation; abjuration; recantation;
renunciation; contradiction
pigíya v.i. bet; wager; debate; (make) competition;
& n. dispute
odú pigi v.p. deny oneself
odúpigi n. self-denial; self-abnegation
pígiri v.i. go in spiral or circle; revolve; whirl; swirl
pígiri n. swirl; eddying motion (of water, air, etc.)
pígiri-ẹfẹrụma n. whirlwind
pígirimindi n. whirlpool
pígiri sụọ v.p. force entrance
pigirí v.t. agitate or turn round something with spoon or
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píli n. pill <English
pílorú n. lead (metal)
pin v.i. cicatrize
pinmó ̣ v.t. cicatrize
pinyó ̣ n. cicatrice or cicatrix; scar
pindá n. fibre from raffia fronds used for weaving mat
pindamó ̣ v.t. force; threaten
píni n. pin; thin piece of brass or iron wire for <English
fastening things
pínió ̣nị n.m. inferior cloth used for bathing
pinóngo v.i. choke; gasp or strain for air or breath
pinóngomọ adv. gaspingly
pinongomó ̣ v.t. choke; suffocate
piolí v.t. prick; make a thrust into
piolímọ adv. sharply (of piercing)
piopió a. pointed; sharp
piopió n. pointedness
piopiómọ adv. pointedly
pirí n. la bush; forest
pirítugu n. spot on which goddess of forest is supposed to
be resident
piríḅio n. wilderness
piríḅọ n.m.f bushman
.
pirí de v.p. drive game; hunt; chase, scour (district) in
pursuit of game
piríde n. battue; driving of game by beaters to a station;
scouring a district in pursuit of game
seipirí n. bush for burial purposes literally; "bad
bush";
pirínti n.m. cl print cloth <English
pisí v.i. get wet; be drenched
n. wetness; condition of being wet
pisímọ adv. in a wet or drenched condition
pisimó ̣ v.t. drench; wet all over; steep; soak; make wet
píti v.i. be fixed on pointed thing; be fixed by point
into
pití v.t. pin; prick; stick; fix; infix
pitímọ v.t. prick; pinch
pítikíi a. damp, moist, slightly wet (usually of food or
mud)
v.i. be damp
pítikíimọ adv. damply
pitikípitiki a. damp (of food only)
v.i. be damp
pitikípitikimọ adv. damply
pí ̣ a. the other; or píyaị
̣ e.g. pí ̣
yemị ‘the other
thing’
píaị̣ n.pl. the others
píalí
̣ ị̣ a. lanky
píalí
̣ ịmọ
̣ adv. in a lean manner
pịgịpịgí ̣ a. serried; without gaps
pịgịpịgímọ ̣ adv. in a serried way
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píịịn
̣ a. faint; dim; glimmering; gleaming
v.i. glimmer; gleam
píịịnmọ
̣ adv. faintly; dimly
píịn ̣ v.i. sound lightly like fart
píịnmọ ̣ adv. faintly (of sound)
píkị ̣ v.i. be wound; turn (itself)
n. winding; act of winding or of turning on a tap
pịkí1̣ v.t. wind (clock); coil; turn on a tap
pịkí2̣ v.i. dc dance a certain step in otoḅá play
n. dc dancing step in otoḅá play
pịkịríị̣ v.i. turn about or round smartly
pịkịríịmọ̣ adv. smartly (of turn)
pịkịrípịkịrị
̣ v.i. rotate; revolve
n. rotating; revolving; rotation; revolution
pịmụpịmú ̣ v.i. dartle
pịmú ̣pịmú ̣ụ a. unsteady
pịmú ̣pịmú ̣ụmọ adv. unsteadily
pịmú ̣ụ v.i. dart; start rapidly; dart suddenly (as birds,
bees, missile) in some direction
pịmú ̣ụmọ adv. smartly; suddenly
pịná a. co white; whitish
pịná v.i. co become white, ripe; redden
pịná n. co white; whiteness
pịnáḅou n.m. b little egret = lesser white heron Egretta garzetta (cf.
kịánkururu;
kurukuruḅou;
ogbokó)
pịnáḅọ n.m.f et white person
.
pịnamó ̣ v.t. co make white; whiten
fụlọ pịnamó ̣ v.p. redden soup with oil or palm fruit
pịnapịná a. co white; whitish
n. co white; whiteness
pịndí ̣ v.i. fly off (as spark, seed, etc.)
pịndịmó ̣ v.t. cause to fly off
pịnịngí ̣ a. soft; cosy
pịnịngímọ ̣ adv. softly; cosily
pịníngịpịní
̣ ngị
̣ a. soft; not rough or coarse; quilted; snug
pịníngịpịní
̣ ngịmọ
̣ adv. softly; cosily
píọgí
̣ ị̣ a. crowded; overcrowded
píọgí
̣ ịmọ ̣ adv. in a crowded way
pịọlí ̣ v.t. prick
pịọlímọ ̣ adv. sharply (of piercing)
pịó ̣nị v.t. elude; escape adroitly from difficulty,
person’s grip or observation; hence pịó ̣nị
ḅọgọ; slip our of reach, hence pịó ̣nị paga
pịọpịó ̣ a. pointed; sharp
n. acuity; sharpness; acuteness
pịọpịó ̣mọ adv. pointedly; sharply
pịrí ọ r prí ̣ v.t. give; endow; bestow; bequeath; confer (thing)
upon (person); grant (favour); accord
(affection); deliver; hand over; proffer
prí k
̣ ọrí ̣ v.p. pledge; pawn; mortgage
príkọrí
̣ yẹ n. security
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pịrịríị̣ v.i. start; dart smartly
n. start; swift dart
pịrịríịmọ
̣ adv. with a sudden start
písẹ
̣ v.i. be separated or scraped; scratch or claw
oneself
n. spell of scratching oneself
pịsẹ v.t. remove or separate palm fruits from spikelet;
scratch or scrape with nails to relieve itching;
claw gently
pịsẹmó ̣ v.t. sow or germinate seed in the nursery stage
pịsịlí ̣ n. pistol <English
̣ 1
píta a. bent; inclined; twisted
pítạ 2 v.i. be trapped or entrapped
pịtá v.t. trap; entrap
pịtịḅú ̣ụ v.i. flicker; dart; flash
& n.
pịtịḅú ̣ụmọ adv. flickeringly; with a dart
pịtịḅú ̣ụpịtịḅú ̣ụ v.i. flicker; flash and die away by turns
pịtịḅú ̣ụpịtịḅú ̣ụmọ adv. flickeringly
pịtịpịtí ̣ a. remote; secluded; out-of-the-way
pịtịpịtímọ ̣ adv. remotely
pó v.i. shoot out (of periwinkle when roasting)
pogí1 v.t. A. hearken; listen to; give ear to; hear person
speaking with attention; make effort to hear
something
fie ḅịḅị pogí v.p. obey; perform bidding of; heed advice;
execute (command)
fieḅịḅịpogí a. obedient; submissive to or complying with
superior’s will; dutiful
fieḅịḅịpogí n. obedience; submission to rule
B. humiliate by being silent when called
pogí2 n.m. m bat spp. family Chiroptera
orupogí n.m. m small bat sp.
ọkọlọkọpogí n.m. m big bat which cries throughout the night
pógo1 v.i. be pulled; carved, winkled out
pógo v.i. be marked (especially eye) with chalk
pogó1 v.t. pull out; carve out; winkle out; spot or single
out
pogó2 v.t. spot; mark (especially eye) with chalk
pogó3 v.t. patch; repair with patches
pogóye n. patch; piece of cloth or metal put on to mend
hold or rent
pógolo v.i. be pierced; have holes
pogoló v.t. make hold in; pierce side of
pogolomó ̣ v.t. make hole in
pogu1 v.i. lose in a game
pogumó ̣ v.t. cause to lose in a game
pogu2 n. bunch; bundle; faggot; skein; sheaf; tangle
pogu fịná v.p. tie into bundles
pólo or poló v.i. burst; detonate; explode
n. explosion; detonation
polómọ v.t. burst on somebody with a spark (as fire);
spark at; snap or fillip two fingers at someone
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polomó ̣ v.t. cause to burst; detonate; explode
poló v.t. disembowel; eviscerate; gut; paunch; remove
entrails of fish or game
polo n. street; area; arena; vacant ground
polotirí n. arena; field; e.g. polotirímị ghọ
‘in the street’, ‘in
public’
gbọrịpoloḅọ n.m.f neighbour
.
opúpolotiri n. big arena; racecourse; stadium
pológi or pologi v.i. make a struggle (as fish in a canoe); engage in
loud altercation or wrangle; brawl; altercate;
quarrel
n. struggle; altercation; brawl; quarrel; wrangle
pombi(ye) n. fibrous part of the cut-open coconut, hence
imbi pombiye
pomi v.t. suck; draw liquid with mouth
pondí n. tp soft immature kernel of oil-palm fruit
póndo v.i. be dented
pondo v.t. dent
pondomó ̣ v.t. make dent
póni n.m. barrel; cask; puncheon
namaponi n.m. barrel of salted meat
pulóponi n.m. cask or puncheon of oil
ponómọ v.i. force; oppress
n. force; oppression
póo n. rounded metal vessel for holding child’s
evacuation; potty
póoo a. co resembling grey or ash colour (of fresh water cf. pó ̣ọọ
as the latter becomes abundant and floats on
top of salt or seawater during the rainy
season)
v.i. become grey or ash coloured (of seawater in
the rains)
Popo n. et Dahomey < name of Popo
town
Popoḅó ̣ n.m.f et Dahomean
. & a.
popomó ̣ v.t. mould; shape
póro n. t tree sp. with soft wood
porogú v.i. jumble
& n.
poróguporógu a. untidy, badly-fitting (dress)
pórogúu a. jumbly
pórogúumọ adv. in a jumble
póropóro v.i. gush; flow (as tears)
& n.
póropóromọ adv. with a gush or flow (of tears)
pororó a. light; of little weight
pororómọ adv. with light weight
pororopororó a. of little weight
pororopororómọ adv. with light weight
posi n. age-grade
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póu v.i. lean over
poú1 v.i. brood; sit on egg (as hen)
poú2 v.t. hem; turn down and sew in edge of cloth;
hence ḅịtẹ áka pou
poú3 v.t. press; exert steady force against (something)
poumó ̣ v.t. oppress; lie heavy on; press, weigh down;
crowd; throng
poúmọ n. oppression
pọgó ̣ n. A. voice; sound uttered by mouth; tone; sound
with reference to pitch, quality and strength;
modulation of voice to express emotion,
sentiment, etc.; tune; correct intonation in
singing; gullet
pọgó ̣ ḅélẹ ̣ v.p. have melodious voice
pọgó ̣ḅélẹ ̣ n. melodiousness of voice
pọgó ̣ ḅẹlẹmọ v.p. make voice melodious
pọgọ-íkpụ̣ n. gizzard; voicebox; larynx; crop; Adam’s apple
pọgọ-óforofo n. bp trachea or windpipe
pọgọ-ólolo n. bp trachea or windpipe; melodious voice
pọgó ̣ seí v.p. have unmelodious voice
pọgó ̣ seimọ v.p. make voice unmelodious
pọgó ̣tụaye n. dr necklace
pọgó ̣tugu n. bp base of the throat
ḅélẹpọgọ
̣ n. tuneful or melodious voice; blustering voice;
commanding tone
ḍarịpọgọ n. chiding tone
seípọgó ̣ n. unmelodious voice
seipọgó ̣ gbémọ v.p. to choke on food; swallow the wrong way
seipọgó ̣gbémọ n. choking on food
telimó ̣pọgọ n. advice; counsel
B. gluttony; morbid hunger; bulimia
a. gluttonous; greedy; ravenous; voracious
pọgó ̣ḅara adv. gluttonously; greedily; ravenously;
voraciously
pọgó1̣ v.p. tire; make or grow weary; have had enough
of; be fed up with; cloy; sate; satiate
pọgó ̣la n. satiety; weariness; tiredness; feeling of having
had too much of something
pọgó ̣laghá a. tireless; unwearied; unsatisfied
pọgó ̣lamọ adv. satisfactorily; e.g. fị pọgó ̣lamọ
‘eat satisfactorily’
pọgó ̣lamọ a. tiring; tiresome; wearisome
pọgọmó ̣ v.t. make greedy
pọgó ̣tugu n. greed; insatiate longing for food; gluttony
pó ̣gọị v.i. slip from; escape from grasp by force
pó ̣gọị ḅọgọ v.p. slip from grip
pọgọị v.t. wrench away from; wrest from; snatch from
pọgọị ḅọgọmó ̣ v.p. wrest from
pọgụ n. mt A. beach; waterside
pọgụḅịḅị n. mt front of beach; waterfront
pọgụtugu n. mt shore between high and low water mark
B. feeling of readiness to evacuate bowels
pọgụ ideri v.p. evacuate bowels; excrete; expel waste matter
from system
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pọgụ-ideriyọ n. a latrine; place for evacuation of bowels
pọgụ koro v.p. evacuate bowels
pọgụkorowarị n. a latrine house
pọgụkoroyaị n.pl. bf excrement; faeces; shit; stool
pọgụkoroyọ n. a latrine, etc.
pọgụ mọndị v.p. have watery evacuations or stool
pọgụmọndí ̣ n. d diarrhoea; dysentery
pọgụ mú v.t. evacuate bowels
pọgụmuwarí ̣ n. latrine house
pọgụmuyaí ̣ n.pl. bf excrement; faeces
pọgụmuyó ̣ n. latrine, etc.
pọgụ tarí ̣ v.p. have strong desire to evacuate bowels
pọgụyaí ̣ n.pl. bf excrement; faeces; shit; stool
pó ̣lụ v.i. speak with difficulty
pó ̣lụ n. difficulty in speaking
pọndí ̣ v.t. squeeze; compress; massage; rub as part of
treatment
yọpọndịḅó ̣ n.m.f masseur
.
pó ̣ọọ a. co grey or ash colour (cf. póoo)
pọọpó ̣ a. co white
pọọpó ̣ v.i. co become white
pọọpó ̣ n. co whiteness
pọọpó ̣mọ adv. co whitely
pọọpó ̣mọ v.i. co become grey or ash coloured (especially of
soup with much fat in it)
pó ̣rọgíị̣ a. littery; jumbly
pó ̣rọgíịmọ̣ adv. in a jumble
pọrọmú ̣ v.i. soften; become soft
pọrọmú ̣pọrọmụ a. soft; yielding to pressure; softish
v.i. soften
pọrọpọró ̣ a. littery; in a state of untidiness; with objects
lying about
pọrọpọró ̣mọ adv. scatteringly; in an untidy way
mịé ̣ pọrọpọró ̣mọ v.p. make (place) untidy; strew; litter
pó ̣rọró ̣ọ v.i. droop; hang down
pó ̣rọró ̣ọmọ adv. droopingly
pọrọrọpọrọró ̣ or v.i. stagger; walk unsteadily; totter
pọró ̣rọpọró ̣rọ
pọrọrọpọrọró ̣mọ adv. staggeringly
pó ̣sị1 n. da cat; pussy <English. cf.
elégbesíya
̣
pó ̣sị2 v.i. be squashed, crushed
pọsí ̣ v.t. squash; crush or squeeze flat into pulp
pọtí ̣ n. & putty <English
v.t.
pọtịápọtịa a. wealthy; affluent
pọtịápọtịamọ adv. wealthily; affluently
pọtọpọtó ̣ a. marshy; miry; muddy
pọtọpọtó ̣ n. marshiness; muddiness
pọtọpọtó ̣kiri n. la marshy ground; bog
pó ̣ụ v.i. be washed, purified
pọú ̣ v.t. wash (cloth, sin); purify
pọú ̣mọ v.i. crowd; flock to
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prí ̣ v.t. give (see pịrí)̣
pu1 v.i. germinate; sprout; pullulate; spring up; bud;
put forth shoots; develop
pumó ̣ v.t. cause to shoot or germinate
pu2 v.t. A. break; split (stick, plank, etc.); burst; crack;
chap; shatter; part or separate hair; shiver
púya1 v.t. part; quit one another’s company
púya2 n. parting; tributary of a river; road junction
B. anatomize; dissect; perform surgical
operation upon
pu tụá v.p. vaccinate; cut in
putụáḅọ n.m.f vaccinator
.
putụáye n. vaccination
pugu n. myriad; countless
púka v.i. start to fly; beat wings
n. flap; light motion of wings
púkamọ adv. with a flap or flutter
púkapúka a. with much flapping (of birds with big wings)
pụkọḅá n. rod or pole of a harpoon or a hand fishing
line, hence:
ḍayepụkọḅá n. fg rod of a fishing line and hook
numópụkọḅá n. fg pole of a harpoon or fishing spear
pule n. tr charm; object having occult power, supposed
to be brought our from an affected part of the
body
v.t. charm
pule sín v.p. remove charm from person’s body by a
medium
pulesín n. tr removing of a charm from body
puló n. A. oil; pomade
pulópagara n. half cask of oil
pulóponi n. full cask of oil
pulópulo a. oily; yellow
pulótombịa n. quarter-cask of oil
pulótụkpa n. oil lamp
ikpekupuló n. hard oil
kụnụpuló n. soft and fragrant oil
olópulo n. oil fried white
ó ̣mbịpulo n. pomade; ointment; unguent
taḅápulo n. edible palm oil
puló bf B. blood (rare, <Kalaḅari)
pulo-íkpoun n. state of being bloodshot in the eye
pumbó n. fart; wind from the anus
pumbó ḅa v.p. emit wind from the anus; fart
pumbóḅa n. fart
púráa v.i. flap; flutter; give forth sound (as) of wings of
bird when caught or starting to fly
púráa n. flap(ping); flutter(ing)
púráamọ adv. with a flap or flutter
púrapúra1 v.i. make many flaps and flutters
púrapúra1 n. much flapping or fluttering
púrapúramọ adv. with a series of flaps
púrapúra2 v.i. shed rapid tears
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púrapúra2 n. rapid tears
púrapúramọ adv. with a gush (of tears)
púree a. thickly strewn (of objects floating on water)
púreemọ adv. in a thickly-strewn way
purugúpurugu a. jumbly
purugúpurugumọ adv. in a jumble
púrugúu a. jumbly
púrugúumọ adv. in a jumble
pururúu a. sudden; abrupt
pururúumọ adv. suddenly; abruptly
pusúu v.i. emit sound as of bursting shell or water pot
pusúu n. sound of bursting
pusúumọ adv. with a sound of bursting
púu v.i. be split, burst, cracked (of skin or dried up
earth)
púupúu a. cracked (e.g. of earth); chapped
púuyọ n. split; chap; crack; rent; fissure; schism
púun v.i. make sound of fart
púun n. fart
pụáa v.i. beat upon (something) with sound of lapping;
lap
pụáa n. sound of wavelets on beach; lapping
pụáamọ adv. lappingly
pụẹ v.i. be fortunate, lucky, prosperous
pụéẹ̣ v.i. lap; beat upon something lightly
púẹ́ ẹmọ
̣ adv. lappingly
pụéẹpụẹ́ ẹ̣ v.i. lap continuously
pụéẹpụé ̣ ẹ̣ n. continuous lapping
pụfáa v.i. spit; eject saliva
pú ̣kapú ̣ka v.i. flutter; flap
& n.
pụkéẹ̣ v.i. become slightly open
pụkéẹmọ
̣ adv. ajar; slightly (open)
pụkọ n. feather
pú ̣kọpú ̣kọ a. bald in patches (of hair or feathers); with
matted hair
pụkọpụkó ̣ a. feathery; with ruffled feathers
ḅadéde pụkọpụkọ adv. very early morning
pú ̣la n.m. f cassava croaker Pseudotolithus
senegalensis
pụlá a. paralytic
pụlá v.i. have paralysis; (of wine) be flat
pụlá n. paralysis
pụlámọ adv. paralytically
pụlamó v.t. paralyse; affect with paralysis; cripple
pụlapụlá n. trace; visible sign
pụmbalaḅá n. soot; black substance rising in big flakes in
smoke of wood in burning
edeni-ápụmbalaḅa n. soot found hanging over fireplace (edení)
fịnị-ápụmbalaḅa n. flakes that rise above burning fire
pụmbú ̣ v.t. brush or clean lightly
pụn v.i. silt up; be choked with
pụnmó ̣ v.t. close, block or choke up
pụnéẹ̣ a. early (of morning)
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pụnéẹpụné
̣ ẹ̣ a. very early (of morning)
pụnụ n.m. m genet[s] spp. blotched genet
(large-spot genet),
Genetta tigrina
pardina, and
servaline genet
(crested genet),
Genetta servalina
cristata
pú ̣nụkú ̣ụ a. cosy; snug
pú ̣nụkú ̣ụ n. cosiness; snugness
pú ̣nụkú ̣ụmọ adv. cosily; snugly
pú ̣nụpú ̣nụ a. fine; not thick; scanty (of hair, rain, grass,
etc.)
pú ̣nụpú ̣nụ v.i. drizzle
& n.
pú ̣nụpú ̣nụmọ adv. scantily; in a drizzly way
pụpú ̣gu, pụḅú ̣gụ n. pp peduncle or stalk of palm bunch
pụpụrú ̣ụ v.i. declare; say out; let out
pụrá v.t. carry; convey; transport
pụrá n. carriage; conveyance; manner of carrying;
transport
pụráḅọ n.m.f porter; carrier
.
pụrá koro v.p. reclaim; win back from waste condition
pụrákoroyọ n. reclamation
pụrámọ v.t. accrete; form round a nucleus
pụrá mu v.p. carry away or off to
pụráye n. carrier (for loads)
ikupụráye n. burden; load
pú ̣rẹẹ a. quiet
pú ̣rẹẹmọ adv. quietly
pụréẹpụré
̣ ẹ̣ v.i. breathe quietly and exhaustedly
pú ̣rẹpú ̣rẹ v.i. blow in lightly (as wind); open in rapid
succession (as book caused by wind)
pú ̣rẹpú ̣rẹmọ adv. in rapid succession
pụrẹpụré ̣ a. fragmentary
pụrẹpụrémọ ̣ adv. in shreds or pieces
pụrẹpụréyaị ̣ n.pl. shreds; scraps; fragments; small remains;
pieces
pụrú ̣gụ v.i. fall into creases; pucker or gather into folds as
fault in sewing
pụrú ̣gụpụrú ̣gụ a. creasy; wrinkly
pụrú ̣gụpụrú ̣gụmọ adv. with creases and wrinkles
pụrú ̣gụyó ̣ n. pucker; wrinkle; crease; place gathered into
folds as fault in sewing
pụrụgú ̣ v.t. crease; tousle; wrinkle (fabric, garments,
leaves, etc.); gather or pucker garments into
folds intentionally as part of style; rumple
pụrụgú ̣mọ v.t. pucker; crease
pụrụgú ̣yọ n. pucker, pleat (deliberately put in dress)
pụrụpụrú ̣ a. fine; small (grains); fragmentary
pụrụpụrú ̣mọ adv. into pieces
pụrụpụrú ̣yaị n.pl. shreds; scraps; crumbs; fragments; pieces
pú ̣sa v.i. become furled because of bad wind (of sail)
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pụsámọ v.t. cause to drift to a corner (of wind or current); e.g. anga pụsámọ
pú ̣sụpú ̣sụ a. prolific; producing much offspring
pú ̣sụpú ̣sụ n. prolificness
pú ̣sụpú ̣sụmọ adv. prolificly
pụsú ̣ụ v.i. emit sound as of a bursting receptacle, or of a
boil
pụsú ̣ụ n. sound of bursting
pụsú ̣ụmọ adv. with a bursting sound
pụtụpụtú ̣ a. fragmentary
pụtụpụtú ̣mọ adv. in small pieces
pụtụpụtú ̣yaị n.pl. pieces with small numbers (in card games)
pụtụrụpụtụrú ̣ a. very small; tiny
pú ̣tụrú ̣ụ a. very small; tiny
pú ̣tụrú ̣ụmọ v.t. make small
pú ̣ụ v.i. puff; emit puff of air or breath
pú ̣ụ n. puff; short quick blast of breath
pú ̣ụmọ adv. with a puff
pụwáa v.i. beat upon (something) with sound of lapping;
lap
pụwáamọ adv. with a lap
pụwéẹ̣ v.i. lap
pụwéẹmọ
̣ adv. with a lap
pụwéẹpụwé
̣ ẹ̣ v.i. lap continuously
pụwéẹpụwé ̣ ẹ̣ n. continuous lapping

R.

rẹ part. A. emphasises the word that precedes it; e.g. érị̣ ị tịíṇ ‘I
called you’, érị ̣ rẹ ị
tịíṇ ‘it is/was I that
called you’; ó kịẹrị
ḅoghá ‘he did not
come’; ó kịẹrị ré ̣
ḅoghá ‘it is/was he
alone that did not
come’
conj. B. then; in that case; it follows that: e.g. ị ḅoghá ẹḅẹḅẹ
ré ̣ wa ḍumọ
tínnyụú
̣ ̣ ‘if you do
not come then we
shall call another
person’
ró ̣ba n. cr rubber plant and processed product Hevea brasiliensis
(Euphorbiaceae)
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S.

sa n. arrears; outstanding debt; dues

sa fí ̣ v.p. owe (debt); be in debt
sa gbé ̣ v.t. pay debt, dues or arrears
sa koromó ̣ v.p. give on credit
ḅógoisa n. credit to pay at more favourable time (usually
in dry season)
otumósa n. adultery fee
ziḅaéremasá n. debt not easily settled, owing to complexity
and magnitude
sáa! 1 v.i. shoo; (utter) sound to frighten birds away;
& t., drive away thus
excl.
sáa! 2 excl. exclamation expressing regret
sáan v.i. wrinkle; produce wrinkles (on forehead)
sáanmọ1 adv. with wrinkles
sáanmọ2 adv. without further argument
sáasáa a. forcible
sáasáamọ adv. forcibly
saḅa v.t. cross; step over; pass over
saḅaḅọgọ n. passover
saḅámọ v.t. intercept; prevent passage; span; cross over
saḅamó ̣ v.t. cause to cross towards a point
sagị v.t. broadcast (sand, seed, water); bespatter;
spatter; splash (water)
mindí ságị v.p. bathe
sáị v.i. be laid upon
saí1̣ v.t. A. impose; place or lay charge or something e.g. ye ékị
̣ tịḅị ghọ
upon; saí ̣
saímọ ̣ v.t. send (something) through someone
1
saí ̣ B. place crosswise; cross (legs); hence ḅụọ saị ‘cross legs’
saí1̣ C. put something into a canoe or vehicle; lade; e.g. arụ ghọ ye saí;̣
load; dó ̣ngọị saí ‘ship
̣
oars’; ship, take or
send away (goods
or passengers) on
canoe or ship; ferry
saị-áye n.pl. cargo; freight of ship
saí2̣ occurs in;
saí f̣ ị v.p. commit adultery
saífị̣ n. committing of adultery
saídu ̣ n.m. f big skate or ray; turbot order Rajiformes;
order
Pleuronectiformes
saịsaí ̣ n. forefront, van
ḅẹlẹụsaịsaí ̣ n. forefront
sájị n. cl serge (cloth) <English
sakala a. thin; delicate
sakasaká a. rattling
v.i. rattle
sakasakáyaị n.pl. mi rattle; rattling things
sakasakáyọ n. very minute drop
sákpee a. high; tall
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sákpeemọ adv. in a tall way
sálaláa a. motionless and rigid
sálaláamọ adv. motionless and rigidly
salasalá a. protruding; scattered (of bones)
salasalámọ adv. in a protruding or scattered way
sambí1̣ n.m. b bird sp. (unidentified)
sambí2̣ n. key
sán v.t. grate
sánmọ1 v.t. grate into
sanmó1̣ v.t. make one to grate
yesanyé n. grater
san v.t. urinate
sánmọ2 v.t. urinate upon
sanmó2̣ v.t. make one to urinate
sána1 v.i. be unconcerned or indifferent
sánamọ adv. unconcernedly
sána2 v.i. be sprinkled with
saná v.t. splash (with liquid or powder); sprinkle
sanámọ v.t. sprinkle with
sangá n. t tree sp. Piptadeniastrum
africanum (Hook.f.)
Brenan
(Leguminosae-
Mimosoideae)
agbakásanga n. t species of sangá tree
mindísanga n. t species of sangá tree
nẹmú ̣sanga n. i insect sp.
sanga1 n. tp dead tree (fallen or standing)
sanga2 n. fg fish-trap
sangala n. tp dead twig
sangịsangí ̣ a. lively
sangịsangímọ ̣ adv. in a lively way
sángoloḅá n. fp gills of fish; branchiae
sángoloḅaḅio n. fp gill chamber of fish
sángoloḅafa a. fp abranchial
sánị1 v.i. shine; glisten; glister; glitter; gleam; sparkle
sanímọ̣ v.t. shine upon
sánị2 v.i. melt; become liquefied by heat
saní1̣ v.t. melt; reduce to liquid condition by heat; smelt
sanịmó ̣ v.t. cause to melt
saní2̣ n. cr condiment; peppers; capsicum
sánị-ákpa n. cr spice pepper plant Aframomum
longiscapum
(Zingiberaceae)
1
saníwarị
̣ n. cr cluster of pepper seed
2
saníwarị
̣ n. bm contractile muscular glands showing on the
body of woman after child birth
fịsaní ̣ n. cr alligator pepper plant and fruit - Aframomum
melegueta
íkpungúlusanị n. cr round pepper Capsicum sp.
(Solanaceae)
kalasaní ̣ n. cr small peppers; chillies
opusaní ̣ n. cr big peppers; capsicums
pẹrẹsaní ̣ n. cr sweet pepper plant and fruit resembling
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alligator pepper
taḅásanị n. cr edible peppers and capsicums in general
sapíị̣ v.i. splash; make a jumping and falling noise in
water; make noisy display in water
n. noisy splash
sapíịmọ
̣ adv. with a splash
sapó n. sponge
sára1 v.i. collapse (of house, etc.); be poured out (of
liquid); be shed (blood); fall, be demolished
sára2 v.i. abort; miscarry
furá sára v.p. abort; miscarry
furására n. abortion; miscarriage
sára3 n. method of fishing (by women)
sára imbi v.p. fg fish by the sará method
sára-imbi n. fg fishing by the sará method
sará1 v.t. pour out; empty; crumble; demolish; wreck;
fall (of liquid, works, house, etc.); drop, shed
(blood, tears); hence warí oṛ odúaị sara
sarámọ v.t. cause to pour upon (blessing, sand, water,
etc.); fall upon; rain on; besprinkle; sprinkle;
smear; soil
ogbó sarámọ v.p. pour into one place; put together; pile; heap
sará2 v.t. disgorge; regurgitate; disembogue; vomit:
hence ḅịḅị ghọ sará
sara1 v.t. cause to abort or miscarry
sara2 v.t. lay rafters on roof of house
n. rafter (see agbangba)
saragbana n. outer wall-plate stick in native building (see agbangba
sogió)
sara3 v.t. pay out or away (rope) by slackening it or
letting out more
sara4 a. quick
saramó ̣ adv. quickly
ḅará sara v.p. be quick at handwork
ḅerí sara v.p. be quick at hearing
ḅịḅị sara v.p. be quick at speech
ḅụọ sara v.p. be quick at walking
odúsara a. smart; brisk; quick
n. smartness; briskness; quickness
tọrú ̣ sara v.p. be quick at making friends
sara5 n. dunghill; compost heap
saratịḅí ̣ n. top of dunghill
sara6 n. small round or oblong bullet for fire-arms
manufactured from lead bars called mamba,
used in cannons
saraga n. bp rib
ikiḅasaragá n. floating rib
sázị n. cl serge; kind of cloth <English
segí n.m. r crocodile spp. N ile crocodile,
Crocodylus
niloticus, and
slender-snouted
crocodile, C.
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isegí). cf. igére1
segí n.m. ms masquerade depicting the crocodile (= isegí). cf. igére1
seí a. bad; addled; worthless; faulty; detestable;
corrupt; indecent; abominable; odious;
lascivious; lewd; licentious; lustful; immoral;
evil
v.i. become bad; grow addled; become corrupt;
become spoilt
n. bad; abomination; crime; mischief;
wickedness; sin
sei-áfịaị n.pl. bad food
seiḅághá v.i. get worse (in state of health)
sei-amịéyaị̣ n.pl. bad character or bad manners
sei-angá n. bad or addled egg
seíḅio n. bad humour; bad mind
sei-éne n. bad day; dark cloud
sei-éwụ̣ n. bad air
sei ékị
̣ pága v.p. confess
sei-ékịpága
̣ n. confession
seífa a. guileless; guiltless; innocent; without blemish;
sinless
séifú ̣rụ n. groin; inflammation of the glands in the groin;
inguinal bubo
sei-ígbogi n. bad coin; counterfeit (coin)
seimindí n. gleet (of sore); bad water or tide
seí mịẹ v.p. do mischief, sin
seímịẹḅó ̣ n.m.f p sinner (pl. seímịẹ-ongú)
.
seímọ adv. badly; very much (want a thing); defectively;
faultily
seimó1̣ v.t. abolish; destroy; spoil; lay waste; abrogate;
cancel; repeal; revoke; rescind; annul;
infringe; transgress; violate; defile; corrupt;
taint; soil; sully; infect; abominate; adulterate
ḅió seimọ v.p. nauseate
ḅióseimọ a. filthy; loathsome; obscene; repulsive;
nauseous
ḍigí seimó ̣ v.p. despise; detest; dislike; hate; loathe
ḍigíseimó ̣ n. contempt; dislike; detestation
fie seimó ̣ v.p. speak ill of
ifié seimọ v.p. waste (time)
indí seimọ v.p. steam fish for future use
indíseimọ n. steaming of fish for future use
odú seimọ v.p. emaciate; make lean
tịḅị ḅio saimó ̣ v.p. debauch
seísei fụrú ̣ v.p. rage; heat up (of quarrel, hunger, dance, etc.)
ḅióseí a. wicked-hearted
odúseí a. lean
n. leanness
seí2 v.i. when following a repeated verb means e.g. á fie fie seí
‘however’; ‘however I talked’;
á mịé ̣ mịé ̣ seí
‘however I acted’
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seimó3̣ n. tr charm or protective device; amulet; antidote;
antitoxin; antivenene; panacea; general
remedy
seín v.t. drink soup or any liquid in sips; sip
sélein n. shilling piece
selelée v.i. be pushed out suddenly
seleléemọ adv. with a sudden push
seminísemini a. pathetic; inspiring pity
v.i. feel pity for
n. feeling of pity; sentimentality; sentimentalism
seminíseminimọ adv. with a feeling of pity
sereseré a. luscious; sugary; richly sweet in taste
sereserémọ adv. lusciously
seri v.i. flow; rise slowly (of tide)
n. flow; flowing of tide
seriḅá n. period of tide when day dawns while water is
still flowing full
serimindi n. flow-tide; inflow
serinoin n. period of tide when night falls while water is
still flowing
seseúnseseun a. dank; soaked; oozy; unpleasantly or
unwholesomely damp (of ground, etc.);
dampish
v.i. become damp
seseúnseseunmọ adv. damply
seun n.m. f fish sp., snapper sp. Lutjanus sp. cf.
& a. agbára
séún agbara fish sp., snapper sp. Lutjanus sp.
sẹ n. tribe; nation; state
séẹ̣ v.i. be tired
sẹgbọrú ̣ n. world; earth; planet
sẹgị v.i. dc dance; fawn upon; gambol; move with
& t. rhythmical steps, leaps, etc., to music, alone
or with set
n. dc dance; dancing motion
̣ 1
sẹgímọ v.t. dc dance towards (an object)
̣ 2
sẹgímọ v.i. flutter; dither; be in a flurry; shake; shiver;
quiver; quake; tremble; oscillate; vibrate
n. flutter; dither; flurry; shaking; shivering;
quivering; quaking; trembling; oscillation;
vibration; trepidation
sẹgímọmọ
̣ adv. shiveringly; quiveringly; tremblingly
sẹkịapụ n.pl.p ms club of masquerade dancers
ers.
̣ 1
sélẹ v.i. become threadbare (of cloth)
sélẹ̣ 2 v.i. be selected; be picked
sẹlé ̣ v.t. choose; pick; select; sift
n. choice; selection
sẹléḅọ
̣ n.m.f chooser; selector
.
sẹlén’ẹkị
̣ v.t. choose, select and take
sẹlén’ẹkịté
̣ ̣ a. chosen for excellence; picked by exclusion of
what is inferior; select
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performance
séṇ v.t. shave (hair)
sẹrérẹ ̣ 2 v.t. lean against; recline
sẹrérẹ-ịkasị
̣ n. deck- or easy-chair
sẹrérẹpaga ̣ a. skew; slanting or sloping upwards or uphill
sẹrí ̣ n.m. cl silk cloth ? < English
séụṇ a. neat (of cut edge)
séụnmọ̣ adv. neatly
si num. twenty; score
sikaramọ a. twentieth
adv. twentiethly
si oyi fịndị num. thirty
si oyi fịndị karamó ̣ a.p. thirtieth
adv. thirtiethly
si-ọndé ̣ num. eight thousand
siḅá v.t. carry in hand; hold; manage or possess as a
pet
siḅánama n. da domestic animal
nama siḅa v.p. keep livestock
namasiḅa n. keeping of livestock
sigi v.i. be older than (by birthright); hence, érị
̣ a sigí ‘I am
older than she’
sigíya v.i. follow one another (by birthright); e.g. ení sigíya ‘they
follow one another
(by birth)’
sigímọ a. distant; far away; far apart; remote;
disconnected
n. distance; remoteness
sigimó ̣ v.t. A. isolate; place apart or alone; segregate; put
apart from the rest; separate; disunite; keep
from union or contact; divorce partially; expel
or shut out (person) from society; except or
exclude (thing) from enumeration or
statement, etc.; make objection against
n. isolation; segregation; separation; excepting;
exception; exclusion; partial divorce
sigimó ̣ya v.i. separate partially from each other
ḍịé ̣ sigimó ̣ adv. set apart or aside (to God or for a purpose)
B. except; excepting, not including; but e.g. Ada sigimó ̣ pị-
óngumeín bịsẹ ḅó
‘except Ada all the
other people should
come’; besides; else
than; ẹrị sigimó ̣
dụmó ̣ fá ‘there is
none besides you’
sigimọ conj. except; unless; save (contraction of
ḅẹrẹsigimọ) ;e.g. ị
mịé ̣ (ḅẹrẹ)sigimọ ị
fínyụú
̣ ̣ ‘unless you
did (it) you will die’
ḅarásigimọ adv. except that
sigirí v.t. rub
sigirimó ̣ v.t. rub in
síin v.i. move
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síin n. movement
síkakáa a. huge; enormous; very large
síkakáamọ adv. enormously
sikasiká adv. very large; etc.
sikasikámọ adv. enormously
sikikíisikikíi a. fussy
sikikíisikikíi v.i. fuss
sikikíisikikíi n. fuss; fussiness
sikikíisikikíimọ adv. fussily
sikirísikiri n. several places
sikisikí a. fussy
sikisikí v.i. fuss
sikisikí n. fuss; fussiness
sikisikímọ adv. fussily
síko v.i. make jerky movement (of canoe); make jerky
sobs after crying or due to stammering
sikómọ v.t. make jerky movement towards somebody as if
to flog
sikó v.t. blow bellows
siko1 n. fp dorsal fin
siko2 n. ms humped device tied to front and back of waist
of a masquerade
siléti n. slate <English
silíva n. silver <English
sílo v.i. kink; form kink or back twist (of rope); form
hangnail (of nail)
síloyó ̣ n. kink; back twist (of wire, thread, etc.);
hangnail
mịé ̣ silomó ̣ v.t. cause to kink
silosiló a. kinky
sílosílo v.i. fuss
n. fuss; fussiness
sílosílomọ adv. fussily
sílulúu a. elastic
sílulúumọ adv. elastically
símbi v.i. drown; be submerged in liquid
n. drowning
simbi v.t. drown; submerge in liquid
siméti n. cement <English
sín1 v.t. remove; cashier; dismiss from service;
depose; discard; eradicate; weed; take off;
divert; unclothe
sínmọ v.t. leave (hair, garment, feather, etc.) in
somebody’s grip or hold
ḅutụawei sín v.p. divest; unclothe
fịrí g̣ họ sín v.p. cashier; dismiss
kó ̣n sín v.p. take away or off; remove
kụó ̣ sín v.p. erase; expunge
osungá sin v.p. eradicate; weed
sín koro v.p. fall off or fall down
sín2 v.t. take photograph; fotó sin
sín3 v.t. mention; specify by name; adduce; cite as
proof or instance
sín4 adv. again; once more; e.g. sín ḅé ̣ ‘speak
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again’; sín tun
‘sing again’
síndo n. name for sandstone-rock formation regarded
as sacred
sindó n. informal apology (sorry) for striking foot on a (Kalaḅarị origin)
deity
v.t. say such apology
sindondó n.m. cl cloth type
singí v.t. knead (as bread); work up (water and leaves)
into paste
sinungúsinungu a. doughy; fibrous
sínungúu a. doughy; pasty; fibrous
sínye n. d cholera; diarrhoea and vomiting
sipúu v.i. snap; break with sharp crack
n. snap; sharp crack
sipúumọ adv. with a sharp crack
siwei num. thirty
siweikaramọ a. thirtieth
adv. thirtiethly
síbụụ
̣ a. persistent
v.i. persist; be persistent
n. persistence; persistency
síbụụmọ
̣ adv. persistently
síḅịrí
̣ ị̣ a. slender (of waist); wasp-waisted
sídị ̣ v.i. become knotted or entangled
sịdí ̣ v.t. knot; tangle
sịdịmó1̣ v.t. cause to knot
sịdịmó2̣ n. tr charm or protective device worn on the upper
arm; amulet; periapt
sígọ
̣ v.i. entangle (as in mesh); stick, lodge (as piece of
meat in teeth)
sịgọ v.t. lodge or stick mats into a roof as sign of
repairs
síị̣ excl. shoo!
v.i. utter sound to frighten birds away; drive away
& t. thus; shoo away
síịịn
̣ v.i. ooze; exude; percolate; leak
síịịnmọ
̣ adv. oozily
síịịnyọ̣ n. ooziness; exudation; percolation
síịn ̣ a. insistent
v.i. insist; dwell long on
n. insistence
síịnmọ
̣ adv. insistently
sịka n.m. f stingray; small ray or skate family Dasyatidae
sịkakigi n. gable; gable end of building; so called perhaps
because of resemblance to ray (triangle)
1
síkaká
̣ n. t silk cotton tree; kapok, ceiba species Ceiba pentandra
(Bombacaceae)
2
síkaká
̣ n. sp mast (of ship)
sịkara(mó ̣) adv. quick(ly)
sikí ̣ v.t. desert; forsake; refuse; shun; avoid; eschew;
abdicate
sịkịrísịkịrị
̣ v.i. hesitate; be reluctant; linger
sịkịrísịkịrịmọ
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síkọ
̣ n. hiccough; hiccup
sílọọ̣ a. persistent
v.i. persist; be persistent
n. persistence; persistency
sílọọmọ
̣ adv. persistently
símụụ ̣ a. unrelaxing; taut
símụụmọ ̣ adv. unrelaxingly; tautly
símụnú ̣ ̣ụ a. tight; taut
símụnú ̣ ̣ụmọ adv. tightly; tautly
sịmụsịmú ̣ a. tight; taut
sịmụsịmú ̣mọ adv. tightly; tautly
síṇ n.m. r large water tortoise or turtle
sínató ̣ ̣rụ n.m. c fiddler-crab (suótọrụ-wálaị)
sínẹ ̣ v.i. hoop or whoop
& n.
sịngá a. not full; half
n. half
v.i. lessen in volume
sịngamó ̣ adv. in a reduced condition
síngalí
̣ ị̣ a. slender
síngalí
̣ ịmọ̣ adv. slenderly
sịngé ̣ v.i. drowse; doze; be in half-asleep condition
n. doze; drowse; short slumber; half-asleep
condition
sịngẹmó ̣ v.t. make drowsy
sịngésịngẹ
̣ a. drowsy; sleepy
sịngésịngẹmọ
̣ adv. drowsily; sleepily
sịngí ̣ n.m. f large kind of ọtíọ,̣ a sea catfish (‘orange- Arius sp. = ịsịngí. ̣
coloured flesh catfish’; ‘real grown catfish’; cf. gbengu, nẹgú ̣,
‘second-stage catfish’; ‘young type catfish’) nẹngú ̣
ịsịngí ̣ n.m. f large kind of ọtíọ,̣ a sea catfish (‘orange- Arius sp. = ịsịngí. ̣
coloured flesh catfish’; ‘real grown catfish’; cf. gbengu, nẹgú ̣,
‘second-stage catfish’; ‘young type catfish’) nẹngú ̣
1
síngịlị
̣ v.i. scream (with laughter)
2
síngịlị
̣ v.i. be constricted
sịngịlí ̣ v.t. constrict
n. constriction
sịngịsịngí ̣ a. long (of speech, story)
sịngịsịngímọ ̣ adv. in a long manner
sịnịḅá v.i. keep or stand aloof
sịnịḅámọ adv. aloof; away; apart
sínịḅáa
̣ a. aloof
sínịḅáamọ
̣ adv. aloofly
sịnịní1̣ v.t. give newly born child its first wash
n. first washing of a newly-born child
sịnịní2 n. spurt; jet
sịnịníị̣ v.i. spurt; gush out in a jet
sịnịníịmọ̣ adv. in a jet
sịnịnísịnịnị
̣ a. silky
sịnịsịní ̣ a. pathetic; affecting; touching; gruesome; grisly
n. touchingness; gruesomeness
sịnịsịnímọ
̣ adv. gruesomely; touchingly
sịnsíṇ a. insistent
v.i. insist; dwell long on
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n. insistence
sịnsínmọ
̣ adv. insistently
sịnya1 n. nerve; sinew; tendon
sịnyasịnyá a. sinewy; fibrous
kọngó ̣sịnya n. jugular vein of the neck
togurúsịnya n. veins moving the parietal muscles during
mastication
sịnya2 n. piassava rope from raffia
sịnya3 n. t wild date-palm Phoenix reclinata.
= ásịngásị
sínyatun
̣ n. straw hat made from wild date-palm leaves
sínyọọ
̣ a. insistent
v.i. insist; be insistent
n. insistence
sínyọọmọ
̣ adv. insistently
sịó ̣bọdọ n. shea-butter <English
sịpú ̣ụ v.i. make light sharp sound (as of a sharp knife
cutting a thread)
n. such sound
sírị̣ n.m. m leopard, ‘tiger’ Panthera pardus.
<Kalaḅarị. cf.
kụró ̣-nama
sịrịsịrí ̣ a. serial; in orderly sequence
sịrịsịrímọ ̣ adv. serially
sógio n. height; elevation
a. high; of exalted rank
sógio-ẹgbẹgụaḅó ̣ n.m. high priest
sogio1 v.t. pick up; lay hold of and take up; remove
sogiomó ̣ v.t. lift up; raise; elevate; accelerate; exalt in rank;
promote; cause to advance to
ḍigí sogiomó ̣ v.p. esteem highly, or to a high degree
odúsogiomọ a. proud; arrogant; haughty; presumptuous
odúsogiomọ n. pride; arrogance
sogio sín v.p. remove
sogio2 v.t. begin; commence; raise (work, song, etc.); numo sogio ‘begin
hence or raise a song’
sogoló n. loop
sógu v.i. be dug-cut
sógu paga v.p. be rooted out; be dug out
sogu1 v.t. dig; bore; canal; excavate; root out; exhume;
disentomb; unearth; make hole; harvest
sogu-ongú n.pl.p reapers; harvesters
ers.
sogu-ọlalí ̣ n. harvest festival
sogu wagí ̣ v.p. plough over
kirísoguyé n. plough
sogu2 n. canal; artificial water course
sogu gbaná v.p. construct causeway
sogugbana-ételi n. causeway
sója n.m. soldier <English
sójaḅó ̣ n.m. soldier (pl. sója-ongú)
sókokóo a. tall or high
sókolóo a. high (of stern and bow of canoe)
sokosokó a. tall or high
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sólobáa a. tall or long
sólolóo a. tall or long
solosoló a. long
sómbi v.i. squat; crouch with hams resting on back of
heels
n. squatting posture
sondio num. six
sóndio n. six fingers or toes on a hand or foot
sondio-esí num. hundred and twenty
sondiokaramó ̣ a. sixth
adv. sixthly
sondi’ọndé ̣ num. two thousand four hundred
sopíi v.i. drip; drop; fall in drops
sopíimọ adv. in drops
sopisopí v.i. fall in succession in drops
sopisopímọ adv. in drops
sóropíi v.i. jump and fall; fall in big drops
soropisoropí v.i. jump and fall in succession; drop
continuously
sóroróo a. bulgy; swollen
v.i. bulge; swell out
sorosoró a. bulgy; swollen
v.i. bulge; swell out
sou1 v.i. grow; develop; germinate; sprout; bud; put
forth shoots
n. growth; germination; development
sou paga v.p. go out; spring up; grow up; sprout; put forth
shoots
mịé ̣ soumó1̣ v.p. cause to grow, develop, germinate, sprout
sou2 v.i. rise; get up; resurge; revive
sou tịẹ v.p. arise; stand up
fíghọsou
̣ n. resurrection; rising again from dead at the last
day
mịé ̣ soumó2̣ v.p. resurrect; raise from dead
sou3 v.i. retire; withdraw; go away; resign from; e.g. fịrí ghọ
̣ sou
sou ḅọgọ v.p. depart; go away
soumó ̣ v.t. dismiss; dissolve; disperse; disband; send
away
koromó ̣ sou v.p. leave; let remain; depart without taking
deserts; abandon; give up to
firíghọsou
̣ n. retirement; resignation
só ̣bịlị n. to shovel; spade <English
só ̣gị v.i. be picked or pulled out
sọgị v.t. pick; probe with knife or pointed instrument
to remove something (as coconut from shell
and extraneous matter from teeth)
só ̣gọị v.i. conceal oneself; be hidden
n. concealment; hiding
só ̣gọịmọ adv. clandestinely; secretly; surreptitiously
só ̣gọịtoíye n. game of hide-and-seek; bo-peep
sọgọị v.t. hide; put, keep out of sight; conceal; cloak;
disguise; dissemble
a. clandestine; secret; surreptitious
sọgọịyé n. secret; thing kept secret
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sọgọịyó ̣ n. secret place; hide-out; hiding-place
só ̣ịịn a. & move or sail fast on water; glide fast
v.i.
só ̣ịịnmọ adv. fast; swiftly
só ̣kị n. chock; wedge <English
v.t. chock; wedge
só ̣kị tụa v.p. put chock or wedge
sọkịsọkí ̣ n. apex; extreme top of tree
sọkọ n.m. f fish sp. of the mackerel family family Carangidae.
cf. ekué
sọkọ-ekué n.m. f fish sp. of the mackerel family
só ̣kọkó ̣ọ a. tall and vertical
só ̣kọló ̣ọ a. long and horizontal
só ̣kọmú ̣ụ a. pointed (of navel)
só ̣kọpíị̣ a. high and narrow
só ̣kọró ̣ọ a. tapering
sọkọsọkó ̣ a. of faint rattling
só ̣lọlíị̣ a. laden
v.i. be loaded to strain bearing capacity
só ̣lọlíịmọ
̣ adv. in a loaded way
só ̣lọló ̣ọ a. conical; long and slender; elongated (e.g. of
head)
só ̣lọló ̣ọmọ` adv. prolately
sọmbí ̣ n. something sweet or dainty
só ̣mụ n. sum; arithmetical problem <English
sọmụsọmú ̣ a. uncircumcised; having the prepuce still on
penis; (of crop) immature; wormlike
só ̣mụụ v.i. feel loathsome
só ̣ngọlọ v.i. be nauseated
n. nausea; loathing; e.g. ḅió sọngọlọ
sọngọló1̣ v.t. nauseate
ḅió sọngọlọmó ̣ v.p. nauseate; affect with nausea
ḅiósọngọlọmọ a. nauseous; causing nausea; loathing;
disgusting; nasty
ḅiósọngọlọmọḅara adv. nauseously
sọngọló2̣ v.t. rape, ravish, violate (child); molest somebody
with abusive words
sọní ̣ v.t. bone; take out the bones from; clear bone of
adherent flesh; pick
sọnịsọní ̣ a. detailed
n. detail
sọnịsọnímọ
̣ adv. in detail
sọnọ num. five
sọnọ-esí num. hundred
sọnọkaramọ a. fifth
adv. fifthly
sọn’ọndé ̣ num. two thousand
sọnó ̣ma num. seven
sọnọma-esí num. hundred and forty
a.
sọnó ̣makaramọ a. seventh
adv. seventhly
sọnọma-ọndé ̣ num. two thousand eight hundred
sọnọmasikó n.m. f fish sp.; mackerel sp. family Carangidae
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sọnọníị̣ v.i. glide over swiftly (as snake)
sọnọníịmọ̣ adv. sleekly
sọnọnísọnọnị
̣ a. sleek; smooth and soft and glossy; smoothly
gliding
sọnọnísọnọnị-aye
̣ n.pl. s snakes (swift-gliding)
sọnọnísọnọnịmọ
̣ adv. sleekly
só ̣rọpíị̣ v.i. jump and fall lightly in water
só ̣rọró ̣ọ a. elongated (e.g. of head or plank)
só ̣rọró ̣ọmọ adv. prolately
só ̣sị n. Church; public worship <English
só ̣sịwarị n. church; building for public Christian worship
só ̣sọ v.i. be pierced
sọsó ̣ v.t. thrust; pierce
só ̣tị n.m. shirt <English
só ̣ụn n.m. i worm
súaa a. profuse; plentiful
súaamọ adv. profusely; plentifully
suáa v.i. splurge; make noisy effort (especially of fish
in water
n. noisy splashing
suáamọ adv. with a splurge
súangíi a. long and thick (hair growth)
súangíimọ adv. thickly and long
suansuán a. with whiskers; filamentary; filamentous
suansuánmọ adv. fibrously
sukáa v.i. splurge; make noisy effort (especially of fish
in water
n. noisy splashing
sukáamọ adv. with a splurge or splash
sukúlu n. school <English
sukúlu-igbogi n. school fees
sukúlutọgụ n.m.f scholar; school-child
.
sukúluwarị n. school building
sule v.t. sing aloud
numo sule v.p. sing song loudly
súlulúu a. snouted; slow-moving
sumein v.t. chide; scold
sún a. foolish
n. foolishness
súnmọ adv. foolishly
sunmó ̣ v.t. befool; bamboozle; dupe; hoax; mystify
sunungúsunungu a. spongy
súnungúu a. spongy
súnungúumọ adv. spongily
suó1 n. score or point in game of igboun
suó ḅẹ v.p. score a point
suó2 n. sky; heaven
suófịnị n. wt thunder; lightning
suófịnịdayé n. lightning conductor
suótọrụ n. firmament; sky
suré n. ft room for fish formed by overhanging roots of (see idié)
plants growing near water
sure ímbi v.p. ft fish around such overhanging roots
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sure-ímbi n. ft fishing around overhanging roots
sure v.t. chide; scold; rebuke
n. scolding
súrurúu a. bulgy; stodgy
v.i. bulge; swell out (with advanced pregnancy)
n. bulginess; stodginess
súrurúumọ adv. with a bulge
susú v.t. ft scoop crayfish or shrimp with hand-net;
otóku susu
n. fg hand-net for killing shrimps; susu ígbọ
̣ or
otóku susu
susúmọ v.t. refuse to accept and send back a present
sútu n. & suit <English
v.i.
sutúu n. & stew <English
v.t.
súu v.t. plunge violently; move straight on water (of
large object; cf. só ̣ịịn)
n. violent plunge; straight gliding movement
súumọ adv. with a violent plunge; moving straight
sụáa v.i. splurge; make light noisy effort (especially of
fish in water
n. less noisy splashing
sụáamọ adv. with a light splurge or splash
sụansụán a. in threads; filamentary
sụansụánmọ adv. fibrously
sụasụáa v.i. drip (as blood), or jump (as mudskipper), in
rapid succession
sụasụáamọ adv. in rapid drips or jumps
sú ̣ga v.i. be stuck or fixed; wear (as feather, sword,
& t. small stick in hair, headgear or waistband)
sụgá v.t. stick, fix (knife, dagger, etc., in waistband or
in mat wall or roof for safety)
sụgbá1 v.t. refuse (especially work); hence fịrí sụgba
̣
sụgbá2 n. sn snail sp.
sú ̣gịrị v.i. be washed; dissolve; melt; become liquid;
decline in health; waste away; (of coloured
material or dye) not bear washing
sụgịrí ̣ v.t. wash; cleanse with liquid; (of moving liquid)
denude; assoil; absolve from sin; sift (ore) by
action of water
n. washing; wash
sụgịrịmó ̣ v.t. carry along (of moving water); dissolve; melt
sụgú ̣ a. unsteady (of boat in water)
v.i. be unstable in water
n. unsteadiness (of boat in water)
sụgụmó ̣ v.t. cause to be or make unsteady
sụkáa v.i. light splurge; make light noisy effort
(especially of fish in water
n. light splashing
sụkáamọ adv. with a light splurge or splash
sú ̣kpụrú ̣ụ a. snouted
sú ̣kpụrú ̣ụmọ adv. in a snouted way
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sú ̣kụrú ̣ụmọ adv. tightly
sụkụrú ̣ụsụkụrú ̣ụ v.i. move unfreely
sụkụrú ̣ụsụkụrú ̣ụm adv. with hampered movement
ọ
sú ̣lẹléẹ̣ a. motionless
sú ̣lẹléẹmọ
̣ adv. motionlessly
sú ̣máịn v.i. sigh
& n.
sụn v.t. stretch; make taut; tighten; straighten; lay out;
spread
n. continuous expanse or tract; stretch; line
1
sụnmó ̣ v.t. stretch forth
sụnsú ̣n a. striped
sụnmó2̣ n. wallplate; beam
sú ̣ngbaị a. persistent
sú ̣ngbaịmọ adv. persistently
sụngbalí ̣ n. bp phalange; finger or toe
ḅarásụngbalị n. bp finger
ḅụọsụngbalị n. bp toe
sụngbalịḅá n. knot; noose
sụngụ1 v.t. join; unite; connect (rope)
sụngụmó1̣ v.t. join; connect (rope)
sụngụ2 v.i. continue; remain in existence; not cease
sụngụmó2̣ v.t. maintain; keep up (action, etc.)
sú ̣ọ1 v.i. become; come into being; begin to be; e.g. ebí tọgụ sú ̣ọ
‘become a good
boy’; telimó ̣ḅọ sú ̣ọ
‘become a teacher’
odú sú ̣ọ v.p. convalesce; regain health; grow fat
sú ̣ọ2 v.i. entangle; catch; involve; tangle (in snare,
difficulties or obstacles)
sú ̣ọ3 v.i. be deceived
sú ̣ụ4 a. smooth (of powder, pomade, etc., on skin);
ground fine (of tobacco); boiled white (of oil)
oló sú ̣ọ v.p. become white (of cooked oil)
sụọ1 v.i. (of school, meeting) begin; start; commence;
& t. enter (also of any gathering); rise (of flood
water); enter into picture
sụọ ḅo v.p. come in; come with
sụọ ẹrị v.p. join to see with; concur with
sụọ fá v.p. be lost; perish; vanish; disappear
sụọfá n. loss; disappearance; etc.
sụọmindi n. flood or spring tide
sụó ̣mọ v.t. approach; come near to
sụọmó1̣ v.t. gain advantage over
sụọ prí ̣ v.p. profit; be of advantage to
sụọprí ̣ n. profit
sụọye n. addition; advantage; gain; increase; interest;
profit
sụọyọ n. gain; profit; advantage
anga sụọ v.p. take sides; be partial
kamí ṣ ụọ v.p. quarrel; altercate
yoú sụọ v.p. fight; wrestle; make war; contend in battle;
wage war
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sụọ2 v.t. attend; be present at (school, meeting, etc.)
sụọ3 v.t. join, become a member; initiate into (of club, hence ogbo sụọ
etc.);
sụọmó2̣ v.t. let in
dá sụọmó ̣ v.p. receive in; take in; admit; allow entrance (into
club, etc.)
sụọ4 v.t. lodge; reside; put up; be contained in (of e.g. ịní warị
̣ sụọ
stranger); ‘lodges in my
house’
sụọ5 v.t. fester; gather (pus); develop as purulent ịmá sụọ ‘gather
swelling (of wound); hence pus’
sụọ6 v.i. be among, with, in the number of; e.g. ó ka sụọ ‘he is
also among them’
sụọ7 v.i. (of wound) be received; e.g. ịnọ í ghọ
̣ sụọté ̣
‘I have received a
wound’
sụọ8 v.i. set; sink below horizon (as sun, moon, etc.)
sụọ9 v.i. go to bed; fall asleep
sụọmó3̣ v.t. patch up a leak in a thatch roof
sụọmó4̣ n. the hairless portions on the head on either side
of the forehead
sú ̣rụ a. not straight; oblique; declining from the
vertical or horizontal; slanting; diverging from
straight line or course
sú ̣rụ v.i. slant; slope
sú ̣rụ n. slant; slope
sụrú ̣ v.t. slant; slope; diverge from line
sụrụmó ̣ adv. slantingly; obliquely
sụsa v.t. browbeat; bully; chide
sụsú ̣mọ a. distant; far; remote
sụsụmó ̣ v.t. stretch forth
sú ̣ụ v.i. move continuously on water (cf. súu, só ̣ịịn)
sú ̣ụ n. continuous movement on water
sú ̣ụn a. straight; without bend or curve
sú ̣ụn v.i. stretch (especially of muscles after sleeping,
etc., by extending limbs, etc., in various
directions); lie; lay to rest
sú ̣ụn n. stretching
sú ̣ụnsú ̣ụn a. stretchy
sú ̣ụnsú ̣ụn n. stretchiness

T.

tá n.f. p wife; consort; woman married to a husband

tá2 excl. shout to drive away animal
tá2 v.t. drive away thus
táan v.t. receive; get; bear up against
táan2 v.i. be gathered together
táan ḅo v.p. be gathered up
táan mu v.p. be gathered on to (place)
táan paga v.p. be gathered out
táan sụọ v.p. be gathered in
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‘he has received a
scolding’
loló táan v.p. bear up against anger
táatáa n. & expression to drive animal away
v.t.
táatáa v.t. say such word
taḅá1 v.t. lap; lick
taḅá2 occurs in;
taḅ’ára n.f. daughter-in-law
taḅ’ówei n.m. son-in-law
tabásanị
̣̣ n. cr edible peppers and capsicums in general
taḅátọgụ n.m.f child of daughter-in-law
.
táḅụ v.i. be soaked, immersed, dipped, steeped
taḅú ̣ v.t. dip; immerse; soak in liquid; steep
taḅụ-ébiaburu n. fo soaked cassava
tadá a. & grandsire (paternal)
n.
tada-óngu n.pl.p grandsires
ers.
tada-ówei n.m. forefather; grandfather
oputada-óngu n.pl.p ancestors
ers.
oputada-ówei n.m. great-grandfather
tafáa v.i. plump lightly on water
tafáa n. light plump on water
tafáamọ adv. with a light plump
táfilíi a. plump (more of legs)
táfilíimọ adv. plumply
tafịlị n. from frame for mounting cannon
tafulamó ̣ v.t. flatter; overpraise
táị int. what (are these?); e.g. má táị? ‘what
are these?’
takaláa v.i. slip; lose balance
takaláamọ adv. with loss of balance; with a slip
takaráa v.i. stand out smartly
takaráamọ adv. smartly (of standing)
tákatáka a. speedy (of run); rapid
tákatákamọ adv. speedily; rapidly
tákelée a. tottering
tákelée v.i. totter; be on the point of falling
tákeléemọ adv. totteringly
takeletakelé, a. unrhythmical
tákeletakele
takeletakelémọ adv. unrhythmically
tákị v.i. tie cloth sideways in special manner; e.g. ḅité ̣ tákị
takí1̣ v.t. hook; pluck (something) with hooked material
takí2̣ v.t. pilfer; steal
tákparáa a. gawky; lanky; skinny
tála v.i. trip; make false step; stumble; partially fall,
from catching or striking foot
talá1 v.t. trip; (of person or obstacle) cause (person to
stumble by entangling or suddenly arresting
his feet
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talámọ adv. trippingly
talá2 v.t. catch distant or floating object with long stick
tala n. t tree sp.; bark is used to liven up palm wine Sacoglottis
gabonensis
(Humiriaceae)
talágị v.i. slip; lose balance
talágịmọ adv. with loss of balance; with a slip
talágịtalágị1 a. unrhythmical
talágịtalágịmọ1 adv. unrhythmically
talágịtalágị2 v.i. stagger; totter
talágịtalágịmọ2 adv. staggeringly
talála v.i. droop; hang loosely (e.g. of cloth)
találamọ adv. droopingly
talalá v.t. make droop; loosen
talatalá a. lie scattered or sporadically
talatalámọ adv. sporadically; scatteringly
tamá1 a. northern
tamádụ n. northern side
tama-éfẹrụ
̣ n. northern wind
2
tamá v.i. smell
ḍụẹị tama subj. emit smell (of corpse)
+ v.i.
tamá3 v.i. lurch; stagger; stumble suddenly (in ḅege tamá)
n. lurch; stagger; stumble
tamụnọ n. tr soul; manes; deified souls of departed
ancestors; shade of departed person, as object
of reverence
tamụnọ ebí v.p. have good luck
tamụnọ-ebí n. good luck
tamụnọ-ené n. Sunday
tamụnọ seí v.p. have bad luck, hard luck
tamụnọseí n. bad luck; hard luck
tamụnọ tọlọmó ̣ v.p. make sacrifice to soul
tamụnọtọlọmó ̣ n. sacrifice to soul
tan1 v.t. chip; trip up (of foot); e.g. ḅụọ tán
n. wrestling trick; chip
tan2 v.t. clear (rubbish; gather; pick up (fallen fruits
from ground); carry
tan ḅo v.p. gather, pick, carry in
tan mu v.p. gather, carry to (place or people)
tan pagamó ̣ v.p. gather, carry out
tan sín v.p. gather, carry off
tan sụọmó ̣ v.p. gather, carry in
tanyaí ̣ n.pl. litter; rubbish; compost; muck; farm yard
manure
tánanáa a. wide (of unfurling)
tánanáamọ adv. widely
tandá1 v.t. get burning coals from a fireplace hence fịní tanda,
̣
angị tandá
tandá2 n. tr shrine; room of penates in a house; part of
house kept sacred for a deity
tándaráa v.i. swagger; swank; walk like a superior among
inferiors; show self-confidence or self-
satisfaction by gait
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n. swank; swagger; bluff
tándaráamọ adv. swaggeringly
tandaráatandaráa v.i. same as above
& n.
tandí ̣ v.t. ascend; climb; mount
tandíye ̣ n. ladder; steps
tangbalá v.t. burnish; brush
tángbaláa a. lanky; tall and lean
tángbaláamọ adv. in a lanky manner
tángiríi a. plump; fat; full; rounded
tángirímọ adv. plumply
tapúu v.i. snap; break with heavy sharp crack
n. snap; sharp crack
tapúumọ adv. with a snap
tapú ̣ụ v.i. snap; break with light crack
n. snap; light crack
tapú ̣ụmọ adv. with a snap
tárangíi a. oversized (of cloth); sizable
tárangíimọ adv. sizably
tárị v.i. be blest; be revered
tarí1̣ v.t. bless; invoke God’s favour on; consecrate;
make holy; pronounce words that bring
supernatural favour upon (of father, priest,
etc.)
n. blessing; bestowal of divine favour
taríạ a. blessed; revered
tarí2̣ v.t. A. love; hold dear; bear love to; be fond of
n. love; warm affection; fondness
taríya
̣ v.i. be in love with one another
n. love for one another
B. excite strong desire; affect strongly; attract;
appeal; like to; be pleasing to; feel attracted
by
tarịmó ̣ v.t. allure; charm; entice; lure; enchant; fascinate
tásịgá n. t tree sp. and its seeds;
tásịgá n. mi rattles obtained from the seeds
tásịgá n. dc dance with rattles tied to the feet of dancers
tasíị̣ v.i. snap; break with sharp crack
n. snap; sharp crack
tasíịmọ
̣ adv. with a snap
tatá excl. expression urging a small child to try and
walk
v.t. say such word; begin to walk (of small child);
& i. pull to feet
tatágbogbósi excl. expression meaning ‘may it not happen’
táu v.i. thud; fall with low dull sound
n. thud
táumọ adv. with a thud
taú1̣ v.t. dampen; moisten; put in liquid lightly
taú2̣ n. grandchildren
tawaíṇ n. tree sp. and fruit
téḅi v.t. bask in (sun); warm oneself at (fire)
tée a. swift; fleet; rapid
téemọ adv. swiftly; rapidly
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tefelemó ̣ v.t. flatter; overpraise
téi excl. what?
pron.
téiḅaị téiḅaị n. thingamy; thingumbob; thingummy; what-do-
you-call-it
téigbolo n. had I known; what struck (me)?
téinẹ excl. why not?
p.
téin v.i. be exploded; be stained
teín1 v.t. fire; explode; detonate; shoot; discharge gun
teín2 v.t. inject; drive liquid into body; sting (as bee,
wasp); inoculate
teíntụáḅọ n.m.f injector; inoculator
.
teíntụáye n. injection; inoculation
teín3 v.t. spot; mark, stain, with spots
téintéin a. spotted; pied
teín4 v.t. fillip; flick; flip
tekéke a. unsteady; insecure
tekéke v.i. be on the point of falling: e.g. ó ẹkị tekeké
wọrí ‘he
̣ placed it
insecurely’
tekékemọ adv. unsteadily; insecurely
tékele v.i. be hung; be hanged
tékele n. hanging; downward droop
tekelé v.t. hang; suspend; attach loosely (to hook or
other object above)
tekelé ḅa v.p. hang, suspend on gibbet
tekelé kasí ̣ v.p. crucify
tekelémọ v.t. hang on to
tekelepánị n.m. to bucket; pail
tekelé pụrá v.p. carry on pole over shoulder
tekeléye n. hanger
tékerée a. short; not long (especially clothes and dress)
tekerémọ v.t. shorten; curtail
téketéke v.i. totter; walk unsteadily and fast (especially of
child learning to walk, or somebody
staggering)
téketékemọ adv. totteringly
tekí a. proud; boastful
v.i. be proud; boast; brag of or about; extol
oneself; vaunt
n. pride; vainglorious statement
tekímọ adv. proudly; boastfully
tekimó ̣ v.t. make to brag or boast
tele n.m. m chimpanzee, ‘gorilla’; ape Pan troglodytes
(probably West
African
chimpanzee, P. t.
verus)
téletéle a. sporadic; scattered; fallen wide apart
téletélemọ adv. sporadically
telímọ v.i. be taught, instructed, advised, directed,
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telimó1̣ v.t. admonish; advise; educate; instruct; teach;
discipline; direct; guide; (vulgarly) receive
instruction; learn
n. teaching
telimó ̣ḅọ n.m.f teacher; adviser; instructor; preceptor; tutor (pl. telimọ-óngu)
.
telimó ̣pọgọ n. advice; admonition; counsel; instruction
telimó ̣ye n. lesson; instruction; teaching; training; culture
telimó2̣ v.t. dandle child on knees or in arms
témi v.i. be pierced, stabbed, pricked
temí1 v.t. pierce; prick; spike; stab
temí2 v.t. beat; pound; crush with pestle
tendeḅaḅió n. armpit
tendeḅaḅioyaí ̣ n.pl. hairs in armpit
ténderáa a. buoyant
ténderáamọ adv. buoyantly
tendu n. la estuary or branch of creek
ténenáa a. broad-brimmed (of hat)
ténenáamọ adv. in a broadly-brimmed way
tenenée v.i. start from sleep
tenenéemọ adv. with a start
mịé ̣ tenenéemọ v.p. startle
téngelée a. swollen; distended
v.i. become distended; swell out
téngeléemọ adv. in a distended state
tengí a. & maternal grandparent
n.
tengi-ára n.f. grandmother (pl. tengi-óngu)
téperetépere a. unsteady; tottering
v.i. stagger; stand unsteadily; totter
téperetéperemọ adv. staggeringly; unsteadily
térerée a. light
v.i. feel or look light
téreréemọ adv. lightly
téri v.i. be worn; be put on
teri v.t. crown; put on (as hat); cover; put ridgemat or
ridging on roof of house; wear
tesi num. sixty
tesikaramọ a. sixtieth
adv. in the sixtieth place
teu n.m. m otter sp. African clawless
otter (Cape clawless
otter), Aonyx
capensis, and spot-
necked otter, Lutra
maculicollis
-tẹ suf. suffix used to form perfect tense of verbs: e.g. mu ‘go’, muté ̣
‘has gone’
tẹḅẹmó ̣ v.t. pet a child; caress
tẹḅụ a. laden; loaded; low (land)
v.i. reach strain-bearing capacity (of loaded canoe
or boat)
n. capacity (for load)
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tẹḅụmó2̣ v.t. cause to strain
tẹị1 v.i. migrate; move from one place to another;
move slowly (as snail); flit; pass lightly
n. migration; move; change of abode
tẹị2 v.i. be declared not guilty; be free from blame; be
acquitted, exculpated, exonerated, discharged,
released
tẹị3 v.t. win in certain games (as ludo, igboun, agú ̣ḅa,
etc.)
tẹíṇ 1 v.i. drift (e.g. of canoe); glide
tẹịnmó ̣ v.t. cause to drift
tẹịnmọ-íboro n. fg drift-net
tẹíṇ 2 v.i. be more; be most; (used as equivalent to e.g. ḍụḅá ‘be big’,
English -er, -est): ḍụḅá tẹíṇ ‘be
bigger’; tịḅịfí ̣
‘stubborn’, tịḅịfí ̣
tẹíṇ ‘be more
stubborn’
tẹínḅara
̣ n. state of being much
tẹịnmó ̣ḅaraghọ adv. in particular; particularly; especially; mainly;
mostly
tẹínyaị
̣ n.pl. state of being much or many
ḅarátẹíṇ a. stronger; wealthier
mịé ̣ tẹịnmó ̣ v.p. make more; increase
tẹké ̣ v.t. appeal; beg; entreat; pray
n. appeal; entreaty; prayer
tékẹẹ
̣ a. aloft; high up; upward; distant; specified
distance from
tékẹẹmọ
̣ adv. upwards; distantly
tékẹré
̣ ẹ̣ a. short; of small length (of skirts and cut length
of cloth); undersized
tékẹré
̣ ẹmọ
̣ adv. shortly (cut, of cloth)
tékụré
̣ ẹ̣ a. short; of small stature; not tall (of human
beings); puny; undersized
tékụré
̣ ẹmọ
̣ adv. shortly (of build)
tẹlẹgú ̣tẹlẹgụ a. intricate; involved
tẹlẹgú ̣tẹlẹgụmọ adv. intricately
télụ ̣ v.i. emerge from egg
tẹlụ v.t. hatch
témẹ ̣ v.i. be created, shaped, formed, constructed,
fashioned, modelled, drawn, moulded, minted,
coined (of money)
tẹmẹ1 v.t. create; shape; form; construct; fashion; model;
mould; draw; mint; coin (money)
tẹmẹ-ayé n.pl. creatures; created things; creation
tẹmẹḅó ̣ n.m.f creator; one who creates
.
tẹmẹ irí v.p. miscreate
tẹmẹ2 n. tr spirit; ghost; image; apparition; shadow;
wraith
tẹmẹḍigiyé n. mirror; looking-glass
tẹmẹḍụayé n. salvation; saving of the soul
tẹmẹ fie v.p. resound from a distance
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Ebítẹmẹ p.n. Good Spirit; Holy Ghost
Seítẹmẹ p.n. Bad Spirit; the devil
Tọntọntẹmé ̣ n. Holy Spirit; Holy Ghost
tẹmụtẹmú ̣ a. slow (in speech)
v.i. drawl; speak with indolent or affected
slowness
n. drawl; slow utterance
tẹmụtẹmú ̣mọ adv. drawlingly
tẹndé ̣ n. lap; thigh; secondary prop-roots of certain e.g. angala tẹndé ̣
plants: ‘mangrove prop-
root’; ilé tẹndẹ
‘Uapaca prop-root’
tẹndé-ḅịlanẹngị
̣ n.m. al [small bat-like creature] galago spp. Allen’s squirrel
galago (Allen’s
galago), Galago
alleni, and
Demidoff’s galago
(dwarf galago),
Galagoides
demidoff
tẹndẹ-ímgba n. bp thigh bone; femur
tẹngẹlé ̣ v.t. tickle
& n.
ḅerí tẹngẹlẹ v.p. poke ear with feather or stick
ḅerítẹngẹlẹyé n. tickler
téngẹlé
̣ ẹ̣ a. slightly swollen
v.i. distend; swell out slightly
téngẹlé
̣ ẹmọ
̣ adv. in a swollen condition
tẹrẹ1 v.t. support; keep from falling
n. support
tẹrẹ2 adv. before (short for aní tẹrẹ)
̣
térẹngí
̣ ị̣ a. oversized; sizable (cloth)
térẹngí
̣ ịmọ̣ adv. sizably
tésịị ̣ a. dwarfish
tésịịmọ ̣ adv. dwarfishly
tẹtẹmó ̣ v.t. caress; pet
n. caress; petting
tíi v.i. rush; run precipitately
n. rush; precipitate run
tíimọ adv. with a rush
tikoní v.t. praise; commend the merits of (person, thing)
tíkoróo a. short; curt
tíkoróomọ adv. shortly; curtly
tíkpaa a. plump; corpulent
tíkpaamọ adv. plumply
tikpáin v.i. plop; drop heavily in water
n. sound as of heavy object dropping into water
without splash; plop
tikpáinmọ adv. with a plop
tíkpasíi a. corpulent; bulky; fat
tíkpasíimọ adv. plumply
tíkpoo a. plump; bulky; corpulent
tíkpoomọ adv. plumply
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& n.
tikpóunmọ adv. with a plop
tímbalíi a. plump; corpulent
tímbalíimọ adv. plumply
timí1 v.i. abide; stay; remain; continue; dwell; stand
firm; sit; exist; wait
n. abidance; continuance; existence
timíyọ n. seat; dwelling-place
aní ḅ ̣ ara timí phr. (it) was like that
íṇ a timíi phr. abide with me! stay with me!
mí ḅ ̣ ara timí phr. (it) was like this
tịẹ timí v.p. stand firm or still
timí2 aux.v be; could; should; would have; will: e.g. mu timí ‘be
. going’
timi1 n. condition; living
timíḅara n. living condition
timi-ebí n. affluence
timi fá v.p. have no living
timifá n. paucity; being without means
ebítimi n. good living; affluence
seítimi n. bad living; penury; destitution; poverty;
paucity
timi2 n. advance; payment beforehand
timi fí ̣ v.p. receive advance
tíngaláa a. swollen; distended
tíngaláa v.i. distend; swell out
tíngaláamọ adv. in a distended state
tíni n.m. tin <English
típaa a. corpulent; bulky; plump
típaamọ adv. plumply
típasíi a. plump; bulky
típasíimọ adv. plumply
tirí1 n. canopy; overhanging shelter; expanse covered hence ịgbó ̣ tiri
by a spreading tree or a cast-net;
tirí tụa v.p. form a canopy
tirí2 n. heap; group of things lying one on another;
pair; set
tirí3 n. fg length of hook and line used for fishing at a hence ḍaye tiri;
time; boulter; length of dragnet or driftnet: ibóro tiri
tirí4 n. arena; an open space
polotirí n. open field
tirí ḅa v.p. said of moon when it does not set but remains
on horizon before dawn; also of secret love or
news when it is no longer a secret
tiríḅa n. such state of moon or secret
tiri tịẹ v.p. be left alone in an arena; (of card game) have
no winner
tirí tọlọmọ v.p. prepare arena for play; said of moon when it
is preparing to rise and darkness starts to clear
ḍụẹị tirí paga v.p. tr perform the formal "laying-out in state" of a
corpse in a public square for citizens to pay
their last respects
ḍụẹịtirípaga n. such formal laying-out of a corpse
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the point where streams or roads meet; an
expanse at a confluence or conflux
tirigó nyana v.p. have an expanse
tirigó tụa v.p. develop an expanse
tírikpíi a. massy; weighty
tírikpíimọ adv. in a massy way
tiro n. kohl; ground black substance used by women
to paint eyelids
títi v.i. strike against, upon
tití v.t. A. beat; flog; hit
B. butt; gore; push with head
n. butt(ing); goring
titimó ̣ v.t. compress, squeeze together; pacify
tiyán v.i. choke; suffocate
n. suffocation; asphyxia
tiyánmọ adv. suffocatingly
tiyanmó ̣ v.t. choke; asphyxiate; suffocate
tíye v.i. be scattered, dispersed, few; lessen
n. scattering
tiye v.t. collect wine from palm tree with a special pot
attached to the top
tiyekugú n.m. po special pot left on top for collecting wine that
trickles out of the palm tree
tịḅị1 v.i. go off in pairs, pair; unite in love or marriage;
be arranged in pairs
tịḅịḅó ̣ n.m.f partner; the other member of a pair
.
tịḅịmó1̣ v.t. pair; arrange in pairs; pair off; put two by two
tịḅịmó2̣ v.t. compare; liken
tịḅị2 n. A. head; anterior part of body
tịḅị-anumó n.pl. hairs (on head)
tịḅị asaḅá v.p. pass overhead (of sun); reach afternoon;
(colloq.) pass over a senior person to act in a
matter; act beyond one’s powers
tịḅịḅẹlẹú ̣ n. top of the head
tịḅịḅió n. bp brain; knowledge
tịḅịḅó ̣ n.m.f head; headman; leader; chief; principal; ruler;
. master
tịḅị dáa v.p. head; lead; be, form the head, or be at the
head of
tịḅịdú ̣ n. head side (of bed, etc.)
tịḅịdú ̣ nó ̣ v.p. have headache
tịḅịdụnó ̣ n. headache
tịḅị ḍugómọ v.p. accuse; indict; charge: e.g. ye ékị̣ ó tịḅị
ḍugómọ
tịḅịḍugómọ n. sake of; for the sake of; because of; owing to; e.g. ịní tịḅịḍugómọ
̣
in the interest of; out of consideration for; in
order that;
tịḅị-ekeké n. bp skull; cranium
tịḅịfá a. headless; acephalous; unsuccessful
tịḅị fangá v.p. twist hair with thread
tịḅịfanga-erí n. black thread for twisting hair
tịḅị fẹngú ̣ v.p. (of sun) be past meridian or zenith
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insolent; insulting; insubordinate; disobedient;
impertinent; badly behaved; naughty;
discourteous; rude; uncivil
tịḅịfí ̣ n. discourtesy; disrespect; disobedience;
cheekiness; headiness; impertinence;
impetuosity; impetuousness; impudence;
insolence; naughtiness; rudeness; incivility;
sauciness
tịḅịfịḅará adv. saucily; headily; cheekily; impetuously;
impudently; insolently; naughtily; rudely;
impertinently
tịḅịfịnaḅịté ̣ n.m. dr head-tie
tịḅịfịnaweí n.m. dr head-tie
tịḅị gbámọ v.p. accuse; indict; charge; be accused or charged
with
tịḅịgó ̣ n. head side (of bed, etc.)
tịḅị ísị̣ v.p. grow bald or hairless
tịḅị-ísị̣ n. alopecia; baldness
tịḅịkiriebimó ̣ n. dandruff; scurf
tịḅị kịrí ̣ v.p. cut hair
tịḅịkịrí ̣ n. haircut
tịḅịkịrịḅó ̣ n.m. barber; hairdresser
tịḅị kpó ̣ v.p. tie head (with cloth)
tịḅịkpọyé n. dr head-band
tịḅịkpó ̣ a. headstrong
tịḅịkurukurú n. precipitateness
tịḅị lá v.p. come of age; reach maturity
tịḅịlá a. mature
tịḅịlá n. pubescence; arrival at puberty or maturity
tịḅịlẹyé n. capitation, poll tax
tịḅị na otumó ná n.p. head and tail, the essence of a matter
tịḅịnẹngí ̣ a. of higher status
tịḅịnẹngịḅó ̣ n.m.f senior
.
tịḅịnó ̣ n. d headache
tịḅị nyanámọ v.p. monopolize
tịḅị nyọngọmó ̣ prí ̣ v.p. bow down to
tịḅị-okó n. bp skull; cranium
tịḅị-okpokpó n. bp skull; cranium
tịḅị-onongoró n.m. ms masquerade type with very tall head
tịḅịpaga a. successful
tịḅịpagaghá a. unsuccessful
tịḅịpitiyé n. hairpin
tịḅị prí ̣ v.p. give up oneself to chief or deity, for safe-
keeping
tịḅị sín prí ̣ v.p. honour; respect highly; confer dignity upon
tịḅịsínpríye
̣ n. respect
tịḅị sogió v.p. raise head; pillow
tịḅịsogioweí n.m. pillow
tịḅị tịẹmó ̣ v.p. substitute; put in exchange for; replace with
another
tịḅịtịẹmọḅó ̣ n.m.f substitute (person)
.
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tịḅịtongú n. bp occiput; back of head
tịḅịtó ̣ọn a. successful
tịḅịtó ̣ọngha a. unsuccessful
tịḅịyó ̣ n. headquarters; head place
ḍịétịḅị
̣ n. share; portion
gbọrịtịḅí ̣ adv. at this moment; at once; right now; exactly;
absolutely; positively; precisely; entirely;
altogether; outright; quite
kalátịḅịanumo n. hair style
kịẹrịtịḅí ̣ n. one’s self alone
kịẹrịtịḅí ̣ adv. alone
mádụtịḅị-obí n.m. s amphisbaenid snake = dú ̣tịḅịdú ̣tịḅị
tịḅị2 B. life: e.g. ó tịḅị na sụó ̣
‘he entered with his
head’ (i.e. he lost
his life in the
enterprise)
tịḅị2 C. individual: e.g.gbọrịḅọ tịḅí ̣
‘per head, every
individual’
tịḅị2 D. top; knobbed end of nail; maturated part of
boil; upper end of bed, etc.; climax
tịḅị2 pp E. head of fruit or tobacco
tịḅị2 F. chapter; main division of a book; hence tịtarị tịḅí ‘first
̣
chapter’
-tịḅị suf. suffix equivalent to English -ful or -lead: e.g. ẹfẹrẹtịḅí ̣
‘plateful’;
ịngịasítịḅị
̣
‘spoonful’; arụtịḅí ̣
‘canoe-load’
tịẹ1 v.i. stand; maintain upright position; assume
& t. stationary position; be situated; alight; perch;
settle; come to earth from the air; stop; cease
functioning
tịẹ1 n. stand; cessation from motion or progress;
standing
tịẹḅá n.f. the god of standing
tịẹkirí n. specified situation or rank; specified size or
height; standard; degree of excellence or
efficiency, required for particular purpose
tịẹ kụró ̣ v.p. stand fast; stand firm
̣ 1
tịémọ v.t. move to and remain in specified position e.g. anga tịémọ
̣
‘stand to one side;
stand aside’; tongú
tịémọ̣ ‘stand back’;
tọrú ̣gọ or ḅẹlẹụ
tịémọ
̣ ‘stand in
front’
̣ 2
tịémọ v.t. stand before (someone)
tịẹmó1̣ v.t. set upright; erect; bristle (hair) hence ituka tịẹmọ
tịẹmó2̣ v.t. stop doing; bring to an end; bar; hinder; make
a halt or pause; brake
tịẹmó3̣ v.t. provide at one’s expense; e.g. ó irú tịẹmọ wa
prí ‘he
̣ stood us
drinks’
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tịẹmó ̣tịẹmó ̣ a. & (be) prescient
v.i.
tịẹmọndịyé n. tr apparition; ghost
tịẹ prí ̣ v.p. sponsor; stand surety for; be god-father or
god-mother to
tịẹpríḅọ
̣ n.m.f sponsor; surety; god-father or god-mother
.
kekíamọ tịẹ v.p. stand near
koro tịé ̣ v.p. stand down
sigímọ tịẹ v.p. stand aloof, away, clear, aside
sou tịẹ v.p. stand up; arise
tịẹ2 a. of specified height; tall
tịẹ2 n. height; size; dimensions; magnitude; e.g. tịẹkirí
tịẹ tó ̣n v.p. measure height
tịẹ3 n. cock (of gun)
kalátịẹ n. half-cock
opútịẹ n. full-cock
tíkịtí
̣ kị ̣ a. whooping; hence (see kítịkí
̣ tị)
̣
tíkịtí
̣ kị̣ ọlọ
‘whooping cough’
tíkọló
̣ ̣ọ a. short; not tall or long
tíkọlọ́ ̣ọmọ adv. shortly
tíkpọlí ̣ ̣ n.m. ms masquerade type
tịkpó ̣ụ v.i. plop (lightly)
tịkpó ̣ụ n. light plop
tịkpó ̣ụnmọ adv. with a light plop
tíṇ 1 v.t. call; invite; mention; name
tíṇ 1 n. call, invitation
tíṇ irí v.p. misname; call by wrong name
ịrẹ tíṇ v.p. christen
ịrẹtíṇ n. christening
tíṇ 2 v.t. haul; pull; drag; draw
tịn n. t plant, tree, in general
ḍigitịn n. t mahogany tree Khaya ivorensis A.
Chev. (Meliaceae)
tịnḅerí n. tp leaf of plant
tịnḅirí n. tp plant stem; bole; girth; trunk; haulm; stalk
̣ 1
tínẹ v.i. be reeved, threaded, skewered
tínẹ̣ 2 n. fathoms of twine attaching the float to the
sinker and weight on a hook and line
nametịnẹyé n. nerve; sinew, tendon
tịnẹ v.t. thread; reeve; skewer
tịnọ n. t tree sp. yielding a spice called ẹngẹ
ẹngẹtịnó ̣ n. t type of above tree with durable wood and
good spice
ọbọdọgó ̣tịnọ n. t type with soft wood and inferior spice
tíọ̣ int. where?
tíontí
̣ ọn ̣ a. anxious; earnestly desirous
tíontí
̣ ọn ̣ v.i. be anxious or desirous
tíontị́ ọn ̣ n. anxiety; solicitous desire
tíọntí ̣ ọnmọ ̣ adv. anxiously
típaa ̣ a. full to the brim; replete; hence bein tịpa
típaa ̣ v.i. be replete
típaamọ ̣ adv. fully
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tịpú ̣ụ v.i. snip; cut with small quick strokes
tịpú ̣ụmọ adv. with a snip
tịra a. three (when used for qualifying): e.g. tịra kịmí ‘three
̣
people’; tịra ọndé ̣
= 3(400) = 1200;
tịra sí sixty
tịraị num. three (in counting)
tịraịkaramó ̣ a. third; e.g. á tịraị ékí
̣ ‘I
̣
took three’
adv. thirdly
tírịkpí
̣ ị̣ a. massy; solid; weighty
tírịkpí
̣ ịmọ̣ adv. solidly; weightily
tịtarị a. first; former; primary
tịtarịḅẹlẹú ̣ n. the very first
tịtarị koromí g̣ họ adv.p from the beginning
.
tịtarị-ofonipán n. first cockcrow
tịtarịpagá n. bp head
tịté ̣ v.t. excuse
tịtí ̣ a. dumpy; short and stout
tịtímọ ̣ adv. in a dumpy manner
tíyọ
̣ excl. see tíọ̣
adv.
tóḅi v.t. bask in (sun); warm oneself at fire (see also téḅi)
tóforóo v.t. mortify (of corpse); be affected by gangrene
or necrosis
n. mortification; necrosis
tóguru v.i. make mouth movement while chewing
something
n. chewing; mastication
togurú v.t. chew; grind with teeth; masticate; triturate
togurú dẹgẹ v.p. grind to fine powder; masticate thoroughly;
triturate
togurúsịnya n. veins seen moving when the parietal muscles
are chewing
gún togurú v.p. chew the cud; ruminate
toí v.i. engage in fun, games, sport; play; frisk;
gambol
n. fun; sport; amusement; jocularity; drollery;
game; play; jest; lark; frolic; spree; mirth;
merriment; frisk; gambol
toí kọn v.p. stage a play
toítiri n. picnic
toítiri toí v.p. picnic; take part in picnic
kụrọtoí n. athletics
tokímọ v.i. stand on tiptoe
& t.
n. standing on tiptoe
tókoróo a. long-legged (of seat)
tologútologu a. knock-kneed
tólogúu a. long-legged; leggy; lanky
tolótolo n.m. da turkey = kóḅirikóḅiri
tólu v.i. have a hole; be punctured, pierced, pricked
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tólu koro v.p. penetrate and pass through
tólu sụọ v.p. penetrate through or into
tóluyọ n. puncture; pricked hole
tolu1 v.i. issue; appear; emerge; spring, come out; get
through
n. issue; appearance; emergence; mouth of river;
outlet
tolughá v.i. (it) is not through
tolumó ̣ ḍigí v.p. peep; peer; look through narrow aperture;
peep out; look furtively
tolumó ̣ prí ̣ v.p. give furtively or through a narrow passage
ḍugó tolu v.p. pass through or by
yọ tolúmọ v.p. issue forth or out to (a place, house, river,
road, etc.)
tolu2 v.t. make a hole; prick; pierce; puncture; perforate
tolu3 v.t. sharpen a new tool initially
n. such initial sharpening
tolughá a. blunt; without edge; unsharpened
tomátos(i) n. cr tomato <English
tomi n.m. al African palm civer (two-spot palm civet) Nandinia binotata.
[small animal which steals palm-wine] Also recorded as
otome, tomí
tomi n.m. p drunkard
tominí n.pl.p p folks; mankind; humanity; humankind; people
ers.
tomini-amákiri n. world of living men or human beings
tomini-amákiri a. worldly
tominíkiri n. world of living men
tominíkiri a. worldly
tominíkiriḅó ̣ n.m.f p human being (pl. tominíkiri-
. ongú)
tóndio v.i. suffer injury or pain (of existing wound)
tondió v.t. hurt; wound (feelings or existing wounds)
tondoḅaḅió n. bp armpit (see tendeḅaḅió)
tongú n. back; behind; rear
tongúdụ n. behind; rear; hindermost part
tongú wagímọ
̣ v.p. turn or reverse backwards
ḅarátongu n. bp elbow
ḅụọtongú n. bp heel
ọbú ̣tongu n. bp backside; posterior
tịḅịtongú n. bp occiput; back of head
t’óngu excl. which people? (= tọ-óngu)
pron.
toó excl. abusive shout
toó v.i. shout thus
tootó excl. abusive shout
tootó v.i. shout thus
topíi v.i. drip; drop; trickle
& n.
topíimọ adv. with a drip or trickle
topíitopíi v.i. drip continuously
topíitopíimọ adv. drip continuously
tororíi v.i. drip; drop; trickle
& n.
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tororíimọ adv. with a trickle
tororíitororíi v.i. drip continuously
tórotóro v.i. drip-drop; drip persistently
tórotóro n. persistent dripping
tóun v.i. bend; stoop; bow
tóun n. bending; bow; stooping
toún v.t. bend; bow; invert; turn upside down
tounmó ̣ v.t. cause to bend; bow
wagịmó ̣ toún v.p. turn upside down
wagí` tounmó ̣ v.p. turn upside down
tó ̣ excl. how? what? when? where? which? See tó ̣ḅara? how is it?
adv. following: tó ̣dụ? what part?
where? tọ-ífie?
which time? when?
tó ̣gụ n.m.f child; babe; baby;
.
tó ̣gụ kalaí ̣ n.p. little child
tó ̣gụkọrịḅó ̣ n.m.f baby nurse
.
kala tó ̣gụ n.p. small child
tó ̣ị v.i. drip; fall in drops
tó ̣ị n. drip(ping)
tó ̣ịmọ adv. in drips or drops
tó ̣ịtó ̣ị v.i. drip persistently
tó ̣ịtó ̣ị n. persistent dripping
tó ̣ịn1 v.i. drip; fall in drops
tó ̣ịn1 n. drip(ping)
tó ̣ịnmọ1 adv. in drips or drops
tó ̣ịntó ̣ịn1 v.i. drip persistently; be in drips or drops (of
blood, oil, liquid) all over
tó ̣ịntó ̣ịn1 n. continuous drops or dripping
tó ̣ịntó ̣ịnmọ adv. with persistent dripping
tó ̣ịn2 v.i. alight to earth (froma jump, etc.; set or put
foot lightly on something
tó ̣ịnmọ2 adv. lightly; faintly
tó ̣ịntó ̣ịn2 v.i. step lightly continuously
tó ̣kịị v.i. appear first (of moon)
tó ̣kịị n. first appearance (of moon)
tó ̣kịịmọ adv. faintly (of moon)
tọkímọ ̣ v.t. point to, at; direct attention to; appoint;
nominate
tọkịní ̣ n. socks; stockings <English stocking
tó ̣kịtó ̣kị v.i. meddle
tó ̣kịtó ̣kị n. meddling
tọkó ̣ v.t. manage; conduct (with tact)
tó ̣kọọ v.i. stand aloof, away, apart
tó ̣kọọmọ adv. aloof
tó ̣kọró ̣ọ a. long-legged (of chair)
tó ̣kọró ̣ọmọ adv. in a long-legged manner
tọkọró ̣ọ v.i. stray, wander, deviate from the right way
(path, truth)
tọló ̣ v.t. eat
tọlọlí ̣ a. complete
tọlọlímọ ̣ adv. completely
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tọlọmó1̣ v.t. prepare; adjust; dress
odú tọlọmọ v.p. be prepared; prepare oneself
tọlọmó2̣ adv. appreciably; really; properly; (do) particularly
tọlú1̣ n. mesh; interstice of net
tọlú2̣ n. & c single oyster appearing singly on rock or cf. tọlụ-ímgba
a. harder part of mangrove root;
tọlú3̣ n. joint; place by which two bones are fitted
together
tọlú ̣ síin v.p. dislocate; come out of joint
tó ̣lụtó ̣lụ a. perforated; pitted
tọmbịlí ̣ n. tumbler, glass <English
tọn1 v.t. A. measure; ascertain extent or quantity of
(thing) by comparison with fixed unit or with
object of known size; scale; weigh; estimate
relative value or importance by some
standard; ascertain size and proportion of
(person) for clothes
tọnyé1 n. balance; scale; measure
tọn1 B. arrange; plan; scheme; design; contrive;
intend; purpose; mean to; have in mind to;
conceive or form in mind; be of opinion;
expect; think (thought)
tọnyé2 n. arrangement; plan; scheme; design; intention;
contrivance
tọn1 C. order; put in order; regulate; command
thing to be done
ye tó ̣n prí ̣ v.p. regulate or order one’s affairs
tọn v.t. forbid; loathe; detest; abominate; regard with
disgust
tọn-ayé n.pl. forbidden things; menses; monthly periods
ye tó ̣n v.p. menstruate; discharge menses or monthly
periods
tó ̣ndị v.i. be kindled; be lit up
ọtó ̣ndịaḅá n.m. i glow-worm; firefly
tọndí ̣ v.t. light up; kindle; illuminate; set ablaze;
inflame
tó ̣ngható ̣ngha a. several; diverse; sundry; various
tọngó1̣ n. trigger (of gun); pendulum (of clock)
tọngó2̣ n. bp penis; prick (vulgar)
tọngó ̣ pẹlẹ v.p. circumcise (an organ)
tọngó ̣pẹlẹ n. circumcision (of organ)
tọngó ̣pẹlẹghá1 a. uncircumcised
tọngó ̣pẹlẹghá2 n.m. i centipede
pẹlẹghatọngó ̣ n. bp uncircumcised penis
tó ̣nmọ1 v.t. liken; find or point out resemblance in (thing)
to; compare; estimate the similarity of (one
thing with, to, another); contrast; set (two
things, one with another) in opposition, so as
to show their difference
tó ̣nmọyé1 n. comparison
tó ̣nmọ2 v.i. gesticulate; gesture; give idea as to size, etc.,
& t. by movement of limb or body
tó ̣nmọ2 n. gesticulation; gesture
tó ̣nmọ3 v.t. illustrate, make clear, by examples; exemplify
tó ̣nmọyé2 n. illustration; example
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tọntó ̣n a. forbidden; holy; sacred; saint
tọntọnyé n. taboo
tó ̣ọn v.i. imprint shape on; leave impress, imprint, e.g. ḅụọmí kirímị
̣
mark or form on: ghọ tó ̣ọn ‘the foot
left an impress on
the ground’
tọpíị̣ v.i. drip; drop; trickle
& n.
tọpíịmọ
̣ adv. with a drip or trickle
tọpíịtọpí
̣ ị̣ v.i. drip continuously
tọrọríị̣ v.i. drip; drop; trickle
& n.
tọrọríịmọ ̣ adv. with a drip or trickle
tọrọríịtọrọrí
̣ ị̣ v.i. drip continuously
tọrọríịtọrọrí ̣ ịmọ̣ adv. with a continuous drip or trickle
tó ̣rọró ̣ọ v.i. droop; languish; hang down in weariness
tó ̣rọró ̣ọmọ adv. droopingly
tọrọtọró ̣ v.i. drip persistently
tọrọtọró ̣ n. persistent dripping
tọrú1̣ n. A. eye; face
tọrú ̣ ḅa v.p. (of wine) intoxicate
tọrú ̣ ḍigi mịé ̣ v.p. be partial
tọrú ̣ḍigimịé ̣ n. partiality
tọrụ ékị ̣ tụá v.p. keep under observation
tọrụ-ékí ̣ mọ ̣ a. fine; beautiful; attractive
tọrú ̣ féngụ ̣ v.p. swoon; reel; be in a whirl
tọrú ̣féngụ ̣ n. swoon; vertigo; dizziness
tọrú ̣ findi v.p. open eyes; civilize
tọrú ̣fíndi1 n. civilization
tọrú ̣fíndi2 a. grasping; rapacious
tọrú ̣ fụrụmọ v.p. frown; grimace; scowl; wear sullen look
tọrú ̣-gbalịye [?] n. Cyathula prostrata
(Amaranthaceae) =
oḅoriḅolo
tọrú ̣ghọsụọ a. satisfactory
tọrú ̣ghọsụọghá a. unsatisfactory
tọrụ-ígiri n. bf conjunctiva; mucous membrane of the inner
eyelid
tọrụ-íjaka
̣ n. bp eyelash; cilia
tọrụ-íkẹgẹ ̣ n. bp eye-socket bone
tọrụ-ímgbọ ̣ n. bp eyeball
tọrú ̣ kpó ̣ v.p. be bold
tọrú ̣kpó ̣ n. boldness
tọrú ̣kuḅu n. bp face; forehead to chin
tọrú ̣ kụn v.p. be shy
tọrú ̣kụn n. shyness
tọrú ̣ kụró ̣ v.p. be rapacious
tọrú ̣kụró ̣ a. rapacious; grasping
tọrú ̣kụró ̣ n. rapacity
tọrú ̣kụró ̣furu n. marauding; piracy; highway robbery
tọrú ̣kụró ̣furu kọn v.p. engage in piracy and plundering
tọrú ̣ lọkó ̣ v.p. be lenient
tọrú ̣lọkó ̣ n. lenience; leniency
tọrú ̣nungu n. bp eyebrow < ‘eye’ + nungú
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‘glance’
tọrụ-ótoin n. bm sty or stye (in eye)
tọrụ-ó ̣fịrí ̣ a. rapacious
tọrụ-ó ̣fịrí ̣ n. rapacity
tọrụ-ó ̣pịna n. eyelid
tọrú ̣sara a. social
tọrú ̣sara n. sociability
tọrú ̣sarasará n.m. s grass snake
tọrú ̣tụayé n. eyeglass; spectacles
tọrú ̣wei n.m. worm in the eye
ḍigí tọrú ̣ kụrụkụrú ̣ v.i. have mercy upon; be compassionate
ḍigítọrú ̣kụrụkụrú ̣ n. compassion
ḍigí tọrú ̣nó ̣ v.p. be jealous, envious
ḍigítọrú ̣nó ̣ a. envious; jealous
ḍigítọrú ̣nó ̣ n. envy; jealousy
ḍigí tọrú ̣ sín v.p. overlook
B. surface; side; face; appearance; outward
aspect
ḍigítọrụ n. appearance
ebitọrú ̣ n. right side (of cloth); outside of garment
mindítọrụ n. surface of water
seitọrú ̣ n. (of cloth) seamy side; inside of garment
suótọrụ n. firmament; sky
tọrú2̣ n. class; kind; sort; species; type; genus; order;
variety; pattern
tọrú ̣kírị̣ a. different
tọrú ̣kírịkí
̣ rị̣ a. diverse; varied
tọrú3̣ n. method; special form of procedure; order; way
kírịtọrú
̣ ̣ a. of different kind or method
tọrụ n. mt river; large expanse of water
tọrụḍigiyé n. spyglass; binoculars
tọrụ gbé ̣ v.p. pay river dues
tọrụgbé ̣ n. payment of river dues
tọrụkuḅú n. middle of river
tọrụmindí n. river water
tọrú ̣-ogbó n. middle of river; midstream
tọrụ otuó v.p. make collection of river dues
tọrụ-otuó n. collection of river dues
tọrú ̣gọ n. front; frontage; facade
tọrú ̣gọyé n. d scrotitis; orchitis, etc.
tọrú ̣gọye sín v.p. circumcise
tọrú ̣gọyesín n. circumcision
tọsí ̣ n. fg fish-trap
tra a. same as tịra
traị num. same as tịraị
túḅilíi a. plump; plumpy; chubby
túḅilíimọ adv. plumply
túḅo n. well
tuḅo v.t. fix price; bargain
tuḅo n. commerce; trade; business; estimate; price;
cost
tuḅokirí n. factory
tuḅo kó ̣n v.p. engage in trade
tuḅokó ̣n n. trade
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tuḅo kụró ̣ subj. be dear (in price)
+ v.i.
tuḅokụró ̣ n. dearness
tuḅokụrọmó ̣ adv. dearly (of price)
tuḅo lọkó ̣ subj. be cheap (in price)
+ v.i.
tuḅolọkó ̣ n. cheapness
tuḅolọkọmó ̣ adv. cheaply
tuḅo tụá v.p. raise or increase price
tuḅoyaí ̣ n.pl. brideprice paid by husband; dowry
túḅugúu a. dull; not bright
túḅugúumọ adv. dully
tugbé n. stick used in fastening the mouth of ịkọ fish
trap to side screens
túgo v.i. be caulked or corked
tugó v.t. caulk; cork; stopper
tutóye n. caulk; cork; stopper
tugu1 n. bottom; hind-part; base; stump (of tree); root;
end; final or last part
tugu ḅọgó ̣ v.p. be last; be backward
tugudú ̣ a. hind; posterior; situated at the back
tugu ḍugó v.p. follow
tuguḍugoḅó ̣ n.m.f follower; disciple
.
tugughọpaga- n.pl.p posterity
ọwọmá ers.
tugufá1 a. bottomless; baseless; groundless; unfounded
tugu kóro v.p. lag behind; (of liquid) settle
tugukó ̣ a. final; last
tugusụọmó ̣ n. dr drawers; knickers; shorts; underwear; pant
tugu tú ̣a v.p. go backwards
tugu tụá v.p. start the beginning of anything (weaving, etc.)
irútugu n. dregs or lees of wine
tugu2 n. meaning; reason; motive
tugu ḍọgí ̣ v.p. examine; investigate; inquire into; scrutinize
tugufá2 a. meaningless; (idiomatic) tongue cannot tell
tugu nimí v.p. understand; comprehend
tugu3 n. spot where an oracle is consulted
tugu-amá n. tr village in which an oracle is situated
tugu-ará n.f. tr oracle, regarded as a female deity
kalátugu n.f. tr oracle at Awka
opútugu n.f. Aro Long Juju
tugurumó ̣ v.t. push; urge; impel
tugurumó ̣ bịyán v.p. bump
tugurumó ̣ sín v.p. dislodge; push away
kọrọ tugurumó ̣ v.p. push stick to lean against raffia palm for
purposes of climbing and tapping
kọrọtugurumó ̣ n. such pushing of a stick
kọrọtugurumoyé n. stick for climbing raffia palm
tukpáa v.i. plump; plunge
& n.
tukpáamọ adv. with a plunge
tukpáatukpáa v.i. splatter continuously
túkuu a. massive; heaped; high (measure)
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túkuumọ adv. (filled) to a high degree
túlee a. buoyant; protruding
túleemọ adv. buoyantly
tumbi v.t. punt; quant; beat
tumbiyé n. punt-pole; quant
túmbilíi a. plump; plumpy; chubby
túmbilíimọ adv. plumply
tumó1̣ v.t. appease; quiet; soothe; pacify; satisfy
tun1 v.t. chant; sing
n. chanting; singing
numo tún v.p. sing a song
tun2 n. dr hat; outdoor head covering
tunḅiriḅoloyé n. dr puggaree
amanyanaḅọtún n. crown
tundu n. la hill; mound; mountain
tundutundú a. hilly; mountainous
kalátundu n. la hill
opútundu n. la mountain
túndurúu a. high as a mountain
túngbo1 v.i. incline; lean back; list (of canoe, etc.); bend
túngbomọ adv. in an inclined way
túngbo2 n. small screens for damming sides of creek
tungbó v.t. cause to list or bend; same as tungbomó ̣
tungbómọ v.i. be bent or inclined (as result of having been
bent)
tungbomó1̣ v.t. cause to incline
tungbomó2̣ v.t. careen; turn boat on one side for clearing or
caulking
tunwan n. f mullet sp. (‘the large mullet’) family Mugilidae.
cf. abaraká,
akú ̣rọ,
ḅụọḅakalamọ,
gbulu, ịdẹgé,̣
mó ̣ngịnị
turu n. (iron) nail
túrukúu a. massive
túrukúumọ adv. massively
tuu v.i. hoot; toot
n. hoot(ing); toot(ing)
túutúu a. & (become) flatulent, inflated, puffed up, windy
v.i. (of belly)
túutúumọ adv. flatulently
tuutuú v.i. make sound as of steam engine
tuutuúmọ adv. with steaming sound as of engine
tuwáin v.i. hiss; make loud hissing sound as when liquid
is poured on fire or heated object
tuwáinmọ adv. with a hiss
tuwein n. caulk; cotton or fibre material for stopping
leaks
tú ̣a1 v.t. clothe; put clothes upon; wear; e.g. ḅịté ̣ tú ̣a
tú`a2 v.t. snuff; sniff (tobacco); hence ḍiri tú ̣a ‘snuff
tobacco’
tú ̣aḍirí n. snuff; powdered tobacco for snuffing
tú ̣a3 occurs in:
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ó ̣bụ tú ̣a v.p. back water; go astern; move backwards
ó ̣bụtú ̣a n. going astern; backing water; moving
backwards
tugu tú ̣a v.p. move backwards, etc.
tugutú ̣a n. going backwards, etc.
tụá v.t. A. put (something into); e.g. ẹkị akpá ghọ
tụá ‘put into a bag’
B. stuff; fill; e.g. stuff cushion with cotton,
etc.
C. add (into something); hence mindí tụa, puló
tụa, fụ tụá ‘add
water, oil, salt’;
nama tụá ‘add
more meat’
tụáyọ n. addition
ft D. set fish trap e.g. ẹkẹré ̣ tụa,
ibóro tụa, ịkọ tụá
E. mark (with identification mark); e.g. lelegimó ̣ tụa
F. write, register (name in a book); hence ḍiri ghọ ịrẹ
tụá
G. enact; ordain; decree; e.g. ologo tụá
‘enact a law’
H. inflict; lay on (wound); e.g. ịnọ ékị
̣ tụá
‘inflict wound on’
I. set; join; attach; fix (broken leg); e.g. ḅụọ tụá ‘set
leg’
yọtụaḅó ̣ n.m.f p bone-setter
.
J. darn; mend; hence ḅịté ̣ tụa
K. include, put in, as part of a whole
L. bear; produce (fruit, etc.); hence beinyaị tụá
M. with; along with; in company with; in (equiv. of Eng.
conjunction with; prep.) e.g. o ékị
̣ tụá
ḅo ‘come along
with him; o ékị̣ tú ̣a
ḅo ‘he brought
along with him; o
ékị
̣ tụá kịéṇ ‘make
him be numbered
with (them)’; o ékị̣
tuá kịéṇ ‘he
numbered (it) along
with (others)’; etc.
tụámọ1 adv. in company; together e.g. eín tụámọ fé ̣
‘they bought in
company or
together’
N . In derived words and phrases:
tụámọ v.t. tempt or incite to do evil; beguile; delude;
seduce
tụámọye n. temptation (pl. tụámọyaí)̣
tụamó ̣ v.t. put fire; kindle
tụá siín v.p. put off
tụá timị v.p. stay with; nurture; foster
tụáya v.i. hook or engage one another in the crook of e.g. eín tụáya ḅó
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arm; ‘they came arm in
arm’
ḅará tụa v.p. assist; help (lit; "put hand")
tịḅị tụá v.p. start the preparation of the head of a
masquerade or the beginning of woven
material, as mat, screen, etc.
tịḅịtụá n. start of such preparation
tugu tụá v.p. start the head of a net, woollen material, etc.
tugutụá n. head of a net, etc.
tụá2 n. time e.g. mí tụa
̣ ‘this
time’; aní tụa
̣ ‘that
time’; pí tụa
̣ ‘the
other time’; tịtarị
tụá ‘first time’
tú ̣ḅara? int. How? = tó ̣ḅara
tụḅará n.m. m antelope sp.; sitatunga Tragelaphus spekei
[sclater]
tú ̣ḅọ excl. who?
pron.
tú ̣ḅọ tú ̣ḅọ ka n.p. whoever; whosoever
tụḅụ n. end, especially of creek; hence okólo tụḅú ̣
tụḅụr`ụ v.i. go against tide
n. going against tide
tụḅụrụmó ̣ v.t. stem against tide or current
ḅió tụḅụrụmó ̣ v.p. cause one’s gorge to rise at; sicken; excite
loathing or indignation
tú ̣kẹréẹ̣ a. short; curt; terse
tú ̣kẹréẹmọ ̣ adv. curtly; tersely
tú ̣kịníị̣ a. tiny; very small; smallish
tú ̣kịníịmọ̣ adv. in a smallish way
tụkịníyọ ̣ n. pinch
tụkpá n. lamp; light
tụkpáde n.m. i insect that hovers around light at night
tụkpáa v.t. plunge lightly
tụkpáa n. light plump or plunge
tụkpáamọ adv. with a sudden plump
tụkpáatụkpáa v.i. splutter; make continuous splashing sound (in
water)
tụkpáatụkpáa n. continuous splash or splutter
tú ̣kụụ a. protrusive
tú ̣kụụmọ adv. protrusively
tú ̣lẹẹ a. protruding; buoyant
tú ̣lẹẹmọ adv. buoyantly (of floating body in water or pot-
bellied man)
tụléẹtụlé
̣ ẹ̣ a. buoyant; springy
tụléẹtụlé
̣ ẹmọ
̣ adv. buoyantly
tú ̣ndụrú ̣ụ a. humped; humpy; hunched
tú ̣ndụrú ̣ụmọ adv. with a hump
tụngbá n. finger (of plantain or banana); claws or legs
(of crabs)
ábangátụngba n. fr finger of plantain
ídutụngbá n. fr finger of banana
olútụngba n. fp claw of crab
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opútụngba n. fp prehensile claw of crab, crayfish, etc.; chela
tú ̣ọ v.i. A. be cooked
tú ̣ọ B. swelter; be moist or languid with heat; e.g. á tú ̣ọyó ‘I am
sweltering’
tú ̣ọ n. swelter; sweltering atmosphere
odú tú ̣ọ v.p. perspire; sweat; exude sweat
tụó ̣ v.t. cook; seethe
tụó ̣ n. cooking; seething
tụrú ̣ a. foul-smelling; hence
tụrụ-éke n.m. m N igerian musk shrew Crocidura nigeriae.
cf. ịsụ
tụrụríị̣ a. trickly
tụrụríị̣ v.i. trickle; pour out in drops
tụrụríịmọ̣ adv. with a trickle
tú ̣ụ v.i. hiss
& n.
tú ̣ụmọ adv. with a hiss
tụwáịn v.i. sizzle; make sputtering sound as in frying
tụwáịn n. sizzle; sputtering
tụwáịnmọ adv. with a sizzle
tụwẹịn v.t. present food, etc., to woman at childbirth
according to N embe custom (done by the
husband or his representative); hence
ịrátụwẹịn n. customary presentation of food, etc., at
childbirth, by husband to woman
tụwénị
̣ n. cord; twine <English twine)

U.

ubé n. fr African pear Pachybolus edulis

(<Igbo)
udára n. fr star apple (<Igbo)
uú v.i. echo; resound with an echo; repeat by echo
n. echo
úuu v.i. flow impetuously or fast; rush (as rainwater in
a gutter)
n. rush; violent flow (of water); noise of quarrel,
wave, etc., heard from a distance
úuumọ adv. with a rush

Ụ.

ú ̣ụụ v.i. flow impetuously (as water) to create

murmuring sound; sweep fast (as rain storm)
to produce similar sound; rush
n. rush; violent flow or sound (of rain storm or
murmuring stream) heard from a distance
ú ̣ụụmọ adv. with a rush

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V.

váa1 v.i. fall rapidly on something to create a

continuous rattling sound; rush
váamọ1 adv. with a continuous rattling sound
váa a. quick; rapid; swift
váamọ2 adv. quickly; rapidly
vadáị2 v.i. splash; bespatter
n. splash
vadáịmọ adv. with a splash
vadavadá v.i. spatter
vadavadámọ adv. spatteringly
vádu, vadúu v.i. spout or sputter heavily
vádumọ adv. with a loud spout
váduvádu v.i. spout continuously
váduvádumọ adv. with a continuous spouting; sputteringly
vádụ, vadú ̣ụ v.i. spout or sputter lightly
vádụmọ adv. with a light sputter
vádụvádụ v.i. sputter or gurgle lightly and continuously
vádụvádụmọ adv. with a light gurgle
váii v.i. rush; speed
n. rushing; speeding
váiimọ adv. with a rush
vaivaí a. affecting skin with pricking sensation;
irritative; pungent; piquant
v.i. give acute pain on the skin
n. irritation; piquancy; pungency
vaivaímọ adv. irritatingly; pungently; piquantly
váịị v.i. rush; flow fast; speed
váịịmọ adv. with speed; fast
vakapúu v.i. make sound as of object being drawn from the
roots
n. such sound
vakapúumọ adv. with a loud cloop
valúu a. protrudent; protrusive
v.i. protrude; stick out
valúumọ adv. protrudently; protrusively
valuvalu v.i. purl; flow with whirling motion and babbling
sound (of brook)
n. purl; whirling motion and babbling sound
valuvalumọ adv. with a purl
valú ̣ụ a. slightly protrusive
v.i. stick out slightly
valú ̣ụmọ adv. in a slightly protrusive manner
valụvalú ̣ v.i. flow with slightly whirling motion and
babbling sound
n. slight whirling motion and babbling sound
vamútu n. hurricane lamp
vamúu v.i. spring or jump up violently
n. fling; violent spring
vamúumọ adv. with a violent spring
vamú ̣ụ v.i. spring lightly and suddenly
vamú ̣ụmọ adv. with a light spring
vángavúngu n. long throwing-stick
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vapúu v.i. pull out stridently and loudly; pop (e.g. of
cork)
vapúumọ adv. stridently (of pull)
vapúuvapúu v.i. pull out stridently and loudly and
continuously
vapúuvapúumọ adv. with a continuous strident pull
vapú ̣ụ v.i. disappear; vanish
vapú ̣ụmọ adv. vanishingly
vapú ̣ụvapú ̣ụ v.i. pull stridently but less loudly; flicker as a
heated light
vapú ̣ụvapú ̣ụmọ adv. with a less strident pull; flickeringly
vasíi v.i. splash or spatter heavily
n. heavy splash or spatter
vasíimọ adv. with a heavy splash
vasíivasíi v.i. spout in heavy spray; pull and make water
spray heavily in the air
vasíivasíimọ adv. with a spray of water
vasíị̣ v.i. splash or spatter lightly
n. light splash or spatter
vasíịmọ
̣ adv. with a light splash
vasíịvasí
̣ ị̣ v.i. spray lightly; pull and make water spray
slightly
vasíịvasí
̣ ịmọ
̣ adv. with a light spray
vidáa a. firm (of hold)
vidáamọ adv. firmly
vidividí a. streaming with tears
vidividímọ adv. with streaming tears
víi v.i. speed; veer
n. speeding; veering
víimọ adv. with speed; veeringly
víivíi v.i. speed; rush
& n.
víivíimọ adv. speedily
vimúu v.i. make sudden strong pull away from
somebody’s grip
n. such sudden strong pull
vimúumọ adv. with a strong pull
vimúuvimúu a. pull strongly and continuously
vimúuvimúumọ adv. with a strong continuous pull
vinínga n. vinegar <English
virikáa v.i. stand up abruptly as if startled
virikáamọ adv. abruptly (of stand)
viriríi v.i. enter smartly
n. smart entry
viriríimọ adv. with a rush
vírivíri a. hasty; hurried
v.i. make haste; hurry up
vírivírimọ adv. hastily; hurriedly
virivirí a. itching; irritating; irritative
v.i. give acute pain on the skin; irritate
n. irritation
virivirímọ adv. irritatingly
viyáa v.i. spit hard upon
viyáamọ adv. in a violent manner
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viyái v.i. flog hard
viyáimọ adv. in a hard manner
viyó v.i. become completely clear of (some skin
disease)
viyómọ adv. scrupulously
vịáa v.i. flog smartly and lightly
vịáamọ adv. smartly and lightly
vịdịvịdí ̣ a. puddly
vịdịvịdímọ ̣ adv. in a puddle
vịdịvịdíyọ ̣ n. puddle
víịị̣ v.i. speed; rush
& n.
víịịmọ
̣ adv. speedily
vịmú ̣ụ v.i. snatch; seize quickly; make sudden strong
pull from someone’s grip
vịmú ̣ụmọ adv. with a quick snatch
vịmú ̣ụvịmú ̣ụ a. with a quick, irregular motion
vịmú ̣ụvịmú ̣ụmọ adv. quickly and irregularly
vịrịvịríị̣ v.i. enter into a hole smartly
vịrịvịríịmọ̣ adv. smartly (of entry)
vịú ̣ụ v.i. whiz or whizz
& n.
vịú ̣ụmọ adv. with a whizz
vịyáa v.i. spit lightly but sharply upon
vịyáamọ adv. in a light but sharp manner
vịyáị v.i. flog lightly but sharply
vịyáịmọ adv. in a light but sharp manner
vodoróo v.i. fall out in a lump (as shellfish)
vodoróomọ adv. in a lump
vondoróo v.i. fall out in lump (as mucus)
vondoróomọ adv. in a lump
vóo a. plentiful
vóomọ adv. plentifully
vóon a. open (of hole); unsheathed; bare
vóonmọ adv. openly; barely
vóoo v.i. fall to earth in a single go
vóoomọ adv. in a single go
voropúu v.i. sink into something soft
voropúumọ adv. with a sound of sinking into something soft
vosíi v.i. crash
& n.
vosíimọ adv. with a crash
vó ̣dị v.i. be squeezed
vọdí ̣ v.t. squeeze
n. squeezing
vó ̣ọọ v.i. commence at one go (of rain, laugh, cry, etc.)
vó ̣ọọmọ adv. with one accord, pitch, tone
vọró ̣ v.t. flog; beat with stick; thrash
vọsíị̣ v.i. crash lightly
n. light crash
vọsíịmọ
̣ adv. with a light crash
vọvó ̣ a. lively; interesting; exciting
n. liveliness
vọvó ̣mọ adv. in a lively way
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vudá v.i. generate matter; suppurate; discharge pus; be
purulent
vudámọ adv. purulently
vudamó ̣ v.t. cause to suppurate
vudáyo a. purulent; discharging pus
vúguvúgu a. (rage) violent; petulant; peevishly impatient or
irritable
v.i. rage; rave; speak furiously or madly (of
person, storm)
vúgúvúgu loló n.p. violent anger; petulance
vúguvúgumọ adv. petulantly; peevishly
vukpáa v.i. spring with force
vukpáamọ adv. with a spring
vúla v.i. eddy; swirl
& n.
vúlamọ adv. with a swirl or an eddy
vuláa v.i. flare up; kindle; flash
n. flare; flash
vuláamọ adv. with a flash
vuláavuláa v.i. flicker; flash; eddy
& n.
vuláavuláamọ adv. flickeringly; with a swirl
vúle v.i. be induced
vulé v.t. induce; persuade; prevail on
vúngala v.i. swagger
& n.
vúngalamọ adv. swaggeringly
vuráan v.i. make short running sound amongst trees or
grasses
vuráanmọ adv. with a short running sound
vuráanvuráan v.i. make continuous short runs amongst grasses
vurán v.i. slash; make a rough cut
vúrangáa a. thick; overgrown
vúrangáamọ adv. thickly
vúrukúu a. thick; shaggy
vúrukúumọ adv. thickly; shaggily
vúu v.i. veer; change direction of boat forcefully;
change course of walk, etc.; finish; blow hard
(as storm)
vúumọ adv. veeringly
vú ̣dụgú ̣ụ a. plump; filled out; fleshy
v.i. become plump
vú ̣dụgú ̣ụmọ adv. plumply
vụdụgú ̣ụ v.i. enter sloppily into ditch; squelch
vụdụgú ̣ụmọ adv. sloppily; squelchily
vụdụgú ̣vụdụgú ̣ a. sloppy (of road); wet with rain; full of puddles
n. sloppiness; squelchiness
vụdụgú ̣vụdụgú ̣mọ adv. sloppily
vụkpáa v.i. spring lightly
vụkpáamọ adv. with a light spring
vụkú ̣ụ v.i. leave; go away from, recede, slightly
vụkú ̣ụmọ adv. slightly (of movement)
vụláa v.i. enter smartly
vụláamọ adv. smartly (of entry)
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vú ̣ngala v.i. swagger
& n.
vú ̣ngalamọ adv. swaggeringly
vú ̣ngaláa v.i. wave momentarily; return abruptly
vú ̣ngaláamọ adv. with momentary wave (of tail)
vụráan v.i. make slight jumping sound amongst grasses
of trees
vụráanmọ adv. with a slight jumping sound
vụráanvụráan v.i. make continuous slight running sound among
grasses
vuráanvụráanmọ adv. with continuous short running sound
vụrán v.i. slash; make rough cut
vú ̣rụkú ̣ụ a. (of face) fierce; angry-looking; gloomy (of
weather)
v.i. become gloomy or fierce-looking
vú ̣rụkú ̣ụmọ adv. fiercely

W.

wá v.i. be flooded or filled to overflowing (of river or

container)
wáḅá n. time of spring tide when water stays full till
break of day
wamó ̣ v.t. cause to overflow, overbrim, inundate or
deluge
wá sára v.p. overflow; overbrim
wa1 pron. subject form of 1st person plural pronoun; we; e.g. wa ḅoyó ‘we
are coming’
wa2 pron. object form of 1st person plural pronoun, us; e.g. wa léẹ̣ ‘flog us’
wa3 pron. possessive form of 1st person plural pronoun;
our; of or belonging to us
wayé n. ours; our thing; our own
waweí n. ours; our own
wáa v.i. make continuous sound as of light rain rattling
on something or of water running after a
breaker has dashed on the shore
wáamọ adv. with such continuous sound
wáa2 v.i. make sound as of waterfall pouring out its
water; splash; gush; issue in copious stream
wáamọ2 adv. gushingly
wáa3 v.i. make continuous sound as of something being
torn or rent
n. such continuous sound
wáamọ3 adv. with a tearing sound
wáa4 excl. are you sure ....? e.g. ị ḅonyú ̣ wáa?
‘are you sure you
will come?’
wáan v.i. make sound (as) of pot about to boil
n. such sound
wáanmọ adv. with a hissing sound
wanmó ̣ v.t. steam lightly
waḅúu v.t. snap; bite or break off heavily
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waḅúumọ adv. with a snap
waḅú ̣ụ v.t. break off lightly
& i.
waḅú ̣ụmọ adv. with a light snap
wága v.i. be shaken
wagá v.i. be tossed, swayed, rocked
n. swaying or rocking motion
wagalá1 v.t. rock; toss; sway
wagalá2 v.t. rinse; swill; flush; pour water over or through
wagíiwagíi v.i. sprawl
& n.
wagíiwagíimọ adv. with a sprawl
wágị v.i. A. return; come or go back
n. return; going back
B. be turned round; be rotated, revolved,
deflected, diverted, stirred, converted
n. conversion
gbá wagí ̣ v.p. convert; evangelize; win over to Christianity
wagí ̣ v.t. A. turn; turn round; revolve; rotate; turn aside;
deflect; divert; stir; turn (tubular organ) inside
out
wagímọ
̣ v.t. turn towards a specified direction - right, left
or about
wagịmó ̣ v.t. return; give or pay back or in return. May e.g. wagịmó ̣ gbá
precede many verbs to give the meaning of ‘retell’ wagịmó ̣ ḅo
the English prefix re-, back, once, more, ‘bring back’
again, anew, afresh (often with implication wagịmó ̣ gé ̣
that previous doing, etc., was deficient or ‘rewrite’, etc.
erroneous or now requires alteration or
improvement or renewal)
B. twist the teeth of saw alternately for sawing
n. slight turn in the teeth of saw
C. trick someone so as to capture two or more
pieces at the same time; trick and turn down
an opponent in wrestling
n. trick in draughts or wrestling
wágulúu a. stodgy; bulging
n. stodginess
wágulúumọ adv. in a bulging manner
wágurúu a. baggy; puffed out
n. bagginess
wagúruwagúru a. baggy; bulging (of clothes)
wágụlú ̣ụ a. bulging (out)
v.i. bulge out
wágụlú ̣ụmọ adv. in a bulging way
wáịn1 v.i. twang; clank
& n.
wáịnmọ1 adv. with a clank or twang
wáịn2 v.i. sizzle; sputtering sound
& n.
wáịnmọ2 adv. with a sizzle
waíṇ v.t. abrade; graze; scrape
wakárawakára, a. dry and rough
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wála conj. whether
walaḅáa v.i. fiddle (as crab); make aimless movement
walaḅáamọ adv. in an aimless manner
walágị v.i. be scattered
walagí ̣ v.t. turn over; scatter
waláị v.i. fiddle (as crab); make aimless movement
waláịmọ adv. aimlessly (of movement)
wálaláa a. flat; shallow
wálaláamọ adv. shallowly
walawalá v.i. move up and down, to and fro, in all
directions; surge
n. surging motion
walawalámọ adv. with a surge
wáluu a. bulging
v.i. bulge (largely)
n. large bulge
wáluumọ adv. with a bulge
wáluwálu v.i. leak out (as water); gush
wáluwálumọ adv. gushingly
wálụụ v.i. bulge (slightly)
n. slight bulge
wamịní ̣ pron. we (emphatic) subject form of 1st
person plural long
pronoun;
wan n.m. m Maxwell’s duiker Cephalophus
Maxwelli
wanáịn v.i. sprinkle; scatter in small drops or particles
n. sprinkling
wanáịnmọ adv. with a sprinkle
wananáa v.i. dart; whip; appear suddenly in some direction
wananáamọ adv. with a dart
wánawána v.i. tingle; feel pricking sensation
wánawánamọ adv. with a tingling sensation
wángala v.i. be flushed or swilled
wangalá v.t. rinse; flush; swill
wanmúu v.i. smart; rankle; give intermittent pain
wanmúuwanmúu v.i. rankle; give constant pain
a. shooting (of pain)
wanmúuwanmúum adv. shootingly
ọ
wanmú ̣ụ1 v.i. enter in nostrils faintly, i.e. perceive smell
faintly
wanmú ̣ụmọ1 adv. faintly
wanmú ̣ụ2 v.i. snatch; seize quickly
wanmú ̣ụmọ2 adv. with a snatch
wanmú ̣ụwanmú ̣ụ a. given to snatching
wanwán v.i. become lively
wanwánmọ adv. smartly
wára v.i. be scratched or abraded; be free of stem
attachment (as palms)
wará v.t. abrade; scratch; score
waraḅúu v.i. be shattered or snapped
waraḅúumọ adv. with a snap
waraḅú ̣ụ v.i. snap sharply
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waraḅú ̣ụmọ adv. with a sharp snap
warasíi v.i. tread heavily so as to cause things to snap
loudly; dig or prick forcefully
warasíimọ adv. with a heavy tread
warasíị̣ v.i. tread lightly so as to cause things to snap
faintly; dig or prick sharply
warasíịmọ
̣ adv. snap sharply
warawará1 a. coarse, not soft (grain)
warawarámọ1 adv. coarsely
warawará2 v.i. rattle
warawarámọ2 adv. with a rattle
wáriwári v.i. hurry; move with undue or great haste
n. hurry; undue haste
wáriwárimọ adv. hurriedly
warí1̣ n. A. dwelling house; coop; nest
warị-áye n.pl. penates; household gods
waríḅọlọ
̣ n.m. r gecko = ḅó ̣lọ
waríkirị n. floor; building site
warínyana-ará
̣ n.f. p mistress; landlady
warínyanaḅó ̣ ̣ n.m.f p owner of house; landlord or landlady (pl. warínyana-
̣
. ongú)
warị-óngu n.pl.p p house-people
ers.
warínyana-oweí
̣ n.m. p landlord
warítugu
̣ n. household
akámawarí ̣ n. apiary; beehive
egélewarí ̣ n. bird’s nest
ikoliwarí ̣ n. prison; gaol
ịsọnọwarí ̣ n. ants’ nest
ofoniwarí ̣ n pen; mat roof of canoe
omoniwarí ̣ n. house of bondage
opóropówarị n. piggery; sty
otóngoiwarí ̣ n. wasps’ nest
otongbolowarí ̣ n.m. mosquito net
ovinwarí ̣ n. cattle-pen
p B. the people living in a house; a family or
household; the unilineal descendants of a
family or household living together as a
corporate group, and including any other
relatives, strangers, and slaves who may be
attached to the household
warí ḍ a v.p. hold office as titular chief of a household
warídaḅó
̣ ̣ n.m. p titular chief
warí2̣ n. piece (of cloth)
ḅịtéwarị
̣ n. piece of cloth
wáruu a. bulging sideways; oblate
wáruumọ adv. in a bulging way
wása v.i. be dispersed; be scattered
wásamọ adv. scatteringly; stragglingly
wasá v.t. scatter; strew; spread; disperse; dismiss;
circulate; straggle
wasámọ v.t. scatter over; straggle over (a place)
wasamó ̣ v.t. spread; strew; scatter
wásaa v.i. spray; fly in spray (as liquid)
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wásaamọ adv. in a spray
wásawása a. in a spray
v.i. issue in showers
wasíi v.i. pierce heavily or forcefully
wasíimọ adv. forcefully (piercing)
wasíị̣ v.i. pierce sharply
wasíịmọ̣ adv. sharply (piercing)
wáya n. bird sp. (unidentified) = wóya (cf. ọyaya)
wée a. fast (of current)
v.i. run fast (of current)
wéemọ adv. fast
wégeláa a. wide (of container)
wégeláamọ adv. widely
wégerée a. baggy; not tight
wégeréemọ adv. widely
wegerewegeré, a. roomy; not tight
wegeréwegere
n. roominess, commodiousness
wegerewegerémọ adv. widely
wéguláa a. wide (of container)
wéguláamọ adv. widely
wéguráa a. baggy; not tight
wéguráamọ adv. widely
wei n.m. "what-do-you-call-it"; thingamy; thingummy
-wei suff. suffix often added to verb (phrase) to form e.g. munú ‘sleep’,
instrumental noun munúwei ‘bed’;
tịḅị sogió ‘raise
head’, tịḅịsogioweí
‘pillow’; wẹwé ̣
‘pare away’;
wẹwéweị ‘plane’;
etc. Such nouns are
masculine
wékekáa a. having gaps; gapped
v.i. become full of gaps
wékekáamọ adv. in gaps
wékekée a. having gaps; gapped
v.i. become full of gaps
wékekéemọ adv. in gaps
wekelée v.i. lurch; jerk suddenly to one side (of something
open, e.g. canoe, plate)
n. lurch; jerk to one side
wekeléemọ adv. with a lurch
wekélewekéle, a. unsteady (of canoe)
wekeléwekele
wekélewekélemọ adv. unsteadily (of canoe)
wélekée a. empty; devoid of (inmates)
wélekéemọ adv. emptily
wélekpáa a. empty; open
wélekpáamọ adv. emptily; openly
wélekpée a. empty; open
wélekpéemọ adv. emptily; openly
wéleláa a. wide (of entrance)
wéleláamọ adv. widely
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wélelée a. wide
wéleléemọ adv. widely
wémbe n.m. small rat
wenáa v.i. flash; blaze
& n.
wenáamọ adv. with a flash or blaze
wénawéna, a. flashing
wenáawenáa
wénawénamọ adv. in flames
wengeráa v.i. startle; glance about (of eyes)
wengeráamọ adv. with a sudden glance
wengeráawengeráa v.i. glance suddenly and continuously
wengeráawengeráa adv. with a continuous sudden glance (of eyes)
mọ
wereweré a. thirsty; parched
v.i. thirst; feel thirst
n. thirst
werewerémọ adv. thirstily
wesáa v.i. spray; fly in spray (as liquid)
wesáamọ adv. in spray
wetáan v.i. fall in big sheet (as cloth on someone)
wetáanmọ adv. in a tangle
wetáanwetáan v.i. straggle; get dispersed (cloth)
wetanwetán a. straggly
wetanwetánmọ adv. stragglingly
wéḅẹ́ ̣ v.t. say; said so (wó ̣-ḅé)̣
wéẹ̣ v.i. flow in slowly or lightly
wéẹmọ̣ adv. slowly (of flow of tide)
wéịn ̣ a. small; tiny
wẹké ̣ v.t. grind; whet; strop; file
wẹkẹléẹ̣ v.i. lurch (e.g. of small canoe or plate)
& n.
wẹkẹléẹmọ
̣ adv. with a lurch
wẹkẹléwẹkẹlẹ,
̣ a. (of canoe) unsteady
wẹkélẹwẹké
̣ lẹ
̣
wẹkẹléwẹkẹlẹmọ
̣ adv. unsteadily
wékẹrẹ
̣ adv. now; in the immediate past; at length; then;
just
wẹkẹwẹké ̣ v.t. file; grind; strop; whet
wẹlẹgíwẹlẹgị,
̣ a. incoherent (of speech)
wẹlégịwẹlé
̣ gị
̣
v.i. babble; talk incoherently
n. babbling
wẹlẹgíwẹlẹgịmọ
̣ adv. incoherently
wélẹlé
̣ ẹ̣ a. shallow (dish, mind, etc.); flat
v.i. become shallow or flat
n. shallowness
wélẹlé
̣ ẹmọ
̣ adv. shallowly; flatly
wẹlẹwẹlé1̣ a. conspicuous; clear
wẹlẹwẹlémọ̣ 1 adv. conspicuously; clearly
wẹlẹwẹlé2̣ a. loquacious
v.i. talk excessively
n. loquaciousness; loquacity
̣ 2
wẹlẹwẹlémọ adv. loquaciously
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wẹnẹwẹné ̣ a. fine; thin; tiny
wẹnẹwẹnémọ ̣ adv. finely; thinly
wénsẹnwé
̣ nsẹn
̣ a. drizzly
v.i. drizzle
& n.
wénsẹnwé
̣ nsẹnmọ
̣ adv. drizzlingly
wẹnsẹnwẹnséṇ a. fringed
wẹnsẹnwẹnsénmọ
̣ adv. in fringes
wérẹwé
̣ rẹ
̣ a. (of speaker, speech) glib; fluent; garrulous;
loquacious; voluble; (of some soils) crumbly;
offering no resistance
v.i. talk fluently or quickly
n. glibness; volubility
wérẹwé
̣ rẹmọ
̣ adv. glibly; fluently; volubly
wẹrẹnwẹréṇ a. clean; free from dirt; unsoiled; free of
ceremonial defilement
v.i. be clean
n. cleanness
wẹrẹnwẹrénmọ
̣ adv. cleanly; in a clean way
wérụụ
̣ a. oblate; swelling sideways
v.i. swell from the side
wérụụmọ
̣ adv. oblately
wẹwé ̣ v.t. plane; pare away; shave
wẹwé ̣ sará v.p. pare off; plane
wẹwésara-áye
̣ n.pl. shavings; dross
wẹwéwei ̣ n.m. plane
wiḅúu v.i. break crisply
wiḅúumọ adv. crisply
wígiwígi a. (of handling) rough; violent
v.i. be rough with (in handling)
wígiwígimọ adv. roughly (handling)
wíi a. furious; uncontrolled; frantic
wíimọ adv. furiously; frantically
wíin1 n. wine <English
wíin2 excl. Hmph! (expresses doubt or dissatisfaction)
v.i. use such an expression
wíki1 n. wick (of lamp) <English
wíki2 n. week; period of seven days <English
wílilíi v.i. become bare of bark, peeled
wílilíimọ adv. wanly; whitishly
wílipúu v.i. rise with alternate falls; heave (as waves, etc.)
n. heaving; heave
wílipúumọ adv. with a heave
wiliwilí a. wan, bloodless and whitish (of wound)
v.i. become bare of bark, peeled
wiliwilímọ adv. wanly
winmúu v.i. make rude gesture with pursed-up lips
winyáa v.i. spread on top of water (as kerosene)
winyáamọ adv. with a flash
winyawinyá a. volatile; evaporating rapidly (as petrol and
some types of varnish
wiri n.m.f clever, cunning person
.
wiriḅúu v.i. snip; cut in quick strokes
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n. snip
wiriḅúumọ adv. snippingly
wiriḅúuwiriḅúu v.i. make loud, continuous chipping, mowing, or
clawing sound; snip continuously
wirisíi v.i. excrete with a loud noise
wirisíimọ adv. loudly and noisily (excretion)
wíriwíri v.i. hurry; move with haste
wíriwírimọ adv. hurriedly; hastily
wisíi v.i. burst with force (as of a turgid substance)
wisíimọ adv. forcefully; with a splash
wíyaa a. simpering
v.i. simper; smile affectedly
wíyaamọ adv. simperingly
wịḅú ̣ụ v.i. crisp; break crisply
wịḅú ̣ụmọ adv. crisply
wịḅú ̣ịwịḅú ̣ụ a. crisp; brittle
n. crispness
wịḅú ̣ụwịḅú ̣ụmọ adv. crisply
wígịwí
̣ gị̣ v.i. be busy aimlessly with
wígịwí
̣ gịmọ
̣ adv. aimlessly (in writing, working)
wịlịlíị̣ v.i. slip; slide
& n.
wịlịlíịmọ
̣ adv. with a slip or slide
wịlịlíịwịlịlí
̣ ị̣ a. slippery; slippy; slimy
n. slipperiness
wịlịlíịwịlịlí
̣ ịmọ
̣ adv. slipperily
wịnkíị̣ v.i. squeak
& n.
wịnkíịmọ
̣ adv. squeakily
wịnkíịwịnkí
̣ ị̣ a. squeaky
v.i. squeak continuously
n. continuous squeaking
wịnmú ̣ụ v.i. scratch someone to draw his attention
wịnmú ̣ụmọ adv. with a scratch
wịnrịkáa v.i. start; make sudden movement
n. sudden start or movement
wịnrịkáawịnrịkáa a. restless; fidgeting
v.i. move restlessly about; fidget
wịnrịkíị̣ v.i. squeak
& n.
wịnrịkíịwịnrịkí
̣ ị̣ a. squeaky
wịnrịkíịwịnrịkí
̣ ịmọ̣ adv. squeakily
wịnyáa a. smart; ingenious; quick
wịnyáamọ adv. smartly; ingeniously
wịrịsíị̣ v.i. burst with light sound (as of bursting or
crushing louse)
wịrịsíịmọ
̣ adv. with light sound
wịrịsíịwịrịsí
̣ ị̣ a. brittle; apt to break (of sound when, e.g.,
walking on dead leaves or grass)
n. brittleness; fragility
wịsíị̣ v.i. burst
wíya
̣ v.i. be torn
wịyá v.t. tear off
wógii a. thick (of bunch)
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wógiimọ adv. thickly
wogo v.i. be nearly drooping (of breast)
wógolóo a. loose; slack; not tight; weighed down (e.g. of
branch or breast)
wógolóomọ adv. loosely; slackly
wógoróo a. loose; slack; not tight (e.g. of string)
wógoróomọ adv. loosely; slackly
wogorówogoro a. very loose; slack; not fitting
wogorówogoromọ adv. loosely; slackly
wóguu a. thick (of bunch or bundle)
wóguumọ adv. thickly
wóin v.i. twang
& n.
wóinmọ adv. with a twang
wóko v.i. be hollowed or carved out
wokó v.t. carve out; hollow out
wókobárị n. work-bar, i.e. commission claimed from a <English
supercargo by the representatives of a house
to which a trade belongs on every twenty
puncheons of oil bought. There was another
commission called "customs bar" charged on
every puncheon of oil sold. This was
deducted from the native trader’s money and
paid to the chief under whose auspices the
supercargo had placed his ship for trading.
wókokóo a. with gaps
v.i. gape; be open wide
wókokóomọ adv. full of gaps
wókolóo a. hollow; sunken
v.i. become deep
wókolóomọ adv. hollowly
wókosóo a. lean; thin; not plump
v.i. become lean
wókosóomọ adv. thinly
wokowokó v.i. bubble; rattle
wológi v.i. boil or bubble over; seethe; rage (as sea)
wólolóo a. wide and straight (of hole or river)
wólolóomọ adv. widely
wólowólo a. loud; strongly audible; pronounced
v.i. speak loudly or noisily
wólowólomọ adv. loudly; audibly
wolowoló1 a. large (of meshes); very wide
v.i. be very wide
wolowolómọ1 adv. in a very wide manner
wolowoló2 a. very hot
v.i. be very hot
wolowolómọ2 a. in a very hot manner
wongoló v.i. rock; lurch; sway
wongoró v.t. scoop inside a hole
wónomúu a. sloping deep down; declivous
wónowóno v.i. swarm about; congregate in numbers (as bees,
flies, etc.); talk boisterously
wónowónomọ adv. in swarms; boisterously
wóntonwónton v.i. swarm about
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wóntonwóntonmọ adv. in swarms
wóntoon a. rank; foul-smelling, stinking, fetid
wóntoonmọ adv. fetidly; rankly
woó a. red; mellow
woómọ adv. mellowly
wóon v.i. buzz
& n.
wóoo v.i. run (as a stream); fall (as a waterfall)
worí v.t. abuse; affront; curse; insult; revile
worí n. abuse; affront; curse; insult; woe
wori-írẹ
̣ n. derogatory nickname; bad name
worílátẹ a. accursed; accurst
worínumo n. abusive curse
wóro v.i. cave in; yield inwards
woró v.t. hollow out; undermine
wórogíi a. inclined; ready to fall
wórogíimọ adv. in an inclined or bent way
worogíi v.i. collapse; fall heavily or suddenly; plunk
worogíimọ adv. suddenly and heavily
woróko v.i. cave in; yield inwards
worókomọ adv. hollowly
worokó v.t. undermine; wear out
wororóo v.i. quaff; drink in long draughts
wororóomọ adv. in copious or long draughts
woróroworóro a. croaky (of voice)
woróroworóromọ adv. in a croaking manner
wórosíi a. baggy
wórosíimọ adv. in a baggy form
worosíi v.i. collapse; fall suddenly
worosíimọ adv. suddenly (of fall)
worósiworósi, a. baggy
worosíworosi
wórowóro v.i. fall in rapid succession
wórowóromọ adv. in rapid succession
wósii a. heavy and pendulous (as bunch of plantain,
etc.)
wósiimọ adv. heavily and pendulously
wosíi v.i. fall in a big heap
wosíimọ adv. (of fall) in a heap
wosó v.i. splash; dash
& n.
wosómọ adv. with a splash
wósowóso a. full of spray
v.i. spout continuously
wósowósomọ adv. in spray or in a spout
wowó a. red
wowómọ adv. redly
wó ̣ adv. A. so; accordingly; like: e.g. ó wó ̣ ḅé ̣ ‘he
said so’; aíṇ wó ̣
pagá ‘it appeared or
happened so’; aíṇ
wó ̣ timí ‘it was so;
it was like this; it
seemed so; it stayed
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so’
B. thus; in this way; in this manner: e.g. ó wó ̣ fié ‘he
spoke thus’; wó ̣
timi ifié by this
time; by now’
wọ part. particle used to emphasize statements: e.g. á gbọrị nama
ḅá; á gbọrị nama
wó ̣ ḅá ‘I killed one
(or an) animal’
wọgó ̣ v.t. squeeze
wó ̣gọló ̣ọ a. pendulous
wó ̣gọló ̣ọmọ adv. pendulously
wó ̣gụụ a. thick (of bunch)
wó ̣gụụmọ adv. thickly
wọí ̣ v.i. agree; be in harmony with
wó ̣ịn v.i. twang
& n.
wó ̣ịnmọ adv. with a twang
wọkọwọkó ̣ a. very high and full (of spring tide)
wọkọwọkó ̣mọ adv. very full
wó ̣kụ adv. now; at the present time; by this time; under
the present circumstances; immediately; yet;
still; as late as now
wó ̣kụna a. just now
wó ̣kụḿ’ḅụ adv. lately; recently; not long ago (= wó ̣kụmí ḅụ)
̣
wó ̣kụwó ̣kụ adv. soon; in a short time
wọló ̣ v.t. backbite; make subject of gossip
wó ̣lọló ̣ọ v.i. enter into something freely and unimpeded
wó ̣lọló ̣ọmọ adv. freely; unimpededly
wọlọpú ̣ụ v.i. enter into well-enclosed or sheltered condition
wọlọpú ̣ụmọ adv. snugly
wó ̣lọwó ̣lọ v.i. drivel; twaddle
wó ̣lọwó ̣lọḍugo n. drivel; twaddle; prosy talk
wó ̣lọwó ̣lọmọ adv. prosily
wó ̣nọnó ̣ọ a. lengthy; longish
wó ̣nọnó ̣ọmọ adv. lengthily; longishly
wó ̣ọn v.i. make short sharp note (as) of small bird; utter
(song); chirp
n. chirp; short sharp note of bird
wó ̣ọnmọ adv. with a chirp
wọọn v.i. be completely reared up; grow up together in
health, without loss by death (e.g. of brood of
chickens)
wọó ̣nmọ adv. as a complete, healthy group
wó ̣ọọ v.i. fall heavily (as rain)
wó ̣ọọmọ adv. heavily (of rainfall)
wọrị adv. now; before; e.g. wó ̣rị mịéẹ̣
‘make it now’; mịé ̣
wọrị ‘made before’
wọrị v.t. leave; let remain; remain over; mịé ̣ wọrị ‘make
and keep it; keep
up’
wọrị mú, or wọrị v.p. abandon; leave off; quit; go away from
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wọrị prí ̣ v.p. leave over for
wọrịo v.aux (literally) leave or keep (behind); retain. or wọrịyo e.g. ó
. Always used in combination with another mịé ̣ wọrịó ‘he has
verb: done something and
kept it up’; ó mịé ̣
wọrịó ‘he must
have done it’; ó mịé ̣
wọrịó ‘he has done
well’
wó ̣rọ v.i. be dismantled
wọró ̣ v.t. dismantle
wó ̣rọgíị̣ a. inclined
wó ̣rọgíịmọ̣ adv. slopingly
wó ̣rọró ̣ọ v.i. enter into something freely and without
impediment
wó ̣rọró ̣ọmọ adv. freely and unimpededly
wó ̣rọsíị̣ a. ruined; dilapidated
wó ̣rọsíịmọ̣ adv. in a ruined way
wọrọwọró ̣ v.i. rattle; give out rapid succession of short sharp
hard sounds
wọrọwọró ̣mọ adv. in rapid succession
wó ̣sịị a. heavy and pendulous (as a wasps’ nest)
wó ̣sịịmọ adv. pendulously
wọsíị̣ v.i. fall in a small heap
wó ̣ya n.m. b bird sp. (unidentified) =wáya (see ọyaya)
wúgulúu a. heavily filled (as breast)
wúgulúumọ adv. heavily
wúguru v.i. fester; generate matter
wúgurumọ adv. in a festering manner
wugurumó ̣ v.t. cause festering in
wúku n. hook and eye for fastening dress <English hook
wuláa v.i. eat greedily
wuláamọ adv. greedily; voraciously
wúlawúla a. loquacious
wúlawúlamọ adv. loquaciously
wungáa v.i. shake violently (as a beast amongst tall grass
while grazing)
wungáamọ adv. violently (of shake)
wúnguwúngu v.i. murmur; hum
& n.
wúnguwúngumọ adv. murmurously
wurawurá a. red; reddish
v.i. be red
n. redness
wurawurámọ adv. redly
wurukúu v.i. yield loosely to pressure (e.g. of soft ground
when stepped on)
wurukúumọ adv. loosely
wurúkuwurúku, a. loose; not compact; porous
wurukúwuruku
v.i. become less tight
wurúkuwurúkumọ adv. loosely
wúrurúu v.i. rumble; make sound (as) of air in the bowels
n. rumble
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wúrurúumọ adv. with a rumble
wururúu v.i. enter without hesitation
wururúumọ adv. without hesitation (of entry)
wururuwururu v.i. rumble continuously
n. continuous rumble
wúruwúru a. hasty; hurried; rash
wúruwúru n. hurry; haste
wúruwúrumọ adv. hastily; hurriedly
wúsawúsa a. prodigal; wasteful
wúsawúsa v.i. be lavish with; give without stint
n. lavishness; lavishment
wúsawúsaghá a. economical; not wasteful; thrifty
wúsawúsamọ adv. lavishly; prodigally
wusú v.i. give way, as loose soil
wusúmọ adv. loosely
wúsuwúsu a. loose; soft; not compact (of soil); porous
n. looseness; porosity
wúsuwúsumọ adv. loosely
wúuu1 v.i. rumour
& n.
wúuumọ1 adv. in a rumour
wúuu2 a. impetuous; moving rapidly
v.i. move rapidly or fast (water); sound as swiftly
moving water
n. impetuousness; impetuosity
wúuumọ adv. impetuously
wú ̣gụlú ̣ụ a. heavily filled (as scrotum)
wú ̣gụlú ̣ụmọ adv. heavily
wú ̣lụwú ̣lụ a. loquacious; babbling
v.i. babble; chatter
n. babbling; loquaciousness
wú ̣lụwú ̣lụmọ adv. loquN embe dictionaryaciously
wú ̣ngụwú ̣ngụ v.i. snuffle; murmur
& n.
wú ̣ngụwú ̣ngụmọ adv. in a murmur
wú ̣nụwú ̣nụ v.i. snuffle; speak nasally or whiningly; murmur
n. snuffle; whining
wú ̣nụwú ̣nụmọ adv. snufflingly; in a murmur; whiningly
wụrụkú ̣ụ v.i. yield softly to pressure
wụrụkú ̣ụmọ adv. softly
wụrụkú ̣wụrụkụ, a. very soft
wụrú ̣kụwụrú ̣kụ
v.i. become soft; soften
wụrụkú ̣wụrụkụmọ adv. very softly
wụrụrụụ v.i. rumble
& n.
wụrụrụụmọ adv. with a rumble
wụrụrụwụrụrụ v.i. rumble continuously
n. continuous rumble
wú ̣ụụ1 v.i. move rapidly or fast
wú ̣ụụ2 v.i. sound as slowly moving water
n. such faint moving sound
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Y.

-ya suff. added to verb stems to make them convey a e.g. paga ‘go out’,
reciprocal meaning: pagáya ‘be
divorced’; lé ̣ ‘flog’,
léya
̣ ‘flog one
another’; ḅa ‘kill’,
ḅáya ‘kill one
another’; temí
‘stab’, temíya ‘stab
one another’
yáa excl. calling someone’s attention
yáḅei yáa excl. you (man); vocative in an exclamatory
p. statement
yáma yáa excl. you (woman); vocative in an exclamatory
p. statement
yámein yáa excl. you (plural); vocative in an exclamatory
p. statement
yaḅí ̣ n.m.f p uncle or aunt
.
yaḅị-ára n.f. p aunt
yaḅíḅọ
̣ n.m.f p uncle or aunt
.
yaḅị-ówei n.m. p uncle
yaḅítọgụ
̣ n.m.f p niece or nephew
.
yaḅítọgụ-ará
̣ n.f. p niece
yaḅítọgụ-oweí
̣ n.m. p nephew
yaḅụyaḅú ̣ a. brackish; between salt and fresh
yaḅụyaḅú ̣mọ adv. in a brackish condition
yágitáa a. unwieldy
n. unwieldiness
yágitáamọ adv. unwieldily
yágịlíị̣ a. clustered
yágịlíịmọ̣ adv. in a cluster
yágịyágị a. riotous; disorderly; unruly
v.i. become riotous or rowdy
yágịyágịmọ adv. riotously
yagịyagí ̣ a. tiny or bony (of fish); (of place) littery, untidy
v.i. become littered and untidy
yaí ̣ n.m. p son
yaíḅọ ̣ n.m. p son
a. filial e.g. mímị̣ yaíḅọ ̣ fịrí ̣
‘this is a filial duty’
yaíḅọ
̣ ḅara adv.p filially; e.g. yaíḅọ̣ ḅara ékị ̣
. ó da nẹkí ‘receive
̣
him filially’
yaị n.pl. things belonging to (him, her, them, us); (his, e.g. ó yaí ‘his
̣
her, their, our) own: things’
-yaị suff. suffix added to stems of words to form plural; e.g. fị ‘eat’, fịyaí =
̣
similar to -aye: fị-ayé ‘eatables’;
ḅou ‘drink’; ḅouyaí ̣
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‘drinkables’;
ḅarátụayé ‘ring’,
ḅarátụayaí ‘rings’
̣
yáịị, yaịị a. calm; placid; reticent; quiet; serene; silent;
tranquil; unruffled; windless; unperturbed
v.i. be silent; be quiet; keep silent
n. calmness; quietness; silence
yáịịmọ adv. calmly; reticently; silently
yaịmó1 v.i. be silent
yaịmó2̣ v.t. silence
yakayaká a. ripply; rippling
v.i. ripple; toss to and fro (as small waves)
n. ripple; tossing; rolling
yakayakámọ adv. with ripples
yakayaka-ó ̣nụngọ n. ripply waves
yakolóyakolóo v.i. munch or chew with much action of jaw
yakolóyakolóomọ adv. with much action of jaws
yálaláa a. flat (of plate)
n. flatness
yálaláamọ adv. flatly
yalịyalí ̣ a. clean; free from dirt
yalịyalímọ ̣ adv. in a clean way; cleanly
yámbiríi a. corpulent; bulky
n. corpulence
yambiríimọ adv. plumply
yáraráa a. lanceolate; tapering
v.i. be tapered off
yáraráamọ adv. taperingly
yarayará a. sharp and pointed
n. sharpness
yarayarámọ adv. sharply
yásii a. branchy; spreading (of boughs)
v.i. spread out; branch (of tree)
n. state of having spreading branches
yásiimọ adv. in a spreading way
ye n. thing; something; matter; material;
implement; imaginary animal, plant or
anything; monster
ye ḅíya v.p. take counsel about something; discuss
something
yeḅíya-ongú n.pl.p counsellors
ers.
ye ékị
̣ kụmọ a.p. innocuous; not injurious; harmless
mịẹghá
yefá adv. nothing; nought
yefịḅará n. right hand
yefịḅió n. parlour; dining room
ye lá v.p. wound
yemá bịsẹ n.p. all the things; everything
yemí b ̣ ịsẹ n.p. the whole thing
yenimí a. wise; discreet; sensible; prudent; sagacious
n. wisdom; prudence
yenimiḅará adv. wisely; discreetly; sensibly; prudently, etc.
yenimiḅó ̣ n.m.f wise man; wise person (pl. yenimi-ongú)
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yenimighá a. foolish
n. foolishness
ẹkị ye ḍigịmọ v.p. respect
ẹkịyeḍigímọ n. respect
ẹkịyeḍigímọgha a. careless (of duty); lax; negligent; not strict;
remiss
n. carelessness; laxity; negligence
-ye suff. suffix often added to the root of the word to e.g. mịé ̣ ‘do’,
form a neuter noun: mịéyẹ ‘deed’; seí
‘bad’, seíye ‘bad
thing or sinful
action’; fie ‘talk’,
fieyé ‘talk, thing
said’
yée excl. Oh!
yégegée a. recumbent; reclining
v.i. recline; be in a recumbent position
yégegéemọ adv. recumbently
yégelée a. chap-fallen; with jaw hanging down; bath-
chap
yégeléemọ adv. in a chap-fallen manner
yekerée v.i. turn eyes quickly to see
yekeréemọ adv. with a quick turn of the eyes
yekeréyekere a. rascally; belonging to the disorderly class
n. rascality
yekeréyekeremọ adv. in a rascally way
yelá a. dear; precious; high-priced; costly; of great
value; especial; fundamental; important
yelelée v.i. slip; lose footing; slide unintentionally
yeleléemọ adv. slipperily; in a slippery way
yeleléyelele a. slippery; slippy
yerekée a. fast; swift
v.i. move fast
yerekéemọ adv. swiftly; fast
yerekúu a. massive
n. massiveness
yerekúumọ adv. massively
yererée v.i. dart; start rapidly in some direction
n. such rapid movement
yereréemọ adv. with a dart
yéuu a. calm; quiet; windless
n. calmness; quietness
yéuumọ adv. calmly; quietly
yẹ part. used after verbs and nouns for emphasis: e.g. ó ḅotẹí yẹ̣
wéḅẹ́ ̣ ‘they say he
has arrived’; ịkagí ̣
yẹ wébé ̣ ̣ ‘they say it
is Tortoise’; ó
indíḅei pẹịtẹí yẹ ̣
‘he has eaten the
fish!’
yẹẹ excl. Oh!
yégẹgé
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v.i. recline; be in recumbent position
yégẹgé
̣ ẹmọ
̣ adv. recumbently
yégẹlé
̣ ẹ̣ a. with jaw hanging down
yégẹlé
̣ ẹmọ
̣ adv. in a chap-fallen manner
yẹgẹyẹgé ̣ a. very large
v.i. develop; increase
yẹgẹyẹgémọ ̣ adv. largely
yékẹré
̣ ẹ̣ a. scanty; few; not many
yékẹré
̣ ẹmọ
̣ adv. scantily
yẹkẹréẹ̣ v.i. stare
yẹkẹréẹmọ ̣ adv. staringly
yẹkérẹyẹké
̣ rẹ
̣ a. unsteady; restless
v.i. look unsteady; look here and there
yẹkérẹyẹké
̣ rẹmọ
̣ adv. restlessly; unsteadily
yẹkẹtéẹ̣ v.i. stare (variety of yẹkẹréẹ)
̣
yẹkẹtéẹmọ ̣ adv. staringly
yélẹlé
̣ ẹ̣ a. having the jaw hanging down; chap-fallen
yélẹlé
̣ ẹmọ̣ adv. with fallen jaw
yẹré ̣ v.t. deliver a message
yérẹké
̣ ẹ̣ a. qualmish; queasy
v.i. feel qualm or momentarily faint or sick
n. queasiness; qualm
yérẹké
̣ ẹmọ
̣ adv. with a qualm
yésẹré
̣ ẹ̣ a. (of stomach) bulging; stodgy
v.i. rest quietly due to stodgy stomach
yésẹré
̣ ẹmọ
̣ adv. in a stodgy manner
yéụụ̣ a. calm; quiet; windless
v.i. become quiet
n. calmness; quietude; quietness
yéụụmọ
̣ adv. calmly; quietly
yikayiká a. enormous; very large
yikayikámọ adv. enormously
yíridíi a. oversized
yíridíimọ adv. in an oversized manner
yịgọlí ̣ n. cluster (of coconut)
yịlịlíị̣ v.i. slip; lose footing
yịlịlíyịlịlị
̣ a. slippery
n. slipperiness
yịlịlíyịlịlịmọ
̣ adv. in a slippery way
yírịdí
̣ ị̣ a. oversized
yírịdí
̣ ịmọ ̣ adv. in an oversized manner
yịrịríị̣ v.i. bend slightly; nod
yịrịríịmọ̣ adv. with a nod
-yo suf. suffix used to form the present continuous of e.g. ḅo ‘come’,
verbs: ḅoyó ‘is coming’,
etc.
yógogíi a. almost falling; leaning over
v.i. lean over; be about to fall
yógogíimọ adv. in a leaning-over way
yogogíyogogi a. tottery
v.i. totter; stand unsteadily
yogogíyogogimọ adv. totteringly
yógolóo a. pensile; pendulous
yógolóomọ adv. pendulously
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yóii1 a. sleek; soft and shiny; luxuriant; sericeous
yóiimọ1 adv. sleekly
yóii2 v.i. slaver; let spittle flow from mouth; dribble
yóiimọ2 adv. steadily (of flow)
yoliyolí a. oily; rubbed with oil
yoliyolímọ adv. oilily
yólokíi v.i. flash
& n.
yólokíimọ adv. flashily
yolokíyoloki a. flashing
v.i. flash continuously
yólolíi v.i. flash
& n.
yólolíimọ adv. flashingly
yolóliyolóli, a. flashing
yololíyololi
yóo excl. shout to frighten or startle a child at game of
bo-peep
yoro n. hail; hailstone
yoroḅáḅio n. a barn; store
yórodóo a. prolate; extending in length
yórodóomọ adv. prolately
yórokóo a. lean
v.i. grow lean; become emaciated
n. leanness
yórokóomọ adv. in a lean condition
yóroróo a. prolate
yóroróomọ adv. prolately
yoroyoró1 a. sharp and pointed
n. sharpness
yoroyorómọ1 adv. sharply
yoroyoró2 a. comely (of appearance)
n. comeliness
yoroyorómọ2 adv. in a comely manner
yósii a. branchy
yósiimọ adv. in a branchy way
yoú1 v.t. build; construct
yoú2 n. conflict; fight; wrestle; battle; combat;
contest; war; affray; fray
you-áye n.pl. arms; ammunition
yoú ḍọgị v.i. start war; commence war
yoúḍọgị a. pugnacious
you-ítu n. army (pl. you-áitu)
yoú sụọ v.p. wrestle; fight; wage war
yoú tịn v.p. call a fight
you v.i. cry
n. cry(ing)
youyaí ̣ n.pl. tears; teardrops; sap of plants
-yoye suf. used to form the past indefinite tense of verbs: e.g. á ḅoyoyé ‘I
used to come’
yọ1 n. sore; any place on body where skin or flesh is
bruised and inflamed
yọkirí n. scar; cicatrice
yọ2 n. place; building or spot devoted to specified e.g. angáyọ
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purpose; passage of book, etc.; proper or ‘dwelling-place’;
natural position; residence or dwelling: karíyọ
̣ ‘place of
worship’;
koḅiríyayó ̣
‘meeting place’;
mindíkoroyó ̣
‘bathing place’;
timíyọ ‘dwelling or
living place’; toíyọ
‘amusement place
or place of play’
yọ3 n. circumstance; event
yọ ré ̣ ghọ adv.p in the event of
.
yó ̣ḅụyó ̣ḅụ, v.i. become soft by soaking; have too much liquid
yọḅụyọḅú ̣ (of oil, fat, etc., in a mixture)
yọgịlí ̣ n. cluster; bunch (of coconut)
yó ̣gịlíị̣ a. clustered
v.i. be in a cluster; cluster
yó ̣gịlíịmọ
̣ adv. in a cluster
yó ̣gịyó ̣gị a. loquacious; babbling; chattering
v.i. babble; talk excessively; chatter (of birds)
n. babble; chatter
yó ̣gịyó ̣gịmọ adv. loquaciously
yọgọ v.i. become sodden or soggy
yọgọmó ̣ v.t. make sodden; make doughy, heavy and moist
yó ̣gọló ̣ọ a. pendulous; pensile; hanging down
v.i. become pendulous or pensile
yó ̣gọló ̣ọmọ adv. pendulously
yọgọró ̣ v.t. skirt; go along or past the edge of
yọgọrọmó1̣ adv. along the edge or border
yọgọrọmó2̣ v.t. make to go past the edge of
yó ̣ịị1 a. soft and shiny; glossy; sleek; sericeous
n. sleekness; gloss(iness)
yó ̣ịịmọ1 adv. sleekly
yó ̣ịị2 v.i. slaver; let spittle flow from mouth; dribble
yó ̣ịị a. slavery (of spittle)
yó ̣ịịmọ2 adv. in a slavery manner; in a dribbly manner
yó ̣lọkíị̣ v.i. flash
yó ̣lọkíịmọ̣ adv. with a flash; sleekly
yọlọkíyọlọkị
̣ a. sleek, soft and glossy; flashing
v.i. become sleek and glossy
n. sleekness; glossiness
yọlọkíyọlọkịmọ
̣ adv. sleekly; flashingly
yó ̣lọló ̣ọ a. long and narrow
yó ̣lọló ̣ọmọ adv. long and narrowly
yó ̣rọdó ̣ọ a. prolate; pear-shaped
yó ̣rọdó ̣ọmọ adv. prolately
yó ̣rọró ̣ọ a. long and narrow
yó ̣rọró ̣ọmọ adv. long and narrowly
yó ̣sịị a. well-filled (of wasps’ nest); plentiful
yó ̣sịịmọ adv. plentifully
yugurúyuguru a. quaggy; very soft
v.i. become very soft
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yúkusúu a. plump
yúkusúumọ adv. plumply

Z.

zábala v.i. be rubbed (of leaves of medicine)

zabalá v.t. rub (eye or hands)
zaịn n.m. i mole-cricket Gryllotalpa spp.
ziḅá n.f. tr female deity
ziḅa-érema n.pl.p tr priestesses in charge of ziḅá
ers.
ziḅaeremá n.m. s West African house snake Boaedon lineatus or
B. virgatus
zigbáa1 a. stagnant
zigbáamọ adv. stagnantly
zigbáa2 a. large (of length of cloth); (of human being)
tall and huge
zigbáamọ adv. largely; e.g. zigbáamọ pẹlẹ
zigígizigígi a. tottery
zigbáa2 v.i. tremble; dodder (continuously); totter
zigbáamọ n. trembling; doddering; tottering
zigígizigígi adv. tremblingly
zígizígi a. tottery
zígizígi v.i. tremble; dodder; totter
zígizígi n. trembling; doddering; tottering
zígizígimọ adv. tremblingly
zígo n. current; drift
zigó v.t. ford; wade
zíii v.i. remain abundantly; exuberantly or
overflowingly in a place (as a large snake,
large rope or liquid)
zíiimọ adv. abundantly; exuberantly; relaxedly
zịbígị̣ v.i. be squeezed
zịbịgí ̣ v.t. squeeze
zịbígịzịbí
̣ gị̣ a. confused
zịbígịzịbí
̣ gịmọ
̣ adv. in a confused manner
zịgịrímọ ̣ v.i. burrow into sand or mud (as water-crab);
retire out of sight
zịgịrịmó ̣ v.t. bury; cause to hide away
zịgịrímọzí
̣ ịzí
̣ ị̣ n. game in which a nut is hidden between the
legs of a sitting member and another is asked
to guess where the nut is hidden
zígịzí
̣ gị̣ v.i. try to force stick for pinning canoe into water
with a rocking motion
zígịzí
̣ gịmọ
̣ adv. with rocking motion (in forcing stick into
bottom of river)
zịgịzịgí ̣ v.t. pin (canoe with stick)
zịgịzịgí ̣ n. pinning (of canoe) with a rocking motion
zúaan a. long and trailing (of cloth)
zúaanmọ adv. in a trailing manner
zuái v.i. fall heavily in water
zuáimọ adv. stridently (of fall)
zúangíi a. long and trailing (of cloth)
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zúangíimọ adv. in a trailing manner
zugbé1 v.t. ft use hand to strike water in a special manner to
drive shrimps into hand-net during collection
zugbé1 n. such method of collection of shrimps
zugbé2 v.t. use a new cloth carelessly to dirty it for first
washing
zugbé2 n. such careless use of cloth
zúzuru v.i. become surplus
zú ̣ḅéẹ̣ a. straight; not bending
zú ̣ḅéẹmọ ̣ adv. without bending
zụḅézụḅé ̣ ,̣ v.i. become straight and not bending with each
zụḅẹzụḅé ̣ tread
zụḅézụḅé ̣ mọ̣ adv. without bending (of some hinge joint)
zú ̣léẹ̣ a. straight; not bending
zú ̣léẹmọ
̣ adv. without bending
zụlézụlé ̣ ,̣ zụlẹzụlé ̣ v.i. become straight with each tread
zụlézulé ̣ mọ ̣ adv. without bending (of some hinge joint)

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