IGBO

Word

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BEKEE

Ị

 ị, i

  you; {dependent, 2nd person singular; harmonizes with following vowel if subject, and with preceding vowel if object or possessive}; you {singular}; your {singular}

 Ị jekọ ebee?

 Where are you going?

 Ị pụtago ụla

 Good morning {have you come out of the sleeping-room?}

 Kedu ka i melụ?

 How are you?

 Afụlụ m ị

 I saw you

 ụnọ ị

 your house

 ṅke i

 yours

 ị, i

  {harmonizes with vowel of verb root} {marks infinitive}

 ije

 to go

 ịba

 to enter

 ịba

  fever {general term, akọm }

 ịba mmanụ

 jaundice accompanied by pronounced coloration of the eyeballs, fingernails and sometimes skin

 ịba ọgụlụ

 jaundice

 ịba ojii

 malaria; jaundice without yellow coloration of eyeballs and fingernails

 ịba ọcha

 yellow jaundice {= ịba mmanụ}

 ịba ukwụ anya

 hepatitis

 ịba

  branch {anaka}

 ịba

  ancestral house, typical of Onitsha and corresponding to the ọbi of other areas. It is constructed around a rectangular openair courtyard, one end of which leads to the ukpo or throne of the household head and the other to the entrance, beyond which is an open meeting-place {ọnụ ịba}. All rooms are within coursed mud walls.

 ada ịba

  daughter of the family; female name

 ịba

  unpounded garri

 ịbụọ, ịbụa, abụa

  {counting form}; naabọ {qualifying form} two

 efifie naabọ, efifie naabọ

 noonday

 etiti naabọ

  the middle, centre

 ibe naabọ

  two pieces

 iru naabọ

  hypocrite; hypocrisy {with double face}

 kwu ọnụ naabọ

  speak hypocritically

 mmaji naabọ

  two-fold

 ṅke abụa, ịbụọ

 second

 ọgụ ịbụa, abụa

  forty

 ọkala naabọ

  two halves

 ugbolo naabọ

  twice; two times

 ụmụ naabọ

 twins

 ịchafụ

  headtie; handkerchief

 ịchafụ isi

  headtie

 sụlụ ịchafụ n'isi

 put on headtie

 ịchọ

  board game, mancala, warri, game like Yoruba ayo

 Ka anyị sụa ịchọ

 Let's play ịchọ { ṅchọkọtọ}

 ịfe

 see ife

 ịfele

 see ifele

 ịfụlịfụ

  scrap; morsel

 ịfụlụfụ agwa

 pod of beans

 ịfụlịfụ, ọfụlịfu

  "up-wine" from crown of oil-palm

 ịfụnaanya

  love; liking; fondness {see fụ}

 ịga

  fetters; handcuffs

 kụ ịga

 put in fetters; handcuff

 ịgọlọ

  shin

 ịgba

  drum {general name}

 ịgba egede

 drum in pairs, used by dibịa

 ịgba ijele

 drum or music for the ijele masquerade

 ịgba ogwe

 tall standing drum used to play abịa music

 ịgba

  ịgba aka

 arm-band of skin worn on the upper arm at funerals; a similar arm-band, but made of iron, used as a charm against bullets

 ịgbadike

 type of dance with masquerade

ịgba mgba

wrestling

 ịjaarị

  a general name for fish of the family Schilbeidae {= ideele}

 ịkọlịịkọ

  onye ịkọlịịkọ

 one melancholy or slightly mad

 ịkpa

  rascality

 Ọ na-eme ikpa

 He is a born rascal

 ịkpa

 descent check tone, & is it Oni

 ti ịkpa

 box; strike with fist

 ịkpakele

  ground corn mixed with oil condiments and fried

 ịkpakpaa

  a food produced from maize

 ịkpata

 ịkpata ụkwụ

  hoof

ịkpu alu

purification

ịkwa ozu

mortuary rites

ịkwobi

chisel

 ịnọ, anọ

  {counting form}; naanọ, naanọ {qualifying form} four

 ife naanọ

  four things

 ọgụ ịnọ

 eighty

 ịnyaṅga

  parade; bluff; showing-off

 ịnyịnya, anyịnya

  horse

 ịnyịnya ibụ

 ass

 ịnarịị

  millet

 ịnarịị bụ nwanne mkpụlụ aja

 Millet grains are as small as a grain of sand

 ịsaa, asaa

  seven {counting form}; naasaa {qualifying form}

 Chịtalụ m oloma naasaa

 Bring me seven oranges

 ṅke ịsaa

 the seventh; seventh

 Anyị ga-ana ụnọ n'ọnwa ṅke ịsaa

 We shall go home in the seventh month

 ọnwa isaa

 seven months; seventh month {July}

 Ọ ga-abịa n'ọnwa isaa

 He will come in the seventh month

 ịsatọ, asatọ

  eight, eighth {counting form}; naasatọ {qualifying form}

 Ọ dị ji naasatọ n'ime ṅkata

 There are eight yams in the basket

 ṅke isatọ

 the eighth

 Ejịma bụ onye ṅke isatọ

 Ejima is the eighth person, or Ejima is in the eighth position

 ọnwa asatọ

 eighth month

 Ọ nwụlụ n'ọnwa asatọ

 He died in the eighth month

 ịsha

  shrimp; crayfish

 ịta

  ta ịta

 win stakes in a game

 ịta

  act of pointing out guilty person by native doctor

 ta ịta

 bear witness {usu. of native doctor pointing out guilty person}

 onye ịta

 someone who gives evidence of harm done by sorcery

 ịtalị

  cane {for thrashing}

 pịa ịtalị

  flog with whip; whip; chastise

 ịtọ

  three {counting form}

 naatọ

 {normal qualifying form}

 ndụdụgandụ ṅke itọ

 third generation

 ịwalagada

  ịwalagada ụkwụ

  disease around groin

 ịyaa

  exclamation of assent or pleasure; very good! excellent! fine!