IGBO

Word

Continuous Meaning

ENGLISH

BEKEE

J.

 ja

 ja ike

 praise

 ja

  cut

 Okeeke wee jaa onye ori mma

 Then Okeeke cut the thief with a matchet

 je

  go; walk

 ojije

 going; walking

 je agha

 go to war; be recruited into army

 jechi anya

 be punctual

 jedebe

 stop walking; end a journey

 njedebe

 end; finish; terminus

 isi njedebe

 end; finish

 jedebe

 go near

 jedide

 keep going on

 jefụ

 go astray; err; get lost when walking, travelling

 jegbu

 denounce; betray

 jeghalị

 walk about

 je ije

 walk; go on a journey

 jekọ

 meet; encounter; walk together

 jekwudo

 catch up and overtake

 jekwulu

 go to someone

 jelu

 reach, go up to {a particular point, place}

 jemi

 go far in

 je n'iru

 go forward; go in front

 je ozi

 go with a message; serve; do housework

 je ofụma

 go well

 je ọkụ

 go fishing

 jerube

 go round

 jerụka

 go aside; go a little way

 je si ike

 salutation to one starting on a journey

 jeso

 follow; follow after

 jeta

 gain

 O jeta ife

 He gained something

 jete aka

 go far away

 jezụ

 go all over; go throughout

 gba ṅje

 run to and from; be going to and from a place {including the world of spirits}

 njefie

 error; trespass

 ṅjem

 travelling; travel

 ṅjeṅje

 travel; walking about

 ojije

 outwards {of a journey}

 je

  wear

 jelụ akwa

 put on clothes; gird

 jepụ

 untie {wrapper}

 ji

  yam {Dioscorea spp. Linn.}

 ji abana

 wateryam {Dioscorea alata Linn.}

 ji abị

 yam cultivar which never grows to a very great size, of inferior quality

 ji nwa nnụn ụ

 sweet potato

 ji oko

 plantain

 ji okụ

 variety of Yellow Guinea Yam {ji oyibo}

 ji oyibe, oyibo

 Yellow Guinea Yam {Dioscorea cayenensis Lam.}

 ji ọfụụ

 new yam

 ji ukom

 White Guinea Yam {Dioscorea cayenensis rotundata Poir.}, fat and of high quality; features in feasts

 akpụ ?ji, akpu ji

 second yam for re-planting

 di ji

 farmer; one who successfully cultivates much ground

 fụ ji

 peel yam {usually cooked one}

 gba ji

 train yams along short sticks

 ke ome ji

 break off premature yam shoots

 kpacha ji

 scrape yam {usu. roasted one}

 kpa ji

 stack yams {in the barn}

 kwacha ji

 cut off roots of yam

 mkpụlụ ji

 small yam {see mkpụlụ}

 oge ịwa ji

 annual yam festival

 ọdụ ji

 tail end of yam

 sụ ji

 pound yam

 tụ ji

 dig up yams for storing

 ụfie ji ọkụ

 sacrifice, feast before eating new yams {Ìfejiọkụ}

 ụkpa ji

 basketful of yam

 wa ji

 hold annual religious New Yam Festival

 ọwụwa ji {ịwa ji}

 New Yam Festival

 ji

  break; snap

 Mkpọ afụ ejigo

 The walking-stick has broken

 ojiji

 breaking; snapping

 ji

  be dark {of day}

 {chi} jibido

 benighted

 Chi jibidolụ anyị n'ụzọ

 We were benighted on the way

 jimi

 be very dark

 Chi ejimigo

 It is the dead of night {Chi ejigo Night has fallen {about 8 - 10 p.m.}}; be black, dark {of colour}

 ji eji

 be ripe {esp. of ụbe}

 ji ṅji

 be black, dark

 ji oji

 be black, dark-coloured

 ife nsiji

 dye

 ji

  dress

 ji ejiji

 adorn; dress; equip

 jikwa

 dress properly; get ready

 ji

  take; hold; use

 ji aka

 expect; hope; be confident

 Eji m aka na ị ga-abịa

 I hope you will come

 jide

 hold; grasp

 jikelụ

 prepare; make ready

 jikọ aka

 join hands in marriage

 jikọta

 join together

 njikọ{ta}

 joining together

 jikọta ọnụ

  join together; maintain discipline

 ji nchekwube

 have confidence; be confident; hope

 ji of ọ

 be in the right; be innocent

 ji ọsọ

 rush

 Eji m ọsọ wee bịa ebe a

 I rushed to get here

 jipụ aka

 be disappointed

 O jipụ m aka

 I was badly disappointed

 ji ụgwo

 owe; be in debt

 ya ka ...... ji

 for that reason; so; therefore

 Ada kwulụ ezi okwụ ya ka m ji gbaghalụ ya

 Ada spoke the truth, that is why I forgave her

 ji-de

 see gi do

 jigida

 jije

  mimic; mock {= zi zo}

 njije

 mimicry; mockery

 ji

  be tough

 jọ

 jọ njọ

 be bad, wicked, evil, ugly; refuse to share {esp. food}

 Nwata a ana ajọka njo

 This child always refuses to share his food

 jọ

  fear

 jọ ụjo

 fear; be afraid; be cowardly, timid {less common than tụ egwụ}

 jọ ụjọ akwụkwọ

 play truant

 Onye nkuzi ayị jọlụ ụjọ akwụkwọ n'oge ọ dị na nwata

 Our teacher played truant when he was a child

 ju

  be full; fill

 ojuju

 being full

 ju afọ

 be satisfied, satisfy

 Okwu a ejụrọ m afọ

 I am not satisfied with this case {statement}

 ju aka

 be plentiful

 ju anya

 surprise; be admired; astonish

 O jụ m anya

 It astonished me

 ju eju

 fill; be full

 O jụ eju

 It is full

 Chụjue ite afụ

 Fill that pot with water

 jupụta

 be full {up}

 jupụta n'ọnụ

 be full to the brim

 Ite afụ jupụtalụ n'ọnụ

 The pot is full to the brim

 jụ

  ask

 ọj ụjụ

 asking

 jụ ajụj ụ

 ask question

 jụ ase, ese

 inquire, ask about

 Ajụ m ase i

 I asked about you

 jụ ọra

 ask after welfare

 Ana m ajụ maka ọra

 I'm asking about the welfare of the people

 jụpụta

 ascertain; find out

 ajụjụ

 a question

 jụ

  refuse; reject

 Ọ jụgo ndi enyi ya

 He has given up his friends

 Ọ jụjụ

 refusing; rejecting

 jụ ajụ

 refuse

 Ajụ m fa ajụ

 I refused them

 jụ

  be cool, calm

 jụ arụ

 purify by sacrifice

 jụnata

 become cool {e.g. of food}

 jụ oyi

 be cold, cheerless, miserable, deserted, disheartened

 Arụ jụlụ ya oyi

 He is cold, miserable

 jụ

 jụ arụ

 propitiate a deity for a broken taboo

 jụ

  jụ ọnụ

 draw out someone for information

 jụụ

  quiet

 dị jụụ

  be quiet, calm

 Ebe a dị jụụ

 This place is calm

 Oge ọ batalụ ebe niine dị jụụ

 When he entered, every place was quiet