Delta Edoid wordlists:
a new version of the publication
by
Elaine Thomas and Kay Williamson
originally published as Occasional Publication No. 8
Institute of African Studies
University of Ibadan
1967
Epie, Engenni, Degema
Roger Blench
8, Guest Road, Cambridge CB1 2AL
United Kingdom
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Mobile 00-44-(0)7967-696804
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. INTRODUCTION
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1. Introduction
The following wordlists were first published by the Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan in
1967. Kay Williamson had them typed into a Macintosh system in the 1990s and they languished there until
her death in 2005. I have now converted them into Unicode and added new words based on Kay’s original
annotated copy of the list. The introductory material is presently lacking but it is being rewritten extensively
as well as being retyped in order to take into account all the new work on these languages published since
1967. There may well be a few conversion errors, since the electronic manuscript was a mixture of phonetic
fonts. Please bring to my attention any obvious errors.
Roger Blench
Mallam Dendo
8, Guest Road
Cambridge CB1 2AL
United Kingdom
Voice/ Fax. 0044-(0)1223-560687
Mobile worldwide (00-44)-(0)7967-696804
E-mail [email protected]
http://www.rogerblench.info/RBOP.htm
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ENGLISH
NUMERALS
one (1)
two (2)
three (3)
four (4)
five (5)
six (6)
seven (7)
eight (8)
nine (9)
ten (10)
eleven (11)
twelve (12)
thirteen (13)
fourteen (14)
fifteen (15)
sixteen (16)
seventeen (17)
eighteen (18)
nineteen (19)
EPIE
óvụ
ívẹ
ịsáa
iníi
isúónu
yénsáan, yínsáan
síóvẹ
1. níí
2. ívẹ múmgbe
‘2 short of 10’
1. síí
2. ọvụ múmgbe
‘1 short of 10’
1. gbe (counting)
2. ígbe
gbe nọvú
gbe nivé
gbe nisáa
gbe niníi
gbe nisúónū
gbe niyínsáan
gbe nisíóvē
ịvẹ múm̄ yée
ENGENNI
DEGEMA
óvụ
íva
ésạạ
ínii
íshoni
ẹnyísạ
ishóva
ẹmụmạní
ọvú
ivá
ịsáí
iní
isúwón, súwón
ịyísā
isíyévā
ịnúmán, àní
ạvúmọ
‘1 short’
ọvúte migbein
‘1 before it reaches 10’
ígbei
agbéín, igbéín
igbei nạvú
igbei nivá
igbei nẹsạạ
igbei ninií
igbei nishoní
igbei nẹnyí
igbei nishóva
igbei nẹnụmạní
igbein nọvú
igbein niva
igbein nịsáí
igbein niní
igbein nisuwón
igbein nịyísā
igbein nisíévā
igbein nịnúmán
igbei nạvúmọ
ọvúte míyeu
‘1 before it reaches 20
íyei
iyúú
íyei navú
íye nigbeí
iyeu nọvú
iyeu nigbéín
óvụạ
ụvá
ọvụạ nigbeí
ósạạ
fifty
sixty
ọvụ múm̄ yée
‘1 short of 20’
1. iyée, yée
2. ẹfélé ọvụ
ye nọvú
1. bísáan
2. ye nigbée
1. ẹfélé ịvẹé
2. ụvan
ụvan nigbée
ẹfélé sáa
seventy
eighty
ninety
one hundred
ẹfélé sa nigbée
ẹfélé nīí
ẹfélé níi nigbée
ẹfélé sūónú
ósạạ nigbeí
únii
únii nigbeí
úshoni
ụva nigbeí
ítáín ịsạị
‘3 bundles’
ítáín ịsạị nigbéín
ítáín ini
ítáín îni nigbéín
ítáín isuon
kẹ 2.
okunu
ekunu
ekún
duú
dạré
mé
memé
twenty (20)
twenty-one (21)
thirty
forty
OTHER WORDS
abandon
above (414)
= ‘top’, cf. ‘sky’
absence
accompany (467)
agree (S.512)
omo
kpaza
kpazị 2. A.
kpasa
kpasị E.
meme 2.
cf. ‘answer’
air
ovóún
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ENGLISH
alive, be(S.339)
all (352)
animal (201)
ankle
answer v. (476)
ant (208)
antelope (240-245)
anthill (209)
anus (90)
arm = hand (69)
armpit (74)
arrow (299)
ashes (162)
ask (475)
available, be
axe (305)
babies
baby (117)
EPIE
ENGENNI
sụẹ
swẹí
kpẹkpéẹ
bodú
anamụ (ị-)
bạ kịrịkịrị
ạnạmụ
meme 2.
kiresé
cf. ‘agree’
1. burutúē
1. igbo
‘soldier ant’
‘soldier ant’
2. ịfóvọm
cf. Ịjọ ịgbọn
‘small black ant found on (Okordia only)
trees’
2. ékpísị
‘stinging ant’:
cf. Igbo ágbísị
(Onitsha)
3. ẹmụrạmụrạ
‘non-stinging ant’
cf. Ịjọ ịmaranmaran
(Amegi), etc.
útụbáā
1. ogbéi ánạmụ
cf. Ịjọ ụtụbárá
“killer of animals”
(Kolokuma), túbára
2. úyóu (has long legs)
(Oporoma), etc.
3. ạdịbẹrị (sleeps with eyes
open)
ụsịnị
ẹkạnwụ
cf. ‘hill’
cf. ‘termite’
álịakpa
ọbụ ákpa
ụbọ
ọbọ
ịvaábō A.
ebi évụụ
avaábọ E.
“under shoulder”
cf. ụbọ ‘hand’
ụkpálá gbánā (ị-)
ákạ ômû
ụkpálā ‘small stick’
ákạ ‘side of bamboo
agbánā ‘bow’
ọmû ‘bow’
1. iwofu
1. ibibi (like charcoal)
also ‘gunpowder’
2. ebufumu
2. iwobú táán
(powdered)
gbala A.
cf. ebufumu
iwobú ‘powder’
álágbạ ‘gunpowder’
ịtáān ‘fire’
agbala
‘cooking-hoop’
iwofú
taamgbala E.
pulẹ
biné
pulu 2.
bííni
yá
esuwe (i-)
esuei
yayá
1. ámọ gbẹrị
1. ọmó gbẹlí(ị-)
‘small child’
‘small child’
2. ayíka
2. ámómụ fạị
“new child”
3
DEGEMA
ọyị ọ súwēí
‘he is alive’
ịkíkrẹ
ẹnám (ị-)
ịnyáń âvị
“neck(of)foot”
tạtạné
ụmịnạmáń (ị-)
cf. Ịjọ
ịmaranmaran
(Amegi), etc.
úyōú (í-)
egugúm (i-)
énínyụm (í-)
ụbó (ạ-)
ịpạpâv (ạ-)
ụfẹtí (ạ-)
amafú
gbeí
biné
egbugbú (i-)
ómō fáín
(pl. ímō fáín)
“new child”
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ENGLISH
baboon (214)
back (76)
bad (368)
= ugly (384)
bag (S.164)
bale out
bamboo
banana (284)
bargain (S.477)
bark n. (167)
EPIE
óge
ukódumó (i-) A.
ukótumó E.
cf. ‘behind’
e díélí zē
‘it is bad’
akan dídíēlí
‘bad cloth’
akpan (ị-)
cf. Ịjọ akpan
(Okordia), etc.;
Igbo akpa
yeba 2.
bóo
1. osógbō (i-)A.
osókpō E.
2. udún A.
ulé E.
cf. Igbo úne
dụa
dụ 1.
(cf. Engenni ‘buy’
ịféfé táān
basket (296)
1. ukpómū (i-)
(used by women)
2. asụgụrú (ị-)A.
asụkụrụ E.
(deeper, used by men)
bat (203)
ípogíyā A.
ípokíya E.
cf. Ịjọ pogií
(Anyama), etc.
agụa (ị-)
cf. Ịjọ agụá
(Kolokuma) etc.;
Igbo agwa
mọ 2.
ịpịrí agban
“beard (of) chin”
cf. Ịjọ ịpórí
‘beard’ (Kolokuma),
etc.
nụa
nụ 2.
ti 2.
ụsín
beans (280)
bear (fruits)
beard (57)
beat (person) (447)
beat (drum)
beauty
bed (S.53)
bee (227)
beg (437)
begin (529)
ubili (i-)
bịbịlẹ 2.
= ‘pray’
sọsị 2
kẹlị (kẹlẹ) 2.
ENGENNI
DEGEMA
1. ógbo (of body)
2. esimu (= behind)
(Ikodu: ébi)
ó somu mo
‘it is not good’
ukósūm (a-)
ạkpạ
ẹbré (ị-)
yọụ
họvá
úle
cf. Igbo úne (Orlu)
éfíná étạị
ọbláín bíbíi
cf. ‘plantain’
see ‘buy’
see ‘buy’
éfíná étạị
1. úprépérí tạịn
2. úfíéín ụtạịn (í-)
útūó (á-)
1. útuo
(largest)
2. ekete
(for washing
cassava) cf.
Igbo ekete (Orlu)
ávúvọ
cf. Ịjọ ạvụvọ
(Amegi only)
o díēr ‘it is bad’
itóún díer
‘bad cloth’
ọgbóm (ị-)
ọnwạnwá (ị-)
édạ
ạkídị
cf. Ịjọ akídị
(Kalabari), etc.,
Igbo akídị
ukpori ágbạ
“(body) hair
(of) chin”
ụvór (ị-)
‘hair of beard’
nú
nú
ẹnwẹị
biné
dose
duu dọú
4
esí mēséń
“place (of) sleeping”
úkrósọ (í-)
biné
kẹl
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ENGLISH
behind (417)
EPIE
ukódumó A.
ukótumó E.
cf. ‘back’
belly (78)
ifaan
bend
bo 2.
dịla
between (420)
ovuru
cf. Ịjọ ovurú
(Kolokuma), etc.
big, become bon 1. 1. akań gēné
(347)
‘big cloth’
2. o bón ze ‘it is big’
bile = gall (102)
alákpú (ị-)
cf. Ịjọ lákpō
(Kalabari), etc.
bird (259)
ẹféní ókūnú (ị-)
“fowl (of) above”
gbomẹ
gbomu 1.
ọyí láá zē
‘it is bitter’
ụfúló yíyīláá
‘bitter soup’
kírí ólōgbó
cf. Ịjọ kírí ólogbo
(Kolokuma), etc.
Igbo olúgbu
(Orlu);
Urhobo órīgbon
1. e bí zē
‘it is black’
akań bībí
‘black cloth’
2. kúrúkúrú
cf. Ịjọ kúrúkúrú
(Amegi), etc.
bite (507)
bitter (360)
bitterleaf
(S.131)
black (342)
ENGENNI
ẹbạ éshimu
cf. ‘back’
DEGEMA
bíkosum
‘at the back’
ẹfạị
ịfáín (ạ-)
ovuru
cf. Ịjọ
usóogbo
óbô ‘important’
ókọ
ọ búū ‘it is big’
ígbé nô búū
‘box which is big’
íbūé (á-)
elo
cf. Ịgbo eyo
(Ọh̃ụh̃ụ)
ạfẹnị ázhị
“bird (of) bush”
gbomú
ọ yílá yá
‘it is bitter’
ólúgbo
cf. Igbo
ẹféń (ị-)
gbom
mo loma
‘it is bitter’
ụsóm lilom
‘peppery soup’
úplámā
cf. Ịjọ píláma
(Kalabari)
ọ yạ obibi
mo biá
‘it is black’
inúm bibi
‘black thing’
odúmām úsám
(e-)
ẹbré áfẹịn
“bag (or) urine”
odúmām úsám
(e-)
ẹbré áfẹịn
“bag(for)urine”
1. ọ púávtē
“it(eye) is closed”
2. o dím̄ ‘it is blindness’
ízálạ
blacksmith (S.25)
bladder (101)
abábā (ị-)
ọkúáfị
blind (391)
ọyị tóbú zē
‘he is blind’
oyón tútōbú
‘blind person
ạdú ei dí yá
“eyes his stopped are”
= ‘he is blind’
blood (100)
ịzara
ạbụrạ
cf. Igbo ọbara
vọú
fufó
blow (wind) (541)
vulo 1.
blow (with mouth fofo 2.
(542)
5
vívá
fofó
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ENGLISH
blue (346)
EPIE
ayá bilóó zē
‘it is blue’
akań bilóō
‘blue cloth’ A.
bulóbulo E.
cf. Ịjọ bulóbulo
(Kolokuma), etc.;
English blue
o gbóní zē
‘it is blunt’
ụgbá gbúgbōn
‘blunt knife’
ENGENNI
ọ yạ obibi
‘it is blue
(= black)’
DEGEMA
oyíń ạdụ
blóblóo
‘it has a blue
appearance’
itóún bloblóo
‘blue cloth’
1. o tútúrú yá
‘it is blunt’
2. ó riomu
‘it is not sharp’
board (boat)
(S.346)
fana 2.
fịná
boat (329)
body (97)
ụkọ
ózū (í-)
cf. Ịjọ ózu
(Okordia), etc.
tiẹ
tin 2.
ibúē
ịbị
cf. ‘medicine’
ọkọ
ọnwî
ọ kpánén̄
‘it is blunt’
ạkú ẹlẹgẹ nú ọ
kpánén̄ ‘edge
of knife which is blunt
1. fạné
2. dịáń
cf. ‘enter’
ụkó
ịnwíī (í-)
chié
tụẹsé
úbwo
1. idírígé
cf. Ịjọ dírí
‘medicine, book’
(Kalabari), etc.
2. ẹbị leaf
ólíló
cf. Ịjọ, Igbo
úbūó (í-)
ụbí góōm
cf. ‘leaf’,
‘read’
blunt (382)
boil (water)
(S.470)
bone (103)
book (S.246)
bottle (S.193)
bottom (S.250)
boundary
bow n. (298)
box n. (S.165)
olólō (i-)
cf. Ịjọ olóló
(Kolokuma), etc.,
Igbo ólóló
ọku
agbánā (ị-)
ekpétī (i-)
cf. Ịjọ ekpétí
(Kolokuma), etc.
ebi
ọfya
ọmû
ókubô
boy (115)
ọmó mọsíọ (ị-)
“male child”
ámó mọshị
“male child”
brains (50)
ovuru (i-)
cf. Igbo
ụvúrụ (Ọh̃ụh̃ụ)
ụbó táān
“arm(of)tree”
evulu
cf. Igbo
branch (166)
break tr. (547)
bunẹ
(e.g. plate)
bunu 2.
break tr. (S.391) (=
snap)
ọbó étạị
“arm(of)tree”
kịé
6
ololó (i-)
cf. Ịjọ ololo
(Mein), etc.,
Igbo
ụbó cf. ‘ground’
ụkạtám (ị-)
ụkạtám (ị-)
ígbē (í-)
cf. Ịjọ ígbé
(Kalabari), etc.;
Igbo igbé
ómó mọsị
“male child”
(pl. ímó mọsị)
evul (i-)
cf. Igbo
ụkpạngí (ạ-)
cf. Ịjọ ịkpangí
(Okrika)
gbiye
bun
blain
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ENGLISH
breast (68)
EPIE
ivein A.
ivin E.
udien
kọ 2.
tọ yí
ta yí
“take come”
úgbẹréē (í-)
ịsịnganị ‘straw
of broom’
ẹtíémó mósị
‘male relative’
ẹtíémó gúnú ónú mẹ
‘my brother of one
mother
breath
bribe
bring (453)
broom (S.185)
brother (36)
brother’s
(S.11)
wife
bucket
build (483)
ịpánị
kunẹ
kunu 2.
bull (232)
ovín mósī A. (i-)
otúéín mósị E.
Both ‘male cow’
utunu
bálī 2.
bunch
burn (of fire)
(S.468)
burn (of sg.)
burn (trans.)
(S.408)
burst
bury (463)
bushcow (213)
(buffalo)
bush-pig (S.59)
bushy
butcher (meat)
(S.403)
buttocks (89)
buy (510)
calabash (305)
call (511)
cannon (S.151)
carry
tụụlụ (tụụla) 2.
tụẹzẹ 2. A.
tụẹsẹ E.
ziẹ
zi 1.
ogóri A.
otúrugo E.
ofógī A.
ofógu E.
van 1.
álịakpá
dẹ 2.
egbele (i-)
cf. Igbo ebele
(Owerri)
koko 2.
ókurísī (í-) A.
ókurúsi E.
cf. Ịjọ okúrúsi (Okordia),
etc.; Igbo kwurúsu
(Owerri)
fan
ENGENNI
ivio
DEGEMA
ivinyóú (a-)
to yi
“take come”
yạụ vọ yí
“take carry come”
ọkạnịkạnị
ụsịndạrí (ị-)
áché mé mọshị
“male my relative”
ótúmé ómōsí
‘male relative’
ạnị áchẹ mẹ
óvītám ótụ mẹ
“woman(of)
relation my”
kunú
(also ‘hold’;
cf. Ịjọ kọrị ‘hold;
build’ (Kolokuma))
bạrí
ké
bạr
= ‘shine’
kesé
zhí
tọ
(cf. ‘roast’)
ruve
zi
ófau
esí
du
vá
ákíkíkuru
dú
(cf. Ep. ‘bargain’)
ạgbịnạ
cf. Ịjọ
ọgbịla (Kumbo)
kó
okúrúsu
cf. Ịjọ
7
kẹvtíị
vạ
egosó (i-)
dẹ
ụbạbá (ị-)
cf. Ịjọ baba
(Kalabari), etc.
kotú
úkurúsu (í-)
cf. Ịjọ kurúsu
(Kalabari), etc.
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ENGLISH
carry (child at side)
(S.416)
carry (child on
back)(S.415)
carry (load) on head
or shoulder but not
in hand (452)
case (law) (S.244)
cassava (283)
cast-net (S.175)
cat (257)
catch (crayfish)
chain (S.159)
chair (S.55)
chameleon (206)
change
charcoal (cf. 161)
cheap (S.378)
cheat
cheek (56)
EPIE
ENGENNI
DEGEMA
tọọ 2.
tọú
bebé
kpọ 2.
kpọ
bạbá
vọnẹ
vọnị 1.
swạí
swáí
ịgbẹnị
ịdíọbó
cf. Ịjọ ịdabóọ
(Okordia);
Igbo jígbọ (Ọhụhụ)
ẹkọmụ
ẹdịábọ
cf. Ịjọ, Igbo
ọbúrabọ
ịgbó
cf. Ịjọ ịgbó
(Kolokuma), etc.
ipusí (younger)
ológbosí (i-) (older)
cf. Ịjọ ológbosí
(Kolokuma), etc.;
Yoruba ōlógbo
+ English puss?
sie 2.
ígbirigbírī
cf. Ịjọ
ịgbirigbirí
(Amegi), etc.
akaba (ị-)
cf. Ịjọ akaba
(Amegi)
ógumágala (í-)
cf. Ịjọ ógumágala
(Okrika), etc.,
Igbo óghwumáagala
ígbó
cf. Ịjọ
ịkụmáín
úbiaburu (í-)
cf. Ịjọ ababúru
(Anyama), etc.;
Abá ‘Ọba (of
Benin)’,
buru ‘yam’
ógbō (í-)
cf. Ịjọ ígbō
(Kalabari), etc.
pósị
cf. Ịjọ pósị
(Kalabari), etc.,
English. puss
yéntáān
iyén ‘used part’
ịtáān ‘fire’
akan eki gūgúrú
‘cheap cloth’
eki gúrú zē
‘it is cheap’
cf. eki ‘market’
nini 2.
ụbúbábáān A.
bíbábáan E.
élegbéshi
cf. Ịjọ élégbési
(Okordia), etc.
ikóli
cf. Ịjọ íkólí
(Kalabari), etc.,
Igbo íkóní (Owerri)
ágídá
cf. Ịjọ ngadá
(Kalabari)
ogumágịla
cf. Ịjọ ogumágala
(Ikibiri), etc.,
Igbo
ibibi
íkōlí
cf. Ịjọ
ạgạdá (ị-)
cf. Ịjọ
ógumángala (í-)
cf. Ịjọ
ógumángala
(Kalabari), etc.,
Igbo
nwene
ibí tāín
cf. ‘fire’
ó te eki
‘it has no value
in the market’
i zúāń
‘it is cheap’
ó tul eki
‘it does not
reach market’
úkpámgbạ (á-)
chest (67)
ẹvẹbụ
agba
cf. Igbo agba
(Onitsha)
‘jaw’
íkpéebi = ‘heart’
chew
chicken, fowl (247)
ẹfẹnị (ị-)
ạfẹnị
8
ókpór ívom(á-)
ívóm ‘heart’
óhóhọ (í-)
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ENGLISH
child (S.8)
EPIE
ọmó (ị-)
chin (58)
chop (wood)
(480)
claw (264)
clean (374)
clitoris (S.20)
close v. (462)
cloth(ing) (335)
cloud (136)
coal (161)
cock (248)
coconut (S.141)
cocoyam (S.133)
cold, cool (386)
collect
comb v.
comb n.
comb
v.
‘scratch’
come (432)
ENGENNI
ámọ (pl. ímo)
imémíni ímo
‘small children’
agban (ị-)
cf. Igbo (Orlu) agba
kẹẹ 2.
kẹẹlị (kẹẹlẹ) 2.
ịvén cf. ‘nail’
ạgbạ
cf. ‘cheek’
kịé
also cut (cloth)’
évẹ áfẹnị ‘claw of bird’
akań kpéné ‘clean cloth’
e kpéné zē ‘it is clean’
ọ fú yá
‘it is clean’!
kuẹ
ku 2.
akanị (ị-)
adú édē
‘raincloud’
see charcoal
okókorókō (i-)
ẹféní mósị
‘male fowl’
okokodíē
cf. Ịjọ okokodíe
(Anyama), etc.
okílē (i-)
amíní dóō
‘cold water’
ayá dóó zē
‘it is cold’
cf. Ịjọ dódó
‘be cold’ (Ikibiri), etc.
da 1.
sala 2.
cf. Ịjọ salá
kuleí
kuú
ạkạnị
óbólímábóli
DEGEMA
ómō fạịn
ómómō gbẹr
‘small child’
(pl. ímómíní ímo)
ịbíbēú (ạ-)
also ‘jaw’
gbogbó
also ‘cut’
ụvé (ạ-)
‘claw, nail’
fụ ‘be clean’
mọfụạ ‘it is clean’
ukal
kú
pu
itóún (a-)
amafú óblẹlẹ
‘collection of smoke’
ạfẹní mọshị
‘male bird’
óhóhó mọsị
‘male fowl’
ukuóji
ubí bekéin
‘European nut’
átọdíá
átọdíá
ọ mí yá
‘it is cold’
ukóvúrū (a-)
ukóvúrū (a-)
moniná
‘it is cold’
ạmíń nīníń
‘cold water’
sạlí
cf. Ịjọ
zạlá
cf. Ịjọ zalá
(Nembe), etc.
ạndạlá
cf. Ịjọ ádálā
(Okrika)
ásalí tōm(ú) (í-)
“comb (of) head”
cf. Ịjọ salá
(Kolokuma), etc.
ẹsáli u^tomu
cf. Ịjọ
yo
yi 2. (yẹẹ)
du
iyeni
yóo (imperative)
yi
yí
afịnị
yimẹ 2.
tuo 2.
cf. Ịjọ otúó
(Kolokuma), etc.
nyịmẹ
túó
cf. Ịjọ
ogigó (i-)
cf. Igbo ogige
nịmé
só
see
come from
compound (S.47)
conceive (S.342)
contribute (S.481)
conversation
cook = boil (470)
cooking-put (S.195)
dele 1.
diré
úmemé(delédíóm̄ ) (í-) ‘pot ákị
(for cooking food)’
9
ọde
dér
ákí ịdịọm (í-)
‘pot for food’
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ENGLISH
corpse (314)
cough n. (317)
count (S.454)
cover
cow (231)
EPIE
ịdúē
cf. Ịjọ dúéí
(Boma), etc.
ụyílō (ị-)
wan
crab (220)
ovin (i-) A.
cf. Ịjọ ovin
(Nembe), etc.
otúéín E.
ifónómó
ofóní mẹ (i-)
‘my co-wife’
óvịlóō (í-)
crawl (as snail)
creek (S.30)
crocodile (216)
la 2.
orórō
odovo (i-)
co-wife (S.7)
crow v.
crowd (S.22)
cry (= weep)
(501)
cure = heal
(S.469)
curse v. (S.381)
curse n.
cut (481)
cutting-grass
daddy
dance (521)
dark, become
“dash” (S.488)
daughter (39)
daughter-in-law (45)
day (147)
ENGENNI
ézú édei
‘body of person’
DEGEMA
odím (e-)
okófílom
nwạị
leí
étuei
ọkásányām
nwáín
ófoni me
‘my co-wife’
námbúlo
cf. Ịjọ
nambúlo
(Kalabari), etc.
ófōná
ávụrû
1. ádíkohóro
(freshwater)
2. odedébáńgạlạ
(i-) (climbs mangroves)
3. ukambulóo (i-)
(makes holes)
4. kángáị
(calls tide)
5. elúmā (i-)
(land-crab)
6. ọkódī` (ị-)
(water-crab)
úsha
águi
cf. Igbo ágbú íyī
úbōsó (á-)
ọdumsweị
vịyẹ 1.
vịé
lạla
ubúá éwei
‘crowd of people’
vịé
bụ 2.
(fut. búlá)
kpenẹ
kpeni 2.
gbunonó
kokrom
1. kpené ‘abuse’
2. gurú îshoni
1. kpẹté
2. kpẹtéí
once)
ogwe
sobẹ
sobu 2.
zọn
see ‘grasscutter’
adá, ádaáda (in referring)
dáda 3.
ada (n.) áda (in addressing)
bi 1.
ọmófụrọmó
aní ómó
ẹdẹ
‘daylight’ adẹ
éka
1. fíá
2. kịrí
bịné
bini
diominé
ámómúvụrạmụ
ómíní mé ọdọmụ
ạdẹ
10
(more
gbogbó
cf. ‘chop’
fIa
bẹnẹ ụkpạ
liom
ọkpátām
óvítám ómọ mê
‘wife of my child’
1. odisán
‘waking day’
2. tírē ‘24 hours’
than
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ENGLISH
deaf (389)
death (313)
dear (costly)
(377)
debt (S.275)
decrease (intr.)
(520)
deep (363)
defecate (429)
EPIE
oyón dídī
‘deaf person’’
ọyị díí zē
‘he is deaf’
uwu (ị-)
akan ekí kpókpō
‘expensive cloth’
eki kpó zē
‘it is dear’
ụsa (ị-)
mẹ 2.
amíní dídīm
‘deep water’
o dímí zē
‘it is deep’
bẹbẹ
bẹpụ 2.
demolish (S.461)
dew (138)
die (517)
ịmẹmụ
wo
wu 2.
different (S.308)
dig (496)
dirty (373)
disagree
dish out
display
dive (S.350)
divide (546)
do (430)
doctor (125)
dog (256)
done, be (of soup)
door (186)
ENGENNI
1. ó shiene echi
‘he does not hear’
2. ésọụ ẹị dí yé
“ears his stopped are”
uwu
o té yá ékí
‘it has value in the market’
uwú
o túl eki
‘it reaches market’
ọsạ
1. zhi
2. nwọ (water)
o dú yá
‘it is deep’
ụsá
dọsẹ
bu ákpạ
bẹvạ
kpụkpá
(e.g. house)
cf. Ịjọ kpụkpọ
(Okordia), etc.
íkolíkoli
wú
gron
evíe
guẹ
gu 1.
ọ dótíị zé
‘it is dirty’
akań dōdó
‘dirty cloth’
cf. Engl. dirty
bọ
ma
dẹ 1.
dimẹ
dimu 2.
kịẹzẹ 2. A.
kịẹsẹ E.
wulẹ
wulu 2.
ọbụ (ị-)
abúā (ị-)
biye 2.
ogun (i-)
oguun
DEGEMA
odún mạsọụ
‘it is stopped in ears’
kuvian
ihróhōr
wu
vié
osikekné
‘difference’
o síkékńén̄
‘it is different’
osikekné înum
‘different thing’
bul
ídio yá
‘there is dirt’
o bí yá
‘it is dirty/black’
ọ díáń
ókpạkpạ
“it entered dirt”
ọkpạkpá ósọmạ
‘dirty clothes’
dimú
dim
má
kẹsé
wurú
kpené
ạbụ
ábụạ
ọbú (ẹ-)
ábúā (í-)
enúswei
enu ‘cover’
uswei ‘opening, way’
egúú
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ENGLISH
dove (252)
EPIE
ikírí ótiti
ạkíkótọ
‘red-billed wood-dove’ cf.
Ịjọ
kírí ótiti
(Kolokuma), etc.
drag
kpụn 2.
draw
(water) sọ 2.
(S.425)
draw-net (S.176)
1. íburu
cf. Ịjọ ibóro
(Oporoma), etc.
2. fọŋgó ígbọ
‘net drawn by two canoes,
cf. Ịjọ fóŋgó ụgbọ (Bassan)
“drag-net”
dream v. (458)
bẹẹnẹ 2.
dream n. (312)
ụbéénē (ị-)
dress v. (484)
dress n., attire
drink (426)
drive away
(503)
driver ant
drum (295)
dry (372)
dry v. (fish)
(S.409)
dry season (159)
dry up (533)
duck (254)
ENGENNI
gịla
gịlị 1.
1. yọn 2.
(water, medicine)
2. da 2. (wine)
kpotẹ
kpotu 2.
cf. Ịjọ kpótú
(Kolokuma), etc.
see ant
ezè (ì-)
cf. Ịjọ eze
(Kolokuma), etc.
ụyíyāsí ‘dryness’
a yásí zē
‘it is dry’
akanị yíyāsí
‘dry cloth’
vumẹ
vumu 1.
ọnúnû (ị-)A.
ọnẹnẹ E.
wọn 2.
ọdọgụmọ (ị-)
cf. Ịjọ ọdọgụmá
(Kolokuma), etc.,
and (?) Engl. duck
zuō
DEGEMA
nwérẹsị
cf. Ịjọ
wán-ẹrésị
(Kalabari)
Igbo nwaērèèsì
(Ọhụhụ) ‘pigeon’
họu
zuvó
ígbó
= cast-net
ógbó kpúróm (í-)
mịshịné
ọmíshínẹ
‘experience in
sleep’
awó
nyọnị awó
mẹsínē
ịmésīnẹ
1. nyọú
(water, medicine)
2. dá (wine)
3. foú (soup,
beverage)
kpodi kịdé
tlẹmạné
agile
1. nyọụ (water)
2. dạ (wine)
3. byạị (soup)
gugú
ozize
úkpā (á-)
ọ yáshí yá
‘it is dry’
ọ kúán̄
‘it is dry’
eseń nú ọ kúáń
‘fish which is dry’
vumú
bụr
egilé úvo
‘time of sun’
1. ọ yạshínị
it is dried up’
(cf. ‘dry’)
2. ọ n`wónị
(of water)
odoguma
cf. Ịjọ odokuma
(Amegi), etc.,
and (?) English
ónó úvuo
‘time of sun’
ị kúán̄
‘it dries’
(cf. ‘dry’)
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óhóhó bekéin
(European fowl’
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ENGLISH
duiker (“hare”)
(S.106)
dumb (390)
EPIE
ụwaán
cf. Ịjọ wán
(Kolokuma),
ówán (Okordia),
etc.
ọyị díízém̄ kúnónū
‘he is dumb’
ENGENNI
ụnwá
cf. Ịjọ ówán
(Okordia), etc.
unwóni éi dí yá
‘he is dumb’
íkpọsóō
cf. Ịjọ ịkpọsó
(Ekpetiama), etc.
ókpozô Egbure
ugo (i-)
cf. Ịjọ ugo
(Okrika), etc.,
Igbo ugo
ébudu
cf. Ịjọ obudu
(Ọgụla),
oburó (Nembe)
ugo
cf. Ịjọ, Igbo
ear (17)
earring (S.269)
ịsóō
gólī A.
(i)gólu E.
cf. Engl. gold
earth, soil (53)
ésọụ
iberisuá
cf. Ịjọ
beri sụa yé
“ear put thing”
(Kalabari), etc.
ạdọụ
ídẹbéē
= ‘mud
ịkíị ní uvon dúū yi wó
ẹbạ ádụ ákịẹ
“side which sun from ‘front of town’
comes”
dị 2.
dị
(fut. díyá)
ọgạ
aba
ikién fēní
íkíe áfẹnị
‘egg of bird’
‘egg of bird’
ọkólúbọ
úlú óbọ
ọkọlụ ‘something
cf. ‘arm’
sharp’
ụbọ ‘arm’
ọdómgbō (ị-)
ádógbọ
ko 2.
1. ekpeni
ọkpásẹ
2. isi
une T?
dịana 2.
dịạní
dịanị
kọmẹ
kwạmú
kọmụ 2.
za 1.
awụmụ (ị-)
ạnwụmụ
édibé bodú
bạ kíríkírí edei
‘all people’
dust (180)
eagle (S.71)
east (423)
eat (425)
edge (S.249)
eel
egg (261)
elbow (72)
elephant (212)
encircle
end n.
endurance
enter (434)
entertain (S.504)
escape
evening (151)
everyone (407)
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DEGEMA
ọbẹtí (ị-)
o yíń óbu
‘he is dumb’
owéī nú o yíń
óbu ‘person
dumb’
ovuluvúl
ugó (i-)
cf. Ịjọ igo
(Kalabari),
Igbo ugo
úsōú (á-)
ụnyínóném
ásọụ
cf. ‘ear’
ụtó îdịọm
‘ground of food’
dị
ạkú
úkīé (í-)
ékíkár ûbọ
(á- â-)
ení (i-)
ekrerí
díán
kwọm
fụtú (Binyen)
ạŋgúm
onyóvŕónyo
who
is
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ENGLISH
everything (408)
EPIE
kpẹkpé bodú
eye (55)
ịdụ A.
adụ E.
face (48)
faeces (106)
fall (491)
far (380)
ịsáándū
ịkpá
den 1.
ị dáa yá
‘it is far’
ẹkéín dá
‘far town’
Ag-Ep
farm (192)
ọgba
1. agba (ị-)
‘men’s farm’
2. ọtọrọ (ị-)
‘women’s farm,
for yam or cassava’
ẹyẹn (ị-)
ọyị dém zē
‘he is fat’
oyón dídēm
‘fat man’
fat n. (289)
fat (person)
(375)
father (30)
father-in-law
(46)
father’s brother (32)
father’s sister
(33)
fatigue (325)
feather (259)
fell (tree)
female (S.311)
fever (318)
ENGENNI
bá kíríkírí
inumu
‘all things
ạdụ
ésáạdụ
ákpạ
deí
ọ sá yá
‘it is far’
1. ạgbạ
‘men’s farm’
2. ukuô
‘women’s farm,
for yam or cassava’
évúmụ
ọ démú yá
‘he is fat’
ásúnámọ
1. ọsúnúmó
‘father of child’
‘father of child’
ásụ mẹ ‘my father’
2. áda ‘father!’
ásúmé ạdọmụ
ọsúnúmódọm
‘my father of
‘my father of
marriage’
marriage’
ẹtíémómósí
áchẹ ásụ mẹ
ọsúnó mẹ
mọshị
‘male relation of my ‘male relation of my
father’
father’
ẹtíémófíná
ọsúnó
mẹ áchẹ ásụ mẹ vụrạmụ
‘female relation of my ‘female relation of my
father’
father’
etéétí (i-)
ọnwî ló ménị
“body tired to me”
ụvụn éfēní
ukpori áfẹnị
‘feather of bird’
cf. ‘bird’
kẹ 2.
vụrạmụ
okíríkẹ
cf. Ịjọ okíríkẹ
(Ikibiri)
ákọmụ
cf. Igbo ákọm
(Orlu) ‘fever’
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DEGEMA
inúm vrínum
úkmó ûdụ
(í- â-)
‘seed of face’
ạdú (ị-)
ịsó
dein
ọ désín̄
‘it is far’
gbạ nú ô désín̄
‘place which is far’
ọŋgạŋgínā (ị-)
ạní
ọ búū
‘he is fat’
(= ‘big’)
ómó mọsị nú ô
búū ‘man who
is fat’
ósúnómọ
‘father of child’
ósū mé ‘my father’
ósúnómó óvītám
‘father of my wife’
mê
ótó ósúnómọ
ómōsí
‘male relation of father’
ótó ósúnómọ
óvītám ‘female relation
of father
ukpeuné gīná
ukpŕō (a-)
vịtạm
ẹnám vịtạm
‘female animal’
éhĺóhọl
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few (351)
EPIE
ayá kpolívẹ zé
‘they are few’
kpolivákāní
‘fewness of cloths’
ENGENNI
ọgbẹ lọụ
‘a few only’
edei gbẹ lọụ
‘few people’
fight (S.386)
fill (530)
finger (75)
kọnị 2.
sọ 2.
ivílíbō
‘figit of hand’
kọní
vọsé
ámésịlóbọ
cf. ‘hand’
fingernail (70)
ụvúnbō
‘nail of hand’
évẹ ọbọ
‘nail of hand’
finish (528)
veleze 1. A.
vilese E.
ịtáān
= ‘tree’
o vuréni
‘it is finished’
étạị
= ‘tree’
ịtán tíēm
ịtáān ‘tree, fire’
tịém̄ ‘used’
étạị
fire (160)
firewood (S.38)
first (S.2)
fish (269)
fisherman (S.27)
fishing-net
fishpond (S.29)
flea (224)
float (S.351)
ọshínádụ
eseni (i-)
eseni
oyón bé seni
édéí gbéíámu
‘man looking
éseni ‘person killing fish’
for fish’
oyón gbí ésēńi
‘man killing fish’
see ‘cast-net and ‘drawnet’
iduo
éwạị
ịkpịrị
cf. Ịjọ akpịrị
(Amegi), etc.,
Igbo akpí (Owerri)
viemẹ
viemu 3.
flog (S.385)
flood season
(S.36)
ibúē
flow (S.492)
suẹ
su 2.
fláwa
cf. Engl. flower
flower (171)
su
DEGEMA
e yín mí gbẹrín̄
‘they are few’
éméẹ gbẹrín
éwei
‘few people’
kọn
bọbó
úsrûbọ
(pl. ásrâbọ)
cf. ‘hand’
ụvé ûbọ
(ạ- â-)
‘nail of hand’
vresé
1. ítāín
cf. ‘tree’
2. ebó ítạịn
ítāín kprésém
cf. ‘tree, fire’
ọnútútụ
eséń (i-)
ogbíēm íséń (e-)
‘killer of fish’
ihóĺ ísen
‘lake of fish’
uwév (i-)
su
tẹịn
cf. Ịjọ téīn
‘drift’
(Kalabari), etc.
bọm - beat
nyám
1. ạmíń gịnạ
‘big water’
2. óvúvúwó ámịn gịnạ
vụọ
odedê
cf. Ịjọ odedé
(Anyama), etc.,
Igbo ododó
(Ụkwaalị)
1. fịlạwạ
cf. Ịjọ fịláwa
(Kalabari), etc;
English
2. ńgwōńgó (í-)
1. vịạmụ
2. bọmú ‘beat’
egile íbue
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ENGLISH
fly n. (226)
EPIE
úbọmóō
óbomô (Egbure)
cf. Ịjọ ịmọmóọ
(Okordia), etc.
fịanẹ
fịanị 2.
omumuni A.
omumunu E.
fly v. (523)
fog (139)
fold
follow (516)
food (267)
kpọlị 2.
(fut. kpóló)
kpasị 2.
ịdịóōm
cf. ‘eat’
si 2. (Ọgụ dialect)
avị (ị-)
= ‘leg’
foolish
foot (86)
ENGENNI
émụmụ
cf. Ịjọ ịmụmụ
(Amegi), etc.
DEGEMA
úmómo (í-)
cf. Ịjọ ọmọmó
(Kalabari), etc.
fịạní
vẹv
óbólímábóli
= ‘cloud’
obutú gīná
cf. Ịjọ obuto
‘fog, cloud’
(Kalabari), etc.
gịnạ ‘big’
duú
cf. Ịjọ dúó
(Kolokuma),
dugó (Nembe), etc.
ẹdịômụ
cf. ‘eat’
duu
cf. Ịjọ
ịdíōóm
cf. ‘eat’
forehead (S.15)
ạvị
= ‘leg’
see ‘face’
forest (181)
forget (495)
ạzhị
sạmịné
ạví (ị-)
= ‘leg’
ạdú íkpíla
(ị- a-)
ẹzí (ị-)
sạmịné
ạfẹnị
óhóhọ (í-)
ólo
1. ofôró
2. ányágụmágụ
‘toad’
úvrē (á-)
1. ẹkpébréịn (ị-)
2. ụkpáí (ị-)
‘croaking frog’
cf. Ịjọ akpálụ
(Kolokuma), etc.
ẹbá ạdụ
báạdụ
‘in front’
cf. ‘face’
ékpụrú ẹtạị
‘seed of tree’
= ‘seed’
ọ vó yá
‘it is full’
úkúmó ụtaịn (í-)
‘seed of tree’
elo
cf. Igbo eyo
(Ọh̃ụh̃ụ)
íbūé (á-)
kilo kpolí
kpomóín
fowl (=
(247)
friend (128)
frog (229)
azị
samana 2.
Ag-Ep samịna
chicken) ẹfẹnị (ị-)
front (416)
fruit (170)
full, become
(369)
gall (102)
= bile
game
gather (466)
ụgbalị
1. ọgụmụ (ị-)
cf. Ịjọ ọgụmú
‘frog, toad’
(Kolokuma), etc.
2. ịkúrẹkúrē
‘croaking frog’
cf. Ịjọ akúrẹịn
(Boma), etc.
3. otúō (i-) ‘toad’
adọ
adó fám̄
‘in front’
utunu (i-)
eg. utúnédī
‘palmfruit’
full vọn 1.
ọ vón ze
‘it is full’
alákpú (ị-)
cf. Ịjọ lákpō
(Kalabari)
eke
kpolo 2.
16
ọ vúōń
‘it is full’
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ghost (111)
girl (116)
give (506)
give birth (513)
glory
go (431)
EPIE
oyón wém̄
oyon ‘persons’
iwém̄ ‘the dead’
ọmófụrọmó (ị-)
cf. ‘child’
go away
go down (438)
go round (S.333)
go, be, out (435)
go to bush
go up (437)
1. gbe
‘go home’
2. ta
‘to (to return)’
see ‘float’
1. ẹnẹmẹkéēn A.
anamẹkéẹn E.
‘animal of town’
2. ekedi (i-) A.
eketi
E.
‘he-goat’
cf. Ịjọ okotí
(Kolokuma), etc.
1. ókya
‘he-goat’
2. okiri
cf. Igbo okiri
‘castrated he-goat’
dubu 1.
seminé
goní
duú
yịnẹ 2.
bise 1.
funu 2.
gold (198)
igólī
cf. English gold
1. akan vie
‘good cloth’
2. o sóm zē
‘it is good’
oyón súsōm
‘good person’
ulé (i-) A.
cf. Ịjọ ilé
(Eduwini), elé
(Kolokuma), etc.
ídegélē E.
ịsésē
Ag-Ep. ụsésẹ (ị-)
ọsúnúmó gene
‘great father’
grandchild (40,41)
grandfather (42)
ómóvịtạm
(pl. ímívịtạm)
‘female child’
kịẹ
bie
ebube?
1. gbe
‘go home’
2. ta
‘go (to return)’
tẹịn
cf. Ịjọ téīn
(Kalabari), etc.
1. ẹbúwí (ị-)
2. ẹkpé ébụwị
‘he-goat’
cf. Ịjọ ekpé
‘he-goat’
(Kalabari), etc.
1. gbe 1.
‘go home’
2. ta 2.
‘go (to return)’
Izibe
Ag-Ep. Izibẹ
gorilla (S.60)
ámómúvụrạmụ
kíé
bie
God (124)
good, become (367)
DEGEMA
kpomóín
ẹmá
kịẹ 2.
bie 1.
go adrift
goat (233)
ENGENNI
kilo kpolí
inumu ágbụrạ
funú
óníso
cf. Igbo olisẹ
(Ụkwaalị),
Yoruba orisa ‘deity’
góol
cf. English gold
o sómú yá
‘it is good’
yọkuró
seminé
hír
wọlá
fúnú mú ékun
cf. ekun ‘top’
tá mú ékun
cf. ta ‘go’
ósūó
? cf. Ịjọ suó
‘sky, heaven’
(Nembe), etc.
úsōm ‘goodness’
mosomá
‘it is good’
itoun nú mósomá
‘cloth which is good’
ómélẹm zógboin
‘young man of
thick forest.
ósísé
ásúnámọ bo
‘great father’
17
ómíní ómọ mê
“child of child my”
ósúnómọ gịnạ
‘great father’
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grandmother (43)
grass (173)
‘grasscutter’
(=
cutting-grass)
(S.66)
grease, fat (288)
EPIE
onúmó gene
‘great mother’
ikpoo
ikiri
ENGENNI
ónúámọ bo
‘great mother’
ikpu
ikiri
cf. Ịjọ ikirí
(Kolokuma)
ẹyẹn (ị-)
ebili ánạmụ
‘oil of animal’
ẹlélị
green (344)
greet (S.433)
grey hair (S.13)
grind (S.394)
ground (177)
groundnut (290)
grow
guest (127)
guineafowl (249)
gun (S.150)
guts, intestines (81)
hair (body) (99)
hair (grey) (S.13)
hair (head) (52)
hand = arm
(69)
happy, become
hard (357)
“hare” (S.106)
harmattan (S.37)
ịdaán vū
(one hair)
ịdan (pl.)
gbẹn 1.
ụtọ
(also ‘farmland’)
ịpapá A.
ápapá E.
cf. Ịjọ apapá
(Kolokuma), etc.,
Igbo apaapá
(Orlu)
sara
ịkịa
akụakụa (ị-)
cf. Ịjọ akụkụa
(Amegi only)
alágbā (ị-)
cf. Ịjọ alágbā
(Kalabari), etc.
idiín fāán
‘string of abdomen’
iribu (exposed)
ịpịrị (hidden)
ịdaán vū
(one hair)
idan (pl.)
utútōmu
‘hair of head’
ụbọ
belee 2.
see strong
see duiker
okongoro
cf. Ịjọ okoorón
(Kolokuma), etc.
biné
ẹdạạ
gbé
ọtọ
ịpạpá
cf. Ịjọ, Igbo
DEGEMA
ónúma gịnạ
‘great mother’
ítútú wạịn
ebióu
cf. Igbo ébi
ógwū (Orlu)
‘porcupine’
ạní
adú ụbị tạịn
‘appearance of leaf’
bregéń
ụdáín (ị-)
gbẹ
ụtó (ạ-)
ụtọ vụtú
ạpạpá
cf. Ịjọ, Igbo
ọpạpá
édéí ékịa
ọkíkīá (ẹ-)
ógázị (í-)
cf. Igbo ọgazị
álágbạ
ạlágbā (ị-)
cf. Ịjọ alágbā
(Kalabari), etc.
okpotí
ụdíún kífạịn (ạ-)
‘rope of belly’
ukprô (a-)
idíí fạị
‘string of belly’
ukpori ónwị
‘hair of body’
ẹdạạ
ẹtútomu
(Ikodu ẹdịdutom:
ẹdịdạ ‘hair’
u^tom ‘head’)
ọbọ
okongoro
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ụdáín (ị-)
ụtú útom (ị-)
‘hair of head’
ụbó (ạ-)
ókrínga
cf. Ịjọ ókirínga
(Kalabari), etc.
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EPIE
harpoon
(for 1. okpóníyáān
manatees) (S.155)
(large)
cf. Ịjọ okpónúyan
(Oporoma), etc.
2. sókó íbáā
(smaller)
hat (337)
ewéē (i-)
hatch (intr.)
(S.380)
hate (S.453)
hawk (263)
ókpọkpó
cf. Ịjọ ọkpọkpó
(Kolokuma), etc.
head (51)
head-tie (S.267)
utomu
utóm ákāní
“head-cloth”
hear (442)
heart (77)
soon 2.
fịgịló
(pl. ịfịgịló)
ọ kón zē
‘it is heavy’
ekpétí kónkōn
‘heavy box’
ọkolávi Egb.
ọkóláāví (ị-)
ọkọlụ ‘something
sharp’
avị ‘foot’
(cf. ‘elbow’)
see goat
sóbọ
sọ 2. ‘put(in)’
ụbọ ‘hand’
eteénē
sinene 2. A.
sinesine E.
ụsịnị gbẹlị
‘small mountain’
okonédē
okoni ‘slave’
éde ‘river’
isí étēn
isí ‘end’
ẹtẹn ‘sides between
end of ribs and
hipbone’
nụ 2.
dụkụ (dụka) 2.
heavy (339)
heel (83)
he-goat (234)
help v. (490)
here (400)
hide (488)
hill (175)
hippopotamus (217)
hips (95)
hit (446)
ENGENNI
DEGEMA
ékpene
utuu
kịkẹ
ebúrónwî
ó kụ mẹ êbúrónwî
‘he hates me’
ạkpụkpô
cf. Ịjọ
akpụkpọó
(Kabo), etc.
utomu
ọkpómụ u^tomu^
shiené
ikpêbi
= ‘chest’
ọ kwényí yá
‘it is heavy’
utúu (a-)
kẹkẹ
cf. Ịjọ kéké
(Ikibiri), etc.
sụụ ụdú
ạkpóọ
cf. Ịjọ
akpakpaá
(Ikibiri), etc.
utóm (a-)
itóún vô frạnẹm
utom ‘cloth for tying
head’
suené
údúdụ
ókạlávị
ạvị ‘leg’
mọ kọ yá
‘it is heavy’
ígbé kịkọị
‘heavy box’
igígím âvị (i- ị-)
cf. ‘foot’
nyọnị ọbó
“put hand”
nyọn ụbó
“put hand”
enâ
shineshiné
bánạ
sinesé
ẹshịnị
gbelóm
okónéda
eda ‘river’
ẹtẹị
otobó (i-)
cf. Ịjọ otobo
(Okordia), etc.
uló (a-)
nụ
nụ
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hoe n. (193)
hoe v. (497)
EPIE
asúān
cf. Ịjọ
asábá (Okordia), etc.
kunẹ
kunu 2.
hold
muẹ
mu 2.
hole (320)
otúlō (i-)
honey (228)
ubili bịlám̄
cf. ‘bee’, ‘suck’
hook
akpápụ
horn (265)
ụkpanị (i-)
hornbill (S.76)
apíápīá (ị-) A.
apípīá
E.
cf. Ịjọ apíápíá
(Anyama), etc.,
Igbo ápíá
horse (237)
ayanyan (ị-)
cf. Ịjọ ayanyan
(Okordia), etc.;
Ukwaalị anyịnya,
Igbo ịnyịnya
hot, become (as fire) ọ tún zē
(385)
‘it is hot’
tụn 2.
ụfúló túndūn
‘hot soup’
hot (as pepper)
(S.312)
ENGENNI
aswâ
ạswâ
cf. Ịjọ
kunú
kunú
ẹsúā
cf. Ịjọ ẹsúwéí
(Boma), etc.
1. bul
‘day’
2. kun ẹzí
‘clear bush’
bol
oko
ạmịni énwẹị
“water(of)bee”
otokló (i-)
ụkịạnú
ẹkpạnị
ápịpịạ
cf. Ịjọ, Igbo
ụkpáń (ạ-)
akpókō (i-)
apịapịa
ạnyạ
cf. Ịjọ, Ukwaalị,
Igbo
ásụ (í-)
cf. Ịjọ ásụ
(Kalabari), etc.;
Portugese asno
‘donkey’
mọtụạ
‘it is hot’
ạmíń tūtú
‘hot water’
ọ tú yá
= ọtúạmụ yá
‘there is heat’
ọ fóú yá
house (183)
how? (397)
ụfámū
adụ vóo
ómụ
ivó
how many? (398)
hunger (330)
íweníi
ọkóōn
ínwei
ézhie
hunt (S.482)
1. san
= ‘shoot’
2. bịda azị
‘walk the forest’
1. oyón sán nām
‘person shooting
animals’
2. oyón kpén nām
‘person trapping
animals’
3. oyón gbí ánām
‘person killing
animals’
sạ ôbọ
hunter (129)
DEGEMA
ọsạ ôbọ
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milomá
‘it is hot’/bitter?
ísịlébẹịn lilom
‘hot pepper’
úvāí (á-)
ákuvo
‘which way?’
nwei
ịdịóm gúām
cf. ‘food’
sạ
= ‘shoot’
ọsám ịnạm
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ENGLISH
husband (S.6)
EPIE
ọmósị
ọmózị Egb.
I
“iguana”
increase (intr.)
(519)
in-laws (S.12)
mẹmẹ
see ‘monitor lizard’
bu 2.
bun
inside (412)
uvomu
uvóm fám̄
‘ide the house’
kpeenẹ 2.
see guts
ugu
cf. Ịjọ ugú
(Bassan), etc.
insult (449)
intestines
iron (196)
island
itch
jaw (59)
kpan 2.
ụbúbábáān A.
bíbábáan E.
join (S.458)
judge (S.436)
jump (524)
kernel
key (S.161)
kidney (80)
kill (448)
ómọshị
DEGEMA
ómōsí údóm
‘husband in
marriage’
ómōsí mê
‘my husband’
ba
bụẹsẹ
1. áchẹ mẹ
ạdọmụ
2. ógọ
cf. Igbo ógọ
uvomu
ẹnátụ
ivóm
kpené
kpene diesem
obíomu
íkuléle
cf. Ịjọ íkúléle
(Kalabari), etc.
ạgbạ
cf. Igbo agba
1. gesé (rope)
2. zu (sticks, iron)
fia ẹkọmụ
“tell case”
ịbíbēú (ạ-)
fienẹ
fieni 2.
sạ ágọ
ụkpálá īgódó
ụkpala ‘small stick’
igodo ‘padlock’
cf. Ịjọ igodo
(Ịbanị), etc. ‘lock’;
Igbo igodó
ikpí
gbiẹ
gbie 1.
sámbị
cf. Ịjọ sámbị
(Kalabari), etc.;
Portugese chave
king (122)
= village head
kite (bird)
(S.72)
ENGENNI
lol
duko ịkmạnyọ
?cf. Ịjọ dukó
(Kalabari) ‘tell’
sọl
ụbị
sámbị
cf. Ịjọ, Portugese
ékpụrányị
gbẹí
ífúfu
gbiyé
okílómu ákịẹ
ọdám ékẹịn
(ẹ- í-) cf. Ịjọ
da ‘rule’
(Nembe), etc.;
ékēín ‘town’
ạgúńkwō
cf. Ịjọ ágúńkwō
(Kalabari) ‘hawk’
(?); Igbo
ágúńkwō
(Onitsha) ‘kite’
ẹvégẹléēm (ị-)
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knee (84)
kneel (S.330)
knife (301)
knock (as on door)
EPIE
tómgbélē A.
tómgbólo E.
utomu ‘head’
igbélē ‘front
upper part of calf’
cf. Ịjọ imgbélé
(Kolokuma), etc.,
knee’
ụgba (ị-)
titi 2.
know (493)
deelẹ
deeli
kola nut (291)
ụbịị (ị-) A.
abịị
E.
ụtụgban (ị-) A.
cf. Ịjọ tụkpá
(Kolokuma), etc.;
Itsekiri utukpa;
Igbo utúkpe
(Onitsha), etc.
1. onú gbēní A.
onu ‘mouth’
ịgbẹnị ‘talking’
2. ukúnónú
ékéen
E.
“mouth (of) town”
lamp (S.167)
language (308)
large (348)
= big (347)
laugh (502)
law (S.245)
gbẹẹ 1.
ológo (i-) A.
olóko E.
cf. Ịjọ olókó
(Kolokuma), etc.
lay (eggs) (S.379)
lazy (S.313)
leaf (164)
ịsó táān
“ear (of) tree”
leak
learn (500)
leave (place)
left (418)
dụ (dụwa) 2.
manana 2.
yịnẹ 2.
ọvịlí
ụbọ vịlí
‘left hand’
avị (ị-)
leg = foot (82)
ENGENNI
úlú ávị
cf. ‘leg, foot’
tukpurú
ẹgbạ
nomú
cf. Ịjọ nú
(Okordia), etc.
ạbịị
ẹtọnjị
cf. Ịjọ tọnjí,
tọnjié
(Okrika): tọnjí
‘to light’,
yé ‘thing’
unwóní ákịẹ
“mouth (of) town”
DEGEMA
ókpókpólóm âvị
(í- î-)
cf. ‘leg, foot’
gblụmịạn
ẹlẹgé (ị-)
kpọl
gbọlọ (George)
derí
ụbúín (ị-)
tọnzó
cf. Ịjọ
enú úsẹ (a- á-)
cf. ‘mouth’
gbẹí
órou
gbẹí
ólōkó (í-)
cf. Ịjọ ólókó
(Kalabari), etc.
disé
1. o dei ọgbẹ
2. o dei ọyạ
‘he is lazy’
1. ana ọyạ
2. ana ọgbẹ
‘lazy person’
ẹbị étạị
‘leaf of tree’
ẹbị ázhị
‘leaf of vegetable’
(cf. ‘book’, ‘bush’)
desé
o déín êgbẹ
‘he is lazy’
owéí nú o déín
ẹgbẹ ‘person
who is lazy’
mạmịné
mạkịné
ọvírị
ụvịtí
ạvị
ạví (ị-)
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ụbí ítāín
“leaf (of) tree”
cf. ‘book’
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ENGLISH
length
leopard (211)
lie n (322)
lie down (456)
life (315)
lift (454)
light n. (333)
light adj. (in weight)
(340)
lightning (141)
EPIE
idégīrí
ikpe
cf. Ịjọ ikpé
(Oporoma), etc.
yinene 2.
‘lie stretched out’
ẹsụẹ (ị-)
tẹlẹ
tẹlị 2.
= ‘take up’
agángáān A.
ụgán E.
cf. Ịjọ gaán
(Kolokuma), etc.
ẹ féŋgérén zē
‘it is light’
ekpétí féŋgérém̄
‘light box’
cf. Ịjọ féŋgéné
‘be light’
(Korokorosei), etc.;
? Igbo mfé
‘lightness’
(Onitsha)
ịgbáíndē A.
lion (210)
1. anamadágā (ị-)
2. láíyọnị
cf. Engl. lion
lip (61)
féfé kúnónū
‘covering of mouth’
semene 2.
odiom (i-)
1. ogeregérē (i-)
‘agama lizard’
2. úmẹléē
‘skink’
cf. Ịjọ ọmólẹị
(Oporoma), etc.
ikpeze A.
ikpese E. + Ag-Ep
cf. Ịjọ ikpesé
(Kolokuma), etc.
listen (S.336)
liver (79)
lizard (218)
load n. (328)
load v. (S.347)
lock n. (S.160)
igodo
cf. Ịjọ igodo
(Kolokuma), etc.;
Igbo igodó
ENGENNI
ákírásádụ
ílô
cf. Ịjọ óló
(Amegi, Okordia,
only)
nyinené
‘lie on back’
ạswẹị
pa funú
DEGEMA
uder?
ẹkpé (ị-)
ibúō
nyinené
asúwéí
funesé
ovuvo
isí
‘daylight’
o záni foforo
‘it is light
movovowá
‘it is light’
ígbé mó vovowa
“box is light”
ạdé sâmụ
cf. ‘thunder’
“day shooting”
odúmúmabuágụ
cf. Igbo:
ọdụm-neegbú-ágū
(‘lion which kills
leopard’)
éfínạ únwoni
‘covering of mouth’
dịlạ êsọụ
ediomu
1. ókidô
‘agama lizard’
2. ạbịlẹbílẹ
‘skink’
ịtáín ôblẹlẹ
‘fire of heaven’
odúm nị bú ágū
cf. Igbo
ẹdír ēnu (ị-)
nạkịné
udíóm (a-)
1. ugbedíén (i-)
‘agama lizard’
2. ohohrófịmgbá
(i-) ‘skink,
scorpion’ (?)
íkpokpo
fá
igido
cf. Ịjọ, Igbo
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fạ bọbó
ukpepú (i-)
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ENGLISH
long (365)
look at (S.335)
look for (S.507)
loose
lose
louse (225)
lungs (88)
EPIE
e délí zē
‘it is long’
akań dideli
‘long cloth’
die 1.
be 1.
untie
vaa 1.
ubú tōmú
cf. ‘head’
odiomu
cf. ‘liver!’
mad (S.315)
maiden (119)
maize (282)
ENGENNI
o dórí yá
‘it is long’
gẹní
gẹnị wá
o dér̄
‘it is long’
ódīdéŕ útạịn
‘long stick’
gén
gidí
ónúo
udúv (i-)
ifurumafu
ẹbré âvoun (ị-)
“bag (of) air”
ẹbá
‘madness’
o yíń êbạ
‘it is madness’
owéī nú mó dịạn êbạ
‘person who is mad’
ómátam
ọ gwạ ádụ
“he mixes eye”
ịsaánfínā
‘young female’
akán (ị-)
cf. Ịjọ aká
(Kolokuma), etc.;
Igbo ókha
ámémure
ákạ
cf. Ịjọ aká
(Kolokuma), etc.;
Igbo ókha
male (S.310)
man (113)
mango (S.138)
mangrove (S.39)
many (350)
oyon (i-)
1. ogbéín (i-)
‘bush-mango’
cf. Ịjọ ogbóín
(Kolokuma), etc.;
2. ogbéín yibó
‘European (i.e.
imported) mango’
agálā (ị-)
cf. Ịjọ angálá
(Kolokuma), etc.
o bú zē
‘it is plentiful’
akań búbū
‘many cloths’
march v.
zii (ziyẹ) 1.
market (327)
afín ékī
‘open place of
buying’
bene 2.
= ‘obtain’
marry (531)
massage
DEGEMA
onyímoshi
ógbei
cf. Ịjọ
ogbenyi
1. o bú yá
‘it is plentiful’
2. ikpóli âkạnị
‘many cloths’
ịmbịạkpá
cf. Ịjọ ịmbịakpa
(Nembe), etc.
ẹnám mọsị
‘male animal’
ómọsị (pl. ímosi)
1. ugbéín ẹzị (i-)
‘bush-mango’
cf. Ịjọ ogboín
(Kalabari), etc.
2. ugbéín bekéin
‘European (i.e.
imported) mango’
úńgālá (í-)
cf. Ịjọ ángálá
(Kalabari), etc.
1. i bún̄
‘y are many’
ubúá átoun
‘many cloths’
2. ọkúkụ
eki
ekí
1. bịdá ạvụrạmụ
‘move with a wife’
2. dụmó
‘marry (a man)’
dọmó
lọ
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mat (297)
EPIE
Ag-Ep. akpara
1. ákpụmáā (ị-)
‘stiffest type’
2. oróō (i-)
‘soft type’
cf. Ịjọ oró
(Kolokuma), etc.
3. útê (í-)
‘soft, coloured type’
cf. Ịjọ uté
(Kolokuma), etc.;
Igbo úté
matchet (S.156)
Ag-Ep eléli
ogidi (i-)
cf. Ịjọ ogidí
(Kolokuma), etc.
measure (S.445)
meat =‘animal’
(268)
medicine (126)
anamụ (ị-)
ịbị
= ‘book’
meet (S.456)
melt (S.465)
message
middle (S.247)
milk (211)
monitor lizard,
"iguana" (S.57)
monkey (215)
má
ạnạmụ
ẹbị
dunené
sanị 2.
cf. Ịjọ saní
(Kolokuma), etc.
amín ívēín
‘water of breast’
mix (S.390)
money (326)
ENGENNI
1. ạkpúkpạ
‘stiffest type’
cf. Ịjọ akpụkpáa
(Okordia), etc.
2. ute
‘soft type’
cf. Ịjọ, Igbo
3. búkúnúmá
‘soft, coloured type’
4. (ute ákpạlị)
‘soft, costly type’
cf. 2, and Ịjọ
ákpálị ‘flexible,
tough type’
(Kalabari)
okílolo
ịsílī
cf. Ịjọ sílị
(Kolokuma), etc.;
Engl. shilling
ebedi (i-)
cf. Ịjọ abedi
(Kolokuma), etc.
anám ókūnú
"animal (of) above"
nyịnạné
uvio
ishísha
ạmịnị ívie
‘water of breast’
gwá
cf. Ịjọ gúá
(Amegi), etc.
énụmạ
abadi
ạnạmụ ékunu
"animal (of) above"
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DEGEMA
1. étérē
‘stiff type’
cf. Ịjọ étírē
(Kalabari), etc.
‘less stiff type’
2. ákpálị
‘soft, Japanese
type’
cf. Ịjọ
ọgé (ị-)
cf. Ịjọ ogie
(Kalabari)
‘matchet’; ogie
(Nembe), ‘knife’;
Igbo mmā oge
‘matchet’
(Onitsha)
má
ẹnám (ị-)
1. útāín (ị-)
= ‘tree’
2. ịbí
‘charm’
1. mụnọné
2. duan
zạlạsé (tr.)
zạlá (intr.)
ịwạyạ
usúogbo
ạmíní ivinyou
‘water of breast’
gwạvtíí
okpokí
cf. Ịjọ igbogí
(Nembe), ete.,
orig. 'manilla'
évēún (í-)
enwén (i-)
cf. Ekpeye enwen,
Igbo enwe
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ENGLISH
moon (145)
= month (156)
moor (boat)
(S.355)
morning (149)
mortar (S.197)
mosquito (225)
mother (31)
EPIE
Ag-Ep otóoró
1. otótóótó
otótótó A.
2. uki faa
'new moon' (154)
3. ukí tégérém̄
'round(i.e. full)
moon' (154)
cf. Ịjọ tegereé
'be round'
diẹn
diin 1.
ẹwíē (ị-)
agbá dúmú tárān
ágba 'mortar'
cf. Ịjọ agbá
(Oporoma), etc.
dumu 2. 'pound'
ụtárān 'fufu'
cf. Ịjọ ụtáran
'fufu'; Igbo
úth)ar)a (Orlu)
úbọmó igêlê
"fly (of) night"
Ag-Ep onúómó
1. onúómó
2. ịnáa (voc.)
onúmódọm
mother-in-law
(47)
mother's
brother ẹtíémómósí ónú mẹ 'male
(34)
relation of my mother'
mother's sister (35)
ẹtíémófíná ónú
mẹ 'female relation of my
mother'
mould
ma 2.
mount (440)
kpaana 2.
mountain (174)
ụsịnị
mouse (250)
mouth (60)
move
mud (179)
nail (of body)
(71)
name (110)
nape (65)
ékpẹngbén A.
ẹkpẹnkpén E.
ukúnónū
T? bịra
ídẹbéē
ụvụn (ị-)
cf. 'claw'
ini
ENGENNI
DEGEMA
1. uki
2. uki fạị
uki fófạị
'new moon' (154)
3. uki bo
'great (i.e. full)
moon' (155)
1. obám̄
bạrí
gim
ạwíẹ
ódo
cf. Ịjọ ódo
(Okordia), etc.;
Igbo ódó,
Ukwaalị odoò;
Urhobo ódo
ạwíyē
énēné (í-)
ésạrụ
úsātú (í-)
ónúámo
ónúma
2. obám̄ fáín
'new moon' (154)
3. obám̄ éhihráịn
'full moon' (155)
onúamâdọmụ
ónúma
óvītám
mê
'mother by marriage'
'mother of my wife'
áchẹ ónu me
ótụ ónúma ómōsí
'relation of my mother'
'male relation of mother'
áchẹ ónu me
ótụ
ónúma
óvītám
vụrạmụ 'female relation of 'female relation of my
my mother'
mother'
ígú
cf. Ịjọ ígú
(Kalabari), etc.
egblóm îhiun (i-)
únwóni
enú (i-)
épịdẹ (wet)
adọụ (dry)
ạbáín
cf. Ịjọ abaín
(Okrika) 'mud for
building'
ụvé (ạ-)
'nail, claw'
iní (a-)
ikósúm înyạn
(a- â-)
évẹ
'nail, claw'
inii
eshimu ênyạnị
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narrow (356)
EPIE
ayá kóróróọ (zé)
'it is narrow'
akań kóróróō
'narrow cloth'
navel (96)
near (379)
udumu (i-)
1. ẹkéín búózū
'nearby town'
2. upíém
'nearness'
e píín zē
'it is near'
ẹkéín píém̄
'nearby town'
elélémū (i-)
ịlá éléléémū
ịla 'bead'
(cf. Ịjọ ịlá 'bead')
elélémū 'neck'
álagá (í-)
cf. Ịjọ alágá
(Ibanị), etc.
1. ịgbó
'cast-net'
cf. Ịjọ ịgbó
(Kolokuma), etc.
2. íburu
'draw-net'
cf. Ịjọ ibóro
(Oporoma), etc.
3. fọŋgó ígbọ
'net drawn by two
canoes'
cf. Ịjọ fóŋgó ụgbọ
(Bassan); fóŋgó
'pull', ụgbó 'net'
ayá fāá zé
'it is new'
akan faa,
akan fááfāá
'new cloth'
igole
neck (64)
necklace (S.270)
needle (S.270)
net (S.175-8)
new (370)
night (148)
night heror
noon (150)
no one (410)
north (421)
nose (53)
isíbú téńgene A.
síbí téńgené E.
édibee mó
édībéé 'person'
mó 'not'
ódūdóbú
'upstream'
isíbē
Ag-Ep usúbe
ENGENNI
kpạné
ọ kpáné yá
'it is narrow'
udumu
ọ pí yá
'it is close-packed'
ị pí yá
'they (2 towns)
are near'
DEGEMA
1. ọ dón̄
'it is narrow'
usuwéí dọdọ 'narrow
road'
udúm (a-)
o kpékín̄
'it is near'
okpékíń bánạ
'near the place'
gbanú ô kpékín̄
'place which is near'
ẹnyạnị
élạ
ịnyáń (a-)
íkútá înyạn
ọláị inumu
udídīún (a-)
1. ígbó
'cast-net'
cf. Ịjọ
2. idii
'floating net'
3. agidagú
'draw-net'
1. ógbō (í-)
cf. Ịjọ ígbō
(Kalabari), etc.
2. ógbó kpúróm
(í-) 'draw-net'
3. ịbórụ
'draw-net'
cf. Ịjọ
ọ yá ọfófạị
'it is newness'
ạsụ
o yíń ōfáín
'it is new'
ọsọmá fáín fạịn
'new dress'
(= 'young')
ạsú
ọtánạ
odisán
édéi ávụ á mo
'one person is
not present'
ẹbạ Ọdạụ
'Ọdạụ side'
(a village N. of
Joinkrama)
úswei
ogóín ôwei kâ
ômo mú bána
'no one is here'
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úsúvein (í-)
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ENGLISH
not (409)
nothing (411)
now
obtain (543)
occiput (S.14)
ocean (S.31)
oil (287)
okra (279)
old (S.303)
old man (120)
old woman (121)
onion (274)
open v. (461)
out, go or be
outside (413)
EPIE
mó
mó sōm
'not good'
síni mó
'no thing'
T? bẹlẹ
bne 2
= 'marry'
abadị (ị-)
cf. Ịjọ abadí
(Kolokuma), etc.
ebili
ENGENNI
shown by tone
only (high tone on
final syllable of
noun phrase)
inumu ạvụ á mo
'there is nothing'
tọú
ụdém kōl (ạ-)
édā gịnạ
'big river'
ebili
Ag.Ep ọkúru
ókụrụ (í-)
cf. Ịjọ ọkúrụ
(Kolokuma), etc.;
Igbo ókụrụ
ayá dó
'it is old'
akań
'old cloth'
íkúromu
1. ọkpókpó nyō
'old man'
2. ọkpókpó dibee
'old person'
cf. Ịjọ kpó 'be old'
kpọ 2. 'get old'
ọkpókpó fína
ókáa mọshị
ayabásị
cf. Ịjọ yabásị
(Kolokuma), etc.;
Igbo yabáasị
(Onitsha); Hausa
albása
Ag-Ep áyou
kiein 2.
yịnẹ 2.
afịn
DEGEMA
shown by tone
only (high tone on
pronominal prefix); e.g.
ósom
'it is not good'
inum îmo bána
'nothing is here'
1. o téni ôdô
'it is old'
ạkạnị do
'old cloth'
2. ókaa
oldness (of people)'
okáa vụrạmụ
ayoú
cf. Ịjọ áyou
(Oporoma), etc.;
Igbo ayó (Ọh)ụh)ụ);
Portugese alho
'garlic'
kué
dúú
ạfịnị
o dúu yá âfịnị
1. 'he is out'
2. 'she is menstruating'
(used by women)
oyster
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ebír bíáyām
'edible oil'
ókrụ
cf. Ịjọ ókụrụ
(Kalabari), etc.;
Igbo ókụrụ
oyíń ódégína,
o dégíná tē
'it is old'
ụbí dégínā
'old book'
ọ kpótē
'it is old'
cf. Ịjọ kpó
'be old'
(Nembe), etc.
odégíné nyo mọsị (e-)
'male old person'
odégné nyó
vịtạm (e-)
'female old person'
áyō
cf. Ịjọ áyo
(Kalabari), etc.;
Igbo; Portugese
kunyé
áfiin
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ENGLISH
paddle n. (S.187)
paddle v. (S.352)
palm (of hand)
(S.16)
palm oil (287)
palm tree (278)
EPIE
uvíi
yạí
ébịlôbọ
uvíun
yạịn
ẹdú ụbọ
ebili
ebili
1. edi (i-)
'oil palm'
2. ụkọn 'raffia palm'
1. edi
'oil palm'
2. ọkwẹị 'raffia palm'
ebír bíáyām
'edible oil'
1. edí
'old palm'
2. íngwọ
'raffia palm'
cf. Igbo ńgwọ
1. udí ngwọ
'wine of raffia palm'
2. udí útukeri
'wine of oil palm'
iwéíndī A.
iwéín 'actual'
idi 'wine'
idivie E.
'good wine'
part (people who are kuu 2.
fighting)
pass (S.332)
dalị 2. (dalẹ, dala)
path (188)
ogbúsué gbẹlị
'small road'
pay
kpẹn 2.
(S.475-6)
(for damage)
peck
kpo 2.
peel v.
kpa 2.
(S.399-400)
(plantain)
penis (91)
ọtọkọló
pepper (273)
pierce
(S.413-4)
ịgịnáā
cf. Ịjọ ịgịná
(Kolokuma), etc.
IsanI
édībé
ụbó dúmú tárān
"hand (to) pound fufu"
kpolo 2.
tọlọ
libe 2.
'pierce ear'
pig (S.68)
opóríópó
pick
DEGEMA
uvíīn (i-)
yaan 2.
palm wine (S.147)
person (112)
pestle (S.198)
ENGENNI
udi ôkwẹị
rịị
ugbuswei
kpẹ
1. kạrí
'peel (uncooked yam)'
2. kpạ 'peel (cooked yam,
cassava, corn, plantain and
banana)'
1. ọtáạmụ
2. ojijî
'snake' (used to children)
ẹsánị
cf. Ịjọ ísánị
(Okordia), etc.
dá
usuwéí (a-)
'road, path'
kpẹ
1. kạr
'peel (yam, cocoyam)
with knife'
2. bẹ 'peel (plantain) with
knife'
3. kpọróń 'peel with hand'
odúdū (i-)
ísléẹbein
édei
ọbọ ódo
"hand mortar"
owéī (e-)
udúm (a-)
1. gu
2. sạí
'pierce (ear)'
1. gim
(general term)
2. suvé
'pierce (fish)'
3. ruvé
'pierce (ear)'
óporópo (í-)
cf. Ịjọ óporópo
(Kalabari), etc.,
Portugese
ópílópó
cf. Ịjọ opóríópo
(Olodiama), etc.;
Portugese porco
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pigeon (253)
ENGENNI
see 'dove'
DEGEMA
see 'dove'
"pin" (stick)
(S.360) i.e. fix in
ground
place (323)
eti (i-)
gimú
tim
echi
plait (545)
baan 2.
also 'weave (rope)'
bạí
1. esí
2. ụbá
kpa
'plait (hair),
weave (rope)'
plan v.
plant v. (S.471)
ma 2.
gbobẹ
gbobu 1.
abaaná (ị-) A.
abaná E. + Ag-Ep.
cf. Ịjọ abáŋgá
(Bassan), etc.
ẹférē (ị-)
cf. Ịjọ ẹféré
(Kolokuma), etc.;
Igbo éféré
ke (éke) 2.
n. eke
gboú
kpev
ạbínạ
cf. Ịjọ abínáa
(Amegi)
ọbláín gasi
cf. 'banana'
éfúré
cf. Ịjọ, Igbo
éfēré (í-)
cf. Ịjọ éféré
(Okrika), etc.;
Igbo
bẹnẹ ụbénē
'play a game'
cf. 'dance'
o déín ígóín
'he is poor'
ígóín ómôvịtạm
'poor woman'
cf. Ịjọ ígóín
'be poor'
(Kalabari)
évūwé (í-)
= 'grasscutter'
vutú
plantain (S.126)
plate (S.201-2)
play (game) (S.431)
EPIE
ipíjīní
(semi-domestic);
cf. English pigeon,
see also 'dove'
vin 1.
poor (S.307)
rụbịné
ạnạ igo
'poor man'
porcupine (S.67)
pound v. (S.395)
postpone
pot (306)
potter (131)
pour (538)
poverty
power
dumẹ
dumu 2.
(dumẹ, dumo)
sụ
guron
1. úkúkú âmịn
(í-)
'pot for water'
cf. Ịjọ kúkú
(Kalabari), etc.;
2. ákí ịdịọm (í-)
'pot for food'
odúmám úkuku
'maker of water pots'
1. akí (ị-)
'waterpot'
2. úmemé delé
díóm̄ (í-)
"pot (to) cook food"
1. ákị
'waterpot'
2. obila
'pitcher'
1. afíná má
umemée 'woman
who makes pots'
2. oyón má umemée
'person who makes pots'
wenne 2.
also 'spill'
igṍ
1. ọmạ óbila
'maker of pots'
2. édéi mámụ
óbila 'person who makes
pots'
tuu (nyọní)
1. daré
2. tuu
ụkari
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ENGLISH
praise (S.432)
pray (S.438)
present, be (S.502)
proverb (S.242)
"pull"
= paddle v.
pull = draw
(450)
push (451)
put away (487)
put down (455)
put in (S.348)
EPIE
bịbịlẹ 2.
'beg, pray'
ọyị yá
'he is there'
ụkábū (ị-)
cf. Ịjọ kabú
(Kolokuma), etc.
kpụan
kpụn 2.
cf. Ịjọ kpún
(Kolokuma), etc.
'pull (rope)'
dịa
dị 1.
1. ya kẹzẹ A.
yaa kẹsẹ E.
ya 2. 'take'
kẹzẹ 'remove'
2. gbalị 'store'
cf. Ịjọ gbalị
(Eduwini)
dibeze 1.
ya sọ
ya 2. 'take'
sọ 2. 'put in'
put on to (S.349)
quarrel (S.382)
quarter, ward (of ipélē
town)
cf. Ịjọ pélé
(S.46)
(Kolokuma), etc.
'compound'
raphia palm
see palm tree (278)
rain (135)
1. ọwịị
2. ẹdẹ
rainbow (S.35)
rainy season
(158)
raise
ram (236)
rat (251)
reach (S.506)
read (464)
1. ifí édē
'time of rain'
2. elémū (i-)
ENGENNI
bịlé
bureburé
yạ
ọ yạ
'he is there
ékạạ
DEGEMA
sívā
kpẹkpéń
'pray'
ábō
'he is there'
egberí (i-)
cf. Ịjọ egberi
('proverb' in Kalabari,
elsewhere 'story'
dọ
'pull towards'
twéín
bishí
sú
pa kịdé
buká
'store'
sisé
nyọní
sisé
nyọn
ạdạnị
fạ
vláín
upĺō (a-)
cf. Ịjọ póló
(Kalabari), etc.
ọwịị
ókpār
égulégu
? cf. Ụkwaalị
égúlugu
1. egile ówịị
'time of rain'
2. ạmịnị ạfạị
'new water'
ógōnó (í-)
cf. Ịjọ ógónó
(Kalabari)
ụbụmá
beden
úsụmaa mósī
'male sheep'
owódumó (i-) A.
owótumó
E.
te
go 1.
cf. Ịjọ go
(Ogboin), etc.
owútumu
ọgbádīyám (ị-)
té
vá
vạ
túl
gó
cf. Ịjọ
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red (343)
refuse (478)
rejoice
remain
remember (494)
reserve
rest (459)
return (433)
ribs (87)
rice (S.129)
EPIE
yéréyéré zē
'it is red'
akan yéréyérē
'red cloth'
cf. Ịjọ yereyeré
(Kolokuma), etc.
bọ
mẹ bó
1. refuse
mémemo
'not agree'
ọyị mémēmé
'he does not agree'
belee 2.
kọ 2.
winikẹ A.
winikẹn,
winiŋgẹ E.
= 'think'
bo 2.
séín díyín
sein 'breathe'
díyīn 'breath'
1. kinene 2.
'go back to own place'
2. yim
'come back towards
speaker'
igologolo
ọrósī (ị-)
cf. Ịjọ ọrósị
(Kolokuma), etc.;
Portugese arroz
arụsú Ep.
rich (S.306)
ENGENNI
o dei yạ
'it is red'
("ripe")
DEGEMA
1. oyíń ạtụạtụ
2. mọgịạ
'it is red'
itóún ạtụạtụ
'red cloth'
1. kié
2. negative of mé
'agree'
negative of
memé 'agree'
ma dọụ íkpêbi
;remember with
heart'
1. lovra
2. siseném îvom
sise ínyê
"put down strength"
fụwọsẹ ópóki
giri yi
kír
úbwo ákwôkpu
úbúó úbrárạ
(í- í-)
ạrụsîny
cf. Ịjọ arosúun
(Kalabari);
Portugese
ạrụsû
cf. Portugese
ọ gbó yá
'he is rich'
ạdídẹ
'rich man'
right, correct
(S.305)
dịanẹ A.
dịana E.
a dịáń zē
'it is right'
ọyị dịáń zē
'he is right'
síní dídīáń
'right/correct thing'
ring = beat (bell)
nụ 2.
ọ dyánị yá
'he/it is right'
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o gbón̄
'he is rich'
oyóń ódádạ
'rich person'
1. gangasí, gasí
'correctness, truth'
iyíń gasí inum
'it is a true/
correct thing'
inúm gasi
'true thing'
2. utékénē
'correctness'
o tékénēń
'it is right/correct'
ụbị nú ô tékenén
'book which is correct'
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ENGLISH
right (side)
(419)
ripe (S.301)
river (134)
road (189)
roast (469)
roll (S.392)
roof (187)
roof v.
room (184)
root (165)
rope (304)
EPIE
DEGEMA
ọdịọmú
cf. 'food'
ụbọ dịọmú
'right hand'
zịị
ọdíọmụ
ubaví
deí
édē
ogbúsué
tọn 2.
éda
ugbúswei
tó
kilekilé
utwo ómụ
'roof of house'
cf. Ịjọ
o bíítē
'it is ripe'
obíbí ôblạịn
'ripe plantain/
banana'
édā (í-)
usuwéí (a-)
tó
hihlá
ekúń ụvạị
(e- ạ-)
"top (of) house"
ófyạ ômụ
ébūwó (í-)
úkúmo étạị
"root (of) tree"
cf. Ịjọ kumu
(Okordia), etc.
ọdọ
cf. Ịjọ ọdọ
'twine' (Okordia);
Igbo ụdọ 'rope'
ọ véí yá
'it is rotten'
ụsịní (ạ-)
utú fám̄
utu 'top'
cf. Ịjọ utu 'roof'
(Kolokuma), etc.
ụfámū 'house'
bọ
ịkí gbẹlí
'small side'
ikúmó táān
"root (of) tree"
cf. Ịjọ ikemu
(Ọgụla), etc.
idiin A.
udíin E.
efere
rotten, be (534)
1. kpuẹ
kpu (of animal matter)
2. vuẹ
vu 1. (of vegetable matter)
run (439)
sile 2.
sail n. (S.188)
ịbálā A.
(ụ) bálā E.
cf. Ịjọ bála
(Kolokuma), etc.;
Portugese vela
saliva (108)
ẹsẹẹn
salt (272)
ubonu
sand,
sandbank obumu
(178)
say (472)
gba 1.
cf. Ịjọ gbá
(Kolokuma), etc.
scissors (302)
ENGENNI
akpabú tōmú (ị-)
cf. Ịjọ kpábú
'scissors'
"cutter (of) head"
(Amassoma), etc.
ụdíún (ạ-)
ịvóī
'it is rotten'
siré
siré
válạ
cf. Ịjọ vála
(Kalabari), etc.;
Portugese
ẹshẹị
úbúoni
ébu^mu
ạsáín
ubúóń
ịkpékplẹm
wẹí
1. duko inúm
'say something'
cf. Ịjọ dukó
(Kalabari), etc.
2. kwẹ
sînzịlị
cf. Ịjọ síńjịlị
(Kalabari);
Engl. scissors (?)
síndiri
cf. Engl.
scissors (?)
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ENGLISH
scorpion (204)
EPIE
óvịlọ tóm ēdí (í-)
"crab (of) top (of)
oil-palm"
scratch (S.423)
season: see
season',
'rainy season'
second (S.3)
seize (504)
sell (509)
send
set trap (S.486)
sew (S.427)
shadow (332)
shake (S.387)
shallow (364)
share out
shark (S.114)
sharp, become (381)
sheep (235)
shine (S.468)
shirt (S.265)
shoe (336)
DEGEMA
ohohrófịmgbá (i-)
= 'skink'
(see 'lizard')
zạlá
'scratch (as fowl)'
cf. Ịjọ
odúnésému íva
or ọgbáịâmụ
mọní
ékpụrú ẹtạị
"seed (of) tree"
kunu dọú
ọnú ótén̄ ívá
'dry
see (441)
seed (168)
sharpen (S.426)
shave (S.368)
ENGENNI
ávụrụ gịnạ nótọ
'crab that lives
inside the ground'
zạlí
cf. Ịjọ
zalá
(Nembe), etc.
mọnẹ 2.
ịmónómó táān
"seed (of) tree"
vuan
vụnọ 1.
dẹẹ 1.
viye 1.
sụa
sụ 2.
ámamáa (í-)
sẹzẹ 2. A.
sẹsẹ E.
tẹlẹléẹ (water)
yẹlẹéẹ (plate)
ma
ọfúrúmó (ị-)
cf. Ịjọ ọfúrúmó
(Bassan), etc.
o líóp zē
'it is sharp'
líopu 2.
(líopé, líópó)
ụgbá lúlīóp
'sharp knife'
dịẹn 1.
Ag-Ep. ekeri (m.)
úbiyán (f.)
ịbeé (gen.)
úsụmáā
fie (of sun only)
fi 2.
ówurú (í-)
1. agbaka (ị-)
2. agbakávī
'shoe of foot'
cf. Ịjọ agbaka
(Amassoma), etc.;
Igbo agbagha
sẹí
kpé
sú
ạmụmô
1. vudú (mat)
2. nụú (object)
3. gunugunú
(medicine)
ó duu mo
'it is not deep'
móń
1. úbī (í-)
2. úkúmó (í-)
dẹị
wạké
kpẹ úbẹ
kọl
óhóhoin
nyinyé
(e.g. shake
medicine)
o yíń étẹkẹlị
'it is shallow'
kẹsẹ (George)
ọfúrúmō (ị-)
cf. Ịjọ
o rió yá
'it is sharp'
mo rová
'it is sharp'
úróv êlẹgẹ
'sharp knife'
gyó
1. kpạí (head)
2. wụré (beard)
holá
gbagbar (knife)
1. gron (beard)
2. wụrẹ (head)
úsūmáí (í-)
bạrá = 'burn'
ókpẹlịkpẹlạvị
fi (sun)
awo
cf. Ụkwaalị
awo
ókíró
cf. Igbo ókúró
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sétị
cf. Engl. shirt
úkró (í-)
cf. Igbo ókúró
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ENGLISH
shoot (508)
short (366)
shoulder (73)
shout (S.441)
show (532)
sickness (316)
sigh v.
sing (471)
sister (37)
sit (512)
EPIE
san 2.
ẹ lí zē
'it is short'
akań lílī
'short cloth'
ababá
kaza 2. A.
kasa E.
= 'teach'
ukpomu A.
ikpomu E.
kpolẹ
kpoli 2.
ẹtíémó fína
'female relative'
peete 2.
sit in canoe without bẹ 2.
paddling
sixpence
sísi
skin (98)
féfé ózū
"covering (of) body"
cf. 'lip'
skink (S.99)
see 'lizard'
skull (49)
ovurútōm
cf. 'head'
sky (142)
slave (123)
sleep n. (311)
sleep v. (457)
slice v. (S.401)
okunu
= 'above, top'
okoni (i-)
Ag-Ep. ụbéde
ụbédé (ị-) A.
ụbété
E.
bẹdẹ 2.
ENGENNI
sá
ó dori mo
'it is not long'
évụụ
= 'wing'
chí
mạré
DEGEMA
sạ
o kráīn
'it is short'
ókūkúr útạịn
'short stick'
utóm ûbọ
(a- â-)
'head of arm'
kou
ikpomu
ikpóm
kporí
sịva
kpór
áché mẹ vụrạmụ
'female relative'
zápịdémụ
ótúmé óvītám
'female relative'
1. zítọ
2. zaútọ
cf. 'ground'
éfínạ ónwị
"covering (of) body"
cf. 'lip'
ụnwó (ạ-)
ófúlófo útomu
cf. 'head'
ekunu
= 'above, top'
anígbo
ọmịshị
úkplókpó útom
"case (of) head"
cf. Igbo ókpókóló ísī
(Atanị)
ạdú ọblẹlẹ
"face (of) heaven"
ókōní (í-)
ụmẹsí
mịsé
1. kịẹ
'slice (yam before
cooking or for
planting)'
2. boni
'slice (yam after cooking)'
3. be
'cut (cassava
into small cubes
or cut plantain)'
mẹsé
1. kẹị
'slice (yam to plant)'
2. gbogbó
'slice (yam to cook)'
3. kịrí
'slice (plantain to
cook)'
4. kẹvtí
'cut (plantain)
small'
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ENGLISH
small (349)
small, become
smallpox (S.232)
smear
smell n.
smell tr. (443)
EPIE
akan gbẹlị
'small cloth'
ẹ lí zē
'it is small'
akań lílī
'small cloth'
snake (219)
snap (S.391)
sneeze (526)
ọ dọ yạ
'it is small'
ạkạnị gbẹrị
'small cloth'
lị 2. (lịyá)
ịgégérábáa
? cf. Ịjọ ngárábáú
(Ikibiri), etc.
2. smọlpóksị
cf. English smallpox
soil (S.40)
soldier ant (S.84)
sole (S.21)
some (S.297)
son (38)
song
ọ dón̄
'it is small'
ígb´nóō dón̄
'box which is small'
ómō gbéríń ígbe
'small box'
éhlóhól gịnạ
'big fever'
uburu táān
ebighe A.
ebike E.
síní kpōó A.
"thing (of) grass"
síní díélī E.
'bad thing'
see 'break'
dịzan 1.
? cf. Ịjọ diseín
(Kolokuma), etc.
nusú
vurené
1. kpo unu vie
'smell good'
2. kpo okpo unu
'smell bad'
1. vurá
'smell bad'
2. vụmá
'smell good'
báv
amafú
ụkpá (ị-)
uburu étạị
1. ịkpílạmá (large)
2. akpákidô
3. ạpûlú
'water snail'
ojijî
tịshịné
snore
snuff n.
soft (358)
DEGEMA
da
unu
nuzẹ 2. A.
nusẹ E.
smell of (S.337)
smoke v. (cigarette)
smoke n. (137)
snail (S.95)
ENGENNI
ọ gúrú zē
'it is soft'
akań gūgúrú
'soft cloth'
see 'earth'
see 'ant'
ọbídíbíāạmụ
'softness'
ébịlâvị
ịvụ
ịvụ yá zē
'some are present'
akań ívū
'some cloths'
ọmó mọsíó
'male child'
ịvụ
Ag-Ep. íviyen
ívēín
ívie
ámó mọshị
'male child'
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inúm díer (i-)
'bad thing'
dịsáín
cf. Ịjọ dịsá
(Kalabari), etc.
n̄ọn
ebi?
moduwá
'it is soft'
ịdá ạvị (ị- ị-)
'sole of foot'
ịvú
ókpán
'first son'
cf. Igbo ókpárá
ívī
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ENGLISH
son-in-law (44)
sore n. (319)
sound v.
soup (270)
sour (362)
south (422)
speak (language)
(S.439)
spear (293)
spider (222)
spit
split v. (S.405)
spring n. (191)
spring v. (of trap)
squeeze (S.398)
squeeze through
squirrel (230)
stab (S.410)
stand (525)
star (146)
stay (S.503)
steal (S.503)
stick n. (292)
stir (S.388)
EPIE
emíní udom
ịnọ
cf. Ịjọ ịnó
(Bassan), etc.
vẹlẹ 1.
ụfúlō
cf. Ịjọ fúló
(Oporoma), etc.
e mí zē
'it is sour'
ụfúló mímī,
ụfúló míém̄
'sour soup'
osúzu A.
osúsu E.
'downstream'
ụdúān (ị-)
(for fish)
ededékūékúé (i-)
yẹ 2.
kẹẹlẹ
kẹẹlị 2.
okilolo bénī (i-)
cf. Ịjọ
okílóló béní
(Ikibiri), etc.
fasa 2.
mimi 2.
mị 2. (mịya)
atán (ị-)
simi 2.
yẹdẹ 2.
yẹtẹ
yẹsẹ
ịgén
ze
don 1.
ịtáān
= 'tree'
2. ụkpálā (ị-)
'small stick,
esp. stake for yams'
ENGENNI
ómíní mé ádọmụ
echícha
DEGEMA
ómósí ómọ mê
ịnọ
cf. Ịjọ ínó
(Kalabari), etc.
ạmịn úbúoni
"water (of) salt"
ụsóm
o lóu yá
'it is sour'
1. omín
2. ọpúlân
ẹbạ úsusu
'downstream side'
tukpa
kụẹ
ókạshî
úkāsị (í-)
ẹdéẹdyọrị
ọbọm ụtara
ọdịámtạrạ
'something which eats up
its web'
ọtạrá 'web'
kịé
1. kẹị
2. kẹvtị
cf. 'slice (more
once)'
ungwungwá
okulúlu
cf. Ịjọ
mimí
mim
ata
ígbạkírí (í-)
cf. Ịjọ gbíkírí
(Kalabari)
yịlá
yịrá
ékịra
za
dó
étạị
= 'tree'
úsémésẹ (í-)
za
do
ọló (ị-)
'stick, pole'
gbọró
bụạ
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than
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ENGLISH
stone
storm (S.33)
story (S.240)
straight (S.300)
EPIE
1. úkpagúmō (í-)
2. údien
'whetstone'
ovulomu
abá (ị-)
ẹ zééné zē
'it is straight''
akań zééném̄
'straight cloth'
strong,
(387)
become ọyị kálí zē
'he is strong'
kpó 2.
ayá kíkālí
'it is strong'
kálị 2.
oyón kíkālí
'strong person'
suck (S.329)
1. vin 1. A.
vein E.
'suck breast'
2. bịla 2.
'suck orange'
sun (144)
uvon
sunrise
ẹwíē (ị-)
= 'morning'
sunset (153)
ezezeli
surpass (535)
swallow v. (427)
swamp (S.28)
sweat (107)
sweep (540)
sweet (359)
swell (S.497)
swim (486)
sword (294)
tail (266)
take (505)
dalẹ
dalị 2.
fie
dọọ (Agbere) [Îç):]
Ag-Ep. ibúrému
ubúrómū
gbẹrẹ 1.
o dióm zē
'it is sweet'
ubilí údīóm
'sweet honey'
fuẹ
fuu 2.
zọọ 1.
ọgbọdọ
cf. Ịjọ agbodo
(Mein)
ụkpásā (ị-)
tọ 2.
take up (cf. 'lift') tẹlẹ
(454)
tẹlị 2.
talk v. (473)
gbẹnị 1.
ENGENNI
úgio
ókímu
ékạạ
1. gạmụ
ugbúswei gạmụ
'straight road'
2. o gímíné yá
'it is straight'
ọ kárí yá
'he is strong'
DEGEMA
ohíún (i-)
okím (i-)
udóú (a-)
o séléném̄
'it is straight'
ésélé úsuwei
'straight road'
mọkạrá
'it is strong/hard'
owéí kịkạr
'strong man'
1. vyoú
2. myomú
3. bịlá
'suck orange'
vinyóú
'suck breast'
pịọv
''suck orange'
uvo
ạfáwíẹ
cf. 'morning'
fye
uvúó
ukeuam uvwọ
cf. 'morning'
isí âŋgụm
'towards dusk'
fie
dẹị
ọtạụ
ubúra
dọịn
ọgúv (ị-)
óvúlo
gbịdé
o diómú yá
'it is sweet'
gbẹdé
modiomá
'it is sweet'
ụsóm míidioma
'sweet (nice) soup'
fu
fu
yọú
isiko
yọụ
ọgé bekéin
'European knife'
utumu
tọú
utúm (a-)
yạụ
tọu
kpro
pa funú
wei
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kụé
kụẹ ẹkụẹ
'speak a word'
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ENGLISH
taste (445)
teach (499)
tear (482)
tears
tell (474)
termite (207)
termite hill (209)
testicles (93)
that (403)
thatch n. (S.52)
there (401)
thick (353)
thief (132)
thigh (94)
thin (cloth) (354)
thin (man)
(376)
thing (307)
EPIE
1. bịla 2.
= 'suck'
2. daa 2.
'taste food while cooking'
kaza 2. A.
kasa E.
= 'show'
kẹsẹ
gọn 1.
adéén?
gba 1.
cf. Ịjọ gbá
(Kolokuma), etc.
ịkagha A.
ịkaka E.
ụsịnị
= 'hill
ịgbín
anaá (disjunctive)
oyon naá
'that man'
ákaín (í-)
cf. Ịjọ akáín
(Kolokuma), etc.;
Igbo akányá
(Onitsha)
eti naá
'that place'
ó gbogbo yá (zé)
'it is thick'
akań gbōgbó
'thick cloth'
cf. Ịjọ ogbógbó
(Oporoma), etc.
oyón uzí
"person (of) stealing"
édu (í-)
ayá pérénpérén zē
'it is thin'
akań pérénpérēn
'thin cloth'
cf. Ịjọ pérénpérén
(Kolokuma), etc.
ọyị yá pépéléē
'he is thin'
oyón pépélé
'thin man'
cf. Ịjọ pẹpẹlẹẹ
(Ikibiri), etc.
'flat, thin'
isínī
ENGENNI
chi bịlạ
DEGEMA
gẹn ubuóń
'look at the salt'
má
also 'divide, share'
mạkịnẹsé
kịé
gọgó
gba
cf. Ịjọ
ẹkạnwụ
= 'termite hill'
ẹkạnwụ
= 'termite'
íbínúmímusi
akâ
ịdọịn
kpẹrí
ụkrịká (ị-)
egugúm (i-)
ikuyẹ (tone ?)
ómọsị nôyọ
'that man'
ạkáị
cf. Ịjọ, Igbo
úkāín (í-)
cf. Ịjọ ákáín
(Kalabari), etc.;
Igbo
eshía
báa
ígbúgbo
'thickness'
cf. Ịjọ ogbugbó
(Amegi), etc.
1. ọ nyáń
úkpákpạ
'it has thickness'
itóún nọ nyáń
úkpákpạ 'cloth which has
thickness'
2. ị kóyị
'it is thick'
ụsóm kịkọị
'thick soup'
ozí (e-)
1. ozi
ágbọ
o dó yá
'it is thin'
ọgbó (ị-)
o yíń ọvẹhẹvẹhẹ
'it is thin'
itóún nóyín
ọvẹhẹvẹhẹ
'cloth which is thin'
ọ dó yá
'he is thin'
ọ dón̄
'he is thin'
owéí dọdọ
'thin person'
= 'small'
inumu
inúm (i-)
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ENGLISH
think (492)
thirst (331)
this (402)
thorn (172)
thrift
throat (66)
throw (515)
EPIE
winighẹ A.
winikẹn E.
ọkọón mīní
"want (of) water"
ọnọnọ (disjunctive)
oyon nẹ 'this man'
ibúé táā
"bone (of) tree"
? oku
thunder (140)
ovólū (i-)
sụa
sụ 2.
sụụlụ 2.
(fut. súúlá)
agbalála
thus (404)
bẹnẹ
tie (536)
1. dien
diin 1.
'tie rope'
2. tuene 2.
'tie cloth'
kpọ
'tie head-tie'
falị 2.
ifíē
cf. Ịjọ ifíé
(Kolokuma), etc.
teeti
time (324)
tired, be (460)
toad (S.80)
today (392)
toes (85)
tomorrow (394)
see 'frog'
yínē,
yínēné
víláāví
ivílí 'digit'
avị 'foot'
udé
ịdẹmụ
akụn (ị- A., a- E.)
see 'above'
iwírī A.
cf. Ịjọ iwírí
(Kolokuma), etc.
ewii E.
touch (444)
tiẹ
ti 2.
town (= village, ẹkéīn A.
182)
ẹkéēn E.
tongue (62)
tooth (63)
top
tortoise (221)
trader (S.26)
trap v.
ENGENNI
mạ íkpêbi
'reason withheart'
ótóru ámịnị
"throat (for) water"
ạnô
úbwo
= 'bone'
DEGEMA
mạvạkịné
ạmíń gúām
ómọsị nônạ
'this man'
ukúv (a-)
ótóru
sú
ẹdóú (ị-)
sụ
adé sâmụ
cf. 'lightning'
enía
ósūó móōsá
'God's shooting'
máa
kpené máa
'do thus'
1. kpọ
'tie rope'
2. toné
'tie cloth'
3. fạr
'tie bundle'
4. frạné
'tie head-tie'
óhō
1. jií
'tie rope'
2. duené
'tie cloth'
1. egile
2. óta
ọnwị lọ mẹnị
'I am tired'
ịnwí me dúute
'my body has gone out'
inyâ
ínína
ímésílávị
cf. 'finger'
úsíráạvị (í-)
cf. 'finger'
úde
ọdẹmụ
ạkụ
údē móōwīyá
cf. 'yesterday'
ụdém (ạ-)
ụkú (ạ-)
ạlíbọ
ewíi (i-)
kilá
1. kulene 'touch'
2. gbol 'hold'
ékēín (ị-)
ákịẹ 'village'
ákịẹ bo "large
village" = 'town'
ọyạị éki
cf. 'market'
kpẹn 2.
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ọdúām ékí (ẹ-)
cf. 'market'
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ENGLISH
treat (= cure)
tree (163)
trunk (tree)
(169)
truth (321)
EPIE
bụ 2. (fut. búlá)
ịtáān
= 'fire'
tóm táān
"trunk (of) tree"
utóómū
cf. utomu
'head'
try (S.479)
turkey (255)
torótoró
cf. Ịjọ, Igbo
torótoró;
Hausa toolótooló
turn (S.389)
1. ginene (intr.) 1.
2. gilẹ (tr.)
gili 1. = 'work'
turn upside down
zu 1.
twist (479)
vụra
vụrụ 1.
ugly (384) ulcer see 'bad'
(S.235)
ẹkédē (ị-) A.
cf. Ịjọ ẹkété
(Boma), etc.
édē
underneath
(415)
ẹdé fám̄
'underneath the house'
undress (485)
kpanẹ
kpanị
kpana 2.
untie (537)
1. weene 2.
2. kpụkpọ, kpọkpọ 2.
'untie rope'
cf. Ịjọ kpúkpó
(Kolokuma), etc.
3. kpannị 2.
until
dede
up
see 'above'
uproot
urinate (428)
fẹẹ 2.
urine (105)
ẹfẹẹ
vagina (92)
úbẹ
vein (104)
village (182)
voice (109)
1. ígbōn
'human/animal
vein'
2. ịgbón zū
"rope (of) body"
ẹkéīn gbélí
"small town"
ovúlū (i-)
= 'throat'
ENGENNI
étạị
= 'fire'
ẹtọmụ étạị
cf. ẹtạị 'tree'
utomu ékọmụ
utomu
'head, source'
nyọnị ọnwî
"put body"
korókoró
? cf. Ịjọ
kurúkurú
'guineafowl'
(Kalabari)
kimé
DEGEMA
útāín (í-)
pl. = 'fire'
ịtóm útạịn
"trunk (of) tree"
1. gangasí
cf. 'right'
2. ọnídedein
krạsịné
maụ(n)
kóbrikóbri
kóbiri-kóbiri
cf.
Ịjọ
(Nembe)
kiminesé
1. bạlạ lạí
2. bạị
vụvrẹné
ebi
bútọ
'on the ground'
gbo kịdé
cf. 'untie'
1. za adabá
2. bọné
tạị kịdé
cf. 'undress'
kpọkpó
cf. Ịjọ
fẹí
ạfẹị
1. ukusi
2. ọnwî
'body'
(used by women)
únyạ
féín
aféín
inu ịsọ
ákịẹ
= 'town'
ókótóru
cf. 'throat'
ómó ẹkẹịn
'small town'
ẹdóú (ị-)
= 'throat'
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únyā (á-)
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vomit (S.505)
vulture (262)
EPIE
wamẹ
wamụ 2.
ụdẹlẹ
cf. Igbo udele
waist (S.509)
wait
wake (S.334)
walk (436)
wall (185)
war (310)
ward (of town)
(S.46)
wash (370-2)
water (133)
waterpot (S.194)
waterside
waves (S.32)
weak (388)
weave (544)
ENGENNI
gbọú
tokó
idele
cf. Ịjọ edele
(Okordia), etc.;
Igbo
ẹtẹị
ny`né
bịdạ óta
ọgạ ómụ
"wall (of) house"
ọdẹlé (ị-)
cf. Ịjọ ọdẹlẹ
(Okrika), etc.;
Igbo
1. ịtóm (ạ-)
'middle, trunk'
2. enwetú
'waist'
1. kpẹnẹ
2. mámbrẹ
lominé
reé
úkpáín úvāị (á-)
"wall (of) house"
ẹnwụmụ
ịŋgúm
zekóli T?
bịda 1.
ọwọó fám̄
ọwọọ 'wall'
ụfámū 'house'
ịkọnị álágbā
"fighting (of) guns"
ipélē
cf. Ịjọ pélé
'compound'
(Kolokuma), etc.
1. kẹẹ 2.
'bathe'
2. kpen 2.
'wash pots'
3. pụọ 2.
'wash cloth'
cf. Ịjọ póú
(Bassan), etc.
amịnị
akí (ị-)
upĺō (a-)
cf. Ịjọ póló
(Kalabari), etc.
1. duu ạmịnị
'bathe'
2. kpei
'wash pot/person'
3. fọrí
'wash cloth'
1. duv ạmíń
'bathe'
2. kpein
'wash pot/cloth'
ạmịnị
ákị
ạmíń
úkúkú âmịn (í-)
"pot (for) water"
cf. Ịjọ kúkú
'waterpot'
(Kalabari), etc.
utye
ọfẹrú âmịn
see 'soft'
ókulóo
ọyị kón zé mōzú
'he is weak'
cf. kọn 'be heavy'
ózū 'body'
oyón kónmózū
'weak man'
1. don 1.
'weave'
(basketwork)
2. baan 2.
'weave' (rope)
= 'plait'
DEGEMA
ópamu
ó kạrị mo
'he is not strong'
1. dó
'weave'
= 'steal'
2. bạí
'weave' (rope),
= 'plait'
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1. do
'weave' (net)
2. kpạ
'weave' (rope)
= 'plait'
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weaver (130)
weed v. (498)
weed n.
well (190)
west (424)
wet (539)
what? (406)
when? (396)
where? (395)
white (341)
EPIE
oyón dón sínī
"man weaving
things"
afíná dón sínī
"woman weaving
things"
kpirẹ
kpiri 2.
1. túbō
'dug well'
cf. Ịjọ túbo
(Boma), etc.
2. ogugú ámīní
'natural pool'
cf. Ịjọ ogugu
(Amassoma), etc.,
'pit, well'
ịkíị ní uvon dúū
gbe wó "side
which sun to (?)
go-away (habitual)"
o púrú zē
'it is wet'
akań púrém̄
'wet cloth'
eminée
ifíē vóo
'which time?'
otubóō
1. ọ fún zē
'it is white'
akań fúnfūn
2. gbáān
'whiteness'
who? (405)
why? (399)
ovóo
wúlum vóo
wide (355)
ẹ bé zē
'it is wide'
akań bóbē
'wide cloth'
1. afína
2. aní mẹ
'my wife'
wife (S.5)
wind (143)
ovulovúlō
ENGENNI
1. odo inumu
2. édéi dómu ínumu
"person weaving
things"
DEGEMA
odóm átuo
"weaver (of)
baskets"
wuru ạkó
'do weeds'
kụn ututwaịn
oko ámịnị
"pit (of) water"
ututwaịn
udúó (a-)
ẹbạ éshímu ákịẹ
'back of town'
bọụ
ọ bóú yá
'it is wet'
ạkạnị bọụạmụ
'wet cloth'
íyó
egile vó
'which time?'
edó
ọ fú yá
'it is white'
oyó
ó wuru ivó
'it does how?'
ọ béí yá
'it is wide'
1. ánī
ánị mẹ
'my wife'
2. óvụrạmụ
cf. 'woman'
ạvóụ
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o mín̄
'it is wet'
ọsọmạ nú ô mín̄
'cloth which is wet'
imó
óhō vó
'which time?'
bạ vo
1. mọfụá
'it is white'
itóún fụfụ
'white cloth'
2. áblālá
'whiteness'
ovó
ịmọ (?)
ọ béū 'it is wide'
uswéí bịbẹụ
'wide road'
óvítám údọm
"woman (of)
marriage"
óvītám mê
'my wife'
ọfẹrú kịkạr
'strong breeze'
cf. Ịjọ férú
(Kalabari), etc.
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wine (S.149)
wing (260)
wipe (S.418)
wish v. (477)
witch (S.110)
woman (114)
EPIE
1. idi A.
udi E.
2. iwéín dī A.
'palm wine'
iwéín 'actual'
idi vie E.
'good wine'
ụvụ éfēní
= 'feather'
yeenẹ
yeení
be 1.
ENGENNI
udi
ẹvụụ
= 'shoulder'
nil
DEGEMA
1. udí
2. udí ngwọ
"wine (of) raffia
palm"
3. udí útukeri
"wine (of) oil
palm"
ụvúụ (ạ-)
gbugbúr
wá
ạbúdạ
ọnyávụrạmụ
'female person'
echi íza ạmọ
'place where child
stays'
iníwúra
ákịẹ ákúm-édei
'town of humans'
ạgịọ
bineké, biné
ọbúdá (ẹ-)
óvịtạm (í-)
'female person'
ẹbré úbie
(ị- á-)
cf. 'bag'
ukpené (a-)
ékéín êwei
"town (of) people"
úsándị (ị-)
wrestle v.
(S.384)
kọnị ẹshịóbọ
wrist (S.17)
ẹnyạnị óbọ
gba ạvé
cf. Igbo í-gbā
'to wrestle'
ịnyáń ûbọ
(ạ- â-)
'neck of arm'
ké
cf. Ịjọ kéē
(Kalabari), etc.
ogbŕō (i-)
egblóm ídịọm
"heap (for) food"
mạrá
ịbé
ukpé (a-)
ézīzí
'yellow type of
cloth'
údē
oyón fínā
'female person'
womb (S.19)
work n. (309)
world (S.41)
ogili (i-)
worm (205)
ígān A.
ágān E.
write (465)
gẹ 1.
cf. Ịjọ gẹ
(Amegi), etc.
adịa (ị-)
ifiínkúnū
gé
cf. Ịjọ gé
(Ogboin), etc.
ẹdịạ
aba
wụrạ awo
yesterday (393)
yebele 2.
ịgada
ukpe
ufúnfūn
'yellowness'
= 'whiteness'
udé
you
young (S.304)
wọwọ
isoon
youth (118)
1. agbálā
2. isoon óyōn
'young man'
yam (275)
yam heap (S.45)
yawn (527)
yaws (S.233)
year (157)
yellow (345)
ukpe
odo
cf. Igbo odho
úde nạ ó ríị
êshimu
'next day that has
passed'
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ụwọ
ọfáín 'youth,
newness'
o yíń ōfáín
'it is young/new'
ómō fáín
'newborn child'
ómêlẹm (í-)
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