Lexicon and word definitions
| Lemma | Gloss |
|---|---|
| achọọ• | annoyance |
| adoroju• | hello; greeting |
| agì• | lake |
| agí• | sea |
| akpalụọ• | eye |
| akpalụọ wụọ!• | common sense (slang/colloq) |
| akívwì• | fire |
| ama• | leaf |
| anyukẹ́• | snake |
| aso• | moon |
| avwúwú• | bark |
| avwẹ́• | tree |
| awi• | child |
| azikọ̀• | animal |
| baajaja• | hunt |
| baba• | smooth |
| baka• | tie |
| banwu• | belly |
| bavara• | 7, seven |
| bavarachere• | 70, seventy |
| bavaradavé• | 700, seven hundred |
| bavaravé• | seventeen, 17 |
| bugịvowem• | 5, five |
| bugịvowemchere• | 50, fifty |
| bugịvowemvé• | fifteen, 15 |
| bugịvwọ• | five |
| bujọtọ• | father |
| bé• | see |
| bé akpalụọ• | to see clearly, to use common sense colloq |
| bémo• | to be equal; fair |
| bẹkẹ• | sky |
| bẹkọ• | man |
| bẹkọala• | husband |
| bẹwi• | tell, snitch |
| bẹ́kwụ́• | dig |
| bẹ́lẹ́kì• | wet |
| bịzo• | six |
| bọ• | with |
| bọbọ àkèdẹ́• | village |
| bọgatọ• | daughter; female child |
| bọtọ• | son; male child |
| bọ́zọ́• | seven |
| bụkwọzịe• | join, come |
| chama• | know |
| chawuwọnavwọ• | suck |
| chereáchemideremichere• | 20, twenty |
| ché ché• | multiply |
| chì• | is, be; specifically for inanimate objects, exist |
| chì bẹ́lẹ́kì• | to be wet |
| chì bọ́bọ́• | to be small |
| chì kpéyíìn• | to be dead |
| chì kwanọ• | to be heavy |
| chì kwázílá• | to be dirty |
| chì kèkọ́• | to be correct |
| chì nnwàhị́ọ̀• | to be black (non-human) |
| chì nwághọ́• | to be dark |
| chì nyazị• | to be disgusting |
| chì yàyó• | to be wide |
| chì òvwé• | to be good in quality or looks |
| chì ṅudí• | to be thick |
| chì ṣụvwú• | to be old |
| chìbọ• | late |
| chịezegè• | kill |
| chịvwọ• | if |
| chọ• | earth |
| chọ achọọ• | to annoy, annoying |
| chọhegalakpọnọ• | holy; angelic |
| chọọ chọọ• | fuck off |
| davé | hundred, one hundred, 100 |
| delado• | flow |
| docho• | would |
| dé• | subtract |
| dí• | stone |
| díṣi• | come |
| díṣẹ̀mụụ• | liver |
| dẹmẹẹjọ• | road |
| e• | to |
| eku• | cloth |
| ekụzụgwa• | actually; honestly; truthfully |
| ezo• | nation, country, civilisation |
| gahakọ• | because |
| gbap | baow, BOW, pow, gunshot |
| gbẹmíì• | remain; to be left over |
| gbịzovo• | 6, six |
| gbịzovochere• | 60, sixty |
| gbịzovové• | sixteen, 16 |
| gbọgatọ• | mother |
| gha• | you (singular) |
| ghatù• | friend |
| ghúzú• | build |
| ghúzú eku• | sew |
| ghịchọ• | pull |
| ghọ• | night |
| ghụtụ• | head |
| guṣẹwọ• | when |
| gwịbagọ• | join in marriage; marry |
| gwọ• | God, deity |
| gwọ m ọ• | Oh my God |
| gwụkwa• | return; back to former |
| gé• | hand |
| gìyò• | digits, figures |
| gị• | not |
| gụbanọ• | water |
| ha• | very; exaggerating the adjective |
| hegala• | love |
| hikọṣọ́• | short |
| hinaghi• | day |
| hinaghizọ̀ | daily |
| hnyọ• | market |
| hávẹ́• | lie |
| hịnọ• | to be younger than |
| hị́líkẹ• | wind |
| họakazụ• | rub |
| hụ• | she |
| ikeje• | neighbourhood |
| ití• | nine |
| jowu• | bird |
| jugudu• | right |
| juvwaghi• | year |
| jé• | yellow |
| jịmọọba• | please |
| jọ́mẹ̀kwá ọ́jọ́mẹ̀kwá • | To write |
| jụmẹ́ọkà• | float |
| kalichọ• | push |
| kawa• | we, us, our |
| kaịbata• | throw |
| kaụwọ• | squeeze |
| kpakpakọ• | spit |
| kpamọkpẹvwí• | horn |
| kpe ọkpe• | to be blue in colour |
| kpáị́• | die |
| kpèkọ• | big |
| kpéyíìn• | dead |
| kpóba• | all |
| kpọ• | he |
| kpọnyọ• | nose |
| kpọnọ• | heart |
| kpọṅọ• | neck |
| kpụwàá• | trumpet, horn |
| kupayè ukupayè• | to be narrow |
| kuẹbụ ịkuẹbụ• | to tell a lie |
| kwanọ• | heavy |
| kwe• | add |
| kwe• | hold |
| kwázílá• | dirty |
| kwọ́ ákwọ́• | to be sharp |
| kàyegụ• | bone |
| kààzá• | whimsy, he feeling when you laugh so hard you cry |
| kààzá akààzá• | to laugh so hard you cry |
| kábị́• | straight |
| kèkọ́• | correct |
| ké• | what |
| ké• | ? |
| ké?• | what? |
| kị• | hour |
| kị́gị́ ọ́kị́gị́• | to be red in clour |
| kụ̀bọ• | wipe |
| kụ̀wákwákwákwákwá• | Horn, trumpet, Sound of a trumpet, Toot, tada |
| labi• | blow |
| labi ányákọ• | breathe |
| lè• | swell |
| lè èlè• | to be swollen |
| lé• | divide |
| lẹbàṣò• | to mean; show |
| lẹ́• | kneel; kneel down |
| lịakọ• | fall |
| m• | me, I |
| maanwa• | North |
| mideredavé• | 200, two hundred |
| mriṣọ• | swim |
| mrí émrí• | to be able |
| mwọ• | my |
| míta• | path |
| mívwe• | cold |
| mívweha• | to freeze |
| m̀chọọ chọọ• | onomatopoeia for someone eating, nom nom, poor people (colloq.) |
| m̀m̀ẹẹmmẹẹ• | meh, middle class (colloq.) |
| mẹkwa• | Mẹkwa Mekwa the script for the majority of nkamuo speaking countries |
| mẹkị• | as; like |
| mẹ́gáisi àmẹ́gáisi• | to feel warm |
| mẹẹ• | four |
| mẹẹdavé• | 400, four hundred |
| mẹẹhẹ• | 4, four |
| mẹẹhẹchere• | 40, forty |
| mẹẹhẹvé• | fourteen, 14 |
| mị• | I; me (only before a consonant) |
| mọkipọọ• | person |
| mụkị• | who |
| mụọ• | wait around something or someone in order to protect; guard |
| naja• | dry |
| naya• | mud |
| nbémochí• | equally |
| nka• | people |
| nkamụọ• | Nkamụọ language; guards |
| nkavụọ | nkamuo, nkamụọ |
| nkunyọ• | musician |
| nkọna• | river |
| nkọ̀• | think |
| nkọ̀ kọọṣị• | to assume |
| nkọ̀ yitíduó• | to regret; to apologize |
| nnwàhị́ọ̀• | black |
| nnọtẹ• | full |
| nuru• | that |
| nwazu• | noise, sound |
| nwazu anwazu• | to make a sound, bark, to make noise |
| nwazụọ• | noisy, annoying |
| nwe• | hit |
| nwe ákwọ́• | stab |
| nweukwu• | city |
| nwuyu | feel,(emotionally) |
| nwuyu osì | to feel happiness, feel happy |
| nwághọ́• | darkness |
| nwóvewa• | nice |
| nwẹ́chị́• | thin |
| nyalọ• | where |
| nyalụ• | there |
| nyazị• | rotten, disgusting |
| nyazịkpọnọ• | evil; evil soul/heart |
| nyetụghi• | left |
| nyevwi• | they, them, their |
| nyinè• | salt |
| nyàyà• | ash |
| nyábérá ányábérá• | to speak in a language |
| nyáyà• | dust |
| nyáyá• | sand |
| nyáákí ányáákí• | to laugh |
| nyịnọ• | to be older than |
| nyọvọ́vọ́ | dialect |
| nyọ̀• | music |
| nyọ́• | stand |
| nè• | in |
| nẹbó• | zero, 0 |
| nẹbóṣị• | check 0ṣị |
| nẹghọzọ• | 0, zero |
| nẹghọzọṣị• | now, right now, instantly |
| nẹvọṣụ• | how |
| nọmí• | sleep |
| nụgwédị̀ ụnụgwédị̀• | to be hungry |
| nụgwẹ̀bị ụnụgwẹ̀bị• | to be thirsty |
| nụsọwọ• | after |
| o• | though, tho, although, also |
| ogojá• | flower |
| okatì• | picture; image; view; art |
| okẹmebo• | table |
| okị• | new |
| osì | happy, happiness |
| pa• | but |
| pàhó• | few |
| pó• | cloud |
| pọ• | fog |
| ra• | Or |
| ribà ụ̀ribà• | to be round in shape |
| rigiṣe• | before |
| ro• | on, onto, upon |
| rívwíkí• | stupidity, ragebait, foolery, being a idiot |
| rívwíkí é?• | are you stupid?, you're ragebaiting me, are you ragebaiting me? |
| rịlẹ• | forget |
| rịvọ• | dog |
| rọkoaka• | west |
| rọkụ• | boat |
| rọ̀• | this |
| rụ̀mrụ̀m• | louse |
| sasa• | thanks |
| sinó• | early |
| sábí• | crash; collide |
| sárí• | thanks |
| sékị́• | may; might; be likely to happen |
| sí ásí• | to be green |
| tenyụmụ• | rope |
| tikpagbitụ• | loanword |
| tákiri• | 3, three |
| tákirichere• | 30, thirty |
| tákiridavé• | 300, three hundred |
| tákirivé• | thirteen, 13 |
| tákì• | three |
| tíkpá• | take; recieve |
| tịàṣe• | care, to care |
| ukupayè• | narrow |
| uké• | breast |
| usítí• | the rich |
| uvwaada• | cry |
| vitíka• | 9, nine |
| vitíkachere• | 90, ninety |
| vitíkadavé• | 900, nine hundred |
| vitíkavé• | nineteen, 19 |
| vowemdavé• | 500, five hundred |
| vwa• | have; own; possess |
| vwaada uvwaada• | to cry |
| vwaakọ́ ẹ́vwaakọ́• | to fear |
| vwaavwaa• | no |
| vwi | 1000, thousand, one thousand |
| vwunyi• | fish |
| vwà• | grow |
| vwà ányáákí• | to be funny |
| vwà ṣụvwú• | to grow old |
| vwá nwághọ́• | get dark; grow dark; have no lit vision due to absence of light, especially an environment |
| vwákọ́tá• | white |
| vwé òvwé• | to be good in personality |
| vwìpọbị• | give |
| vwìpọbị ịgweti• | to let, give power, allow, let, to sell a house, to sell land, cede, to forget a loved one (colloq.) |
| vwí• | walk |
| vwí ṣì• | run |
| vwịnwẹ• | pepper, spice, flavour |
| vwịzeyọ• | name |
| vwọzọ• | near |
| vwọ́• | take or follow a path or pattern or manner; from; through |
| vwọ́vwe• | from; through, based on; judging from |
| vé• | +10, teen |
| vẹvụ• | woman |
| vẹvụala• | wife |
| vọgbítụ• | verb |
| vọjọ• | done, happened |
| vọ̀• | do; make happen |
| vọ́vọ́• | small |
| vụ• | be (who, what, whose something or someone is); is; am; are; art |
| vụ óha• | to live |
| vụrụ• | at |
| vụẹvíba | A dialect of Nkamuo, vuefiba, vụẹfíba A writing script for the vụẹfíba |
| vụẹwa• | tail |
| wabuzị• | south |
| wezuvwa• | cook |
| wikèdẹ́• | hamlet; community |
| wo• | sit |
| wosi• | here |
| wosọku• | ear |
| wu• | to fly; to levitate |
| wàárù• | stop, to stop, halt, pause |
| wákà• | nail |
| wọgha• | your, thy |
| wọra• | of; which; (pronoun) |
| wọrabugịvwọ• | fifth |
| wọrabịzo• | sixth |
| wọrabọ́zọ́• | seventh |
| wọraití• | ninth |
| wọramẹẹ• | fourth |
| wọratákì• | third |
| wọrayàgú• | first |
| wọraáke• | second |
| wọraávé• | tenth |
| wọ́• | auxiliary part of a future verb; will(future) |
| wụtò• | tough |
| wụ́• | wash |
| wụ́ ọnwọọ• | shower; bath; to wash your body |
| yabọ• | to scratch |
| yevwọnu• | eat |
| yevwọṅunu• | bite |
| yitíduó• | sorry |
| yowu• | fly |
| yuche• | far |
| yàbúvara• | 1, one |
| yàbúvaravé• | eleven, 11 |
| yàbúvaraọ• | God bless, goodbye, thank you |
| yàgú• | one |
| yàyó• | wide |
| yẹ ọyẹ• | use |
| yọgị• | week; 7 days |
| yụvwọvunu• | drink |
| za• | usually attached to a verb or negator '-gị' to mean 'no longer' 'no more' 'any more' or 'not' to emphasize the first negator |
| zamò• | play |
| ziwe• | turn |
| zovodavé• | 600, six hundred |
| zunu• | to vomit |
| zẹ• | bad |
| zẹku• | say, talk, chat |
| zẹẹ• | the |
| zẹọ• | sing |
| zọ• | count |
| zọkpa• | split |
| zọ̀vwà• | burn |
| zọ́• | and |
| zụ̀ọ́hie• | generate, make, create |
| àgịkọ• | sacred, holy, hallowed |
| àgọ̀• | ice |
| àkpá• | back |
| àkèdẹ́• | town |
| àmẹ́gáisi• | warm |
| àzó• | king |
| àzóezo• | kingdom |
| áchemideremichere• | 2, two |
| áchemideremicherevé• | twelve, 12 |
| ága• | goods |
| ágì• | rain |
| ágọ́• | snow |
| áke• | two |
| ákpà• | money |
| ákwọ́• | sharp |
| ámaṣakaọjịị• | penis |
| ányábérá• | language |
| ányákọ• | breath |
| ányáákí• | laugh |
| ásí• | green |
| ásọ́ṣị́vwọ̀• | seed |
| ávé• | ten |
| áyụ• | feather |
| èbị́azù• | worm |
| èlọ́• | star |
| ékpó• | okay |
| émrí• | capability |
| íbe• | number, a number |
| ídẹvá• | many |
| ídị̀• | grass |
| íkà• | hot |
| íté• | why |
| òvwé• | good |
| òvwì• | mountain |
| òvwìpi• | foot |
| óha• | life |
| úyé• | forest |
| úyó• | long |
| ṅudí• | thick |
| ṅusi• | cut |
| ṅẹkì• | minute |
| ṅị• | hear; taste; feel (skin); smell; sense something with four of the five sense organs |
| ṅị baba• | feel smooth; be smooth |
| ṅị bẹ́lẹ́kì• | to feel wet |
| ṅị kpọnyọ• | smell |
| ṅị mívwe• | to feel cold |
| ṅị wosọku• | hear |
| ṅị íkà• | to feel hot |
| ṅị ṣìá• | taste |
| ṅị ọzunu• | nausea; cause a feeling to vomit |
| ṅị ụzịịba• | to taste flavour |
| ṅịṣi• | heaven |
| ṅọ• | for |
| ṅọkwọ ọ́ṅọkwọ• | to fight |
| ṅọkwọ ụvokwụ• | to fight a war |
| ṅọṣose• | hair |
| ṣo• | it |
| ṣoki• | smoke |
| ṣu adoroju• | goodbye; greeting |
| ṣágívwi• | other |
| ṣáà• | after(wards); therefore or then (resulting from something else) |
| ṣémọ• | swap |
| ṣémọ ága• | trade |
| ṣì• | fast |
| ṣìá• | mouth |
| ṣụ• | out |
| ṣụvwú• | old |
| ẹgọ• | wait, to wait |
| ẹgọwàárù• | Wait and think, think before you speak, lit. wait and stop |
| ẹkuukpọ• | pronoun |
| ẹzụ̀• | loud |
| ẹ́ghá• | tooth |
| ẹ́ju• | you (plural) |
| ẹ́kí• | thing |
| ẹ́vwaakọ́• | fear |
| ẹ́vwị• | skin |
| ẹ́zíkọ́• | non-human body |
| ịgweti• | a memory, family home, nostalgia |
| ịgwetim• | let me, (colloq/slang) |
| ịja• | arm |
| ịjị• | leg |
| ịkuẹbụ• | a false information; lie |
| ịkweti• | equator, middle of the Kozam world |
| ịtabụẹ• | vagina |
| ị́kwá• | script, type of writing, a writing system Writing system |
| ọ!• | ! |
| ọbọ• | what (as an adverb) |
| ọchigwa | amen |
| ọga• | eight |
| ọgharami• | 8, eight |
| ọgharamichere• | 80, eighty |
| ọgharamidavé• | 800, eight hundred |
| ọgharamivé• | eighteen, 18 |
| ọha• | yes |
| ọjà• | peace |
| ọkpe• | blue |
| ọkwadịnụ• | knee |
| ọnugu• | east |
| ọnwọọ• | body |
| ọvwabụ• | dull |
| ọvwù• | egg |
| ọyabọ• | scratch |
| ọzunu• | vomit |
| ọ̀mọ̀ajoka• | planet |
| ọ̀vwọ̀• | root |
| ọ́jọ́mẹ̀kwá• | Writing |
| ọ́kị́gị́• | red |
| ọ́vwá• | blood |
| ọ́vwá• | sun |
| ọ́ṅọkwọ• | fight |
| ụgbítụ• | word |
| ụnụgwédị̀• | hunger |
| ụnụgwẹ̀bị• | thirst |
| ụvọkwụ• | war |
| ụzịịba• | tongue |
| ụzụgwa• | true; truth |
| ụ̀ribà• | round |