B.
Active verbMeanings
pluck (leaves from plant)
Active verbrub oneself with something greasy
Active verbbe speechless; be unable to speak much, or at all
Active verbpurify woman after childbirth
Active verbinvite masquerade to a ceremony
Active verbtake (snuff) (literally strike in)
Active verbcover, sit on (eggs)
Active verbpull oneself along without using legs; creep; shuffle; wriggle; glide (as snake)
Active verbkeep funeral Ànyị nà-àkwa Ijè We are keeping Ije’s funeral
Active verbrepay the bride-price paid on a wife
Active verbbe paralysed
Active verbused in
Active verb(also -nye-lụ) into, to, with (following another verb, as if suffix)
Active verb
Dialect & variants
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Examples
O bọrọ akwụkwọ n'osisi ahụ.
— He plucked leaves from that tree.
Bọọ akwụkwọ ndị ahụ maka ewu.
— Pluck those leaves for the goat.
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- gbọòword asking for confirmation or denial of a report; e.g. A narrates to B something concerning C, and B turns to C saying 'Gbọò', which implies 'You have heard what A has said. Is it true?' B then expects C to confirm or deny A's statement
- lịclimb; creep; for one's own benefit; to oneself; about; around (often combined with -gha 1.B)
- sịsay; tell; completely; totally; about (restricted to verbs ending in -sà 1. B.)
- nsọsacred; holy; taboo; abomination; (in general) sacredness; things or acts that are holy and/or forbidden (including both asọ and nsọ B.)
- ụyùrattle, used with ùfìè (= ùsàkà B.)
- akūluplant with tiny thorns which yields strings, used to tie up seed-yams or to make àkwalī B.
- gha-lịsee -gha 1.B.
- òkwụkwafuneral; (from -kwa 2. B. keep funeral)
- kpa akụsearch for palm kernels at the farm (usually of children); B. play a board game like draughts
- mụ n̄nwāto birth a child; give birth; put to bed; deliver a b
- oke ọnụ afīa(compare oke ọnū A. and B.)