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• lụwork; construct; make; defile; desecrate; be faulty, defective; see -la 2.
• roroot; uproot; for or in favor of - used when the verb ends with 'o'.
• aŋāwild cane; rattan; generic term applying to Oncocalamus wrightianus Hutch., O. acanthocnemis, Ancistrophyllum secundiflorum, and A. opacum, used to make chairs, beds, walking-sticks, baskets, trays, whips string, etc.
• kwacry PI; pack, especially more than one thing (commonly coming with a suffix e.g. -zi, -pu, etc); also; in addition to (additive, denoting repetition, emphasis, or an action in addition to an action previously mentioned; occurs after verbs and nominals) Jèkwa Go again `Kwèkwanụ u#kwe afù òzọ Please sing that song again Ònye kwa nụ bù n ke à?Who else is this? gịnị kwọ bùdù n ke à? What is this again? O sìkwò ike He is very strong Ị biCarọkwọnụ akwụkwọ n nyàafù I’m sure you didn’t come to school yesterday
• kpereport; judge O kpèlì m He reported me Agà m èkpe giCn’aka nnà gị ukwu I shall report you to your master; pray; beg Kà ànyị kpeelu Chine kè Let us pray (unto God) O tègo m jì èkpelu yā kà ọ rapụ m I have been begging him for a long time to leave me alone; smearing
• kpòsoup, mentholatum, etc.); sting (of pepper); hurt (of sting); spread upon; curse; abuse
• kpọcall; summon; name; invite; drying; to nail; hammer in
• a/-e/-ọ/-o(-a after a ị ụ; -e after e i u; -ọ after ọ; -o after o) completive or open vowel suffix, used with most verbs in the imperative, the subjunctive, and the sequential forms Lùa ọlū Do the work: Kà ànyị jee Let us go ... ò wèe nalue ụnò wèe fụ yā ... and then he got home and found it
• pìtììdescribes something which is plentiful or falls plentifully Ogè m nà-agbà akwụkwọ ewēpùtàlù m òfu ụnō ūla màkà idēbe ife ōlili. Ị bàta nà ya ogè afù ife ōlili àdị pìtìì When I was getting married, I devoted one room to keeping foods. If you entered it at that time, the food looked very plentiful Akwụ dī n’iru īlo etègo o jìlì cha, kịtāà mkpụlū ya nà- adàsịsị pìtìì pìtìì The palm fruit in the front of the house has been ripe a long time, now the nuts fall pìtìì pìtìì
• ugilīwild mango tree (Irvingia gabonensis (Aubry-Lecomte ex O'Rorke) Baill.), and its fruit (compare ògbònò) used for soup
• kwụtasend payment (of debt or wages, to speaker) Ọ kwụ tagolụ m ụgwọ o jì m She has sent payment of his debt to me