Lexicon and word definitions
| Lemma | Gloss |
|---|---|
| fo• | out |
| fo oyowuwɛ• | goodbye; greeting |
| wo òwo• | to be good in personality |
| ze ɔjoowɛ• | to be green |
| ahan• | correct |
| ajizi• | warm |
| azɔ• | moon |
| cofó• | short |
| dapa• | sea |
| efoto• | worm |
| ejo• | you (plural) |
| ejundɛ• | many |
| ejɔ• | grass |
| eke• | thing |
| en• | in |
| etowuwo• | path |
| etụlo• | love |
| etụló• | star |
| ewe• | cold |
| eweho• | to freeze |
| ewuwe• | non-human body |
| ewɔ• | skin |
| ewɔbɔbɔ• | actually; honestly; truthfully |
| ewɔjɔjó• | fear |
| eyan• | cloth |
| fetụlì• | wet |
| fewó• | dig |
| fi• | smoke |
| fo• | with |
| fofo ɛje• | village |
| folyza• | it |
| fotowuwo• | mother |
| fotowuwo• | son; male child |
| fotowuwo• | daughter; female chud |
| fowo• | belly |
| fowo• | smooth |
| fowú• | old |
| foyotowuwo• | father |
| fófó• | small |
| frówu• | seven |
| frɔt• | eight |
| funda• | husband |
| fundo• | man |
| fundɛndɛ• | sky |
| fundɛì• | remain; to be left over |
| fì• | fast |
| fìɔjoo• | mouth |
| fɔjan• | other |
| fɔjo• | to be equal; fair |
| fɔjo• | swap |
| fɔjo ɔjoo• | trade |
| fɔjoo• | tie |
| fɔjooyoyo• | hunt |
| fɔjoze• | equally |
| fɔjɔjoɔ• | after(wards); therefore or then (resulting from something else) |
| fɔt• | six |
| fɔwin• | five |
| gata• | you (singular) |
| gyɔ• | hand |
| ii• | day |
| itowu• | nine |
| iwevɔ ɔwevɔ• | to be thirsty |
| iwowu• | person |
| je• | stone |
| jefeerɔjoo• | liver |
| jefi• | come |
| jeliziwo• | flow |
| jo• | two |
| jomn• | yellow |
| jowi• | year |
| jowo• | bird |
| jowowu• | float |
| jowufo• | please |
| joyowuwo• | right |
| jundɛndɛndɛjo• | road |
| jyo• | night |
| keje• | neighbourhood |
| kwas• | she |
| lizitowu• | blow |
| lizitowu ɔjɔɔ• | breathe |
| maashɔ• | sleep |
| mya• | people |
| ndowo• | pronoun |
| ndɔ• | as; like |
| ndɛndɛ• | four |
| ndɛwofo• | how |
| ngi• | cut |
| ngo• | for |
| ngofoze• | hair |
| ngowo owowo• | to fight a war |
| ngowo óngowo• | to fight |
| ngoye• | thick |
| ngɔ• | hear; taste; feel (skin); smell; sense something with four of the five sense organs |
| ngɔ ewe• | to feel cold |
| ngɔ fetụlì• | to feel wet |
| ngɔ fowo• | feel smooth; be smooth |
| ngɔ fìɔjoo• | taste |
| ngɔ otowuwoo• | nausea; cause a feeling to vomit |
| ngɔ otowuwɔɔfo• | to taste flavour |
| ngɔ woyo• | smell |
| ngɔ wozo• | hear |
| ngɔ ɛkɔ• | to feel hot |
| ngɛnì• | minute |
| o• | to be younger than |
| o• | that |
| ofetowuwo• | word |
| ofo• | see |
| ofo• | what |
| ofundɛwo• | when |
| ofɔja• | water |
| ono• | east |
| otowuwiyon• | animal |
| otowuwo• | head |
| otowuwoo• | vomit |
| otowuwowo• | true; truth |
| otowuwɔ• | friend |
| otowuwɔndé• | full |
| otowuwɔɔfo• | tongue |
| otụlitho• | push |
| owe• | tree |
| owe• | blue |
| owi• | child |
| owo• | we |
| owo• | after |
| owofo• | dull |
| owowo• | war |
| owowu• | body |
| owoye• | narrow |
| owoye owoye• | to be narrow |
| owoyo• | knee |
| owoyɔ ɔwoyɔ• | to be hungry |
| owuo• | yes |
| owuo• | river |
| owuújootowuwo• | rub |
| owuɔ• | new |
| owó• | okay |
| owù• | egg |
| owúwú• | bark |
| owɔjooyowuwo• | cry |
| owɛ• | capability |
| oya• | lake |
| oyo• | mud |
| oyo• | dry |
| oyofo• | scratch |
| oyowuo• | planet |
| oyowuwoyo• | hello; greeting |
| oyowɛ• | snake |
| oyɔjoo• | flower |
| ó• | be (who, what, whose something or someone is); is; am; are |
| ó uyan• | to live |
| óngowo• | fight |
| ówɔjoo• | blood |
| ówɔjoo• | sun |
| óɔɔ• | red |
| rifo• | swim |
| rifɔ yonrifɔ• | to be round in shape |
| riife• | before |
| rowuo• | boat |
| rowuɔjoo• | west |
| ryon• | this |
| ryonryon• | louse |
| rɔtụlundɛ• | forget |
| rɔwo• | dog |
| tho• | earth |
| thowotụlowowu• | holy; angelic |
| thowowowuowo• | suck |
| thì• | be; specifically for inanimate objects |
| thì eó• | to be correct |
| thì fetụlì• | to be wet |
| thì fowú• | to be old |
| thì fófó• | to be small |
| thì ngoye• | to be thick |
| thì woyeì• | to be dead |
| thì wɔja• | to be heavy |
| thì wɔjootowuwowɛtụlɔjoo• | to be dirty |
| thì wɔjó• | to be dark |
| thì wɔɔyon• | to be black (non-human) |
| thì yɔyó• | to be wide |
| thì òwo• | to be good in quality or looks |
| thɔjoo• | know |
| thɔwo• | if |
| thɛtowuwowɛe• | kill |
| to• | three |
| towuwiwe• | turn |
| towuwiwofitowuwo• | loanword |
| towuwo• | count |
| towuwo• | usually attached to a verb or negator '-gị' to mean 'no longer' 'no more' 'any more' or 'not' to emphasize the first negator |
| towuwo• | and |
| towuwoo• | to vomit |
| towuwowo• | split |
| towuwowɛwɔjoo• | take; recieve |
| towuwowɛyɔjoo• | rope |
| towuwoò• | play |
| towuwyonwɔ• | burn |
| towuwɔndé• | bad |
| towuwɔndéo• | sing |
| towuwɔndéo• | say |
| towɛzɛ• | cook |
| tụle• | kneel; kneel down |
| tụle• | swell |
| tụle etụle• | to be swollen |
| tụlundɛfɔfɔ• | to mean; show |
| tụlɔɔjo• | fall |
| uyan• | life |
| vizɛyo• | name |
| we• | hold |
| we• | hit |
| we• | walk |
| we fì• | run |
| we owe• | to be blue in colour |
| we ɔjoowó• | stab |
| weo• | big |
| weowo• | city |
| wethɔ• | thin |
| wieje• | hamlet; community |
| wndɛwo• | woman |
| wndɛwɔjootụlo• | wife |
| wo• | sit |
| wo• | he |
| wo• | fog |
| wo• | to fly; to levitate |
| wo• | at |
| wo• | have; own; possess |
| wo• | of; which; one (pronoun) |
| wofótowuwó• | seventh |
| wofɔtowuwo• | sixth |
| wongo• | neck |
| wotowuwo• | near |
| wotowuwoò• | tough |
| wotowuwɔjooya• | third |
| wotụlɔjo• | eye |
| wowo• | return; back to former |
| wowotowuwɔ• | south |
| wowoɔwo• | fifth |
| wowu• | heart |
| wowɔjo• | spit |
| woyeì• | dead |
| woyi• | fish |
| woyo• | nose |
| woyɔú• | first |
| wozi• | here |
| wozo• | ear |
| wó• | take or follow a path or pattern or manner; from; through |
| wó• | wash |
| wó• | auxiliary part of a future verb; will(future) |
| wó owowu• | shower; bath; to wash your body |
| wó ɔjoowó• | to be sharp |
| wówe• | from; through, based on; judging from |
| wyon• | do; make happen |
| wìwofɔ• | give |
| wó• | cloud |
| wófo• | all |
| wówewo• | nice |
| wɔ• | grow |
| wɔ fowú• | to grow old |
| wɔ ɔjooyɔjɔjɔjoowɛ• | to be funny |
| wɔfo• | join in marriage; marry |
| wɔja• | heavy |
| wɔjoo wɔjó• | get dark; grow dark; have no lit vision due to absence of light, especially an environment |
| wɔjootowuwowɛtụlɔjoo• | dirty |
| wɔjooyowuwo owɔjooyowuwo• | to cry |
| wɔjowndɛwe• | horn |
| wɔjó• | darkness |
| wɔjɔjoɔ• | nail |
| wɔjɔjoɔ• | die |
| wɔjɔjó ewɔjɔjó• | to fear |
| wɔjɔjótowuwɔjoo• | white |
| wɔndéwo• | tail |
| wɔwndɛ• | pepper, spice, flavour |
| wɔó• | few |
| wɔɔjɔjoo• | tenth |
| wɔɔjɔjoowɛ• | second |
| wɔɔndéndɛ• | fourth |
| wɔɔyon• | black |
| wɛitowuwowɛ• | ninth |
| yetowuwi• | left |
| yewi• | they |
| yewo• | eat |
| yewongo• | bite |
| yie• | salt |
| yitowuwowɛjoó• | sorry |
| yndɛ oyndɛ• | use |
| yo• | market |
| yo• | to be older than |
| yofo• | to scratch |
| yon• | think |
| yon owufɔ• | to assume |
| yon yitowuwowɛjoó• | to regret; to apologize |
| yonfo• | wipe |
| yonrifɔ• | round |
| yonwyon• | root |
| yotowuwɔ• | rotten |
| yotowuwɔwowu• | evil; evil soul/heart |
| yotụlo• | where |
| yotụlo• | there |
| yowo• | fly |
| yowowo• | drink |
| yoze• | far |
| yó• | stand |
| yɔ• | one |
| yɔ• | week; 7 days |
| yɔjoofɔɔjoo ɔjooyɔjoofɔɔjoo• | to speak in a language |
| yɔjooyɔ• | dust |
| yɔjooyɔjoo• | sand |
| yɔjɔjɔjoowɛ ɔjooyɔjɔjɔjoowɛ• | to laugh |
| yɔyó• | wide |
| yɔyɔ• | ash |
| ze owɛ• | to be able |
| zo• | thanks |
| zɔjoofe• | crash; collide |
| zɔjoɔ• | may; might; be likely to happen |
| òwo• | good |
| òwì• | mountain |
| òwìwi• | foot |
| újoo• | breast |
| útowuwɔ• | build |
| útowuwɔ eo• | sew |
| úyo• | forest |
| úyó• | long |
| ɔ• | very; exaggerating the adjective |
| ɔ• | hour |
| ɔ• | not |
| ɔjizi ajizi• | to feel warm |
| ɔjo• | wait around something or someone in order to protect; guard |
| ɔjo• | arm |
| ɔjoo• | leaf |
| ɔjoo• | goods |
| ɔjoo• | tooth |
| ɔjoo• | ten |
| ɔjoofɔ• | straight |
| ɔjoowe• | lie |
| ɔjoowo• | squeeze |
| ɔjoowo• | North |
| ɔjoowó• | sharp |
| ɔjoowɔ• | money |
| ɔjoowɛ• | green |
| ɔjooya• | rain |
| ɔjooyo• | feather |
| ɔjooyɔjoofɔɔjoo• | language |
| ɔjooyɔjɔjo• | breath |
| ɔjooyɔjɔjɔjoowɛ• | laugh |
| ɔjoɔ• | who |
| ɔjoɔfotowuwo• | throw |
| ɔjó• | snow |
| ɔjófɔwyon• | seed |
| ɔjɔ• | leg |
| ɔjɔjo• | 1. name of the Nkamụọ language 2. guards |
| ɔjɔjo• | because |
| ɔjɔjoofɔjɔjoyɔɔ• | penis |
| ɔlizitowu• | wind |
| ɔndéfo ɔɔndéfo• | to tell a lie |
| ɔtho• | pull |
| ɔtowuwofɔndé• | vagina |
| ɔwevɔ• | thirst |
| ɔwoyɔ• | hunger |
| ɔwɔjoo• | back |
| ɔyeo• | bone |
| ɔyon• | ice |
| ɔɔ óɔɔ• | to be red in clour |
| ɔɔndéfo• | a false information; lie |
| ɔɔtowuwɔjoo• | 1. The feeling when you laugh so hard you cry |
| ɔɔtowuwɔjoo ɔjoɔɔtowuwɔjoo• | to laugh so hard you cry |
| ɛje• | town |
| ɛkɔ• | hot |
| ɛsan• | me (only before a consonant) |
| ɛsan | I |
| ɛtowɔ• | why |
| ɛwìn• | fire |