IGBO

Word

Continuous Meaning

ENGLISH

BEKEE

GB.

 gba

  move; independent movement run

 gba na aka ekpe; gba leftu

turn left

 gba na aka nri; gba raitu

turn right

 gba aghala

 riot; be disorderly; be rascally

 gbaba

 run into, in; trust in; confide

 Gbabaanụ ime ụnọ

  Run {you} into the house

 ebe mgbaba

 refuge

 gbabata

 run in, into towards the speaker

 Ụmụ aka, gbabatanụ ime ụnọ!

 Children, run into the house

 gbabe

 stop running; run out of breath

 Mmili ga-agbabe n'elekele isii

 The water will stop running at 6 o'clock

 gbabido

 enclose; cut off; ambush; waylay

 gbada

 run down; descend

 mgbada

 slope; descent

 gbadebe

 stop running

 gba egwu

 dance

 ọgba egwu

 dancer

 gba ekwolo

 compete {in envy}; be jealous, envious

 gbafo

 disperse; scatter; clear {of people, e.g. from market, or of clouds}

 Nwee ṅdidi, chi gafụ agbafo

 Be patient, the weather will soon clear up.

 Afịa agbafogo

 The market has cleared

 gbafụ

 escape; run away; miss

 gbafụ obi, gbafụ ume

 take the breath away; startle; shock; make shudder

 gbago

 ascend; run up

 mgbago

 ascent

 gbagota

 ascend {towards the speaker}

 gbagha

 overtake

 gbaghaga

 run past

 gbaghalị

 run about

 gbaghalụ

 pardon; forgive; leave; let alone

 mgbaghalụ, mgbayalụ

 forgiveness

 gbaje

 run to

 gbajebe

 run somewhere

 gbakili anị

  run hither and thither without anything being done; make fuss; dilly-dally

 gbakọ

 run together

 mgbakọ

 gathering; meeting

 gbakoba

 meet together; come, run, together

 Gbakobanụ n'ofu ebe

 Come {you pl.} together in one place

 gbakoba ọnụ

  meet together; assemble, run together

 gbakute

 run to {someone}

 Gbakute nna anyị

 Run to our father

 gbakụ {rị}ta

 neglect; turn back on

 Ọ gbakụrịtalụ m azụ ọge m nọ na nsogbu

 He turned his back on me when I was in trouble

 gbakụta azụ

 turn back; desert; neglect

 gbakpụ

 obscure; move across and cover {as clouds the sun}

 gbalụ ọsọ

 dodge; avoid

 Emeka na-agbalụ m ọsọ

  Emeka is running away from me, or Emeka is dodging me, or Emeka tries to avoid me

 gba m`bibi

 borrow; go about borrowing

 gba mbọ

  strive; attempt; try hard, persist; be enterprising, industrious

 gbana

 run home

 gbana n'osu

 seek refuge with a deity

 gbanarị

 outrun; run away from; forsake; abandon

 Nkịta m agbanarịgo m

 My dog has run away from me

 Aga magbanarị gị n'ọsọ

 I can outrun you

 gbanata

 run home {from another place towards the speaker}

 gba ṅje

 run to and fro; be going to and from a place {including the world of spirits}

 ọgbaṅ je

 see main entry ọgbaṅje

 gba nrịra

 run from husband to another man

 gbanụ

 be in a hurry; hurry

 mgbanụ

  hurry; haste

 me mgbanụ

  be in a hurry

 Ọ na-eme mgbanụ

 She is in a hurry

 gba odibọ

 work as servant; serve; wait on {on a master-servant basis}

 gba ọsọ

 run; run away; abscond; run race

 gbapụ

  run away, out

 gbapụta

 run out, away

 gbarapụ

  forsake; abandon

 gbaso

 run to, after

 gba ụzọ

 go out very early in the morning

 gbawa

 run away; abscond

 Ọ chọlụ ịgbawa

 He wants to run away, abscond

 mgbawa

 running home, away

 gbawalụ

 run away; abscond

 Gwa ya ka ọ gbawalụ

 Tell him to run away

 Nwa odibọ m rapụlụ m gbawalụ ọge anyị nọ n'Òbodo Oyibo

 My servant left me and ran away when we were in the United Kingdom {i} move in vehicle; ride

 gba igwe

 ride bicycle

 gba ụgbọ

 go in a vehicle; move {as liquid} flow, run {liquid as subject}

 gbacha l

 eave off raining

 gbadebe

 stop running

 Mmili na-agbadebe n'elekele itenaanị

 Water stops running at 9 o'clock

 gbanye

 flow, pour into

 gbapụ {ta}

 exude; pour out {of liquids}

 me mgbafụ

 be poured away, off, to waste

 Ọgwụ m natalụ n'ụtụtụ melụ mgbafụ

 The drug I received in the morning was spilt

 {mmili} gba

 flow {of water}

 {mmili} gbafụsị

 flow to waste {of water}

 Eri ṅnyaafụ pọmpụ dị n'iru ụnọ anyị jilị mebi ka mmili ya ji agbafụsị n'ọkpọrọ

 Since yesterday, when the tap in front of our house broke down, the water from it has been running to waste pour, run, exude {liquid as object}; shed {tears}; bleed, perspire, etc.

 gba ajịlịja

 perspire

 gba anya mmili

 shed tears

 Ife na-eme n'oge kịtaa na-agba imeliime mmadụ anya mmili

 What is happening at the present time is making many people shed tears

 gba asọ

 spit

 gbafụ

 pour away, off; pour to waste

 Gbafụe mmili dị n'ime ite

 Pour off the water in the pot

 gba mmee

 bleed {gba ọbala}

 gba mmili

  pour water on {fainting or shocked persons as treatment}; bring out water, sap, etc. {as tree}

 Achọlụ m ka ị gbaa ododo mmili

 I want you to water the flowers

 A ga-agba onye dalụ enu mmili

 Water should be poured on the person who has fallen from a height

 Ana m eje ọsọ ọsọ iku#te mmili a ga-agba onye dalụ enu

  I am hurrying to bring water to be poured on a person who has fallen from a height

 gba mmili ala

 contain breast milk; have flow {of breast milk from the breast}

 gbanye

 pour {liquid} into a container

 gba ọbala {gba mmee}

 bleed; shed blood

 Ọ bụlụ na i zerọ ndị otu ayaka ma dabanye n'aka fa, fa tisịa ị fa agbaa yị ọbala tupu fa arapụ yị

 If you do not dodge the gang of thugs but fall into their grip, they will beat and make you bleed before they leave you

 gbapụ

 pour out

 Gbapụ mmili dị n'ime ite

 Pour out the water in the pot

 gbasa

 splash

 gbasị

 gush out {e.g. blood from wound}

 gbawụsa

 pour upon; sprinkle; splash

 ife ọgbụgba

 post-partum haemorrhage; menorrhagia {excessive loss at menstrual period}; project spit; inject

 gba asọ

 spit

 gba nnu

 spit salt on {e.g. wound}

 gba ọgwụ

 inject {drug with syringe}

 Ana m eje ụnọ ọgwụ ịgba ọgwụ

 I am going to the hospital to have an injection

 gbawụsa asọ

 spit upon sting; irritate the throat {sometimes painfully, as after eating fresh or improperly cooked cocoyam}

 gbaka arụ

 torment; afflict shoot; fire

 gba egbe

 fire gun

 gbafie

 shoot and miss

 gbagbu

 kill by shooting

 gbami

 shoot far

 gbasu

 startle by firing a gun

 Di nta afụ agbasugo ụmụ nnụnụ bekwasịlị n'enu osisi afụ dị n'etiti ubi

 The hunter has dispersed the birds on that tree standing in the middle of the farm

 gbatọ

 shoot badly {victim would be mutilated}

 gbatu

 shoot down; kick down

 gba ụta

 shoot arrow with bow

 ọgbaa tumtum

 see separate entry

 ọgba ṅta

 hunter snap {with sharp sound}; spring up {as corn} with a popping sound, as when roasting

 gba aka

 snap fingers to show interest kick

 gba ụkwụ

 kick {with foot} abort

 gba ime

 abort; commit abortion

 gbakwopụ ime

 cause abortion; abort; spread; scatter

 gba afa

 divine; practise divination

 gba ghalịị

 confuse

 Okwu afụ gbalụ m ghalịị

 I didn't understand that word

 gbagwa

  mix; dilute; run together {of liquids and solids}

 gbagwoju anya

 be abashed; be confused by

 gbalụ iru

 look gloomy

 gbara

 leave and forget

 gbasa

 scatter; spread

 mgbasa

 dismissal; scattering; spreading; dispersal

 abụ mgbasa

 dismissal song

 gbasa akwa

 spread cloth

 gbasa iru

 look cheerful {"spread face"}

 gbasa Ozi Ọma

 spread the Gospel

 gbasapụ

 stretch out; spread out {as a bird its wings}

 gbasasị

 be scattered about

 gbasị

 rub off grains from cob

 gbasị ọgbadụ

 rub off grains from maize cob

 gbatị

 stretch; unroll

 gbatị arụ

 stretch oneself {e.g. for exercise}

 gbatị onwe

 stretch oneself {e.g. for exercise}

 gbatịpụ

  stretch out; wrestle; fight

 gba mgba

 struggle; wrestle

 ọgba mgba

 wrestler

 gba ọgụ

  side with; defend; fight for

 gba

  shine {of moon only}; burn

 gba ọkụ

 burn trans.

 ị ga-agba ụnọ ọkụ ọ bụlụ na ị kpachapụrọ anya

 You will burn {set fire to} the house if you are not careful intrans.

 Ụnọ na-agba ọkụ

 The house is burning {on fire}; {combined with another verb} make bright; do thoroughly

 Achọ m ka i figbaa akpụkpọ ụkwụ afụ efigbaa

 I want you to give those shoes a thorough polishing

 lụgba

 do thoroughly

 Ọ sị na nya ga-alụgba ọlụ afụ alụgba

 She said that she was going to do the work thoroughly

 gba

  crack; split; snap; break

 gbabe

 snap asunder; cut; die suddenly or unexpectedly

 Elili agbabego

 The rope has snapped

 Ofu nwa ikolobịa gbabeelụ ebe a ṅnyaafụ

 A young man died here suddenly yesterday

 gbabo

 break; break off part of wall, ground or anything of that consistency, such as anthill, mud seat, etc.

 Welụ nwayọọ maka ị gbabo aja

 Be careful lest you break off the wall

 gbabo anị

  kick up the ground

 Okwute ị debelụ n'ebe afụ ga-agbabo anị ụnọ

 The stone you placed in that place is going to break the floor

 gbaji

 break; snap {stick, bone, etc.}

 gbajipụ

 break off

 gbatọ

 break; cut; tear

 gbawa

 crack; split

 mgbawa

 crack; cracking

 obi mgbawa

 great anger; broken heart

 ụbụlụ mgbaka

 brain fatigue

 gba

  bend

 gbagọ

  bend; make crooked

 mgbagọ

 crookedness; sinuousness; bending

 me mgbagọ

  be bent, crooked, curved

 Osisi ṅke a melụ mgbagọ

 This stick is bent

 gbagọ agbagọ

  be bent

 gba ngọlọgọ

  be circuitous; have many bends

 gba ngọ

  be bent, crooked, curved

 Mkpịsị ṅke a gbalụ ngọ n'ọnụ

 This spike is bent towards the tip

 ṅke a bụ ụzọ gbalụ ngọ

 This is a crooked path

 gba ngọ

  be crooked, wrong, false

 Ụzọ gbalụ ngọ ka i si abịa okwu nwa m

 The way you are approaching me for my daughter {whom you want me to give you in marriage} is wrong. {The way through which you come for my daughter is crooked}

 Omụme afụ gbalụ ngọ

 That deed is wrong

 gbazi

 make straight; correct; advise; instruct

 gba

 speak {in certain special ways}

 gba aka ebe

 bear witness; stand surety

 gba ama

 act as informer; bear witness {in bad sense}; reveal secrets; betray

 gbabu okwu

 speak all together

 Welụ nwayọọ na-ekwu, rapụ ịgbabu okwu

 Speak a bit more slowly and stop jumbling your words

 gbagha

 contradict; argue

 onye mgbagha

 argumentative person

 gba izụ

 take counsel together; whisper

 gbakpọ izụ

 plot secretly against someone

 gbakpọ izụ

 consult well about a matter

 gba osialị

 bear witness

 gba

  tie; twine round; make basketwork frame

 ọgbambụlụ

 anything round

 gba

  remain in a state

 gbachi ṅkịtị

  keep silence; refrain from answering; endure;

 gba duu

 keep silence; refrain from answering; endure; tolerate

 gba enu

  be shallow

 Mmili afụ gbalụ enu

 The stream is shallow

 gba ghologholo

 be watery

 gba ṅkịtị

  keep silence; refrain from answering {gba duu}

 gba mfe

 relieve; lesson; be light

 gba nke

 lie in wait

 gba nlo

 be soft; be watery {esp. of food}

 gba ọtọ

 be naked

 mgbalụ ọtọ

 state of nakedness, nudity

 gba

  cut

 gba akpụkpọ

  flay

 gba amụ

  castrate

 gbacha isi

 trim the hair {of head}

 gba mbọ

 pare nails {be mbọ}

 gba

  take meal

 gba azị

 take food, eat {esp. in early morning}

 gba {azị) anyasị

  take supper

 gba {azị) efifie

 take lunch

 gba azị ụtụtụ, gba ụtụtụ

 take breakfast

 gbacha afele

 clean the plate {of food}

 gbapụ azị ụtụtụ

  take breakfast {usu. a light one and taken in a hurry}; just breakfast

 gba

  sprout; spring out, up; grow out

 gba afụ ọnụ

  grow beard, moustache

 gba akụ

 grow pubic hair

 gba mkpọlọgwụ

  take root

 gbado mkpọlọgwụ {gwụ}

 take root

 gbakasị

 make spots or scars on

 ọgbakasị

 any disease that has spots that leave scars {chickenpox, smallpox, etc.}

 gbami mkpọlọgwụ {gwụ)

 send roots deep

 gbanye mkpọlọgwụ {gwụ}

 be rooted in; be connected with a place by birth

 gba ome

 send out shoot when yet unplanted

 gbapute

 break ground {of shoot}

 gba

  be without

 gba aka

 be empty-handed; go without

 gba aka nnwa

 be childless

 Ọkụkọ ji ofu gba aka nnwa

 A hen with one chicken is childless

 gba aka ọlụ

  be unemployed

 gba aka ọkpọrọ

 be empty-handed

 gba

  buy, pawn {person}; buy {land, tree, e.g. palm tree, etc.}

 gba afịa

 trade

 gbalụ

 recover pawn or pledge

 gba mmadụ

  buy, pawn person

 Mmadụ ada agbazị ibe ya n'oge kịtaa

 People no longer buy each other nowadays

 gba ngọ

  reckon up bride price

 gbapụ

  redeem; ransom

 gbapụ n'oru

 redeem from slavery, servitude

 gbapụta

 redeem; ransom

 mgbapụta

 ransom; redemption

 gba

  change; spoil; pollute

 gbadụba

 make dull; becloud

 gbadụba iru

 frown; scowl; make sour face; grimace

 gbaka

 go sour; stale {of soup, palm wine, etc.}; be spoilt {of person}; be grieved, sullen

 gbalụ

  foul; defile; be defiled, polluted {as when water containing sediment, standing in a jar, is stirred, or when the water of the stream is polluted by the activities of fish}

 mgbalụ

  pollution {of liquids}

 obi mgbalụ

  melancholy; trouble in one's mind

 gbalụ agbalụ

  change for worse; be polluted, fouled, defiled

 gbalụ iru

 sulk; scowl; lower {of sky}

 gbalụ mmili

 defile, pollute water

 gbalụ ọgwụ

  neutralize effect of poison

 gba nchala

 rust; corrode

 gbanwe

 change; exchange

 Gbanweelụ m ji ṅkaa

 Change this yam for me

 mgbanwe

 change; changing

 me mgbanwe

 be changed

 Iru igwe na-eme mgbanwe

 The face of the sky is changing

 gbato

  foul by treading on or stirring {e.g. with finger on pears or rod in akamụ}; rub bloom off {fruits}

 gba ụka

 be sour

 gba ụtụ

 be affected with boring grub {of wood}

 gba

  be fixed; fix

 gbado

 fix; stick {as an arrow}; hold tightly; choke; take by the throat; compress by pressing fingers firmly on

 Ọge Eke na Ọnyịdo na-anụ ọgụ n'ụtụtụ ṅnyaafụ Ọnyịdo butụe Eke n'anị gbado ya aka n'akpịlị

 When Eke and Ọnyịdo were fighting yesterday, Ọnyịdo threw Eke to the ground and squeezed his throat with his fingers

 gbado anya

 fix the eye on; persevere; be diligent; e.g. {greeting}

 Gbado anya

 Take care of yourself

 gbakọta

 hold all together

 gba

  stop up; close; enclose; obstruct by moving; open

 gbabido

 enclose {esp. with fence}; encircle; ambush; waylay

 gbachi

 foil; counteract; supplant; stop up {e.g. road or gap}; lock door; shut box or window; fence

 Gbachie ụzọ

 Lock the door

 Ọ na-abụ ebe ọbụna mụ ejena ịchọ ọlụ, Agụ ejee gbachie na ya

 Wherever I go in search of a job, Agụ goes there to mar my success

 Achọlụ m ma ị gbachie azụ ụnọ anyị

 I want you to erect a fence to screen our back yard

 gbachi ụgodi

 turn the key

 gbachibido

 waylay; ambush; fence round; stop up

 gbaghe

 open box or window; unlock door; untie {parcel}

 Bikọ gbagheelụ m ụzọ

 Please unlock the door for me

 gbaghepụ

  throw open {door, window, box, etc.}; untie and expose {parcel}

 gba ogige

 fence compound or farm

 Aga magba ugbo m ogige

 I shall fence my farm

 gba

  lean

 gbabe

 lean; be leaning against

 Ofu ọbe gbabe n'aja

 A ladder is leaning against the wall

 gbabebe

 {causative of}

 gbabe

 lean something against somewhere

 Bikọ gbabebe ọbe n'enu aja

 Please lean the ladder against the wall

 gba

  turn

 gbaghalị

 stir; turn round

 gbaghalị egọ

 {exchange money}

 gbaghalị nni

 stir food

 gbakụta azụ

 turn the back on

 gba ntị

  probe the ear

 gba

  cultivate {cassava and other plants propagated by cuttings}

 gba n'ugbọ

 cultivate adjoining farms; be farm neighbours

 gba enu

 be well-known

 gba

  lie across

 gbachi

 block by lying across

 gbado

 hold to the ground {by lying across, as wrestler}; pin down

 gbagha

 turn round {esp. of a boat}; spread {across, as mat, cloth, etc.}; lie {across}

 Achọlụ m ka ị gbaa akwa n'enu akwa

 I want you to spread cloth on the bed

 gbaba

 spread {as mats, etc.}

 gba ufie

 lie across or crosswise; spread {as of cloud over view}; becloud; become dark

 gba anya ọchịchịị

  dim the vision

 gbachi

 be cloudy, dark, gloomy, lowering

 gba ọchịchịị

  be dark, get dark

 gba

  give a hand in carrying

 ọgbụgba

 carrying

 Bikọ nyelụ m aka ịgbalụ ewu e kelụ eke dị n'ime ụkpa a n'ụnwa jee n'ụgbọ

 Please help me to carry the tied goat in this basket to the lorry

 gba

  join; pair; add

 gbakọ

 reckon; reckon up; take account of; count; add

 mgbakọ

  joining; seam; collection; joining together, gathering, flowing together {of liquids}; arithmetic; addition

 gbakwụnye

 add to; enlarge {e.g. a house} by addition of more rooms; extend

 gbakwụnye ụnọ

  enlarge, extend house {by adding more rooms at either or both ends or sides};

 Ana magbakwụnye ụnọ m ụnọ ụla naabọ

 I am enlarging my house by two more bedrooms

 gbanye

 reckon with; regard; care for; consider {as important}

 Agbanyerọ m ya n'ife

 I have no regard for him or I do not consider him/it important; mate {mammals}; wed; marry

 gba akwụkwọ

 marry by church and/or ordinance, esp. by church wedding

 Ndụ ga-agba akwụkwọ echi

 Ndụ will get married tomorrow

 agbamakwụkwọ

 wedding {church or ordinance, esp. church}

 gba

  wear any kind of ring or anklet, etc., on any part of the body {the object, of any material, must go round the particular part of the body}

 gba elili

 wear strings round ankles

 gba ugegbe anya

 wear glasses

 mgba aka

 ring

 gba

  force to drink liquid {e.g. drug, water, wine, etc.}

 gbagbu

 suffocate; choke; drown

 gba iyi

 bind with an oath; adjure

 gba mmanya {manya}

 make drunk

 gba mmili

 force to drink water {e.g. primitive way of feeding baby}; force to drink water by pushing the victim under water

 gba

  grow big or strong; grow, become stout; come of age; be fully-grown

 Mkpi gbalụ agba

 The he-goat is fully-grown

 ọgbụgba

 maturity

 gba arụ

 be stout

 gba okolobia

  become adolescent {of man}

 gba ọkpụkpụ

 become physically stronger {of growing young person} {toughen bones}

 gba ume

 encourage {strengthen the heart}; be so many years old, ago

 gba arọ

  be a year old; be so many years old

 Nnwa afụ agbago arọ ise

 The child is five years old

 mgba arọ

  a year {ago}

 mgba arọ naabọ

  two years {ago}

 Ọ dịgo mgba arọ naabọ alụ afụ melụ

 It is now two years since the tragedy occurred

 gbaa

  used in

 nwu gbaa

 shine, glitter, very brightly; be very white

 gba-do

  all; entirely {gba}

 bụgbado

 be entirely

 Ụmụ ya niine bụgbado ndi ori

 All his children are thieves

 ligbado

 eat altogether

 petụgbado

 concern all

 gbalagbala

  cleverness; smartness; agility

 gba-lị

  be slender, slim

 gbalị agbalị

  be slender, slim

 me mgbalị

  be slender, slim

 gbamgbam

  tin; enamel pan; anything made of tin; corrugated iron sheet

 ụnọ gbamgbam

 building with corrugated iron roofing, "zinc house"

 gba-ze

  melt; change consistency of

 gbe

  crawl; move stealthily

 ogbugbe

 crawling

 gbeba

 creep in; encroach

 gbechigha

 crawl back

 gbe egbe

 move stealthily, stalk

 gbefe

 crawl over, past

 gbe igbe, igbe

 crawl {like children}

 gbeleghalị

 loiter, creep {about}

 gbenata

 crawl home

 gbepụta

 crawl out

 mgbele

 stealthy walking; slow, snail-paced walk

 gbe anya

 steal a look at

 gbe

  mix, prepare {e.g. custard, cornflour, starch, or anything which thickens in hot water}

 gbe akamu

 mix, prepare liquid pap

 Achọlụ m igbe akamu

 I want to prepare hot pap

 gbe arụ

 tire completely {make body soft, weak, like pap}

 gbelele

  thinness

 dị gbelele

 be thin

 gbiigbii

  catfish {Clarias lazera}

 gbo

  prevent {aggravation}; stop; staunch {blood}; check or relieve, prevent {disease}; protect

 Achọl;ụ m ka ị gboo ọgbụgbọ ife si n'ọkụ na-agbọ

 I want you to check the bubbling of the thing on the fire

 ogbụgbo

 preventing

 gbobi

 part; prevent from fighting

 gbochi

 prevent; hinder

 gbo mkpa

 relieve need; satisfy want; suffice; be useful

 Igwe Nna ayị zụtaalụ m n'arọ galụ aga na-egbolụ m nnukwu mkpa n'arọ a maka na ọ bụ ya ka m jizi eje akwụkwọ n'ụnọ akwụkwọ m ọfụụ telụ aka ri nne

 The bicycle bought for me by our father last year is very useful to me this year, because it is the bicycle that I ride to my new school, which is very far away

 gbo ọgụ

  part {antagonists}; arbitrate and make peace

 gbosa

 part {antagonists}

 Anịegboka

 person's name {the land has offered very formidable protection}; cover in order to prevent; cover

 gbo akwa

 cover with cloth

 gbochi

 cover {so as to prevent looking in or attack}

 akwa mgbochi

 curtain

 ife mgbochi

 covering; veil; screen

 gbodo

 cover

 mgbodo

 protection; covering; shield

 gbopụ

  uncover

 gboo

  early; formerly; long ago; ancient; olden {times}

 Jee gboo

 Go early

 Naa gboo; Na gboo

 Go where you are going safely, and come back in time

 Ọ dị gbo

 It has been so for a long time

 gboo gboo

 long, long ago

 gboo li

 early; formerly; long ago; ancient; olden {times} {stronger than gboo}

 ndi gboo

  the ancients; {old timers}; {ancestors}

 gbọ

  vomit

 ọgbụgbọ

 vomit

 gbọ agbọọ

  vomit {vomit}

 Ọ gịnị kpatalụ ị ji agbọ agbọọ n'ụt?ụtụ?

 Why were you vomiting in the morning?

 gbọpụ

  vomit out

 gbọtọ

  vomit and leave the mess

 gbọ

  bark; roar

 Anụlụ m oge nkịta na-agbọ ọdụm na-agbọ n'ọzala

 I heard when the dog was barking at the lion that was roaring in the wilderness

 gbọja

 shout at suddenly {so as to frighten}

 gbọ ụja

 bark; roar

 gbọ

  remain; be over { fọ}

 gbọ agbọ

 remain over; be left

 gbọfọ

 remain over; be spare

 gbọ

  break off {forcibly and roughly}

 gbọkapụ

  cut up meat; prune {tree}; break off with force {e.g. as tree branch breaking during a storm}

 gbọkwo

 pluck {unripe fruit}; miscarry {esp. of animals, but also of humans}

 gbọkwopụ

  break off; pluck off; miscarry {very severe and accidental}

 gbọwa

 split; hew {wood}

 mgbọwa

 crack; spliting

 gbọwapụ

  split up

 gbọ

  boil {of water}; bubble; foam; froth

 Mmili na-agbọ

 The water is boiling

 ọgbụgbọ

 foaming

 gbọ agbọ

 steam and bubble

 Ite na-agbọ agbọ

 The pot is steaming and bubbling

 gbọ ụfụfụ

  foam; froth

 gbọọ

  word asking for confirmation or denial of a report; e.g. A narrates to B something concerning C, and B turns to C saying "Gbọọ", which implies "You have heard what A has said. Is it true?" B then expects C to confirm or deny A's statement

 gbọ-to, gba-to

  lay down

 Ebe a ka ọ gbọtọlụ okpu m na-achọ

 It is here that he abandoned the hat I was looking for

 gbu

  kill; cut; chop

 ogbugbu m madụ

  manslaughter; murder

 gbu afịfịa

 clear weeds

 gbu akwụ

 cut palm fruit

 gbube

 cut off, across; chop off

 Gbubee ya isi

 Cut off his head, or Behead him

 Egbubego m agwọ afụ ịbụọ

 I have cut the snake into two

 gbucha

 cut side of something; trim hedges; peel bark

 gbudo

 cut and place; fix firmly

 gbudo anya

 perceive; observe

 gbu egbugbu

 tattoo; mark

 gbufo

 hack a way through

 gbugwo

  cut open {of pot or pot-like object, e.g. coconut, or something breakable, e.g. plate, with knife or matchet}

 Achọrọ m ka i gbugwoo akụ oyibo afụ

 I do not want you to break that coconut {by cutting}; till {something hard}

 gbu ichi

 cut ichi marks

 gbuji

 cut off with knife or matchet; cut across

 Ada na-achọ igbuji ọdụ

 Ada is going to cut the pestle {into two}

 gbujipụ

  break off; cut off; chop off; {with knife, matchet}

 gbujira

 cut into two

 gbukasị

 hew; cut to pieces

 gbuli

 till {something soft}

 gbu mgbu

 clear prospective farm; clear bush of trees

 gbunye

 cut up and bring together into

 gbunye akpụ

 steep, soak cassava in water

 gbunye ọgwụ

  cut up and bring together into a pot various herbs, roots and other ingredients of native medicine

 Achọl;ụ m igbu nye ọgwụ ịba

 I want to brew malaria medicine

 gbu ọchi

 draw blood with horn or horn-shaped calabash from any part of the body to relieve pain, swelling, congestion; get rid of impure or stagnant blood

 gbu ọchụ

  commit murder {or manslaughter, but strictly murder}

 gbu ọkika

 tattoo

 gbupụ

  kill outright; cut off

 gbusịsị

 annihilate

 gbutọpụ

  massacre; complete the killing or cutting

 gbutụ

 fell; cut down {e.g. trees}

 gbu ugbọ

 farm, cultivate

 gbuwa, gbuwe

 cut open, break into two {e.g. coconut}

 gbuwa ụzọ

  cut new road

 ogbu mmadụ

  "man-killer"; a much-coveted honour in the olden days conferred on anyone who possessed a human head; intoxicate

 {mmanya} gbu

 be intoxicated by alcohol

 Mmanya na-egbu Ọjị

  Ọjị is intoxicated

 gbu ọgụgọ

  gladden

 gbu

  plant {tubers}

 gbu

  blow {musical instrument}

 gbu okpolofifie

 whistle

 Ụfọdụ mba na-asọ igbu okpolofifie ṅsọ

 Some towns forbid whistling

 gbu opi

 blow horn, bugle

 gbu ọja

 blow flute, whistle

 Afụlụ m ndị na-egbu ọja

 I saw some people playing flutes

 gbu

  build, lay, mud wall

 gbu aja ụnọ

  build walls of mud building

 gbu

  place {knees, elbows} against

 gbudo ṅkụ aka

 place the elbows against

 Egbu#dozina ṅkụ aka n'enu oche nni

 Stop putting your elbows on the table

 gbu ikpele

 kneel

 Bịanụ ka anyị gbue ikpele n'anị

  come and let us kneel down

 gbu ikpele ụkwụ

  fall on one's knees; kneel

 gbu

  coat, permeate {as paint, oil, dye, etc.}

 gbu ncha

 soap oneself

 gbu ụli

 mark parts of the body with ụli

 gbu

  flash; glitter; shine

 gbu fịafịa

 flash; glitter

 gbu inyege inyege

 glisten {as water or glass in sun}

 gbuke

 shine

 gbu malamala

 shine; glitter

 gbu

  hurt

 gbu mgbu

 hurt; cause pain

 Ụkwụ na-egbu m mgbu

 My leg is hurting me

 gbu mgbu obi

 pain in the heart

 arụ mgbu

 pains; difficulty; agony; illness

 ife mgbu

  ailment

 gbu egbu

 intoxicate

 Mmanya ike na-egbu egbu

 Local gin is intoxicating

 gbụlụgbulụ

  roundness; surroundings

 Onye ndi ilọ gbalụ gbulugbulu na-eche be ya nche mgbe niine mgbe niine

 A person surrounded by enemies always keeps watch over his house

 gbụ

  shed {leaves}; remove

 Ọjị dị n'iru ụnọ anyị na-agbụ akwụkwọ

 The iroko tree in the front of our house is shedding its leaves

 gbụ agbụ

  be slippery, slip on or off {of rings, bracelets}; be shed {leaves}

 gbụcha

 shed leaves; slip; be slippery

 gbụcha ọnụ

  wash, rinse mouth

 Oge ọbụna ị tasịlị atụ gba mbọ gbụchaa ọnụ gị

 Whenever you finish using your chewing stick, try and rinse your mouth

 gbụchapụ

  slip off; be out of joint

 gbụ mgbụ

 shed leaves; strip

 Osisi dị na mbala afịa adị agbụ mgbụ

 The tree in the market place never sheds its leaves

 mgbụ akwụkwọ

 fallen leaves

 gbụnye

 put on {ring, bracelet}

 Gbụnye mgbanaka ṅke a ka m fụ etu ọ ga-adị gị

 Put on this ring and let me see how it fits you

 gbụ ọnụ mmili

 spit

 gbụpụ

 take off {e.g. shoe, ring}; fall off {of leaves}

 Achọl;ụ ka ị gbụpụ mgbanaka gị tupu ị bata ụnọ

 I want you to remove your ring before you enter the house

 Ọjị dị n'obi na-agbụpụ akwụkwọ ọge ṅcha

 The iroko tree {Milicia excelsa} in the court sheds leaves at all times

 gbụtọ

  slip off and abandon

 Afụgo m ebe ọ gbụtọlụ akpụkpọ ụkwụ ya

 I have seen where she {slipped off and} abandoned her shoes

 gbụ

  lose appetite for; have eaten sufficiently and want no more off; be fed up

 Nni gbụlụ m

 I have no appetite for food {in general}

 Eligo m ji ogonogo ọge; kịtaa ọ gbụgo m

 I have eaten yam for a long time; now I am fed up with it {specific cause - monotony}

 gbụ agbụ

  be fed up; have lost appetite for; have no appetite for

 Ụdị ọlụ a na-agbụ agbụ ọsọ ọsọ

 This kind of work quickly becomes boring