N nail mbo aka (mbo aka ya di ogologo – her nail is long) name aha (aha mụ bu Paul – my name is Paul) nasty ajo; ihe ojoo (ajo nwanyi – nasty woman) native doctor dibe; dibia (ahụrụ mụ dibe – I saw a native doctor) near nso (ebemụ di nso – my place is near) neat ocha (Uche di ocha – Uche is neat) neck olu; onu (gịnị mere olu gị - what happened to your neck) necklace ihe ana gba nolu (ihe ana gba nolu mụ di mma – my necklace is fine) need cho; ịcho (a cho mụ ri – I need food) neighbour ọnye agbataobi (ọnye agbataobi mụ di mma gara ọnye nbụ - my neighbour is good than the previous one) new ọhụrụ; ihe ọhụrụ (ụgbọ mụ di ọhụrụ - my car is new) nice mma; di mma (ụgbọ mụ dim ma – my car is nice) night abalị (ọbụ abalị - it is night) no mba (mba acho dmụ - no I don’t want) noise nkpotụ; nkpatụ (emekwala nkpotụ - don’t make noise) noisy ụzụ (ụgbọ di ụzụ - the motor is noisy) noon ehihie (uda bu ehihie – now is noon) not adirọ not good adirọ mma (ri adirọ mma – food is not good) nothing adirọkwa; enwedụ now uda; ugba; ugbua (uda bu ehihie – now is noon) number onuogụ; nomba (onuogụ bu isa – the number is five) nut aki (aki di uto – the nut is sweet) Top O offend kpasu iwe to offend ịkpasu iwe (John kpasu mụ iwe – John offends me) oh dear ewoo (nne anwu, ewoo ịsị ngịnị, nne anwu – mother is dead, oh dear, what did you say, mother is dead) oh God chimoo; cheimoo (chimoo, nne anwu – oh God mother is dead) oh no ewoo (ewoo nne anwu – oh no mother is dead) oil mmanụ (ndi ofe mmanụ - people that eat oil soup) okay ọ dị mma; dị mma (ọ dị mma, a dị mma – okay, I am okay) okra okro (ofe okro – okra soup) old agadi; ochie; oshe (nna di agadi – father is old) on na (ego no na oche – money is on the chair) onion yabasi (yabasi a no dị no ofe – onion is not in the soup) open mehe; meha; megha (mehe igbe – open the box openly spoken hoo ha (Ngozi kwuru hoo ha - Ngozi openly spoken) or ma; mana; ma ọ bụ; mokwnu (Obi ma Ada ka eme ya – Obi or Ada will do it) other ọzọ; ndi ọzọ (Ada ma ndi ọzọ ka eme ya – Ada or others will do it) our anyi; anyị (uche anyi di mma – our mind is good) our inlaw ọgọ anyi (ndi ọgọ anyi bu ndi ofe mmanụ - our inlaw is people that eat oil soup) out opupu; pọla; prapu (dede prapu – uncle has gone out) owe ụgwọ (Peter gị mụ ọgwọ - Peter owes me) own nke (ọgbụ bu nke mụ - the motor is my own) owner onye nwe (Onye nwe ihe - owner of something) owner of the house onye nwe ụlọ (Opara bụ onye nwe ụlọ - Opara is the owner of the house) owner of the land onye nwe ala (Chikwe bụ onye nwe ala - Chikwe is the owner of the land) oxygen ikuku (biko nye mụ ikuku – please give me oxygen) Top P pain mgbu; o huhu (obi mụ na a hu mụ o huhu – my chest is in pain) pair mkpi; di abua (agbalu ukwu di abua – the shoe is in pair) palace obi-eze (nka bu obi-eze – this is the palace) palm wine mmanya ngwọ (bute mmanya ngwọ - bring the palm wine) paper akwụkwọ (nye mụ akwụkwọ - give me paper) part nkabi; agba; nkewa (nye mụ nkabi ego – give me part of the money) pay kwuo; kwuo ugwo (biko kwuo mụ ugwo – please pay me what you owe) peace udo (udo diri gị - peace be with you) people ndi mmadụ (ndi mmadu na ati nkputụ - people are shouting) person onye; ọnye; mmadụ (onye mba - foreign person) pepper ose (ose di na ofe – pepper is in the soup) perhaps ikekwe; ike kwa (nna apọla ikekwe ọ no na eze-obi – father has gone out perhaps he is at the palace) period oge; mgbe (nne na egbu oge – mother is killing time) phone uda; mgbrịgba (Obi di na uda – Obi is on the phone) picture foto; enyo (foto gị amka – your picture is very good) pig ezi pig meat anụ ezi (gị dika ezi – you look like pig) place ebaa (dede no ebaa ano agu nmaya – uncle is at a place where they are drinking) plantain ọgede; ọgede ojoko (biko wete ọgede – please bring the plantain) plate efere (efere ruru ụnyi – the plate is dirty) play egwu; ịgwu egwu (nwata na egwu egwu – the child is playing) please biko (biko jewe (jewa) lawa – please go) please you (or you all) bikonu (bikonu le roo anya – please all of you should watch out) please please biko biko (biko biko lawa nu – please please you ( or all of you) should go) pocket akpa (ego di na akpa – money is in the pocket) power ike (Uche digwa ike – Uche has power) police kotima; uwe ojii (le ndi kotima – look at the police) praise otito (otito diri Chineke – praise to God) pray ekpere (ekpere diri Chineke – pray to God) pregnant ime (Nneka di ime – Nneka is pregnant) prepare kwado; nkwado; gkwara (nne kwado ahia – mother prepare for market) preserve chebe; chere (chebe mmaya – preserve the drink) president ọnye ịsị obodo (Okoro na acho ịbu ọnye ịsị obodo – Okoro wants to be the country’s president) press ide (ide edgbole gị - the press has finished you) price onu (onu ji di mma – the price of yam is good) prince nwa eze; nwoke eze (Onychi bu nwoke eze – Onychi is a prince) princess ada eze; nwa eze (Kelechi bu ada eze – Kelechi is a princess) prison nga; nkporo (Bonny ag la nga - Bonny has to prison) problem nsogbu (ụmụ-aka nu na nsogbu – these children and problem) profession aka oru (Adaeze kwere aka oru – Adaeze has a profession) profit uru (ịcho ego wete mụ uru – business brought profit for me) progress ịga niru (anyi choro ịga niru – we want progress) promise kwe nkwa; ịkwe nkwa (agmụ nye ego – I will give the money) proof agosi; ihe ga agosi (nne mụ ga agosi mgbe amuru mụ - my mother will proof when I was born) protect ichedo; chedoro (onye nkuzi no ichedo ụmụ- aka – the teacher will protect the children) proverb ilu (ilu siri – the proverb says) pumpkin ụgụ (achormụ ịri ụgụ - I want to eat pumpkin) put tinye; kpunye (tinye ego na akpa – put the money in the pocket) Top Q qualify itọọzụ (Peter itọọzụ na ọnye na agbko ego – Peter qualify as an accountant) quarrel ise okwu (nne Ada dika onye ise okwu – Ada’s mother is a person who likes quarrel) queen eze nwanyi; lọlọ; lolo (eze nwanyi apọla – the queen has gone out) question ajụjụ; jụ ajụjụ to question ịjụ ajụjụ (ajụjụ nka bu ngini – what type of question is this) quick osiso (dada me osiso – aunty do quick) Top R rain mmịrị odudo; mmịrị na edo; mmịrị na ezo (mmiri odudo – it is raining or water is falling) rainy season udu mmịrị (udu mmịrị no – it is rainy season) raise weli; welite; wele; kule to raise iweli; ikuli (Obina kule – Obina raise or get up) raw ndụ; ihe ana esdiesi (anu di ndụ - the meat is raw) razor reza (gi reza kpụcha – use razor to shave) read gụ to read ịgụ (gụ akwụkwọ - read book) reason ihe ogrime (kwamụ ihe ogrime – tell me the reason) receive nata; nabuta; nabata to receive ịnata; ịnabuta; ịnabata (nata ego – receive money) record nkwa; deto (deto ya – record/write it) reduce weto (weto ego – reduce money) refuse jụ to refuse ịjụ (jụ ịweto ego – refuse to reduce money) relative nwa nnemụ (nwa nnemụ no ebaa – relative is here) religion nsọ (nsọ kamụ bu kiristian – my religion is christain) remember cheta to remember icheta (cheta aha mụ - remember my name) repeat meya ozọ (meya ozọ aha mụ - repeat my name) rest zuru ike (biko zuru ike – please rest) return lọta; nlọghachi to return ịlọta (biko lọta ego – please return the money) rice osikapa; rosi; urosi (Peter eri osikapa – Peter eats rice) rich ogaranye; gi ego (Uhura di ogaranye – Uhura is rich) right mma; ihe di mma everything is right right hand aka ri (ụgbọ di aka ri – motor is right hand) ring kpo (biko kpo mụ - please ring me) river mmịrị (ụgbọ mmịrị no na mmịrị - boat is on the river) road ụzọ (ụzọ mechi emechi – road closed) robbery oshi; ohi (ndi nwoke ahu bu ndi oshi – those men carrying out robbery) rock nkume; okwute (ihe ahu bu nkume – that thing is a rock) rocket ọgbụ-na-igwe (ọgbụ-na-igwe di na eli-igwe – rocket is in the sky) room ime ụlọ (nna di na ime ụlọ - father is in the room) rooster oke ọkụkọ (oke ọkụkọ ahuru na oku - male fowl or chicken roasted) rope eriri (wete eriri – bring rope) rubber roba; nchicha (egi roba em ihe – roba is used for many things) rubbish mekasa (ime ụlọ di mekasa – room is rubbish or messy) rude nkpari; aso anya (Josephine di nkpari – Josephine is rude) rule iwu (anyi were iwu – we have rule) run gba ọsọ; gbalaga to run ịgba ọsọ; ịgbalaga (Bona na gba ọsọ - Bona will run) rust ita nchara; tara agari; turu agari (ihe tara agari – something that is rusted or rust) Top

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