Ivie words

690 words of Ivie (North Ibie Etsakọ), each with its English meanings, spelled as its source writes it.

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A

A — we; one; people
A kpẹmi — we give thanks
Abama — bedbug
Abeleele — octopus
Abiji — buttocks
Abinokiẹ — model (check and do)
Abinoyẹsẹ — example (check and know)
Abọ — hands
Adẹ — buyer
Adọgwọ — duck
Aduba — bear
Afafe — cockroach
Afẹ — family; home
Afele — bird
Afẹli — fish
Afuẹ — 0 (zero)
Aga — chair
Agba — jaw
Agbẹdẹ — blacksmith
Agbede — needle
Agbelọ — good morning
Agbọ — world
Agogo — clock; hour; bell
Agogo-obọ — wristwatch
Agogo-ochika — wall clock
Agulu — pig
Aguuli — vulture
Akabu — gorilla
Akachi — horse
Akachi amẹ — seahorse
Akanama — bottle
Akaun — potash
Akhakha — drier i.e sieve
Akhia — fly
Akọ — tomorrow
Akofua — next tomorrow (the day after tomorrow)
Akpa — eagle
Akpakpa — spider
Akpekpe — wind
Akpẹti — box
Akpẹti uge — TV set
Akpiji — belly
Ali — and
Aligo — shin
Alo — face
Alo ebe — page
Alubọsa — onion
Amẹ — water
Amo — today
Amoko — parrot
Ana — prayer
Ansa — answer
Anti — aunt
Anyaka — fox
Anyomi — shark
Apẹpẹ — fan
Apusi — cat
Apusi n'ọ shitọ alo ugie — cat sitting in the road
Asamaka — dolphin
Asamali, ọgbama, adọga — young man
Asawani — second
Asibito — hospital
Atasa — plate
Atatowẹ — sole
Atoluẹ — morsel
Avhavha — mosquito
Awele — whale
Awoshi — dog
Awuuwu — wolf
Aye — chest
Azẹ — election

B

Ba — plait
Baba — to flutter (like a bird)
Bale (bẹ) — come
Banọ a — unclothe
Bẹna — to do with style
Bino — check
Bọ — consult; allow
Bọla — play

C

Cha — to deny committing a crime
Chalọ — drag
Chi — pull/drag; to pull, drag
Chichi — to flatter
Chigbe — to do an action after a prior action
Chiki — to move slightly; to be stiff
Chino — pack

D

Da — drink
Da kua — diffuse
Dada — to cross (a road)
Dala — to be agreeable
Dẹ — buy
De — fall; happen
Dẹnọ — to shop (buy a lot)
Do — sell
Dobẹ — can; leave
Dọbọ — make a mistake
Dodo — to hawk
Dolo — to chew
Dono — to turn
Dọsẹ — past (in telling the time)
Dudu — to pour in large quantities

E

E — they
Ebe — book; leaf
Echẹ — stone
Echi — pig
Eda — up
Edẹ — roads
Efiẹ — nail
Ẹfuefue — armpit
Ẹgba — hoe
Egbe — body
Egia — laughter
Ẹguene — 80
Ẹguene igbe — 90
Ẹguesẹ — 60
Ẹguesẹ igbe — 70
Ẹgueva — 40
Ẹgueva igbe — 50
Ekẹ — ground
Ekhashiẹ — sand
Eki — markets
Eki idomi — seller
Ekobọ — palm
Ẹkokuruli — throat
Ẹkọli — tooth
Ẹkpa — bag
Ẹkpẹ — leopard
Ekpita — proverbs
Ẹlami — animal; meat
Ẹlẹ — day
Eleele — 8 (eight)
Elemi — inside; stomach
Elemi owa — room
Eleminyọ — relative (from the mother's side)
Elemita — relative from the father's side
Elemowa — room
Eli — yes
Ẹlokeva — mid-day
Eloki — week
Emenaada — drink
Emenaale — food
Ene — 4 (four)
Enebu — plurals
Ẹni — elephant
Ẹnyẹ — snake
Ẹnyele — breast
Erali — electricity
Erẹ — fire
Ẹrẹgẹ — time
Eroro — very hot/boiling(adv.)
Esẹ — 3 (three)
Eseesa — 6 (six)
Eshilẹ — beans
Esọ — ear
Eta — discussion
Ẹtẹtẹ — bed
Eva — 2 (two)
Eva — name
Ẹwe — goat
Eyẹ — we
Ẹzọ — argument; case

F

Fa — cut
Fali — to pay
Fami — to pretend
Fasẹ — clean
Fẹ — watch/ look at
Fẹli — to watch
Fi — throw, play (a game); shoot
Filo — to put Inside à container
Fọ — to end/ become used up
Fu — big
Fuẹ — waste, wash
Fue — to become rich

G

Ga — to worship, to be arrogant
Gaga — to deceive
Galẹ — expensive
Gba — to carry on the back
Gbagia — to loosen, to digest
Gbanọ — tie
Gbasẹ — start
Gbe — beat/ kill/ hit
Gbe egia — to make one laugh
Gẹ — shine
Ge — to look at/ watch/ see
Gẹgẹ — to pamper / to pacify
Gẹnọ — to tie
Gia — to laugh
Gogo — to wander
Gu — tell/ talk about
Gu ẹzọ — argue
Gua — to ride a vehicle; to farm; to fall sick
Guẹ — to know, to be skilled at something
Gue — to tell/ talk about
Guẹ khia — go well
Guese — cover
Gwu — to die

I

I — I
Ibaba — grandfather (also father)
Ibẹd — bed
Ibie — python
Ibisikiiti — biscuits
Ibọla — playing, show, sports
Ibuta — kettle
Ichikafa — rice
Idamisa — tiger
Idane — sky
Idẹmi — buying
Idẹnọ — shopping
Idẹzati — desert
Idigua — knee
Idobọ — elbow
Idu — lion
Ifẹchekẹ — corruption
Ifiafia — insects
Ifooni — phone
Igasi — gas
Igbe — 10 (ten)
Igbe ali oghuo — 11
Igbemi — beating, hitting
Igho — money
Igiami — act of laughing
Igongoni — tin
Iguabọ — shoulder
Iguẹzọ — the act of arguing
Ijakẹti — jacket
Ijaki — donkey
Ijiraafa — giraffe
Ijoko — small stool
Ikalọ — calculating
Ikẹkẹ — writing, article, font
Ikẹkẹ — bicycle
Ikẹkẹ obọ — handwriting
Ikemi — sharing
Ikẹmist — chemist
Ikhakha — act of drying
Ikhehe — thighs
Ikhekhe — lap
Ikọlọ — colours
Ikọmputa — computer
IKpakpegbe — anxiety
Ikpali — carton
Ikpalo — eyes
Ikpẹsabọ — begging
Ikpẹsegbe — humility
Ikumasaasẹ — six people
Ikumoleele — eight people
Ikumoshiila — seven people
Ikumotiili — nine people
Ila — fat
Ilagba — beard
Ilia — veins
Ilolo — counting
Imama — grandmother (also mother)
Imhe — matter
Imhẹ? — how much?
Iminiti — minute
Imo — sorry
Imọli — property
Imoto — car
Inyalu — a call
Inyita — maternal grandfather
Inyọ — mother
Inyọ n'ọ fu — grandmother
Inyọ-ọdọ — mother-in-law (husband's mother)
Inyọghuo — sibling (of the same mother)
Inyọghuo inyọ — maternal uncle/aunt
Inyọghuo ita — paternal uncle/aunt
Inyọnyọ — maternal grandmother
Inyọsọ — mother-in-law (wife's mother)
Irakumi — camel
Iredio — radio
Iregbejeda — pride
Irijia — well
Irobọgbanudu — patience (putting the hands around the heart)
Irodẹkasẹ — guidance
Ishe — 5 (five)
Ishiila — 7 (seven)
Ishinẹgba — God
Ishọyọ — then
Isue — nose
Ita — father
Ita n'ọ fu — grandfather
Ita-ọdọ — father-in-law (husband's father)
Itakadda — document
Iteleele — eight times
Iteseesa — six times
Itiili — 9 (nine)
Itinyọ — paternal grandmother
Itishiila — seven times
Itita — paternal grandfather
Ititiili — nine times
Itivi — television
Itọghuo — half sibling (of the same father)
Itolotolo — turkey
Itomato — tomato
Itọsọ — father-in-law (wife's father)
Itsu — hair
Itsua — goods
Ivhia — mat
Iwindo — window
Iyishe — 100
Iyọsẹ — night
Izẹmi — selection

J

Jẹ — fetch
Jigi — to shake

K

Ka — insult
Kalọ — calculate
Kasẹ — show
Kẹ — await
Kẹkẹ — to write
Kemi — share
Kẹsẹ — to remain
Kha — to become dry
Khe — to become sour
Khẹ — protect
Khekhe — to feel heavy (body part)
Khia — to walk
Khọkhọ — to describe
Khọli — fight
Khọlọ — crawl
Ki — to cut (a piece)
Kiẹ — to do, to itch
Kiẹli — do
Kiki — to start a vehicle
Kọkọ — to swallow
Kpa — vomit
Kpakpa — disturb; worry
Kpe — to wash
Kpẹsẹ — to put under
Ku — drive; to pursue
Kuẹ — to fight
Kue — to be satiated
Kuẹa — to take a bath
Kuege-a — open
Kuku — to close

L

La — to be (in a place)
Lala — to lick
Le — to eat
Lẹ — go
Lele — to turn/ stir
Lẹlẹ — to deceive
Li — to do
Lọ — to spend, to iron
Lo — to be sufficient, to enter
Lọghiẹ — to change
Lọlọ — to be slippery
Lolo — count
Lọsọ — to contain
Lu — to do
Lue — to be at fault

M

Ma — to build; create; mold; stick
Manọ — to burn slightly; build (plural)
Masẹ — measure, plan
Mẹ — to see/to be pregnant
Mekhia — welcome
Mhe — to talk
Mhu — to hold/ to catch
Mhuẹ — to have
Mhushe — massage
Mi — I
Mila — ask
Mo akanya — said to someone working
Mo awonamo — said to someone who has been working all day
Mo ishitọ — said to someone sitting
Moo — well done

N

Na — run
Nanọ — run (plural)
Nẹ — to be greater than; to defecate
Neena — now
Nẹnẹ — to defecate
Ni — to succeed
No — to use
Nono — want
Nuẹ — far
Nya — to become wide open
Nyakua — to put in effort/ to try
Nyalu — call
Nyanya — to quicken up
Nye — to live/reside/cook; cook
Nyie — collect
Nyiesuọ — believe, accept

O

Ọ — he / she
O — it
O aa ye — going to (in telling the time)
O bi ebi — it is dark
O chi — it is good (response)
O chi mama — it is close by; near
O chi mhu — it is near
O dia — it is proper
O fasẹ — it is clean
O fefe — it is spacious
O fifi — it is tight
O fọ — it is cold
Ọ fọ — he is gentle (in a weak way)
Ọ fọmẹ — he is calm
O fu — it is big
O gba — it is complete
O gọ — it is wrong
O khakha — it is dry
O khọ — it is heavy
O ki akọ — see you tomorrow
O ki ẹlẹ iyọsẹ — see you at night
O ki idegbe — see you later
O ki la — goodbye
O ki uzogbe — see you in the morning
O kola — it is clean; pure
Ọ kuanọ a — he is thin (from sickness)
O lẹlẹ — it is sweet
O li deede — it is proper/just/moderate
Ọ li duma — she is plump
O li fẹgẹ — it is light
Ọ li gbẹmẹ — he is fat
Ọ li gbẹshẹ — he is fat
O li gboolo — it is long
Ọ li gbuda — she is obese
Ọ li gbusha — he/she is short and fat
Ọ li jibọ — he is plump
O li khiaku khiaku — it is rough
O li kpata — it is flat
O li kpọli — it is filthy
O li mọnyọ — it is wet
O li pọchi — it is wet
Ọ li rhiolo — he is lanky
Ọ li shilẹ — he is gentle
O li tikpọ — it is thick
O li tsẹ̀ẹlẹ — it is clammy
O lodẹ — it is far; remote
O lọkhọ — it is easy
O mhu akọ — it is sour
O mhu ijomi — it is dirty
O mhunu — it is difficult
O miimi — it is tasty
O mochi — it is moist
O nuẹ — it is far; long
O re — it is right
O ruẹ — it is “drawing” (e.g. soup)
O sawaa — it is equal
O shẹ — it is small
O to — it is hot
O to egbe — it is painful
O vhia — it is desolate
O viọlọ — it is delicious
O womẹ — it is mature/hard
O yala — it is bitter
O ze — it is strong
Ọbiebie — purple
Obili — dark
Ọbishi — black
Obọ — hand
Obugala — good evening
Ọdafẹ — husband
Ọdane — blue
Ode — cloth
Odẹ — door; road; way
Ọdẹnọ-dẹnọ — shopaholic
Ọdọ — husband
Ọdodo — pink
Ọdọmọ — son-in-law
Ọduoki — trader
Ọfako — newly married woman
Ọfasẹ — white
Ofia — cutlass
Ọfis — office
Ọgbe — beater, hitter
Ọgbegia — comedian
Ọgbo — person
Ogbọ — news
Ogbode — evening
Ogbokeva — midnight
Oghuo — 1 (one)
Ogie — king
Ogiowa — sitting room
Ọgọ — in-law
Ọgọmọ — young child (before puberty)
Ogoota — afternoon
Ọguẹzọ — lawyer
Oji — mouse
Ọka — ring
Ọ̀kada — motorbike
Ọkaku — hippopotamus
Oke — ram
Okẹ — river
Ọkẹkẹ ebe — book writer, author
Okemi — sharer
Okhọ — navel
Ọkhọkhọ — hen
Oki — market
Ọki — peacock
Ọkiekẹ — brown
Ọkpa — cock
Okpalo — 1st (first)
Okpasa — locust bean
Okpi — scorpion
Ọkpotso — woman
Oku — waist
Ọkumọvhia — one who drives away boredom i.e companion
Ọlẹlu — one who does well
Olẹmi — tongue
Olia — blood
Ọlilẹ — red
Ọlimu — orange
Ọmamẹ — transparent
Omẹ — monkey
Ọmiebe — green
Omila — question
Ọmiovọ — yellow
Ọmọ — child
Ọmọfẹ — baby; little child
Ọmọse — man
Ọmọshi — young woman
Ọnazẹ — the elected
Ọnku — uncle
Ọnyalu — caller (someone who calls)
Oodẹ — yesterday
Orẹ — tree
Oroboto — rhinoceros
Ororo — vegetable oil
Ọse — crab
Oshimi — behind
Oshishi — ant
Ọsọ — wife
Ọsọ-ọmọ — daughter-in-law (child's wife)
Osọmi — soup
Osuma — sheep
Ota — debt
Otomẹgbe — annoying
Otsa — soap
Otsẹ — greeting
Ọvhia — loneliness, boredom
Ọvhiẹ — yellow
Ovhili — red oil
Oviẹna — good afternoon
Owa — house
Owa amẹ — toilet
Owake — kitchen
Owamẹ — toilet / bathroom
Owana — mosque
Owẹ — leg
Owebe — library
Owẹna — education; learning; teaching
Owẹzọ — court
Owiwi — owl
Owo owẹna — school
Ọyẹ — one who pleases (i.e love)

R

R'ẹlo ku egbe — take care
Rami — reach
rẹ — to take
Rọ — to take; carry
Rọ kasẹ — show, to dry
Rọ kiẹ — iṣẹ
Rọ na — give
Rọ shi — keep
Rọ vu — take away
Ruẹ — to rain
Rue — carry/ take

S

Sa — think
Saka ku — to be scattered about
Samẹ — splash
Sami — to be pregnant
Sana — to pray (Muslim prayer)
Sanọ — pick
Sasa — to exercise
Sato — remember
See! — hello (how is it?)
Shalo — to cave in
Shasha — to smash
Shẹ — small
Shele — to climb
Sheshe — to arrange; to repair
Shifua — to disintegrate
Shishi — to clean
Shitọ — sit
Shọ — to fix
Simi — to struggle for something
Sọ — to lay eggs; to lay an egg
Soku — to feel
Sọmi — to dip into soup
Somi — to be good
Sọnọ — to dip into
Sọnọ echẹ — to pinch
Suọ — listen; to hear
Susu — to tempt

T

Ta — to tell; to build
Tagẹa — to loosen a knot
Tala — break (as in a bone)
Tano — narrate (plural)
Tanọ — to confess
Tasẹ a — to burst; to pop (as in hot oil)
Tẹsẹ — to stay a long time
Ti — to be good
To — hot; hurt, pain; to be hot, to be painful
Tọ — build
To iga — to handcuff
To obọ — to push
To osege — to hiccup
Tọlọ — to scratch
Tọnọ — dig; build (plural)
Tsa — to file (as in teeth or fingernails)
Tua — carry
Tuama — to be in a hurry
Tuela — to line up

U

U — you
U khọọdẹ — thank you for yesterday
U ma khale — thank you very much
U vhẹẹ ze? — hope you are fine
Udu — heart; liver
Uduso — big/strong head
Ufi — a game
Ufulọ — lamp/bulb/light
Ufuowẹ — underfoot
Ugbalo — forehead
Ugbe — missile (something that strikes)
Ugua — bone
Uguẹ — spouse
Ukakwi — spoon
Ukalọ — calculator
Ukẹkẹ — pen
Ukhikhi — half
Ukhumi — medicine
Uki — month
Ukoko — back
Ukomi — head
Ukpakọ — tooth brush
Ukpalo — eye
Ukpami ẹnyele — nipple
Ukpatsunu — lip
Ukpe — year
Ukpẹsẹ — pillow
Ukpo — uniform
Ukpobọ — finger
Ukpowẹ — toe
Ukumọghuo — one person
Uli — rope
Ulolo — counter
Unu — mouth
Unyake — stove
Unyale — caller (i.e phone) (something that calls)
Uruli — neck
Utebu — table
Uteku — bench
Utele — cane
Utẹrẹgẹ — alarm clock
Utoghuo — once
Utozeleele — eight time
Utozene — fourth time
Utozeseesa — sixth time
Utozishe — fifth time
Utozishiila — seventh time
Utozitiili — ninth time
Utozoghuo — first time
Uwolo — song
Uyẹ — love
Uye — 20
Uye ali ene — 24
Uye ali esẹ — 23
Uye ali igbe — 30
Uzogbe — morning

V

Va — to cut open
Vanọ — split
Vha — you (plural)
Vheshẹshi — sleep
Vhia — to give birth
Vhiẹ — to cry
Vhie — done/ ready (as in food); to be cooked
Via — to end a session
Vule — stand up

W

Wa — fetch (water); to go missing
Walọ — fetch
Wasẹ — to misplace
Wẹ — smell
Wola — quarrel
Wọlọ — pluck (bird feathers)
Wolọ — pack
Wushe — stir

Y

Yaagua — please
Yẹ — to please
Ye — go
Yele a — forget
Yele le — remember, remind
Yẹmẹ-a — rest
Yemi — reply
Yemosue — ugly
Yẹsẹ — know

Z

Ze — to be strong
Zẹ — choose, select; to select/ choose/ to cause/ to leave
Zẹ emhuẹ — disrespect
Zẹ owẹ — take a step
Zọlọ — complain
Zugu — scatter
Zuse — block