Browse Igbo Vocabulary

a

/a/

Okwu e ji egosi ihe dị nso maọbụ ihe a na-ekwu maka ya ugbu a.

abụọ

/aˈɓuɔ/

Ọnụọgụ na-esote otu; nke jikọtara otu na otu.

afọ

/aˈfɔ/

Ọnụọgụ ọnwa iri na abụọ; oge ụwa ji gburu anyanwụ otu ugboro.

aga

/aˈɡa/

Isi n'otu ebe gaa n'ebe ọzọ; ije ije.

aha

/aˈha/

name

A word used to call a person or thing to identify it.

ahụ

/aˈhu/

Okwu e ji egosi ihe dị anya maọbụ ihe e kwuruworị maka ya.

aka

/aˈka/

Akụkụ ahụ e ji arụ ọrụ na ejide ihe.

ala

/aˈla/

ground

The place where we step; soil used for planting crops.

anya

/aˈɲa/

eye

The part of the body used for seeing.

anyị

/aˈɲiː/

Nnọchiaha e ji ezo aka onye na-ekwu okwu na ndị ọzọ so ya, gọọmenti nke mbụ, ọtụtụ.

atọ

/aˈtɔ/

Ọnụọgụ na-esote abụọ.

biko

/ˈɓiko/

please

An expression used to make a request or show politeness when asking someone for something.

bịa

/ɓiˈa/

Isi n'ebe dị anya rute n'ebe onye na-ekwu okwu nọ.

Chineke

/tʃiˈneke/

Onye kere eke; onye nwe ike niile a na-efe ofufe.

chọ

/tʃɔ/

Inwe ọchịchọ maka ihe; ịchọ ihe furu efu.

daalụ

/daːˈlu/

Okwu ekele e ji egosi ekele maka ihe mmadụ mere.

dị

/di/

be

A verb indicating that something exists or describing the state of something.

dịka

/diˈka/

Okwu e ji atụnyere ihe abụọ na-egosi na otu yiri ibe ya.

ebe

/eˈɓe/

place

The location or site where something is or where something happens.

echi

/eˈtʃi/

Ụbọchị na-esote taa; oge na-abịa n'ihu.

ee

/eː/

yes

An expression of agreement used to show that something is true or that it is all right.

ego

/eˈɡo/

Ihe e ji azụ ahịa maọbụ akwụ ụgwọ; akụ e ji eme azụmahịa.

enyi

/eˈɲi/

Onye gị na ya nwere mmekọrịta ọma na ịhụnanya.

eze

/eˈze/

Onye na-achị obodo maọbụ ala; onye nwe ọchịchị.

ga-

/ɡa/

Nkọwaokwu e ji egosi ihe ga-eme n'oge dị n'ihu.

gwa

/ɡwa/

Ịkọ mmadụ ihe; izi ya ihe site n'okwu.

gịnị

/ɡiˈni/

Okwu ajụjụ e ji achọpụta ihe a na-amaghị.

ha

/ha/

Nnọchiaha e ji ezo aka ndị a na-ekwu maka ha, gọọmenti nke atọ, ọtụtụ.

hụ

/hu/

Iji anya mata ihe; ịnọ n'ọnọdụ ịchọpụta ihe.

hụ n'anya

/hu naˈɲa/

Inwe mmetụta ịhụnanya n'ebe mmadụ maọbụ ihe nọ.

ihe

/iˈhe/

Ọ bụla e nwere ike ịhụ, ịmetụ aka, maọbụ iche echiche maka ya.

ihu

/iˈhu/

Akụkụ isi ebe anya, imi na ọnụ dị.

ike

/iˈke/

strength

The strength or power a person uses to work or the authority they have.

isi

/iˈsi/

Akụkụ ahụ dị n'elu ebe uche na anya dị.

jụọ

/dʒʊˈɔ/

Ịchọ ịmata ihe site n'ịjụ ajụjụ.

ka

/ka/

Okwu e ji egosi ebumnobi maọbụ ka ihe wee mee.

kedu

/keˈdu/

how?

An interrogative expression used to ask about a state or as a greeting.

kwe

/kwe/

agree

To give assent; to agree that something is as stated.

kwuo

/kwuˈo/

say

To utter words with the mouth; to speak.

laa

/laː/

return

To go back home or to the place one came from.

m

/m̩/

Nnọchiaha e ji ezo aka onye na-ekwu okwu, gọọmenti nke mbụ, otu.

ma

/ma/

Okwu e ji egosi mgbagha maọbụ ihe dị iche na nke e kwuru.

maa

/maˈa/

Ịmara ihe n'uche; ịnwe ihe ọmụma banyere ihe.

maka

/ˈmaka/

Okwu e ji egosi ihe kpatara ihe maọbụ onye e mere ihe maka ya.

mba

/m̩ˈba/

Okwu mgbagha e ji egosi na ihe abụghị eziokwu maọbụ na ọ jụrụ ihe.

mee

/meˈe/

Ịrụ ọrụ maọbụ ime ka ihe mezuo.

mgbe

/m̩ˈɡbe/

Oge ihe na-eme; akụkụ oge a na-ezo aka na ya.

mma

/m̩ˈma/

Ọnọdụ nke ihe dị ọcha, ziri ezi, maọbụ na-atọ ụtọ.

mmadụ

/m̩ˈmadu/

Ihe e kere eke nke nwere uche, na-ekwu okwu ma na-eje ije n'ụkwụ abụọ.

mmiri

/m̩ˈmiri/

Ihe mmiri mmiri a na-aṅụ, nke na-esighị isi ma na-esighị agba; ọ na-ezokwa dị ka mmiri ozuzo.