Igbo Dictionary

• How would you say "Do the work" in Igbo using the completive suffix?

  Lụ̀a ọlụ̄
• How do you say "Let us go" in Igbo?

  Kà ànyị jee
• What does "ò wèe nalue ụnò" mean in English?

  And then he got home and found it.
• What does "à" mean in Igbo?

  This
• What does "ife à" translate to in English?

  This (thing)
• What does "onye à" mean in Igbo?

  This person
• What does "ebe à" refer to in English?

  This place, here
• What does "etu à" mean in Igbo?

  This way
• What is the meaning of "aà" in Igbo?

  Oh! (surprise)
• What does "àa" signify in Igbo?

  Answer to a call, e.g. yes; a low murmuring or exclamation over tragic news or surprise
• What is "Àba" in the context of Igbo language?

  Aba town
• How would you say "Ọbịageli lives in Aba" in Igbo?

  Ọ̀bì ̣àgèlì bì n’Àba
• What does "àba" mean as a noun?

  Flatness; lying flat on the back
• What does "Ọ tò ̣gbò ̣lụ̀ àba" translate to in English?

  He lay flat
• How would you express "lie flat on the back" in Igbo?

  chàlụ àba
• What does "Ọ̀fộ sì ̣ mù chàlụ āba" mean?

  Ọfọ asked me to lie flat on my back
• What does "dinà n’àba" mean in Igbo?

  Sleep on the back
• What does "àba" refer to in the context of tools?

  Iron hook for fastening windows or doors or joining a canoe
• What is "àbàchà" in Igbo?

  Cassava (especially boiled and sliced)
• What does "àbàda" refer to?

  Cloth used mostly by women (Dutch print)
• What does "abadaba" mean in Igbo?

  Width; breadth; state or quality of being wide or broad
• How would you say "Bring me my own food in a broad flat plate" in Igbo?

  Wètalụ m̄ nni ǹkè m n’ime afele dī ̣ abadaba
• What does "àbalà" refer to in Igbo?

  Fruit of iroko (used for feeding goats, sheep, etc.)
• What is "àbànà" in the context of Igbo language?

  Water yam (Dioscorea alata Linn.)
• What does "àbànì ̣" mean in Igbo?

  Midnight; night
• How would you say "midnight" in Igbo?

  ètitī àbànì ̣
• What does "Onye àbànì ̣ dì ̣ egwù" mean in English?

  A bandit (lit. the night is dangerous)
• What does "òtu àbànì ̣ dì ̣ egwù" refer to?

  Gang of bandits
• What is "àbànì ̣" as a noun in the context of royalty?

  Royal sword, double-edged and made of brass
• What is the Igbo word for yam that is sausage-shaped?

  àbị, àbịì ̣
• What type of music is played on the ì ̣gbà ogwè drum when great warriors die?

  abì ̣à
• What is the Igbo term for a long basket used for fishing?

  abō ̣
• What does the term àbọ refer to in Igbo?

  Plantation
• What is the shrub whose twigs are used for chewing-sticks called?

  abò ̣sì ̣
• What is the plant resembling aŋā used for its fibres called?

  abù
• What is the Igbo word for a wooden vessel used for carrying?

  abukè
• What type of fowl is referred to as abùke?

  A kind of fowl which never grows to a large size but is tough
• What does the term abụ refer to in Igbo?

  Pus
• What is the name of the cat-like animal that sleeps by day?

  abụ 2.
• What does the term abụ̀ 1. refer to?

  Armpit