A DICTIONARY OF MEIN
an j language of the Niger Delta, Nigeria
M.L. Abegha
New version by: Roger Blench
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Roger Blench
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Cambridge, 07/02/2012
Mein dictionary
Preface
This document has been put together by Roger Blench from materials left by the late Kay Williamson. Its
basis is a dictionary by Mr. M.L. Abegha published in Abegha (1996). It seems to have been typed in a
format intended for conversion, with a comparative list of Olodiama terms. However, the conversion did not
take place and the Olodiama was never entered. The clustering of sentence examples in the early part of the
ms. suggests that there was an intention to further expand it, but it seems this never took place. The editorial
process has thus been as follows;
1. Conversion of original text-file to Unicode and table format
2. Correction of English in definitions
3. Entering of field materials of Roger Blench
I have added and corrected many of the scientific terms. However, much could be done to expand and
correct the dictionary and this may be possible in the future.
There are still some unconverted symbols whose interpretation is uncertain. I hope to remedy this in future
versions.
Roger Blench
KWEF
Cambridge
07 February 2012
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MEIN DICTIONARY
Mein
a
a
a
a
à¹
à¹
à²
á¹
á²
á³
á³
á4
áà
áàn
abá
abadá
abad
abad
abad -ar
abad -k r
abad -okola
abad -t kpa
abálà
abálà-ar
abálà-ar
abalabálà
abál
abánmàabán
ábèdí
ábèdí
ábéí
abéli bá
ab b l
ab r
ab n
ab r
Pos
prep.
prep.
prep.
prep.
pron.
pron.
poss. pron.
pron.
poss. pron.
pron.
pron.
poss. pron.
excl.
excl.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
excl.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
English
at
in
on
to
they
them
their
you
your
she
her
her
Ah!
Oh! (expressing surprise)
fish (freshwater)
cloth (type)
ocean
sea
vessel (sea-going)
sea-sickness
curlew
lighthouse
sail
boat
sailboat
butterfly
wedge
blindman's buff
iguana"
Nile monitor lizard
you (man)!
tonguesole
jar type
dagger
hippopotamus (pigmy)
sore
ab r b r
ab r b r -buru
abí-dein
(=sei
dein)
ab ala (ab álà)
ab bà
ab bà -b m -ba
abo
n.
n.
n.
Black Crake
water-lily
night (dark)
n.
n.
n.
n.
flag
yesterday
day before yesterday
bag
abó
n.
abóbò
abóbò
abóbò k r
n.
n.
v.p.
channel (narrow) of water
between an island and the
bank
wonders
admiration
marvel
1
Additional Information
(2nd pers. pl.)
(2nd pers. pl.)
Gymnarchus niloticus
Varanus niloticus
(used to address a man)
Cynoglossus spp.
Hexaprotodon liberiensis
(in between the toes usually caused
by wet feet)
(woven from raffia or the leaves of
screwpine)
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Mein
abóbò k r
aboro
aboro
aboro-deriowei
Ab
Pos
v.p.
n.
n.
n.
n.
English
wonder
membrane (of body)
web (of body)
spider
Aboh
áb
áb -agba
ab k
ab k
ab k
ab r ¹
ab r ²
ab r
ab
ab biri
ab biri-emgbou
ab biri-emgbou
ab k
ada¹
ada²
adáàn
adáda
adala
adala
adein (andei)
ad
ad d n
ad n
ad n-s w
n.
n.
n.pl.
n.pl.
n.pl.
v.t.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
v.i.
n.
v.t.
v.i.
v.i.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
ad
ad a (= t n)
Ado
adó
ad d -biri
ad d
ad n
ad n-ogboolu
ad n-ogboolu
adu
ad
ad
ad d
ad m
af ¹
n.
n.
p.n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
a.
tree
calabash
faeces
stool
excreta
fish (with a spear)
spear-fishing
fish sp.
back (of body)
back
backbone
spine
monkey (general term)
paint
hover(of a bird)
salt
grope
stumble
lose balance
horse-fly
barn
herb
knife
fold (in the skin of some fat
people)
channel (narrow, dug-out )
climbing-perch
do, Bini
basket
place (distant)
fish sp.
wave
wave (large)
billow
clay
sullenness
horn
heart
whirlwind
free
af
a.
false
v.p.
n.
n.
n.
whisper
galago (dwarf)
slip-knot
stool
²
af fie
af f n
afi
af an
2
Additional Information
a people on the Niger having a
boundary with Western z n to their
east
Crescentia cujete
(obtained from the áb -tree)
Bagrus spp.
(medicinal, for treating ulcers)
Ctenopoma kingsleyae
e.g. Af sukulu ebi kam =Free education is very good.
e.g. af
egberi =false story;
falsehood
Galagoides demidovii (?)
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Mein
af an
af an
af an-sibe-owei
af n
af n
af nyoun¹
af nyoun²
af nyounekpirikpa
af
af f
af gh
af r
af r
af
af f l gb n
Pos
n.
n.
n.
v.t.
v.t.
n.
n.
n.
English
faeces
excreta
night-soil man
sweep(nose)
blow (nose)
broom
great-great-grandchild
great-great-great-grandchild
n.
v.i.
n.
n.
n.
n.
v.p.
oil-drum
whistle
foam
breeze
wind
silver bream
drop
af ra
af r .¹
af r .²
af r m
af r m
aga
agáda¹
agáda²
agáda-sibe-al kpa
agadafinim
agadafinim w n
agádawei
agbá
agbá-ag n wei
agbáara
agbá-b b -teri
agbáb gbab ¹
agbáb gbab ²
agbada¹
agbada²
v.i.
v.a.
n.
v.cs.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
a.
v.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
froth
hot(be)
heat
warm
hammerhead shark
knife used for carving
fish sp.
gun
police constable
astride
stride
fish sp.
calabash
moon (full)
side
leaf of water-lily
cramp (numbness)
Hornbill (Laughing)
rib
floor
agbada³
agbada-war
agbá-eye
agbagbaí
agbagbaíghà
agba ¹
agba ²
agba b
agbalakókò
agbám
agbarókò
n.
n.
n.
a.
a.
v.i.
n.
n.
n.
v.t.
n.
bridge
pile-dwelling
harpoon
compatible
incompatible
associate (with)
companionship
companion
eagle (river-)
put (alongside)
snake-eel
agb
agb
agb
agb ghà
v.t.
v.t.
.a.
.a.
suit
befit
suitable (be)
unsuitable (be)
Additional Information
Citharinus spp.
(blossom, to reveal tiny new fruit of
plants)
3
Sphyrna spp.
Polypterus spp.
Polypterus senegalus
Bycanistes fistulator
(raised,
fronds)
constructed
with
palm
Calamoichthys (or Erpetoichthys)
calabaricus
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agb n
agb n
agb n k r
agb n -àgb n
agb n gb n
Pos
n.
n.
v.i.
a.
n.
agb ngb n
agb ngb n buru
agbín
agbín t a
agbobu¹
agbobu²
agbobu²
agbobu²
agbobu³
agb g d
agb l (=kotó)
n.
v..
n.
a..
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
English
eagle-ray (spotted)
rust
rust, get rusty
rusty
cramp (numbness)
lasting)
boasting (vain)
attempt (in vain)
girth
stout (be)
chest (of body)
two yards
six feet
fathom
authority
fish sp.
snail
agb
agb
agb
agb
agb
agb
agb
agb
agb
agb
agb
agb
n.
n.
v.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
ivory
bubbles
rise (as in bubbles)
shoe
shoelace
shoe-maker
cobbler
shoe-repairer
matches
matchstick
matchbox
shrew sp.
ageene
agengén
agineghá
ág ¹
ág ²
ag l
ag l
ago
ago
agó
agóago
agógo
ágògú
ag
ag
ag
ag
ag korom
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
a.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
v.t.
spark
firefly
hog-plum
gonorrhoea
fish sp.
pellet(s)
parrot grunt
cup
mug
crab (swimming)
green
tree sp.
lizard
respect
honour
homage
relationship(by marriage)
consummate a marriage
ag t a
v.t.
respect
ag -àra
n.
sister-in-law
l
d
d pa
ka
ka-k ka-di
ka-m b
ka-t l m b
ka-t l m b
ná
ná- mgb
ná-wàr
n -oke
4
Additional Information
Aetobatus narinari
(long-
Polypterus spp.
(type of, small, trimmed like a top
and spun for a game mostly by
children)
with long mouth, black body and
hairless tail)
Spondias mombin
Polypterus sp.
Pomadasys peroteti
Cardiosoma armatum
Carapa procera
(know a virgin carnally for the first
time)
e.g. Yé ag t a kam You are very
respectful.
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Mein
ag -òwei
ag m
ag n
ag n
ag n
ag n -biyou
ag n -biyou fié
ag n -biyou-fie
ag n - p r
ag n -obudou
ag n -t r
Pos
n.
v.t.
n.
n.
adv.
n.
v.i.
n.
n.
n.
n.
English
brother-in-law
respect (to show)
heaven
sky
up
thunder
to roar (of thunder)
roar (of thunder)
moustache
cloud
weather
ag n weí
ag n weí
ag n weí-dèin
ag n weí-sèri
ag r r
agún
ag
ag a
ag a
ág lá
ag l (=ak n¹)
n.
n.
n.
v.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
moon
month
moonlit night
miss (periods)
chain
fufu
orange
sacrilege
profanation
stilt
ladder
ag ra
ag ra-p ná-dèin
a n.
a n yèé
aka
aka
aká¹
aká²
aká²
aká³
aká-èdumu
akáf
akáf
akábàrabárà
n.
n.
excl.
excl.
v.t.
v.t.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
v.t.
n.
n.
star
starlit night
no
no! (emphatic)
carve
engrave
tooth
edge
side
maize, corn
corn-cob
grind (teeth)
grinding (of the teeth)
ant
akágb n
aka n¹
aka n²
akama
akan¹
akan²
akana
akanakárabi ri
akar
akar
akátud n
akát ab
akáwèi
akáya nm -tun
ak
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
v.i.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
decay (dental)
thatch
iron sheet(corrugated)
bee
monkey (putty-nosed)
kola (bitter)
move (round about)
middle
proverb
parable
toothache
dentist
mamba (green)
hat (felt)
wall (of a city)
Additional Information
e.g. Ag n di=Look at the heaven
e.g. Ag n di=Look at the sky
e.g. Ag n di=Look up.
e.g. Ag n -t r m
weather is not good.
ebigha The
Citrus aurantium
(with a single pole and footholds
used by palmwine tappers)
5
Zea mays
(type of, yellow, found inside a dry
tree)
Cercopithecus nictitans
Garcinia kola
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ak d
ak k
ak l k l
Pos
n.
n.
n.
English
ulcer
monkey (white-throated)
African Darter
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
day (after the market-day)
day (before the market-day)
market-day
basket (type of)
fishing
aki
n.
tree sp.
ak
ak
ak l l
v.t.
v.t.
n.
ak y
akóko
ak
ak (ak )
ak d màk d
ak l
ak l
ak l b b
ak l k
akpa
akpaarákpà
akpada
akpa -
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
v.i
akpá -akpa
akpa -akpá
akpa kpa
akpálakpà-fun
ákpàl
akpákpam
akpara
akpárakpa
(=oziko)
akpé¹
adj.
adv.
n.
n.
n.
v.t.
n.
n.
receive
accept
slimy,
slippery
(in
appearance)
bile
fish (freshwater)
Hemichromis fasciatus
fruit (used as marble)
fish sp. (freshwater)
Heterotis niloticus
fish (freshwater)
Pantodon buchholzi
walking-stick
rod
parrot (grey)
Psittacus erithacus
squirrel (giant forest)
Protoxerus stangeri
bag
beetle
shrimp (large)
Macrobrachium vollen-hevenii
hide
(oneself
beside
something)
shy (become)
shyly (behave)
grasshopper
canna (wild)
Marantochlea spp.
frog
bully
swamp
mat
v.t.
akpé²
akp ¹
akp ²
akp -tun
akp d
akp r
akpotú
akpotú
akpotú
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
akpotúfà
akpoweí
a.
n.
ak
ak
ak
ak
ak
n-b m ba
n-lámi `ba
nba
r
r -t
Additional Information
Cercopithecus erythrogaster
(long-necked, that dives for fish)
Anhinga rufa
(in which a basket is immersed in
the river for some time and drawn
out for a catch
(type of, used as firewood)
Cynometra vogelii
carry on a pole across
shoulder
pole for carrying
jar (big, earthen)
spleen
cap (Eton)
accordion, organ
basket
trouble
calamity
catastrophe, tragedy, disaster,
adversity, harm
harmless
corkwood tree
Musanga cecropioides
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Mein
akp ¹
akp ²
akp ²
akp ³
akp
akp k
akp l kp l
akp r
akp ya
akp ya
akp ya -t a-ago
akp
akp b l
akp r
ak ¹
ak ²
Pos
v.t.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
ak
a.
ak
ak
ak
ak
ak
ás ma
ás ma
là
ma-ak ma
n¹ (=ag l )
n.
n.
n.
pron.
n.
ak n²
ak n t a
ala
alá
n.
v.
n.
v.
ala-beni
alagba
alagbakara
alághà
n.
n.
n.
adv.
alápa
alápa-ap a
aléi
alele
al gh
n.
n.
n.
n.
v.i.
al
al
al
al
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
m
m
m
m
al l ¹
al l ²
al l m
aló
al
al l
al l
¹
¹
¹
²
n.
n.
v.t.
a.
n.
a.
a.
English
expectorate, spit
world
universe
ironwood
needle (for weaving net)
lizard (male)
bulbul (common)
midrib of raffia frond
expectoration
sputum, phlegm
sputum mug
chest
breast
boot
part
tree (like the bush mango,
but with bitter fruit)
bitter (be)
Additional Information
Pycnonotus barbatus
e.g. an ak =that part
also
ak -ogbein=bitter
mango
?Panda oleosa
e.g. Yè eken ak diri bougha=I
can't drink bitter medicine.
bubo
inflammation (of the groin)
leech
one another
ladder (used by palm-wine
tappers)
selfishness
selfish (be)
salt-water
far (be)
e.g. M y duo mu n war lam
alagha=My house is not far from
here.
salt-water, brine
gun
iroko (tree)
Chlorophora excelsa
soon
e.g. Wò alagha timi boom n =He
will come soon.
jellyfish
sword
fish sp. ‘chub’
Brycinus macrolepidotus
plume
sham, pretend
e.g. Á f al gh min =She pretends
to be dead.
deceive
delude
dupe
cause
e.g. Te k wò al m b l seima
a? =What caused his annoyance?
plate
iron sheet (corrugated)
allure
furious (become)
cloth (white)
slimy
slippery
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Mein
al ¹
al ²
alu
al kpa
-ama
ama¹
ama¹ sin
ama²
ama² b ra
amá
amá k m
amá k m
amá nanab
amá nanaowei
amá otu
ámá
Pos
v.i.
n.
n.
n.
suff.
n.
v.p.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
voc.
amata
amátu
amaw n
amaw n
amaw n -ere
amaw n -otu-war
ambá
ambá
ambádiya
amb
n.f.
n.
n.
n.
n.f.
n.
n.
n.
n.pl.
n.
amb
amb
amgba¹
amgba²
amgba²
amgba-okeke
amgbalókù
amgbeelé
amgb
àm n
am n ¹
am n ²
am
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
v.i.
pron.
pron.
pron.
v.i.
English
cough
cough
block print
court messenger
article (indefinite plural)
confession
confess
right
right hand
town
townsman
citizen
ruler
ruler (male)
townspeople
you (woman)! (used to
address a woman)
woman who has no husband
city
fornication
prostitution
prostitute, harlot, whore
brothel
belly
bowels
intestines
pompano, (saltwater, very
much
like
the
horsemackerel)
nettle
turtle (river-)
cheek
keg
barrel
jaw
mumps
tsetse-fly
shrink
they
she
you (pl.)
ebb
amu
am
am m
am m
án
n.
n.
n.
v.
excl.
monkey (Mona)
dizziness
housefly
ashamed (feel)
oh! (expressing surprise)
ana
ana
n.
possessive
aná ¹
possessive
Additional Information
e.g. war ama =houses
(usu. in combinations)
(only in combinations)
Alectis or Trachinotus spp.
Urticaceae
Trionyx triunguis
e.g. Beni am - nd =The tide has
started ebbing.
Cercopithecus mona
e.g. Erema ebi bra an!=Oh! How
nice the lady is!
croaker
Pseudotolithus spp.
theirs
(( contraction of àn ya e.g. Bo
g gb sabo àna =These pens are
theirs.
yours (plural) (when more contraction of an ya e.g. An
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Mein
Pos
English
than one thing)
aná ²
possessive
hers
anda
n.
andá
anda sin
v.i.
v.
anda -èbi
a.
anda -sèi
a.
anda-sin-t b
n.
andád b
anda
andákiri
andei
and
and .
and sèim
and - gba
n.
v.i.
n.
n.
n.
n.
v.
n.
angá¹
angá²
angála¹
angála²
angarangugu
angarangugu t a
angásara
angásara-emgbou
ang
ang l
ang l
anghá
anghá yè
ang r
ang r
n.
v.t.
n.
n.
n.
v.p.
n.
n.
n.
v.t.
v.t.
excl.
excl.
a.
a.
ang
ang
ang
ang
ang
ang
n.
v.
v.
v.
a.
a.
sickness some children suffer
from as a result of having too
much contact with their
mothers during pregnancy
wrestle
said of a child whose mother
has given birth to another
child after it
said of a woman whose
subsequent
pregnancies
occur
at
well-spaced
intervals
said of a woman whose
subsequent
pregnancies
occur too soon
child whose mother has had
another child subsequently
wrestler (expert)
curve
wrestling field
horse-fly
(=adein)
four hundred
face
disfigure (the face)
mark (tribal, seen on the
noses of some elderly
people)
side
run (a home)
mangrove
Rhizophora spp.
charcoal
greediness
greedy (be)
side (of the body)
rib
egg
caress
play love
no
no! (emphatic)
fermented
sour (of fruit or palm-wine,
not soup)
body
suicide (to commit)
feeble (be)
frail (be)
clean (be)
independent (be)
ba
b
b
di¹
di²
9
Additional Information
funbo aná =Those books are yours
(plural).
contraction of an ya e.g. Bo
b d bo aná = These clothes are
hers.
Mein dictionary
Mein
ang d bam
ang d bam
ang eyerim
ang k r
ang - s an
ang - s an
ang di¹
ang di²
ang fà
ang fà
ang gba
ang gba n
ang r
ang sèrií¹
ang sèrií²
ang sèrií ghà
ang s w
ang s w gha
ang s r ye
angulut r
angulut r k n dí
aníni
an ¹
an ¹
an ²
Pos
v.p.
v.p.
v.p.
v.
n.
n.
n.
n.
a.
a.
n.
a.
v.i.
n.
n.
a.
a.
a.
n.
n.
v.p.
n.
v.t.
v.t.
dem.
English
vain (be)
haughty (be)
humble (be)
prepare
artery
vein
cleanliness
independence
sick
ill
ostentation
chaste
snore
fever (high)
erection (sexual)
impotent (sexually)
modest
immodest
sponge
frown
frown at
tenth (of a penny)
flay
skin
that
an ³
dem.ind.
that
an 4
poss.pron.
their
an ¹
poss.pron.
your
an ²
an dùón
an dùón
an à
an ábà
an ábà
an brá
an brá
an dáà
an gha timíà
an gha timíà
an gha timíà
an gha timíà
an na
an na-bowei
an na-ekpudu
an na-gbal -owei
an na-t b
an na-war
àn
poss.pron.
conn.
conj.
conj.
conn.
conn.
conj.
conj.
conj.
conj.
conj.
conn.
conn.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
poss.
her
because (of that)
therefore
then
if so
that being so
so
thus
but
otherwise
unless
if not
or else
sheep
shepherd
flock (of sheep)
shepherd
lamb
sheepfold
theirs
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Additional Information
e.g. An fun k n yar = Bring me
that book.
e.g. An w r ò pr = Leave that for
him.
e.g. An amam ebi ka k
gbam =Their town is said to be very
good.
(2nd pers. pl.)e.g. an ar bo=your
(pl.) names
e.g. an t b =her child
(plural possessor, singular object)
contraction of àn ye
Mein dictionary
Mein
an ¹
Pos
poss.
English
yours
an ²
an b
an y
apada
apada
ápàla
apapa
apapa
apébi
apébi-gb sa
apele
apere
ap d
ap r rú
apípi
ap a
ap a-ab
ap an
ap an t a
ap anp an
poss.
conj.
adv.
v.i.
v.i.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
v.i.
n.
n.
v.i. & t.
n.
n.
n.
v.t.
n.
ap at a
ap p
apó
ap
ap
ap
ap
ap p r tu
ap
n.
v.t.
n.
v.i. & t.
v.i. & t.
n.
n.
n.
n.
ap ya
arághà
arághà
arágha
arán
aránùán
aránùán
ara
n.
v.t.
v.t.
n.
n.
v.t.
v.t.
n.
hers
then
there
boast
brag
axe
plank
board
bow
arrow
shoulder
belch
fish (types of)
nail (iron)
fumble
matchet, machete, cutlass
scabbard
ordeal
try (by ordeal)
hornbill (Black-and-WhiteTailed)
fencing
squeeze
pocket
flower
bloom
snare
trap
groin
monkey
(red-capped
mangabey)
flower
shirk
avoid (work)
design
germ
roast (superficially or lightly)
singe (hair of dead animal)
woman
arere
arerefa
arerepa
arerepa
ar ¹
ar ²
ar
n.
a.
a.
a.
v.t.
n.
n.
profit, gain
profitless
profitable
lucrative
speak
speech
name
ar fà
ar gha
ar r
a.
a.
n.
nameless
speechless
ringworm (of the scalp)
Additional Information
(pl.
possessor,
sg.
contraction of an ye
contraction of an ye
object)
mormyrid
Tockus fasciatus
Cercocebus torquatus
only used after a qualifier, therefore
tone cannot be identified) e.g. m
ara`u= this woman
e.g. Te k en ar a?=What is your
name?
11
tinea capitis
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Mein
ar r
arí
arí d n
aríd n
aríd nd nb
arigo
arigo
aríri
aríri-akp r
aríri-akp
aríri-t r
ar
ar
ar n
ar r
ar r
aru
aru-b ra
aru-embi
aru-embi-opoolo
ar
ar
ar
ar k r m
ar -okoun
ar -okoun
ar - fan
ar - fank r mowei
ar - k l
ar - k l
ar gb l wei
ar m -engulei
asa¹
Pos
v.i.
n.
v.i.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
v.t.
v.t.
n.
v.i.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
v.t.
n.
n.
n.
n.
English
spread (gradually)
cunning
malinger
malingering
malingerer
buoy
float
fish-net
float (of fish-net)
needle
mesh (of fish-net)
see
find
razor
cool down (in mind)
water-lettuce
garb, garment, costume
sleeve
button
button-hole
boat
canoe
barque
steer
seat (rower's)
thwart
stern
steersman
n.
n.
n.
n.
adv.
bow(s)
prow
woodpecker
tadpole
abroad
asa²
asába
asa n
asa n-war
asá sa
asi
asi t b
asisi
as ba
as n
as n pá
as n-às n
as n-b n
as nfà
as nfà
as ngba
as ngba-f n
as nkpò
n.
v.i.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
v.i.
a.
n.
a.
a.
n.
n.
n.
side (of a river that is steep)
step over
war-medicine
war-medicine shrine
kingfisher (pied)
horse
foal, colt
drift-net
hoe
blood
bleed
bloody
dysentery
bloodless
anaemic
gun
caps
clot (of blood)
Additional Information
e.g. Bo n ar =Come and see me.
e.g. Bo n ar =Come and find me.
Pistia stratiotes
e.g. Wó fun k n wó k m bo n asa
emi ya bo g d m n =We want to
write to our people abroad.
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Ceryle rudis
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Mein
as nmàkpo
as sa
as sa-gb sa
as saghá
Pos
n.
n.
n.
n.
English
clot (of blood, internal)
umbrella
spoke
kapok-tree, silk-cotton tree
as saghá-ègbele
as s
as ya
as n
asú
as ma
as ma
as ma-owei
as ma
as makara-aka
ata
n.
v.i. & t.
n.
n.
n.
v.t.
v.t.
n.
v.i. & t.
n.
n.
kapok
abrade
man (young)
soap
punting-pole
shape
mould
blacksmith
hiss
canine (tooth)
anchor
atakala
atangbalá
n.
n.
hat (straw)
ant
at
at
at b
at m t m
at m
at n
at r
at r
at r
at nl bulou
at nl buloudumou
at
at
at s
at s
at w n
avinvín
av n
v.i.
n.
n.
n.
v.t.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
expose (to shame)?
net (landing-)
overload
wasp (mason)
bring shame on
guinea-fowl
vale
valley
dell
armpit
hair (axillary)
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
v.i.
av ya
av
av
av f
awanran
n.
n.
n.
v.t. and v.i.
n.
awawa
aw n
aw n
aw r
awó fie
awó fie
n.
v.t.
n.
n.
v.i.
n.
fish-trap
earth
whitlow
felon
thicket
dragonfly
come to light (of a hidden
matter)
lust
covenant
treaty
covenant
season
of
the
year
comprising the seventh and
the eighth months
tree-hyrax
Dendrohyrax arboreus
skim
leech
genet (general) ‘fox’
Genetta spp.
rave
delirium
Additional Information
Bombax buonopozense or Ceiba
pentandra
e.g. Bekear m ata d n m n =The
ship is weighing anchor.
(type of, black, living in groups in
the ground, whose eggs resemble
rice and which has a painful sting)
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Numida meleagris
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Mein
awó fie
aw
awuún¹
awuún²
aw
aw s gha
ayá
ayá-àw ye
ayá-t b
ayán.
ayán- gba (=and gba)
ayanma¹
n.
n.
n.
n.
a.
a.
a.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
English
Additional Information
raving
children
yawn
yawn(ing)
air
airtight
new (be)
convulsion(s)
baby (newborn)
face
mark (tribal, on nose of some
elderly people)
hot
e.g. Benim ayanma lagha=The
water is not hot enough.
fish sp.
Gobioides
stupidity
foolishness
folly
stupid
foolish
silly
fool
butterfish
Schilbeidae
shrimp (ghost)
bride
fish (freshwater)
Hemichromis bimaculatus
bridesmaid
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
God
coal
ladyfish
bicycle
bike
jigger
pepper (black, West African)
fan
bá¹
bá²
bá³
bá4
baara
bababa
v.t.
conj.
adv.
n.
n.
adj
kill
and
again
abura (tree)
dry season
dumbfounded
bab
badá
badába
ba ¹
n.
v.t.
n.
v.i.
louse (pubic)
carve (roughly)
nest (ants')
dawn
ayanma²
ay b
ay b
ay b
ay b -k r
ay b -k r
ay b -k r
ay b -k m
ay n
áyòló
ayóro¹
ayóro²
ayórotugbal t b
Áyòú
ay n
azá
azígère
azígère
azingá
az za
azúzu
Pos
n.
n.
v.i.
n.
n.
a.
a.
n.
n.
n.
n.
a.
Elops (or Alestes baremose?)
Tunga penetrans
Piper guineense
B
e.g. Ba mu k m =Don't go again.
Mitragyna spp.
e.g. Al kpaowei bo war mi a
s m;
pak bo bababa k
timid =The policeman entered my
house; I was dumbfounded.
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e.g. Dein ba bod =The day is
dawning.
Mein dictionary
Mein
ba ²
Pos
n.
English
break (of day)
ba -k
ba n
ba n ekéleke desi
ba n
n.
v.i.
v.i.
conj.
star (morning)
run
run (helter-skelter)
or
bala
balabala¹
balabala¹
balabala²
bán¹
bán²
baná
bánm ¹
bánm ²
bar ¹
bar ²
bar ³
ba
ba
ba
bé
bebéle
bebéle
bebeleí
bebeleí
bebére
bebereí
beín¹
a.
a.
a.
n.
a.
v.i.
a.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
adv.
n.f.
v.t.
v.t.
v.i.
v.t.
v.t.
v.i.
v.i.
v.t.
v.i.
a.
proud
pale
yellow
twilight (morning)
blind (be)
tarnished (be, as of gold)
tough (be)
blind
slant
repeat
revoke
again
daughter
bruise
strike
rock
bend
tip up
bend
tip up
falter
falter
full (be)
beín²
beín²
beínm
beínya
beínya fà
Beke
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
n.
a.
n.
bear fruit
fructify
fill
fruit
fruitless
English
beke-ar
beke-ayan
beke-buru
beke-di
beke-endi
beke-esag g
beke- mbadaka
beke-nama
beke-ogbein
beke-oke
beke-osi
beke- d n
beke-wuru
beni
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
steamboat, ship
mask
breadfruit
twine
fish (tinned)
breadnut
biscuits
beef (corned)
mango
rabbit
bamboo (Indian)
pomade
gin
water
15
Additional Information
e.g. Te ba k é m a wò
ar ma?=On what day did you see
him?
e.g. Em n sukulu t b
ba n ,
tolum b a?=Are you a student or a
teacher?
e.g. Ad m buru buru k
emi=The barn is full of yams.
bein
e.g.
ÌBeke
nagha=I
understand English.
don't
Artocarpus altilis
Bambusa vulgaris
Mein dictionary
Mein
beni bile
beni biri
beni d se
beni d s
beni koro
beni korom
beni-ap a
beni-ariri
beni-béni
beni-ókodi
beni-okubo
beni-seiye
benibileb
benibiri-war
benikoro
benik n
Pos
v.i.
v.i.
n.
v.i.
a.
v.i.
n.
n.
a.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
beniw n -agb ka
bere¹
n.
v.t.
adv.
bere²
n.
berebe
n.
berebe-gb sa
n.
berebe-ta
n.
berebe-youya
berémba (=b d - n.
erein-ba )
a.
berému
n.
beri
n.
beri fàn
a.
beri k r
English
Additional Information
dive
bathe
thirst
thirsty (be)
e.g. Beni d s m n =I am thirsty.
circumcised (be)
circumcise
fish (largehead hairtail)
Trichiurus leptrurus
seine-net
watery
dory, spadefish
Chaetodipterus lippei
water-skater
water-snake
diver
bathroom
circumcision
snake (water-, of the black
cobra family)
rainboot
admire
e.g. War m ebi k
m
berem n =I am admiring the beauty
of the building.
here
plantain
plantain-fruit
plantain sucker
sap (of plantain)
day before yesterday
supine
ear
caution
hard (of hearing)
beri t a peí
beri t a peí
beri-d n
beri-f n
beri-sooloye
beriya
beriye
b
b
b
b d b d
b l¹
b l²
v.i.
v. t.
n.
n.
n.
v.i.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
adv.
n.
v.t.
pay attention to
heed
earache
earwax
earring
rejoice
enjoy
order
bid
command
gently
language
turn
b n¹
v.i.
cross
b n²
v.t.
go through
b n³
b n4
v.t.
(=ad n- n.
pass (an exam)
folds (in the skin of some fat
16
e.g. K m m beri k r
man is hard of hearing.
emi=The
e.g.And b l d a=Turn your face
to me, or, Face me.
e.g. Na b n k m , moto
bom n =Don't cross yet, a motor-car
is coming.
e.g. À ogele gban ama b nm =
They paraded through the town.
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Mein
s w )
b nm
b l
b l t m ye
b n
b n
b nm
b nm
b r ¹
b r ²
b r -ere
b r -ere-t b
b r
bi
bi-eye¹
bi-eye²
bi-eye²
biberin¹
biberin¹
biberin²
biberin³
biberin³
biberin³
biberin kirí
biberin-kiríb
biberin-kiríb
biberinfa
bib bi
bile¹
bile²
bilem
bin¹
bin¹
bin²
bin ¹
bin ¹
bin ²
birí¹
birí²
birí³
birí4
birí4
birí bein
birí efiri
birí efiri
birí koro
birí korom
biríba
biríkoro
biríkorom -diri
birikú
birikú
birím
biríp na¹
Pos
n.
n.
n.
adv.
v.i.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
n.
n.
n.
v.t.
v.t.
n.
n.
n.
v.t.
v.i.
v.t.
n.
n.
n.
v.t.
n.
n.
a.
n.
v.i.
v.i.
v.t.
quant.
quant.
quant.
v.i.
v.t.
v.t. (?)
n.
n.
n.
v.i.
v.i.
a.
v.t.
v.t.
v.i.
v.t.
n.
n.
n.
a.
a.
v.t.
a.
English
people )
opposite (side)
pot (cooking-)
hob
soon
come together
assemble
gather
buy (a woman to marry)
case
wife (slave)
child born of b r -ere
open (to widen, as canoe)
ask
request
divination
soothsaying
answer
agree
believe
faith
belief
credence
misbelieve
misbeliever
heretic
faithless
question
sink
dive
sink
many
much
plenty
beat (of heart)
beat (drum)
masquerade (?)
belly
section
middle
dress
array
satisfied (with food)
disembowel
rip (belly)
abort
abort
two days after market-day
abortion
abortifacient
cloudy
dark
bathe
holy
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Additional Information
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Mein
biríp na¹
biríp na²
biríp na²
birípuzi
birísèi¹
birísèi²
birísèrí
biyóu
biyóunama
b ba¹
b ba²
b baghá
bb
b b -pa
bb tb
bb¹
bb²
bb³
b b ambelem
Pos
a.
n.
n.
n.
a.
n.
n.
n.
n.
v.i.
a.
a.
a.
n.
a. & adv.
n.
n.
n.
v.t.
bb b m
b b emepa
b b gbele
b b gbele
bb p l
bb p l
b b wa m
b b wa m
b b -ap ran
b b -b m b
b b -b l -aka
b b -endoru¹
b b -endoru¹
b b -endoru²
b b -endoru²
b b -f r
b b -f r
b b -gbeleb
b b -gbeleb
b b -k m l -àp di
b b -odu
b b -p l b
b b -teriye
b b -teriye
bbm b
bbn
bbn
bbn
bbp l
bd
b d gb n
bd p
b d di
b d oku
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
v.p.
v.i.
v. t.
n.
n.
n.
a.
a.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
prep.
prep.
prep.
a.
n.
v.t.
v.t.
n.
n.
English
Additional Information
saintly
holiness
sanctity
caesarian (section)
wicked
wickedness
colic (intestinal)
land
duiker (yellow-backed)
Cephalophus silvicultor
heal (of wound)
cooked (of food; done)
under-cooked
different
difference
alone
mouth
word
case
misrepresent
(another's
words)
interpret
pout
proclaim
announce
decide
give verdict
reply
answer
lip
interpreter
incisor (tooth)
reticent
reserved
reticence
reservation
breath (offensive)
halitosis
town-crier
announcer
fish sp.
Mormyrus rume (=ezúmu)
lip
judge
cover
lid
litigant
on account of
because of
for
brimful
cloth
sew
wash (clothes)
thread
bedbug
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Mein
b d gb n ara
b d gb n owei
b d gb nye
b d p ara
b d p owei
b d war ¹
b d war ²
b n¹
b n¹
b n²
b n-apaara
b n³
b n pei
b n pei
b n-diri
b n-d n
b n-gba n
b n- kp n
b n-opoolo
b n-p r
b n-t aye
b n-war
b nya
b na
b na
b na-ara
b na-owei
b nab
b rá
b rá
b rá àk
b rá k n k m
pèlem
b rá pèle
b rá si be
b rá z w
b rá-àb
b rá-b l
b rá-èmemei
b rá- g l
b rá- mgb sa
b rá-k n
b rá-kùbu
b rá-t r
b rá-zàbala- t p r
b ráb ráòmumulu
b rágbà n
b rágbà n
b rágbàna-kas
b rásèríi
b rásèríi
Pos
n.f.
n.
n
n.f.
n.
n.
n.
v.i.
v.i.
n.
n.
n.
v.p.
v.t.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
English
Additional Information
seamstress
tailor
needle
washerwoman
washerman
piece (of cloth)
20k; florin=2s (?)
stool
defecate
buttocks, bum, arse
buttock
oath
take an oath
swear
purgative
diarrhoea
constipation
rump
anus
rectum
bedpan
latrine
faeces, stool, dung, manure,
excrement, shit
relationship
brotherhood
sister
brother
relative
arm
hand
shake hands
snap (one's fingers at
somebody)
clap (hands)
menstruate
scramble
back (of the hand)
hand
finger-nail
elbow
finger
wrist
palm
wrist-bone
potto or angwantibo
Perodicticus
potto, Arctocebus
calabarensis
spider (trap-door)
a.
a.
n.
n.
n.
stingy
close-fisted
armchair
triumph
victory
n.
n.
n.f.
n.
n.
n.
n.
v.p.
v.i..
v.t.
v.i.
v.i.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
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b rásèríi
b rási n
b rát a
b ráyà nm
b ráyà nm
b ráz
brk
-bo
bó¹
bó²
bodobodo
boí
bomú
bomú
Pos
n.
v.t.
v.t.
n.
n.
n.
a.
suff.
v.i.
dem.
a.
n.
n.
n.
English
success
leave
help
elbow (inside of)
cubit
span
embarrassed (become)
the
come
these
tender
egret (white)
mat
mat
bomúpal
ború
boruboru
boruboru
bosú
bosúm
bosúm
bou
bou
boú¹
boú²
bou-abá
bou-ap d
bou-ay n
bou-obiri
bou-obori
bou-oke
bou-oke
boúbou
bounana owei
bousei
bowei
b
b
b
b
bo
b d
b d b d
b d b d
b d
b l
b m ¹
b m ¹
b m ²
b m ³
b
b b
b m
n.
n.
a.
a.
a.
v.t.
v.t.
n.
n.
v.t.
v.t.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
v.i.
clitic
v.i. & t.
v.i. & t.
adv.
v.i.
a.
a.
a.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
a.
a.
v.t.
flounder
cane (type of)
tender
soft
wet
wet
soak
forest
bush
drink
smoke
fish sp.
fish sp.
fish sp.
Jackal (Side-striped)
bushbuck
animal
bush-rat
pupa (of beetle)
leopard
leopard
flood (annual)
agree
someone
pass
surpass
too much (be)
shrivel
tender
soft
meek
borrow
pardon
forgive
escort
pass
soft
soft
soften
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Additional Information
(plural definite article)
Egretta and Ardeola spp.
(used as a dam to prevent passage of
fish)
(=bou-ap d ) Mormyrops deliciosus
Mormyrops deliciosus (=bou-abá)
Siluranodon auritus
?Canis adustus
Tragelaphus scriptus
Panthera pardus
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Mein
b n¹
b n²
b n³
brá¹
brá²
bubó
buboru
buboru
bulóu¹
bulóu²
bulóu³
bulóu àk t a
bulóu-a-gbi ni
bulóu-à-t áyè
bulóu- mgb
bulóu- mgb
bulóup ná¹
bulóup ná¹
bulóup ná²
bulóup ná²
bulóusèi
bún
bunú
bunúbùnú
buré
buru
buru-f -aka
burú¹
burú²
burú²
buríburi
burukúù
burukúù
b `¹
b ²
b ³
b biri
b birit a
b b
b b le-owei
b d n
b d nye
b f
b l b l
b l
b l
sèi
b l seim
b l seim
b l `¹
b l ²
b l a mu
b l a mu
b l -a-ama
Pos
v.t.
n.
n.
v.t.
n.
v.t.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
v.i.
n.
n.
n.
n.
a.
a.
n.
n.
a.
a.
n.
a.
n.
n.
n.
v.t.
prep.
prep.
a.
a.
a.
n.
n.
n.
n.
a.
n.
n.
a.
n.
a.v. ?
a. ?
n.
a.
v.t.
v.t.
n.
n.
v.i.
v.i.
a n.
English
Additional Information
thatch (a roof)
honey
ten-pounder fish
Elops lacerta
forget
way
paint
(the
body
with
camwood)
evening
eve
inside
heart
compound
hope
determination
bullet
hernia
rupture
holy
saintly
holiness
sanctity
wicked
old
hair (grey)
full (of grey hair)
duiker (black-fronted)
Cephalophus nigrifrons
yam
milk teeth
pursue
towards
to
dirty (very)
cloudy
blurred
fish-pond
self
of one's own accord
girth
stout
gate
gateman
difficult
difficulty
accustomed to (be)
first
temper
vexed (be)
tease
annoy
front
tongue
progress
advance
aborigines (original inhabi21
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koro-otu
b l k r
b l k rb
b m
b n ¹
b n ²
b n -d n
b n y
b r
b r
b r f n
b r
b r
b r
b r ¹
b r ¹
b r ²
b r ²
b r owei
b r owei
b r owei
b tb
b t a-èbi
b t asèi
b t asèi
b
b -edidan
b -ememei
b -emgb sa
b -kubu
b -ogbo
b -ow
b -toun
b -t r
b ze¹
b ze²
b zem
Pos
v.t.
n.
n.
v.i.
v.t.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
v.i.
v.i.
v.i.
v.i. & t.
v.i. & t.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
reflex. pron.
a.
a.
a.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
v.i.
n.
English
tants)
lead
leader
sandbank
sleep
have sex
sleeping-sickness
sleeping-place
grate
oven
ashes
putrefy
decompose
rot
predict
prophesy
prophecy
prediction
diviner
prophet
oracle
oneself
fat
lean
emaciated
leg
sole (of the foot)
toenail
toe
foot
shin
footpath
heel
ankle
ashamed (be)
shame
put to shame
Additional Information
(used with m )
D
dá¹
dá¹
dá²
dá²
dá²
dá²
dabá
dabóu
Dádà
dádi
dádi
dádi
dádi ye
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
n.
n.
n.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
n.
angle
catch
copy
ape
imitate
mimic
store
kola-nut
Papa
try
test
examine
trial
(fish with hook and line)
(for palm wine esp. in the bush)
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da .
da dá
dán
dán
danghá ¹
danghá ¹
danghá ²
danghá m
dar ¹
dar ²
dar d b
dar m
da
da -biri
Pos
v.t.
a.
v.i. & t.
v.i. & t.
v.
a.
n.
v.t.
v.i.
n.
n.
v.t.
n.
n.
da fa
da -t r -a-saf gha
da -war
dawa ¹
dawa ²
dawa b
dáye
dáye ogu beri
dáyef
dáyef
dé¹
dé²
dei
dei
deí
deidéi
deinm ¹
deinm ²
deín¹
a.
n.
n.
v.t.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
a.
n.
v.t.
v.t.
v.i.
a.
v.t.
v.i.
v.i.
deín²
deín-as ns n
deín-leb
deínba
deínba -b m -ba
deínba `yà wó ar
yòo!
dení
derí
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
excl.
English
Additional Information
weave
twisted
tread
trample
be long
lengthy
length
lengthen
boil
scolding
nagger
scold
father
quarters (or town of one's
father)
fatherless
leaf-fish
family (of one's father)
learn
dream
learner
fishing-rod
barb
bait (for fish)
hook
proud
pride
change
alter
change (itself)
changeable
respond (to), reply (to)
pour (into)
become night
e.g. Erein deinn =It has got dark;
(fig.) We are now in a mood for
battle/a state of crisis.
night
cricket
night-watchman
tomorrow
day after tomorrow
good night!
a.
v.t.
benumbed
weave
desi
dem n owei
-d , -d
d ¹
d ²
v.t. & i.
n.
aff.
v.t.
v.t .
skip, jump, leap
guinea-worm
perfect tense
display articles for sale
see a forbidden thing
d ³
d b
v.i.
a.
die (of sacred thing)
quiet (be)
e.g. Ogbom
kana derim n =
Ogbom is weaving a basket.
23
e.g. a naked menstruating woman, or
a sacred animal dead
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-d (-d )
Pos
aff.
English
suffix (denoting
tense)
d
v.t.
carry (in the arms)
Additional Information
perfect e.g. Pita bod =Peter has come (-d
is more in use by older people, -d
by younger ones)
e.g. Timi t b
d w r
pr
ar m =I saw Timi carrying a child
in her arms.
d
d
d
d
d
d
n¹
n²
n²
n³
n³
n4
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
a.
a.
v.i.
exceed
excel
surpass
tired (be)
weary (become)
bore
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
n4
n5
n5
n5
ngha
ngha
m
m
v.i.
n.
n.
n.
a.
a.
n.
v.t.
tire
weariness
tiredness
fatigue
tireless
indefatigable
insult
cause to see a mysterious
thing
laugh
laughter
spill
spilled (be)
pour (water on)
look
behold
string
rope
cane
pity
despise
hang (oneself)
fifteen
e.g. Dia k ra pad wó gbelei w r
bo m lam =It has been fifteen
years since we last met.
bury
swampy
marshy
mire
marsh
quagmire
fifteen
e.g. Gbaye nd na fun k é m
f ma? P nawei Die=Gbaye How
many books did you buy? Pinawei
Fifteen.
clemency, mercy, leniency
dark
sorry!
(expression of sympathy)
medicine
drug
d r¹
d r²
d s
d s
d sm
di
di
dí¹
dí¹
dí²
di ekpéde
di seim
dí t a
dia
v.i.
n.
v.t.
a.
v.i.
v.i.
v. t.
n.
n.
n.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
num.
dibi
dibií
dibií
dibiíy
dibiíy
dibiíy
die
v.t.
a.
a.
n.
n.
n.
num.
dienéni
dikóò
dílà
dirí
dirí
n.
a.
excl.
n.
n.
24
e.g. Egberi gba ala seribo s peiotu
d nm n =Lengthy story-telling
always bores listeners.
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dirí gbeinye
dirí gbeinye
dirí g
dirí g -ere
dirí g wei
dirí g wei
dirim ¹
dirim ²
dirim kobuyóú
diseín
disíi n(=d )
díyè
d
d
dá
d al
d am
d am ye
db
ddm ¹
ddm ²
d d m -d d m
d
d
d
d pr
d pr
d pr yè
d pr yè
dn
d ná
d na
ds
ds
d s pi
d s pi gha
dy
d ¹
d ¹
d ²
doru
doru
dótèi
dowei
d
d d
d g
d la
d l
d n¹
d n¹
d n¹
d n²
d n³
Pos
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
v.
n.
n.
v.i.
n.
a.
aux.
v.t.
a.
v.t.
n.
n.
v.t.
prep.
adv.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
n.
n.
v.t.
v.t.
n.
v.t.
v.t.
n.
n.
n.
excl.
excl.
n.
n
n
n.
n.
n.
a.
n.
n.
n.
v.i.
v.i.
v.i.
v.t.
n.
English
amulet
talisman
witchcraft
witch
witch-doctor
wizard
black (be)
black(ness)
fish
sneeze
peaceful
bullet
skilled (be, in something)
able (to)
show
direct
portend
omen
adept
push
next to (be)
one after another
share
divide
apportion
offer
present
gift
offering
mow
push
semen
like
desire
continence
incontinence
half
hail!
I salute(greetings!)
?
hair (type of)
hair (on the chest)
jocose insults
ladyfish, ‘salmon’
earthworm
cold (very)
jug
few
bit
ill (be)
sick (be)
out of sorts (be)
hurt
malady, disease, ailment,
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Additional Information
Labeo coubie
(contraction of yadó)
Elops sp.
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Mein
Pos
d ngha
d ngha
d n
d n ya
d nm
d ny -pud b
d nz
d nz -war
d nz -war
d nz b
d
d n(also d w n)
d r ¹
d r ²
d
d
d
d pám
d gha¹
d gha²
d n
d -pám b
dú¹
dú²
dú²
dú ak
dú-ak -ara
dú-ak -owei
dú-b d
dú-ere
dú-yei
dududu
dudum
dumou¹
dumou²
dumóu
duo¹
duo²
duo³
duo
duweí
duweíy
d ¹
d ²
d ³
d 4
d 5
d áma
d ba¹
d ba²
d bam
d bam
d fà
a.
a.
v.i.
n
v.t.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
a.
n.
n.
n.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
a.
v.i.
n.
n.
v.i.
n.
n.
v.t.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
a.
v.t.
n.
n.
n.
v.t.
prep.
prep.
prep.
v.i.
n.
v.t.
n.
v.t.
n.
n.
n.
v.
n.
v.t.
v.t.
a.
English
illness, sickness, infirmity
painless
healthy
worry (of evil spirit)
poltergeist
sicken
surgeon
medication
infirmary;
hospital
healer, doctor, physician
cool (be)
chewing-stick
barracuda
mast
seek
want
look for
discover
unwanted
abound
grub
discoverer
mourn
inheritance
legacy
inherit
heiress
heir
clothes (for mourning)
wife (inherited)
husband (inherited)
warm (moderately)
warm s.t.
spear
great-grand-child
hair
expel
from (be)
through
for
sprain
sprain
chew
tale
withstand
end
east
underworld, spirit land
great (be)
greatness
magnify
honour
endless
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Sphyraena spp.
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Mein
d fà
d gba
d gbab
d n
d n b
d n b ye
d n
d n -d n
d n -d n
d n m ¹
d n m ¹
d n m
d n
d n
d w
d w dibi
d w y nm
d w -dein-koru
d w -dibi-bou
d w -dibi-bou
d w -dumou
Pos
a.
n.
n.
n.
v.t.
n.
v.t.
n.
n.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
n.
n.
n.
v.t.
v.t.
n.
n.
n.
n.
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
d
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
v.t.
n.
n.
n.
English
Additional Information
limitless
story-telling
story-teller
lake
portend
omen
pull
tetanus
lockjaw
worry
harass
join (two ends together)
quarrel
brawl
dead body, corpse
bury (the dead)
cremate
wake-keeping
cemetery
graveyard
hair (downy, of newborn
babies)
dirge
incubus
nightmare
coffin
grave
exhume
second burial
mortuary
winding-sheet, shroud
pron.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
a.
a.
a.
a.
a.
a.
a.
n.
n.
n.
n.
you
eaves
tribe, nation, clan
ruler
governor
admiration
charm, charisma
Atlantic humpback dolphin
handsome
fine
nice
comely
beautiful
be good
elegant
handsomeness
comeliness
beauty
goodness
w
w
w
w
w
w
w
w
w
-dum
-edi
-edi
-ekpedi
-ogugu
sou
-t m
-t a-war
-z la-b d
E
é
ebara
ebe
ebediowei
ebediowei
eberebere
ebéri ye
ebeze
ebi¹
ebi¹
ebi¹
ebi¹
ebi¹
ebi¹
ebi¹
ebi²
ebi²
ebi²
ebi²
27
2nd pers. sg., subject and object)
Sousa teuszii
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Mein
ebi²
ebi³
ebi³
ebi d
ebi m
ebiésèni
ebim
edém fú
edí
ée
efeere
efiín
efín
efírein
efiri
efíri
efíri
efiri f
efiri f
efirií
efiyeí
efíyèn
efíyèn k r
Pos
n.
n.
n.
v.p.
a.
n.
v.t.
n.
n.
excl.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
v.t.
v.t.
v.i.
v.i.
v.i.
v.i.
n.
v.i.
efíyèn t a
efúrou
egbe
egbebirilapa
egbegbe
egbegí
v.t.
n..
n.
n.
n.
n.
English
elegance
kindness
favour
dress
kind (be)
lung-fish, mud-fish
bless
shrimp
water chevrotain
yes
fish sp.
boundary
weal (caused by blow)
chaff
vengeance
rip
cut open (bowels)
revenge
retaliate
leak
conspire
tobacco
take (a pinch of snuff or
tobacco)
snuff (tobacco)
intestine
cask
hoop (iron, for casks)
velvet
synodont catfish (freshwater)
egbéi
egbéi
egbéi
egbeifar
egbeka b
egbelé
egbelegbélè
egbelegbélè-bin ana
egbelegbélè-bin b
egberi
egberi
egberigbab
egberi(sibe)gbáw n
egberi(sibe)gbáw n b
egbezu-aru
egbídigbi
egbínè
égbi nríki
egbómu
egbón
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
land (of boat)
run against
run upon
file
cooper
amulet
trumpet
Canary drum (fish)
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
trumpeter
story
tale
story-teller
tale-bearing
n.
tale-bearer
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
overcoat
bulk
waist-beads
fish (small fat)
bell
effort
28
Additional Information
Protopterus annectens
Hyemoschus aquaticus
Distichodus rostratus
Nicotiana rustica
(=opóroki á) Synodontis batensoda,
S. membranaceus
Umbrina canariensis
Phractolemus ansorgei
Mein dictionary
Mein
egbón
egbón gb n
egbón gb n
egbunukú
egbunukú-m b
egbúru
egédè
egeni
egeni
egeni
egéni
egeni-s -ara
egeni-s -owei
egere
egére
egere-yab
egérebi nás
egírèn
egírèn
egírèn
egírèn s
egírènb
egírènb
egírènb
egírèns
egirid n
egirigisi
Pos
n.
v.i.
v.i.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.f.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
v.p.
n.
n.
n.
a.
n.
n.
egodo
egodo-gb sa
egógo
ególi
ególi
ególiwar
egorigo
egoroí
eká
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
v.i.
n.
ekáb káb
eka n
ekánb rá
ekáwa
n.
n.
n.
n.
ekedeghe
n.
ekedeí
ekéin.
ekéin sà
ekeke
v.i.
n.
v.p.
n.
ekemu
ekén
n.
aux.
English
exertion
exert effort
struggle
hooliganism
hooligan
cover-cloth (big)
quarter (of town)
visitor
guest
stranger
freckles
hostess
host
crocodile
drum (long)
pen-fish
tailor-ant
hostility
enmity
feud
be feuding with
adversary
enemy
foe
inimical
palsy (shaking)
Greater
Cane-rat,
‘grasscutter’
padlock
key
fish-trap (type of)
fetters
shackles
prison
bell
roam (about lawlessly)
pot (big, earthen, for reserving palm-wine)
chewing-gum
termite
fiddler crab
grandchild (of two slaves,
who bears the relation of
great-grandchild
to
the
owner)
circle (or ring to rest
waterpot on)
chip
cloth
gird up one's loins
pieces (of broken canoe, pot,
etc.)
root
able to (be)
29
Additional Information
Thryonymys swinderianus
Uca sp.
(type of, woven from raffia fibre)
Mein dictionary
Mein
ekén
ekén-eken
ekén-eken
ekí
ekídibòu
ekie
ekíe.
ekie-ere
ekie-ere-t b
ekíem
ekirín¹
ekirín²
ekíse
ekísi
ekísi
ekísi
ekísiin
ek an
ek an
ek an k n
ek ank n-owei
ek ra nbra-t b
ekó
ekóki
ekolokólò
ekpadagha
ekpadagha-sibeotu
ekpadagha-teribd
ekpe
ekpé¹
ekpé²
ekpé²
ekpe-gbala
ekpé-k m
ekpéde
ekpédi
ekpédi-f r m ye
ekpére
ekpese
n.
v.i.
n.
n.
v.t.
n.
ekpidí
ekpíiri¹
ekpíiri²
ekpíiri³(=es
ekpíiri-kas
ekpín
ekpúdu
ekú¹
ekú²
ekú³
ekú sa
n.
v.t.
n.
n.pl.
n.
v.i.
n.
excl.
a.
n.
v.p.
n)
Pos
aux.
adv.
adv.
n.
n.
n.
v.t.
n.
n.
v.t.
v.i.
n.
n.
a.
a.
a.
n.
n.
n.
v.t.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.pl.
English
capable of (be)
hardly
scarcely
skin disease (type of)
smoking-pipe
friendship
remember s.t.
marriage (for friendship)
child (born out of friendship)
remind
labour (in vain)
labour (fruitless)
half
tired out
exhausted
listless
ring (on which a pot rests)
sacrifice
oblation
offer (sacrifice)
priest
child (first-born)
pelvis
hip
‘dace’
coffin
pall-bearers
n.
pall
n.
v.i.
n.
n.
n.
chin
tell a lie
lie
falsehood
custom of bandaging the chin
of a dead person
liar
repent, regret
box
camphor
push (sideways)
present
(sent
through
somebody)
fish (freshwater)
Synodontis spp.
roll
wheel, roller
leg-rattles (for dancers )
wheelchair
delay
crowd
curse on xxx!
false
evil
curse, wish evil (to)
30
Additional Information
Brycinus nurse
Mein dictionary
Mein
ekúe
ele
elé
elekure
elelem ¹
elelem ²
elelem ye
elému
el l
embí¹
embí²
embígha-ere
Pos
n.
n.
n.
n.
a.
n.
n.
a.
n.
v.t.
n.
n.
embíowei
embirí
emei
emémbele
ememe
emémei
emgbé
emgbeere
emgbeke
emgbéle
emgbéle-fere
emgberemukeké
emgb s
emgb s -t n
n.
n.
n.
a.
v.t.
n.
a.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.pl.
v.t.
n.
emgb s
emgbosu
emgbóu
emí
emí
emí
emíy
emíy
enda
prep. & adv.
n.
n.
v.i.
v.i.
v.i.
n.
n.
n.
ende¹
ende²
endé
endém
endi
endi-ang
endi-b b - p r
endid -ere
endid -f r
endid -owei
endipál
enditab -ogugu
endorú
endóu¹
endóu²
endóu k l m
n.
int.
a.
v.cs.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
a.
v.t.
n.
v.t.
English
swamp arum
barn (roofless)
chimpanzee, ‘gorilla’
charm
miraculous
lime (fruit)
miracle
senile, old (be)
African civet-cat
fish (with a basket or spear)
button
woman who gives birth to
twins)
spear (with iron point)
palm-oil (raw)
manatee
slippery (be)
squeeze
finger-nail
blunt (be)
beam
club
knee
kneecap
potsherds
cross
cross (on which our Lord
Jesus Christ died)
across
fruit (of the raffia palm)
bone
exist
live
be (somewhere)
habitation
abode
shiny-nose, Giant African
Threadfin
gum(of the teeth)
which?
thick(of fluid)
thicken
fish
roe
barbels
fisherwoman
fishing
fisherman
pilot-fish, shark-sucker
aquarium
stingy (be)
suck
breast
wean (child of breast)
31
Additional Information
Cyrtosperma senegalense
Pan troglodytes
Viverra civetta
Trichechus senegalensis
Polydactylus quadrifilis
Echnedidae
b b endorú be reserved, reticent
Mein dictionary
Mein
endóubeni
endóub b
endóum
ené¹
ené²
ené²
enéni
enéni
enéni k r
enéni kòrom
enéni kòrom
engó
engó
engó-k m
engó-k m
engólongolo
engolongólòye
engóm
engúe
engúlei
eníi¹
eníi¹
eníi²
eníi³
en
epá n
epelé¹
epelé²
epelepélè
épèní
epideí
epideí
epideí
epíeni
epií¹
epií¹
epií²
epií²
epií²
epín
epise
eré
eré
eré fie
eré fie
eré nana
eré zim
eré-ogen
eréf ghawei
eregheí
eregheí
ereí
eréin
eréin
Pos
n.
n.
v.t.
v.t.
n.
n.
n.
n.
a.
v.i.
v.i.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
v.t.
n.
n.
v.i.
v.i.
a.
n.
poss.pron.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
v.i.
v.i.
v.i.
n.
v.i. & t.
v.i. & t.
v.i.
v.i.
v.t.
n.
n.
n.
n.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
n.
n.
v.i.
v.i.
v.i.
n.
n.
English
breast-milk
nipple (of breast)
suckle
endure
endurance
forbearance
sorrow
grief
sorrowful (be)
repent
regret
poverty
indigence
poor man
pauper
bell (small)
liver
pauperize (make poor)
guitar-fish
maggot
groan
moan
deaf (be)
deafness
your (sg.)
Christmas bush
scar (of wound)
draughts
razor-fish
half-kobo
vaunt
brag
boast
Red Colobus monkey
argue
debate
vie (with)
compete
rival
pangolin
gun-cotton
woman
wife
woo
court
marry (a wife)
deliver child (as midwife)
harem
tortoise
stray
wander
break
sun
day(time)
32
Additional Information
Rajidae
Alchornea cordifolia
Xenomystus nigri
Colobus badius
Manis tricuspis
Mein dictionary
Mein
eréin-af an
eréin-biri
eréin-b n
eréin-melu
eréin-t b -a-b
eréin-t b -a-t
Pos
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
English
sulphur
mid-day
siesta
flash (of lightning)
afternoon
twelve noon
eréinbo s
erésa
eréw
eréw u-al m boúfà
eréw ba
eréw ba
eréye
erézim -ara
erézim -f r
erézim -war
eri
erí¹
a. & adv.
n.
n.
n.
every day
bride-price
maidenhood.
twilight (evening)
n.f.
n.f.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
erí¹
n.
erí²
erím
erúerue
erúerue koro
esál bà
esan¹
esan²
esánf r
esan
esanlou
esre
ese
ese
esé
esefa
eséle
eséna
eseni
eseri
eseri t
esíkosi kó
esímgbi
esín.¹
esín.²
esínm
ési áb
es an¹
es an²
esou
esóun
es m
v.i.
v.t.
n.
a.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.pl.
n.
n.
n.
num.
a.
n.
a.
n.
n.
v.p.
n.
n.
v.t.
n.
v.t.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
maiden
virgin
afterpains
midwife
midwifery
maternity home
muscle
shelf (above fire for drying
fish)
rack (above fire for drying
fish)
dry up
dry s.t.
mould
mouldy (become)
surety
pimple
strainer
plate
alligator pepper
gills (of fish)
harm
trouble
adversity
nine
harmless
camwood
nine
snakehead
witness
bear witness
olive colobus monkey
millipede
fear
fear
frighten
okra
piassava
(of the body) artery; vein
bunch
fish (small, white)
message
33
Additional Information
(the time of the day when the sun is
at its zenith)
Aframomum melegueta
Baphia nitida (wood of)
Channa obscura
Colobus Procolobus verus
Pellonula spp.
Mein dictionary
Mein
Pos
v.p.
es m t a
n.
es m -owei
n.
es s
n.
es n¹
n.pl.
es n²
n.
esúwein
n.
esúwein
n.
ete
v.p.
ete t a
n.
eteghe
n.
etéle
n.
eti
a.
eti pou
n.
etókò
n.
et nl
n.
evín¹
²
n.
evín
n.
evín-es n
n.
evúla
n.
ewéri
n.
eyé
eyé k r àk sá v.p.
t nm
a.
eyé s
v.i.
eyéri.
n.
eza
n.
eza
n.
ezimgb
v.i.
ezou¹
n.
ezou²
n.
ezou²
v.t.
ezoum
n.
ezúmu
b b r
b l
d md
d l
n
n.
n.
n.
n.
excl.
g n
g m
g m
g l
mba
mba fou
mba fou
mba sara
mbadákà
mbafa
mbal
mb
mb l
mb l ¹
n.
v.t.
v.t.
n.
n.
v.i.
v.i.
v.i.
n.
a.
v.i.
n.
n.
a.
English
send message
messenger
sunbird
worm (intestinal)
leg-rattles for dancers
grief
depression
noose
make a noose
elephantiasis
hall
patience
patient (be)
mullet
dew
cow
palm kernel
shell (of palm kernel)
whirlpool
moonfish
thing
distrain (upon)
Additional Information
(es mowei)
(=ekpíiri)
Mugilidae
Distichodus spp.
possessed (be)
go down
crotch
fork
gambling
hurry
haste
hurry
hasten (cause to)
fish sp.
fern
coral bead
pawpaw
money
expressing
doubt
hesitation
stain
flavour
season
point
breath
rest
repose
breathe
cassava
breathless
persevere
baa! (cry of goat)
fat
sweet (be)
34
Mormyrus
àp d )
rume
or
Manihot utilissima
(=b b -k m l -
Mein dictionary
Mein
mb l ²
mb l m
mb l m
mb l m
mb l m teí
nd ¹
nd ²
ngá
ng
ng
ng
ng
ng
ng - ng
ng -war
ng -war
n
n
n -f na-b d
r
t m
t m
t m - t m
y -árà
y -ówèi
y
y b
y
y le-k m
y l -ara
y l -owei
y l
y r
y ro af
y r an na
y r evin
y r km
y r km t b
y
y
y
y
y
y
y
y
y
y
r
r
r
r
r
obiri
ofoni
p r
t b
-oporoopo
n
n sara
n sara
n-b l
n-b l
Pos
n.
v.t.
n.
n.
v.i.
int.
int.
n.
n.pl.
n.
n.
n.pl.
n.pl.
adv.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
a.
n.f.
n.m.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.f.
n.m.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.p.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
v.i.
v.i.
n.
n.
English
Additional Information
sweetness
sweeten
joke
jest
joke
how many? (of number)
how much? (of quantity)
climbing-rope
riches
treasure
wealth
possessions
goods
amicably
shop
store
wound
sore
bandage
tree
hair (on the body)
fur
hairy
friend
friend
friendship
friend
place
watchman
masseuse
masseur
massage
female
fish sp.
Citharinus latus
ewe
cow
woman
relation (on one's mother's
side)
bitch
hen
queen
girl, lass, lassie
sow
breath
breathe
respire
breastbone
sternum
35
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Mein
F.
Pos
English
fa¹(opposite of emí)
fa¹(opposite of emí)
fa²
fagha
fam
fam
fam
fam
fam ye
fán
fán
fangha
fangha m
fánla
fánla
fan ¹
fan ²
farán.
far
féfe
feí
feín
feínm ¹
feínm ²
feínm ²
fení
fení
f
f
f n
f k f
f k f k
f r
fín¹ (efiín)
fín²
fín-àr
fini
finií
fiyeín k r
fiyoú
fiyoúbòd
adv.
v.
n.
a.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
n.
v.t.
v.t.
v.i.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
n.
n.f.
v.t.
a.
n.
v.i.
v.t.
n.
n.
a.
a.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
a.
n.
n.
v.i.
v.i.
n.
v.t.
a.
v.i.
adv.
n.
fié¹
fié²
fiem
f¹
f²
f
fd fd
fd fd
fd
v.i.
n.
v.i. & t.
v.i.
n.
v.t.
a.
a.
v.t.
none (be)
absent (be)
loss
endless
lose
strike
flog
hit
gun
wring
screw
be bent
bend s.t.
wring
twist
make (a fence)
fence
co-wife
beat (drum)
light (not heavy)
father-in-law
float
float (cause to)
buoy
float
surplus
over
buy
purchase
roast
light (very)
saw
earthen plate
fly
fade
aeroplane
open
wide
travail (be in labour)
again
woman (married again after
the dissolution of her former
marriage)
speak
sound
move (forwards)
die
death
eat
hideous
ugly (very)
abuse
Additional Information
36
Mein dictionary
Mein
f
f t a
f lá
f lá
f lá gb n
f lá t nm
f n¹
f n²
f ná.
fn
f n tebií
fn t a
fn t a
f n azigere
fr
fr
fr
fr w n
frm
f ya
f ya
f yá
f yá
f yá t
f yá t
fy n
fy n
f y nk r
f y nk r
fomúu¹
fomúu²
fomúu²
foro
forú
forúbagha-ogo
f l
f r
f
f -y -ba
f ba
f f
f f
f n¹
f n¹
f n²
f n²
f n³
f n4
f n5
f n kpàalakpaala
f nye-ogu
fún¹
fún²
fún²
Pos
n.
v.i.
n.
n.
v.i.
v.i.
n.
n.
v.t.
n.
v.t.
v.p.
v.p.
n.
n.
n.
n.
v.i.
v.t.
a.
a.
n.
n.
v.t.
v.t.
n.
n.
a.
a.
a.
n.
n.
v.t.
n.
n.
v.t.
n.
n.
n.
n.
adv.
adv.
v.i. & t.
v.i. & t.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
v.i. & t.
n.
v.t.
n.
n.
n.
n.
English
bait
put (bait on a hook)
spittle
saliva
spit
dribble (at the mouth)
ringworm
ear-wax
bind
fire
warm (oneself by fire)
make a fire
lay a fire
motor-cycle
job
work
occupation
work
send
compatible (be)
harmonious (be)
food
meal
prepare (food)
cook
envy
jealousy
envious
jealous
free (be at liberty)
freedom
liberty
cover
hamlet
eagle (young)
peel
clothes-moth
market
day (before market-day)
market-day
slowly
gently
blow
fan
draw
drag
swing
wave
powder, ash, gunpowder
dangle
bullet
leaf
book
paper
37
Additional Information
Mein dictionary
Mein
fún g
fún k n
fún-apapa
fúng -gb sa
fúng -gb sa
fúng b
fúnk nb
fúnk nb
fúntolum -war
fúnnemi
fúnnemi
fúnnemib
fúnnemighab
fu
fuó-bi ri
Pos
v.t.
v.t.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
fuó-bi ri koro
fuó-wùru
v.i.
n.
furú¹
furú¹
furú¹
furú²
furú²
furú²
furú-k m
f
f kp
f kp
f kp
f kp
f l
f l
f m
f m
f r ¹
f r ¹
f r ²
f r pa
f r -f n
f r f n-emgbi
f r kana
f r pa- d n
f r pa- d n
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
v.i.
n.
n.
v.i.
v.i.
v.i.
v.i.
n.
a.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
English
Additional Information
write
read
page (of a book)
pen
pencil
writer
reader
lector
school
education
literacy
literate person
illiterate person
in-law
quarter (or place of one's
wife)
live (in one's in-law's quarter)
drink
(given to in-laws by the bridegroom
at the time of marriage)
thieve
steal
rob
stealing
theft
larceny
thief
salt
loose
loosen
untie
loose (become)
soup
broth
faint
swoon
smell
stink
odour
fragrant
dynamite
bomb
teabush
Ocimum gratissimum
perfume
scent
v.t.
v.p.
a.
n.
v.t.
a.
serve
serve wrongly
clear (be)
light
confuse
confused
G.
ga
ga kirí
gaan¹
gaan²
gabála
gabala
38
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Mein
gagála.
gagala
ganr n
gar gar ¹
gar gar ²
gar gar ²
gbá
gbá nà
gbaal
gbaal
gbaal gbáal
gbaánà
gbab
gbab
gbab -àd n
gbab
gbab yè
gbada
gbagbaraa
gba n
gba n
gbalá
gbal
gbal
gbal
gbám
gbám -b b
gbán
gbana
gbana
gbana ¹
gbana ²
gbana ²
gbanam
gbanr n
gbanr n
gbanr n-k m
gbanr n-k m
gban
gbará
gbas
gbas
gbas m -gbas m
gbas m -gbas m
gbegberee
gbegbéree
gbeiin
gbeiinghá
gbelé¹
gbelé¹
gbelegbele
gbeleí
gbelem ¹
gbelem ²
Pos
v.t.
a.
a.
a.
a.
a.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
a.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
n.
a.
n.
v.i.
a.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
n.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
prep phr.?
v.i.
v.i.
v.t.
a.
a.
n.
n.
n.
n.
a.
a.
a.
a.
a.
adv.
a.
a.
n.
v.t.
id.
v.i.
v.t.
v.t.
English
scatter
scattered
costly, dear
fresh
lively;
cheerful
tell
obey
confuse
muddle
disorderly
fry
nip
pinch
pocket-knife
narrow
pincer
struggle
stiff
keep
reserve
tie
nourish
feed
nurture
accuse
accusation
close
lay (on)
place (on)
next to (be)
depend( on)
rest (on)
follow
stingy
miserly
miser
niggard
retraction
violence
perfect
well
whole
entire
stout (be)
forever (be)
steady (be)
unsteady
skink
proclaim
profusely
unite
unite
accompany
Additional Information
39
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Mein
gbené
gb
gb f
gb d
gb n¹
gb n¹
gb n¹
gb n²
gb n²
gb n³
gb nm
gb ntolu
gb n ¹
gb n ²
gb ngb ngb n
gbi
gbiní
gbinií
gb n
gb l l
gb sá
gbó¹
gbó²
gbod
gbod
gbod
gbogb
gbol
gbol
gbolóloo
gbolóò
gbolóò
gbon¹
gbon²
gbon²
gbongbolú
gbongbóun
gboóro
gboóru
gboro
gboro
gboro-eye
gbóù! gbóù!
gbóù! gbóù!
gb l
gb l
gb l
gb ngb l
gb ngb l
gb
gb n
gb n
gbudugbudu
gb n gb n
Pos
n.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
n.
a.
adv. phr.
a.
n.
v.t.
a.
adv.
a.
n.
v.t.
a.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
a.
a.
v.i.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
n.
n.
v.t.
n.
v.t.
v.t.
n.
excl.
excl.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
v.i.
v.t.
v.t.
a.
v.i.
English
village
pay
earn (salary)
abuse
vanquish
conquer
subdue
pelt
throw
sew
toss
needle-fish
sober (be)
to some extent
solid
jar
twist
twisted
intensively
smooth
stick
fell (to fall)
matured (of girl)
squander
waste
spend
cut (roughly)
touch
feel
safe
sane (become)
come to one's senses
screen off
frequent
haunt
pigmy kingfisher
bell
stir
red-legged squirrel
plant
sow
crop
bark (of dog)
bow wow!
box
strike with the fist
kick
destroy
demolish
improve (in health)
free
release
full (of dregs or impurities)
pout
40
Additional Information
Belonidae
Ceyx picta
Funisciurus pyrrhopus
Mein dictionary
Mein
gebegebe
gedéè
gedegede
gere
gere
geréngeren
geréngeren
geréree
gerigeri
gesí
gesí
gesí
gesí-egberi
gesí-egberi
gesíye
g
g b g b
g b g b
g b g b
g gb sa
g rg r¹
g rg r²
gha (-gha)
girígi ri
gá
gá
gd
gd
gd
g g
g n
g
g ng n
g
g r g r (girígi ri)
go
go
golí
golii
g
g l
g m
g m gha¹
g m gha²
g m gha²
g r r
gudúgudu
gumugumu
gusí
g a
g a
g agha
g a
g ang an
Pos
a.
a.
a.
v.t.
v.t.
n.
n.
a.
a.
a.
a.
a.
n.
n.
n.
v.t.
a.
a.
a.
n.
a.
a.
neg.
a.
v.i.
v.i.
n.
adv.
adv.
a.
a.
n.
a.
a.
v.i.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
a.
v.t.
a.
a.
a.
a.
a.
a.
a.
a.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
a.
a.
a.
English
untamed(be)
dazed (be)
vague (be)
care for
take care of
strain
tension
proper
reddish
real
true
genuine
truth
true story
truth
write
shy
be nervous
timid
pen
reddish
too happy
not
excited (by fear or joy)
shout
howl
meat-safe
fast
firmly
timid
tiny
noise
pointed
noisy
shiver (with cold or fear)
count
read
hate (a person)
protrusive
vomit
protrusive
straight
not straight (neg)
unjust
dishonest
narrow
deep
feeling hot
rake
mix
mingle
unmixed
mixed
bright (and new)
41
Additional Information
Mein dictionary
Mein
g dá
g da
g d
g d g d
g m g m
Pos
v.t.
v.i.
v.i. & t.
a.
adv.
English
fold
coil
coil
deep
knowingly
something)
Additional Information
f l
gál
excl.
excl.
pron.
pron.
n.
n.
gbal
gbál
gbal t
gbal t n
g ná
g ná-bèni
g ná-bèni
k
k da
k k ya
k ra
kr
kr
k r mkp k
k sa
k sa t a
ky
ky t a
k y fa
k y fa
k y fa
k k
k k
kp kpa
kp r
kp r
kp s
lá
láp l wei
la
mgba
mgb
mgb - mgbaal
mgb s
n.
n.
v.p.
v.p.
n.
n.
n.
a.
n.
n.
n.
a.
a.
n.
n.
a.
n.
a.
a.
a.
a.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
a.
n.
n.
n.
adv.
n.
n.
n.
mgb
mgb
m n
n.
n.
n.
yes
yes (emphatic)
I
me
prawn (marine)
outgrowth (appearing on
forehead and scalp)
line
thorn
stand in line
form a line
pepper
pepper-soup
broth
dark
plenty
biscuit
Indian bamboo
stunted
dwarfed
tilapia (type of)
malice
malicious
wisdom
wise
silly
foolish
stupid
corner
angle
scale
craw-craw
scabies
brittle
bead
praying-mantis
whip (in form of broom)
today
scrotum
testicle
dance-jumping
(a
game
played by girls)
grain
drop
catfish
(act,
do
I.
íi n
íi n ye
42
(1st pers. sg. subj.
(1st pers. sg. obj.)
Capsicum annuum
Bambusa vulgaris
Tilapia zilii
Clarias spp.
Mein dictionary
Mein
m r nm r n
na
Pos
n.
poss.pron.
ng
ng l m
ng m
ng m
ng ng r
ng ra
ng ra f
ng ra
ng ra -d n
ng ra -d n
ng ra t a-akpal
n
ne
py n
p r
p r -s n-ar n
sam
s
s nd
t n ( tá n)
v àd n
v av a
z n
z n
z n
z n
n.
v.i.
v.i.
v.i. & t.
v.t.
v.t.
a.
n.
n.
n.
n.
poss. pron.
poss. pron.
n.
n.
n.
n.
a.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
a.
a.
a.
English
Additional Information
sugar-ant
mine (of more than one
thing)
cry (of newly-born babies)
insist
strain
push (in labour)
economize
remove scales(of fish)
fraudulent
scale (of fish)
smallpox
variola
toad
my
mine (of one thing)
feather
beard
razor
Wood Ibis
Ibis ibis
effective
ant
climbing-perch
Ctenopoma kingsleyae (=ad a)
rheumatism
whip
tribe in the Niger Delta
genuine
real
true
K.
ká¹
ká¹
ká²
ká³
kab
kághà
kághà
ka ¹
ka ²
ka ³
ka ³
ka n
ka nká n
kakára
kakii
kalá
kama
kamáyefà
kán¹
kán²
kán³
a.
a.
a.
a.
n.
a.
a.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
a.
a.
v.i.
v.i.
a.
v.t.
a.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
ripe
mature
stunted
very much
tiger-fish
Hydrocynus spp.
unripe
immature
lock
nail
imprison
jail
torn
ragged
allude
hesitate
small
entertain (a visitor)
anxious
hire; send
tear; break; rend
have spite against somebody;
show ill-feeling towards
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Mein
Pos
kana
kará
kara
kara
kara ghà
kara ghà
karám
kar
kar owei
kas
kas -t b owei
ké
kedi
keín
keín
keínkein
keké
kekére
kekére
kekére
kele
kele
kele
kelé
kelekúù
kelíkeli
keníi
k
k b
k b t a
k d k d
k k
k k l
k k l
k n
k n
k n -da b
k n -yinb
k r¹
k r²
k r
k rk r
k rm
k r mowei
k r m ye
k s
k w
ki¹
ki²
kidóghà
kiki
kiki-eye
n.
v.t.
a.
a.
a.
a.
v.t.
v.t.
n.
n.
n.
v.i. & t.
v.t.
v.i.
v.i.
adv.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
n.
a.
a.
adv.
v.t.
v.t.
v.p.
n.
v.i. & t.
v.t.
v.i.
n.
num.
n.
n.
v.t.
v.t.
v.i.
v.a.
v.t.
n.
n.
v.a.
n.
v.t.
v.i. & t.
n.
v.t.
n.
English
Additional Information
somebody
basket
carve
correct
accurate
incorrect
inaccurate
correct
worship
priest
chair
chairman
exclaim
pluck
freeze
congeal
tightly
cut open
take care of
preserve
care for
enumerate
count
reckon
fish (freshwater)
(= ng l )
absent-minded (be)
cautious
seldom; rarely
pare
resemble; take after
be deformed
ass; donkey
cut off bit by bit; wane
bend sideways
bend sideways
adipose fin
one
half-brother or half-sister
uterine brother or sister
catch; hold
build
burn; ignite
be tired, weary
steer
steersman
rudder
be brief; be short
mongoose (general)
Atilax and Xenogale spp.
cut with a knife or axe
promise
horse-mackerel
prevent; hinder
hindrance;
obstacle;
impediment
44
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Mein
kilé.
kilé-b b
kimé
Pos
v.t.
n.
n.
kirí¹
kirí²
kirí³
kirí fèni
kirí k r
kirí kòro¹
kirí kòro²
kirí k
kirí nà
kirí-àr -t b
kirí-p l
kiriba
kiríbòu
kiríbùlou
kiríèkpe
kirígbòro
kirígbòro-k m
kirígbòro-seri
kirík r
kiríki rí
kiríkònu
kirim kíri m ¹
kirim kíri m ²
kiríòlogbo
kirípà
v.i.
n.
n.
v.p.
v.p.
v.p.
v.p.
v.p.
v.p.
n.
n.
v.i.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
a.
a.
adv.
a.
adv.
n.
n.
kirísòu-seri
ká
k ál
k n
k n nemigha
k n-b b
k r
k ká
k kám
kl
kll
klkl¹
n.
v.t.
adv.
v.t.
a.phr.
n.
a.
v.t.
v.dir.
v.t.
adv.
v.a.
klkl²
k l k l gha
km
k m -ba
k m -bab
k m -paara
n.
a.
n.
n.
n.
n.
k m -t b
k m -t b
kn
k ná
n.
n.
v.t.
n.
English
Additional Information
salute; greet
salutation; greetings
gale;
hurricane;
storm;
tornado
be amiss
ground; the earth
farm; field
be surplus
run aground (of a boat)
be low
sink down
remain
wake
foundling
menopause
be protrusive
farm
underground
chin
farming; husbandry
farmer; husbandman
seed-time
stunted
not deep; shallow
under
immediate
immediately
bitterleaf
Vernonia spp.
menstruation;
monthly
periods
harvest
strain
instantly; immediately
count; number
innumerable
number
equal
tie
tie to
shun; avoid
carefully
be careful, prudent, clever,
vigilant
prudence
imprudent
person; man
murder
murderer
legendary being (who is halfman)
human skull
human being
fell a tree
Nile perch
Lates niloticus
45
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Mein
kn
kr.
kr
krkr
ko
kobíyou=kobúyou
kobú
kokoí
kokoíghà
kokóko
kokóm
kokóro
kokoroo
kokorókòo
kolií
kolíkòlí-gbàn
kolím
kolo¹
kolo²
kolókolo
kolóò
kom
konkonrónkòn
konu
koró¹
koró²
koróm
Pos
v.a.
v.t.
adv.
v.a.
n.
n.
v.t.
v.a.
a.
v.a.
v.t.
v.t.
v.a.
n.
v.a.
n
v.cs.
n.
n.
v.a.
v.a.
v.cs.
n.
n.
v.i.
v.i.
v.cs.
korú
korukoru
kotó
kounbáànm
koúnkoun
koy r
k
k b
k b
k nk n
k k
k k r
k k ye
k l
k l
k l k l
k l l
k n¹
k n²
k n bó
k n si n
k n ¹
k n ²
k n b ra
k n sibe
k n wei
v.i. & t.
v.a.
n.
v.t.
v.a.
n.
v.i.
n.
n.
v.a.
adv.
n.
n.
n.
v.a.
v.a.
adv.
v.t.
v.i.
v.t.+v.i.
v.t.+v.t.
a.
a.
n.
a.
n.
English
be sober
cut
now that
be very cold, icy
fondness
African carp
mix
be in order
not in order
sound
put in order; arrange
scrape
be hard
cry of the cock
short
skipping game
shorten
handle
grub sp.
bitter
serious
pamper; fondle
fish sp.
the waist
fall
begin
put down; lay down; lay eggs
(of fowl)
wait; await
be brown
small snail
choke
sound; healthy
spoon
remain
hook
penny, kobo
very slender
indeed; really
screw-pine
reality
nape
become weak
very slender
reluctantly
take
be hot; smart
bring; fetch
remove
left
wrong
left (hand)
left-handed
leopard
46
Additional Information
Labeo spp.
e.g. kokóko ang =sound body
Brycinus leuciscus
(=agb l )
Pandanus candelabrum
Panthera pardus
Mein dictionary
Mein
k n
k n -t b
k n -t b
k n
k r
k r
k r b l
kpá
kpada
Pos
a.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
v.t.
v.t.
kpad
kpa n
kpa nkpa n
kpa nkpa n
kpak
v.t.
a.
a.
a.
v.t.
kpak
kpak
kpalalaa
kpamaáku
kpamaáku
kpar
kpeé
kpeé
kpeké
kpekí
kpekpéree
kpèrein
kperín
kpeteré
kp
kp f
kp l
kp k
kp k
kp kp r
kp l
kp l kp l
n.
n.
adv.
n.
n.
a.
adv.
adv.
v.i. & t.
v.t.
v.i.
a.
v.i.
v.t.
v.p.t.
v.t.
a.
v.t.
v.t.
a.
v.t.
a.
kp npòleí
kpikí
kpó¹
kpó²
kpodú
kpodú
kpodú
kpok n
kpokp ¹
kpokp ¹
kpokp ¹
kpokp ²
kpolú.
kpomúkpomu
kp
n.
v.i.
v.t.
n.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
n.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
id.
adv.
English
Additional Information
first
eldest (child)
first-born
neck
wine palm, raffia-palm
Raphia hookeri
raffia fibre
raffia fibre
tie
hack (at a piece of wood to
reduce its thickness)
open
lonely
lanky
skinny
remove (foreign body from
the skin )
point
cape
profusely
tin
pan
dry (become)
seldom
rarely
shake, rattle
disturb
meet unexpectedly
silent
coagulate, clot
amass
make fun of (a person)
defraud
slight (be)
tempt
allure
near (very)
caress
less (become, in number or
quantity)
chickenpox
hobble (walk lame)
make (into lump)
lump
squander
waste
spend
one (only)
harass
worry
bother
peel
fold
distended
also
47
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Mein
kp
kp gha
kp gha
kp gha
kp ghaye
kp kp l
kp kp y
kp kp y -t b
kp l
kp
kp
kp
kpuké
kpukpú
kputurú
kp n¹
kp n¹
kp n²
kp n²
kubu¹
kubu²
kubuya
kudú
kuekue
kukuru
kún
kún
kunóu
kunóu-b raemgb sa
kuré
kureréè
kurií
kurú
kurúkuru
kúùkúù
k
k
k k
k
k k b
k l k l yè
k mgb
k m .
k m k m
k m
k n k n
k n k n ghá
k
k r ¹
k r ²
k r m
Pos
adv.
a.
a.
a.
n.
v.t.
n.
n.
adv.
v.i.
v.t.
v.t.
n.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
n
n.
a.
n.
v.t.
v.t.
n.
n.
English
too
trivial
unimportant
trifling
trifle
thrash
duck
duckling
unhesitatingly
dash (foot against something)
stub
tow
stump (of a tree)
shake off
wrinkle
drag
pull
object
protest (against)
incise (abscess)
tattoo
tattoo, tribal mark
lump
red
underneath
weave
plait
end
finger (little)
v.i.
a.
v.i.
n.
a.
n.
n.
v.i.
a.
n.
a.
n.
a.
part.???
n.
adv.
n.
a.
v.t.
a.
n.
v.t.
erode
steep
wear off
tree
black
dove
mahogany
roar
reddish
star
tight (very)
poison
sour (of soup)
do not
hesitation
since
detail
not detailed
wipe
strong, powerful, hard
strength, power
strengthen
48
Additional Information
Lophira alata
Khaya senegalensis
Mein dictionary
Mein
L.
Pos
English
n.
v.i & t.
v.i & t.
a.
a.
v.i. & t
a.
excl.
ligament (of body)
arrive
reach
enough
sufficient
suffice
worth (be)
goodbye!
a.
a.
n.
n.
v.i.
n.
insufficient
not enough
swamp
marsh
fence-fishing
tree
lapá
lapa
lapála.
lapala
le
le
leí¹
leí²
v.t.
a.
v.t.
a.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
leí³
lelei¹
lelei¹
lelei²
lelei nemi
lepéle
l
l t a
l t a
l
l k l k
lí
lim
l ká
l ka
lll
lol
lolou
l ¹
l ²
l ²
l l
l l
l l
l s
lú
lú t a
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
n.
v.t.
n.
n.
v.t.
v.t.
adv.
adv.
v.i.
v.t.
v.t.
a.
v.i.
a.
v.i.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
a.
v.t.
v.t.
n.
n.
a.
wrap
twisted
wrap
twisted
watch
guard
resemble
board (a ship), enter (a boat
or canoe)
stand (on something)
examine
scrutinize
symbol, seal, mark, sign
observe, notice
brush-tailed porcupine
Atherurus africanus
snare
ensnare
trap
quietly
willingly
rub out, wear away, blot out
efface, erase, obliterate
contaminate
contaminated
persist
wild
scream
massage
paint
rub
dirty
comfort
console
head-tie
fist (clenched)
ready (to strike with the fist)
la
lá¹
lá¹
lá²
lá²
lá²
lá³
lába `yà
yòo!
lághà
lághà
lala
lala
lala t a
lalaweí
wó
ar
Additional Information
(with yellow bark, growing mostly
in the swamp)
49
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Mein
luí
luí
l
l bèin(ya )
l b b
l kp .
l lagh
l waa
Pos
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
v.t.
a.
a.
English
goitre
Derbyshire-neck
oil-palm tree
palm-bunch
palm-fruit
smear
tough
quiet
suff.
num. qual.
v.t.
a.
v.i.
v.i.
v.t.
num.
num.qual.
v.i.
n.
id.
n.f.
v.t.
v.t.
n.
n.
n.f.
v.i.
n.
a.
adv.
suff.
dem.
adv.
adv.
adv.
adv.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
n.
n.
n.
n.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t
v.t
v.t.
feminine definite article
two
wrap
twisted
vanish
disappear
cause to disappear
two
second
fidget
hammer
mew, cry of a cat
daughter
lick
plane
plane
brother
sister
flash
cobra (black)
slow
slowly
non-feminine definite article
this
here
so
thus
now
make
do
renew
renovate
multiply
case
litigation
maker
doer
soften
shame (put to shame)
deride
laugh (to scorn)
amuse
Additional Information
Elaeis guineensis
M.
-ma
ma
maála
maala
ma
ma .
ma m
mam
mam karam
maná(màna)
mat l
má nmá n
mba
mb l ¹
mb l ²
mb l ye
mbirei
mb ra
melú.
mei-oweí
m nm n¹
m nm n²
-m
m
má
m brà
m brà
m -émi
m
m
m ayám
m ayám
m bi nm
m bb
m bb
m b
m b
m b m
m b zem
m dè`r
m dè`r
m dè`r m
50
cf. French marteau
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Mein
m di rim
m dò`nm
m d ó`
m d ó`
m d bam
m èbim
m endém
m eng m
m eníim
m mb l m
m fàm
m feéfe
m fi nim
m gàan
m kirí
m krm
m kolím
m k r m
m k r m
m nemím
m nemím
m olómùm
m pám
m p l
m p l
m p r m
m p nám
m sarám
m seím
m seím
m si n
m ya nm
m zà m
m -èbi
m -eye
m -eye
m kirí
m kirí
m kiríghà
m kiríghà
m -m
m -m bra
m ya
m mgbà
mm
mm s
-m n ¹
Pos
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
v.i.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t
v.t
v.t.
v.t.
v.i.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
a.
a.
a.
n.
n.
n.
dem.ind.
adv.
suff.
-m n ²
suff.
mn¹
mn²
mn
v.t.
n.
poss.pron.
English
Additional Information
blacken
sicken (make sick)
cool (make cool)
pacify
magnify
improve
thicken
pauperize
deafen (make deaf)
sweeten
waste, squander, lose, spend
lighten
widen
enlighten
make a mistake
adjust
shorten
strengthen
confirm
make known
notify
deepen
invent
settle
finalize
enrich
whiten
make haste
spoil
damage
complete
break
make smaller
kindness
deed
action
mistake
fault
unerring
faultless
like
custom
misdeed
today
this
just now
present continuous tense
marker
future tense marker, preceded
by an extra vowel at the end
of the verb)
swallow
flesh
one's (own)
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mnm
m n m erí
m n m erí
mnm
kankanran
mnm
k r
pal m
m n m -ofoni
m n m tu
m n m tu t a
.m s
my
mótò
mótò
m
m
m
m m m m
m m
m m
m
m
k r
m koru
mú
mum n y
munemune
munúmùnu
m kp
m kp
m n m n
m r n
Pos
n.
n.
n.
v.t.
English
throat
hoarse (of voice)
husky (of voice)
clear (the throat)
v.t.
strangle, throttle
n.
n.
a.
dem.
n.
n.
n.
conj.
adv.
adv.
part.
prep.
v.t.
n.
v.p.
v.i.
v.i.
n.
a.
v.i.
adv.
adv.
v.i.
a.
Adam's apple
greediness
greedy
that (yonder)
this place
motor vehicle
car
and
so
thus
such
with
suck
hunger
be hungry
fast
go
destination
dim
murmur
still
yet
murmur
slender (very)
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
adv.
adv., a.
adv.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
hear
understand
misunderstand
yet
near
nigh
beast
animal
meat
slaughter-house, abattoir
hound
hunting-dog
leather
butcher
hunter
rheumatism
possess
own
have
marry
N.
na
na
na kirí
ná
na
na
namá
namá
namá
namá-ba-war
namá-k r -obiri
namá-k r -obiri
namá-ozi
namá-p -yè`r b
namá-tein-owei
namád n
nana
nana
nana
nana
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Additional Information
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Mein
nanaara
nanaara
nanab
nanaowei
nanaowei
neí
neí-a
neíkaram
nemí
nemí ki rí
nénè
ni
niínà
niínàkaram
nini¹
nini²
niní.
niní-èmgbe
niní- p r
niní-òpoolo
niní-t n
niníyà
niníyà
n
na
nn
noú
n
n m ¹
n m ¹
n m ¹
n m ²
n m ²
n m ²
n m ²
n m -k m
n m -k m
num (numóu)
num tun
num tun
num d b
Pos
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
num.
num.qual.
num.qual.
v.t.
v.t.
n.
v.t.
num.
num.qual.
v.t.
v.i.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
rel.
n.
adv.
n.
n.
a.
a.
a.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
v.t.
v.t.
n.
English
mistress
lady
owner
master
lord
four
four
fourth
know
know (in a wrong way)
mama
smell
eight
eighth
cheat
nibble (of fish, at bait)
nose
bridge of the nose
hair (inside the nose)
nostril
running (of the nose)
mucus (nasal)
snot
which, that, who
son
after all
needle
blue (colour)
crazy
mad
demented
insanity
lunacy
madness
craziness
mad person
lunatic
song
sing
chant
singer
Additional Information
ò
pron.
he, him, his
ó
excl.
hail!
(before consonant) (3rd pers. masc.
sg. subj. and obj.)
(used in addressing a person with
courtesy)???
obebe
obebe- gba
obi
obín
obín -a-san
obiri
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
ladder
rung
scaly-tailed flying squirrel
mat
bed-wetting
dog
O.
53
Anomaluridae
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Mein
obiri-oku
obiri-t b
obirikí
oboí
obókoro
obom
obóm
obóri
obóri-t b
obóri-war -koru
Pos
n.
n.
n.
v.i.
v.i.
v.t.
v.t.
n.
n.
n.
obúbu
n.
obudou
obúdou
obulúkù
obuuru
odídi
odídikpo
odímangàlanga
ódi n
odísi
odísi
ododo
ododo
ododo-tun
odoko
odokúkù
odon
odón
odú
odubo
odubo gban
odubo-ara
odubo-f r
odubowei
odubowei
odúbù
ódùdú
ofiyou
ofó
ofoko
ofoko
ofoko
ofolo
ofóni¹
ofóni¹
ofóni²
ofóni-apele
ofóni-d n
ofóni-fie
ofóni-otein
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
a.
a.
n.
n.
n.
a.
v.i. & t.
n.
n.
v.
n
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
v.i.
v.i.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
English
Additional Information
flea
pup(py)
cast-net
stoop
prone to (be)
honour
overturn
goat
kid
woman (hated by her
husband and denied her
marital or conjugal rights
among co-wives)
globe-fish, puffer-fish
Tetraodon fahaka (=obúbu-yèn keofúro
fog
mud
kilt
bay
cold
snow
chameleon
dumb person
dump
rubbish-heap
red
scarlet
red hat
hawk
cabbage-tree
Anthocleista spp.
yellow
throw (at)
cocoyam
service
serve (a master)
maidservant
stewardship
servant (male)
steward
sandfly
bogeyman
backwater
Rhinoceros viper
bellows
foam
lather
asthma
fowl
bird
larva (of cockchafer)
wing
epilepsy
cock-crow
carbuncle
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Mein
ofóni-tar gb l
ofóni-t b
ofóni-war
ofóni-war
ofóni-war
ofóni e
ofou
ofúro
ofúro
ofúro
ofúrom
ofúrumò`
ofúrum fú
ogbá
ogbán ¹
ogbán ²
ogbein
ogbo¹
ogbo²
ogbo²
ogbó
ogbókiriowei
ogbólo
ogbóm
ogbónanab
ogbó-opuru
ogbori
ogbori bi
ogbu-ogele
Pos
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
v.t.
v.i.
v.i.
v.t.
v.t.
n.
n.
a.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
v.t.
n.
n.
n.
a.
n.
English
mushroom
chick(en)
cage
hen-coop
nest
farina, cassava flour
calf (of leg)
blow
pregnant
conceive
impregnate
brush away
lungs
cane (kind of)
sulky
age-group
bush-mango
eel
season
time
land
tortoise, terrapin
wood (piece of)
support
land-owner
scorpion
ignorance
ignorant
parade
ogbudu¹
ogbudu¹
ogbudu¹
ogbudu²
ogbudu-war
ogbuduú
ogbuduú
ogbúgba
ogbúgba t a
ogé
ogé tèi
ogélè
ogélè gban
ogen
ogid
ogidi
ogíge
ogíge
ogíge-k r ye
ogírèn
ogírèn
ogírèn
ogírènb
ogírènb
n.pl.
n.pl.
n.pl.
n.
n.
a.
a.
n.
a.
n.
v.t.
n.
v.i.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
sediments
dregs
lees
shrine
coffin (bamboo)
be dirty
filthy
thickness
thick
festival
celebrate (a feast)
parade
march (in a parade)
harem
angel-fish
matchet
shutter
door
hinge
enmity
feud
animosity
adversary
enemy
55
Additional Information
Irvingia gabonensis
(performed by men who killed
persons in intertribal war)
Pomacanthus paru
Mein dictionary
Mein
ogírènb
ogírèns
ogo¹
ogo²
ogo²
ogo-kiri
ogo-t b
ogoí
Pos
n.
a.
n.
v.i.
v.i.
n.
n.
v.i.
English
foe
inimical
eagle
wail
cry
farm (old)
eaglet
refuse
ogóin
ogóínm ogóín
ogóri
ogoun
ogoun-f n
ogu
ogu
ogubéri
ogún¹
ogún¹
ogún²
ogún²
ogún gb n
ogúngb nb
ogúsi
oke
oke
okeke
okeke buru
okeketu
okeketu-aka
oki
okí
okíle¹
okíle²
okíle-owei
okíle-owei-ak l
okílèí
okiliyin
okílòló
okílòló
okine
okine-b ra
okinikíni
okinikíni -ete
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
v.t.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
v.i.
n.
n.
n.
v.i. & t.
a.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
okíri
okiringha
okirizí
okodi
okodo
okófa
okoí
okokaí
okokodíè
v.i.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
v.i.
v.i.
n.
clitoris
toothed carp
Epiplatys and Aphyosemion spp.
buffalo, bush-cow
Syncerus caffer
axe
helve
iron
steel
shark (hammer-headed)
Sphryna spp.
hill
mountain
plundering
raid, plunder
raid
plunderer
egusi melon
Cucumeropsis mannii
mouse
rat (general)
pride
proud (of one's talents)
jaw
tooth (molar)
sawfish
Pristis spp.
swim
lame
lameness
lame man
crutch
kite
Milvus migrans
soap-fish
Rypticus saponaceus
spring
fountain
mortar
pestle
python (large), ‘boa’
python
(large)
‘boaconstrictor’
crawl
harmattan
cannon
he-goat
forehead
deep side (of a river)
kneel
speak aloud
coconut
Cocos nucifera
Additional Information
( to do a duty because one's
neighbour refuses to do it)
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Mein
okolo
okóri
okosu¹
okosu²
okosu³
okosu-yin
okóun
okóyen
Pos
n.
a.
a.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
okpo
okpókpo
okpókpo
okpoku
okpólokpo
okpólokpo
okpómu
okpórù-okosu
okpoukpóù
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
English
tone
bald
senior (to)
seniority
otter (esp. spot(ted)-necked)
grandmother
seat (rower's)
season (fifth and sixth
months)
bedroom
skeleton
frame
clam
board
plank
creel
clawless otter
Mormyrid fish spp.
okpu
okpu-t r
okpúdòú
okpudukpúdù
okpudukpúdùt b
okú¹
okú²
okú²
okú³
okú³
okú-ang
okúbò
okúbò-k r b
okúbò-m n m tu
okúbò-m n m tu
okúbò-t r
okun
okun-agb l
olékpùkpú
olíelie
olo
oló¹
oló¹
oló²
oló sa
oló sa
ológbò
ológbò-t b
ololo
olomu¹
olomu²
olómu
olómu-beni
olóo
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
sugar-cane
node (of sugar-cane)
ginger-lily
owl
owlet
n.
a.
a.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
v.t.
v.t.
n.
n.
n.
a.
n.
n.
n.
n.
louse
heavy
weighty
heaviness
weight
nit
money
treasurer
greed
avarice
cowry
sea
periwinkle
pigeon
wagtail
grease
game
sport
curse
curse
imprecate
cat, pussy
kitten
bottle
deep
depth
well
well-water
ordinance
Additional Information
Lutra maculicollis
Aonyx capensis
Petrocephalus bane, Marcusenius
psittacus
Costus spp.
Tympanotonus fuscatus
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Mein
olóo
olóo
olóo
olóo
olóo-a koro
olóo seim
olóo t a
olóo t a
olóo t a
olóye
olu
olú
olulu
olúlu
olúlu
olulu s
olulu s
olulu s
olum
ombó
ombú¹
ombú²
ombú-di -p l
Pos
n.
n.
n.
n.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
excl.
a.
n.
n.
n.
n.
a.
a.
a.
v.t.
v.t.
n.
a.
n.
òm n
omo
omo
omóni¹
omóni²
omóùn
omóùn pá
omu¹
omu²
omulálà
omumulú
ondú
ongú
onúgbònú
o
opólo.
opómboro¹
opómboro²
opómboro-k m
opóolo
opóolo t a
opóròopó
opóròopó-t b
opóroki á
pron.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.+v.i.
v.i.
v.i.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
excl.
v.t.
v.i.
n.
n.
n.
v.p.
n.
n.
n.
opu¹
v.t.
opu²
a.
English
decree
enactment
law
commandment
break (a law)
abolish (a law)
legislate
enact
command
no
worse (become)
land-crab
anger
ant (driver)
soldier (ant)
enraged
angry
indignant
worsen
suck
navel
sharp
severing of the umbilical
cord
he
meeting
conference
slavery; bondage; servitude
slave
sweat; perspiration
sweat; perspire
shine
blaze
electric centipede
wart
pumpkin
earthen pot
nettle-rash; urticaria
used in answering a call
peel
stammer
stammering
stammerer
hole
be hollow
pig
piglet; porkling
freshwater synodont
Additional Information
Cardisoma armatum
(3rd pers. sg. non-fem. independent)
Synodontis
batensoda,
membranaceus (=egbegí)
S.
fish by throwing the spear
haphazardly
great; big
e.g. P r Kalanama VI opu Ebediowei = P r Kalanama VI was a
great Ruler.
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opu-amba
opu-b rat b
opu-da
opu-ekie
opu- mba korom
opu- mgb
opu-k n
opu-war ¹
opu-war ²
Pos
n.
n.
n.
n.
v.p.
n.
n.
n.
n.
opu-war a s
opu-yin
opuobori
opuoweiya
opúru
opurupu
opururú
opusu
orí.
oríe.
oríen-t b
orísi¹
orísi²
oró¹
or ²
órò
orógb sa
ororo¹
ororo²
ororo kirí
oróu
oróu pa
v.p.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.pl.
n.
n.
n.
v.t.
n.
v.t.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
v.t.
n.
v.t.
n.
v.p.
oróupagha
oru
orú
orú s
orú-ap d
a.
v.a.
n.
v.p.
n.
oru-seri
orú-kar
oruk m
orumú
orúru
osi¹
osi²
osí
osib l
osími ni
osóbo
osotuon
n.
n.
adv.
n.
n.
n.
n.
v.t.
n.
n.
n.
n.
English
Additional Information
stomach
thumb
grandfather
second class marriage
sigh
hydrocele
eighth month of pregnancy
mansion
thatch-roofed hut for a
woman who gives birth to
twins
give birth to twins
grandmother
elephant
placenta; after-birth
shrimp; ‘crayfish’, ‘crawfish’
crumbs; fragments
sluggard
dust; mote
coconut oil
backbite
orphan
neglect
negligence; remissness
drain; gutter
mat woven from mat-grass
gold
< Port.
mat-grass; mat-straw
think; expect; hope
thought; opinion; notion
misconceive; think wrongly
fame; renown
be
famous,
renowned,
glorious
insignificant; unknown
be old, stale
deity; god; divinity
be possessed
fish sp.
Gnathonemus tamandua and G.
petersii
olden times
worship of a deity; idolatry
long since
jaundice; yellow fever
cotton-wool
elephant-grass
Pennisetum purpureum
large edible snail
spit medicinally
slug
large type of crocodile
yellow fever; jaundice
wife's wilfully concealing her
menstruation
from
her
husband in order to have
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Pos
osún.
osuo
osuo-apebi
osuo-f n
osuoya-aru
osúro
oté
otein
oterú
oti
otietié
otíti
oto
otobo
otómgbolo
otómgbolo-war
otomi
otontoron
otoún
-otu
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
v.t.
n.
n.
n.
v.a.
n.
n.
v.i.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
v.i.
n.
English
marital intercourse with him
starch
rain
rainbow
lightning
raincoat
shoo
mat type
boil
pelican
become rotten and distended
swallow
bird, Senegal coucal
boast; brag
hippopotamus
mosquito
mosquito-net
palm civet
brain
bend down
people
otúo
otúru
otúru-b ramgb sa
ovirí
ovírim
ovuru¹
ovuru²
v.t.
n.
n.
collect; contribute
middle
the middle finger
v.i. & t.
v.cs.
n.
postp.
sustain injury
cause to suffer
interval; space
between
owéi¹
owéi²
owei
a.
n.
n.
male
hero
man
owéi pi
owéi-àmu
owéi-an na
owéi-evin
owéi-k m
owéi-k m -t b
v.p.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
owéi-kp kp y
owéi-ofoni
owéi-ofoni-t b
owéi-ofoni-t b alele
owéi-oporoopo
owéi-t b
owéin¹
owéin²
owéinye
n.
n.
n.
n.
defy
monkey sp.
ram
bull
man; male
member of the family on his
or her father's side
drake
cock
cockerel
crest; cockscomb
n.
n.
v.t.
v.t.
n.
boar
boy; lad
bite
bail (water)
bailer
Additional Information
Pelecanus rufescens
Centropus senegalensis
Hippopotamus amphibius
Nandinia binotata
e.g. z n-otu ebi m kam = The
z n people are very kind.
e.g. D n
wo ma k m ovuru a
paam seri fa=There will never be a
quarrel between the two of us.
(only used after a qualifier, therefore
tone cannot be identified) e.g. m
owei=this man
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owóu
owoun
owount aye
owú
owú bin
owún
owún-àka
owún-òwún
oyí
oyía
Pos
v.t.
n.pl.
n.
n.
v.p.
n.pl.
n.pl.
a.
num.
num.qual.
English
climb; ascend
smoke
(of ship) furnace
masquerader
play masquerade
sand
pebble; gravel
sandy
ten
ten
oyiín
oyíkaram
oyín
oyín-d n
óyi nbó
oyinbu
ozi¹
ozi²
ozí.
ozi far
ozifar owei
ozigb sa
ozigha
ozigha owou
oziko (ozike)
ozóbo-ogu
v.a.
num.qual.
v.i.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
v.p.
n.
n.
n.
v.p.
n.
n.
be agreeable
tenth
swell
dropsy
banana
sugar
skin; leather
drum
wilderness; desert
beat drum
drummer
drum-stick
gibbet; gallows
ascend the gallows
mat
brass
excl.
n.
n.
v.i.
n.
n.
a.
n.
v.t.
n.
n.
v.i.
n.
a.
n.
v.p.
v.p.
v.p.
n.
n.
n.
exclamation of surprise
brook; rivulet
grease
clog
mound; hillock
stubbornness; obstinacy
stubborn; obstinate; obdurate
stern
revive
Redless Tree-Squirrel
drey
wander; roam
trawl-net; drag-net
narrow
judgement; case
give statement; give evidence
decide; give verdict
try a case
court-hall
judge
fun
ba
dn
d
d
d
d t a
fán
f
gb
gb -opoolo
gb ¹
gb ²
g r
g la
g la gun
g la p l
g la s
g la-war
g lap l owei
k k
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e.g. Oyia k ra pad wó Kano a
gbeleim =It is ten years since we
last met at Kano.
(=akpárakpa)
Funisciurus anerythrus
e.g. Yé
k n k k k m mn
ya?= Are you making fun of me?
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k f
k
kpas
k l
ma
má
mb
Pos
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
English
mussel
fish-trap
ladle
bow(s) of canoe
pus
electric catfish
bush-pig
mb
mb t a
mb mb r
mgba
ná
nám
nd
nd ¹
nd ²
nd rum
nd r m -b b
r
ra
r ¹
r ²
r ³
r ka
sa
sa
tá
v bà
vb
wá¹
wá²
wád
w
w m w m
n.
v.p.
v.i. & t.
n.
v.i.
v.cs.
n.
v.a.
n.
v.t.
n.
n.pl.
v.a.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
adv.p.
n.
v.a.
n.
a.
v.a.
a.
hump; hunch
be hump-backed
murmur; grumble
spine
fast
cause to fast; starve
four hundred
be durable, lasting
life
calumniate
calumny
pubic hair
be sickly
share
deepest part of the river
Giant Rat, "rabbit"
ring
African pike
harshness
weir
the other day
neighbour
be old, aged
senility; age
old; aged
be alive, fresh
uncooked, raw
w
w
w
n.
n.
n.
road; way
wayside
on the way
n.
excl.
v.cs.
n.
v.p.
n.pl.
suffering
it is a pity!
punish; penalize
head; pate
behead; decapitate
beans
-agbaara
biri
ya
yáà!
yam
za
za sin
zá
Additional Information
Malapterurus electricus
Red River-hog Potamochoerus
porcus
Cricetomys
Hepsetus odoe
e.g. Di ye! t` b m w m w m
endi k f -m n =See! the child is
eating raw fish.
e.g. Wó w biri ka gbeleim =We
met on the way
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P.
Pos
English
pá¹
v.i.
pá²
pá³
pá4
pá5
paára
pábras
pábulou
padápada
pá-eye¹
pá-eye²
pal ¹
pal ²
v.i.
v.i.
a.
n.
n.
adv.
a.
a.
n.
n.
v.i.
n.
pal
pal m ¹
pal m ²
pamá
pamala
pám ¹
pám ²
v.a.
v.dir.
v.a.
n.
n.
v.dir.
v.dir.
pan¹
pan²
pápa
papalaa
pátu¹
pátu²
pa .
pebi
pegi
penreen
pei (pegi, poi)
peí.
peí.
pekéi
pení
pením
pepelee
perée¹
perée²
perénpèrén
perépere¹
perépere²
peretimi
peretimí
peretimíyè
pesí
pesíb
v.i. & t.
n.
adv.
a.
a.
n.
v.t.
v.t.
p
v.t.
come into being; come/go out e.g. Ò m m s ka pam =He is out
just now, he has just gone out.
be fast in growing; overgrow
happen
bare; mere
e.g. pá-ang =with bare body; nude
kind; nature
piece
however
empty; void
bulky; very many
event; incident
useless thing
stick; adhere
blade used by women in
ancient times
be tight, close
affix; paste on
be next to
part
the liver
happen to
show; manifest
e.g. Yè n ang pam gha =I did
not show myself.
hoot
gourd used as a cup
anyhow
flat
naked; nude
nakedness; nudity
pawn; pledge
let; permit; allow
= pei
tilapia
Tilapia aurea
bat
listen; heed; harken
believe
morning
weave
tighten
flat and broad
free
relief
immaculate; spotless
simple; easy
quick; brisk
sit
seat; sitting
seat; bench
age-group
person of the same age as
another; a contemporary
break; butcher
n.
n.
v.i. & t.
v.t.
n.
v.t.
v.t.
a.
a.
n.
a.
a.
a.
v.i.
n.
n.
n.
n.
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p
Pos
v.i.
p
p
p
p
p
p
a.
v.t.
v.i. & t.
a.
a.
v.t.
n.
n.
n.
v.p.
v.p.
n.
n.pl.
n.
n.
n.
n.
adv.
English
Additional Information
break
(by
itself);
be
butchered
unbreakable
cut; break
stop; cease
ceaseless; perpetual
unbreakable
open (force open, e.g. eye
with fingers)
flat
e.g. P p l
sanf r m k n
yar =Bring me the flat plate.
be rich; wealthy
e.g. Om n p r k m =He is a rich
man.
wealth; possessions; riches
kingship
king
reign
enthrone; install
sceptre
retinue; courtiers
throne
crown; diadem
free-born
royal family
often
a.
v.a.
v.a.
adv.
adv.
flimsy; free from dirt
be even
be steady, settled down
diligently; carefully
early; betimes
pí
v.t.
pidi
piín
v.t.
v.a.
piké
pínm
pínm
pinm -pínm
piópio
pd
p d ye
p lá
pn
v.t.
v.dir.
v.cs.
id.
v.a.
v.t.
n.
v.i.
v.t.
p ná
p ná-kòbiyou
p náki
p náki k r b
p p
v.a.
n.
n.
n.
a.
deny; contradict; gainsay;
oppose
pinch
be tight; (of food) get stuck
in the throat
pin a stick in the ground
pursue; run after
urge; compel
one after another
be very hot
ensnare; entrap; set a trap
trap; snare
fade
tap (wine)
e.g. m n k r p nb =I am a palmwine tapper.
be white
fish sp.
Barbus occidentalis
leprosy
leper
pointed
ghà
l ¹
l ²
l gha
l ghà
n
p p l
a.
p r
v.a.
p
p
p
p
p
p
p
p
p
p
p
p
p
p
p
p
p
p
¹
r ²
r ³
r 4
r s
r t a
r -ak l
r -gbolu-otu
r -kas
r -tun
r -t b
r -war
r nghar ngha
r np r n
s ¹
s ²
sp s
t
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e.g. E p t k t n kiri gboro w r
ya, é m -emi a sou-um timim =If
you had planted early you would
have harvested now.
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ps
p
pó k m
pó òkodi
pó òporoopo
poi
poló¹
pol ²
poloí
pomu
poo
popou
pou¹
n.
v.t.
v.i.
n.
adv.
n.
v.t.
English
hatch
castrate
castrated man; eunuch
castrated he-goat
castrated pig
= pei
canal; short cut
slap
explode
leaf
generally
hut
overlie
pou²
v.t.
whet; sharpen
pou³
poú
poum ¹
poum ²
poum -t kpa
poúpou
v.t.
n.
v.t.
v.t.
n.
v.a.
pouye
p k
p n
p
p
p as ya
p koro
p koroya
pr
n.
v.t.
n.
v.t.
n.
n.
v.p.
n.pl.
v.t.
pr b l
v.t.+ v.t.
pr kè`r
pú
pumou
pumou ba
púm
puú
puú pá
p m
v.t.+ v.t.
v.t.
n.
v.p.
v.dir.
v.i.
v.i.+ v.i.
v.t.
p
p
p
p
p
adv.
a.
a.
v.t.
v.t.
lay (eggs)
bundle
press
(of person) oppress
flashlight; torch
be bulky; be piled up on top
of each other
stone; whetstone
loosen the grip
voice; language
wash; launder
waterside
fish sp.
defecate
faeces; stool; excreta
give
e.g. Dada, oku-bo k n pr =Papa,
give me some money.
lend
e.g. Sisei ma naira k n
pr
b l =Please lend me N2.00.
entrust
split
fart; flatus
fart; break wind
separate
break
burst
purify a defiled object or
person
entirely
no longer complete
intact
carry
fill a pit or depression
l l
l
l ghà
rá¹
rá²
Pos
v.t.
v.t.
n.
n.p.
n.p.
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e.g. Z a gbisigbisi yin-ama obin a
m n aw
pou bam n =Some
careless mothers do overlie their
babies in bed.
e.g. Sisei n ad n pou
pr
=Please whet my knife for me.
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R
Pos
English
raaraa
reeree
v.a.
v.i.
be not in order
lack concentration
sá
n.
debt
e.g. n sa k n
debt.
sá f
sáf b
sánanab
ság g
sa ¹
sa ²
sa ³
sa 4
sa -eye
sa n
sa yè
saká
sán¹
sán²
sán-ongu
sán-t a-kpamaku
saná
sanám
sánd na
sangha
sangha -t r -às gha
sángò
san
san
sansansan
sányai
sara
sará¹
sará²
saradaye
sarám ¹
sarám ²
sara
sei
sei-bou
v.p.
n.
n.
n.
v.t.
n.
v.t.
v.t.
n.
v.a.
n.
n.
v.t.
v.i. & t.
n.
n.
v.t.
v.t.
n.pl.
n.
n.
owe
debtor
creditor
groundnuts
curse
curse
load
send for goods in the market
load; cargo
be distant, remote
scrotum
trousers
grind; pulverize; grate
urinate; micturate; piss
bladder
urinal
slight
sprinkle
urine
doze; drowse
insomnia
e.g. opu sa yè=hydrocele
n.
v.t.
v.i.
v.a.
n.pl.
n.
v.a.
n.
n.
v.cs.
adv.
v.t.
v.a.
n.
sei-dein
sei-eye
seim ¹
seim ²
seim ³
n.
n.
v.cs.
v.cs.
n.
seiya
seiya m b
n.
n.
glass jar
melt
melt
be cheerful
urine
funnel
be quick, hasty, speedy
haste; speed; quickness
trawl-line
hasten; accelerate
quickly
raid
be bad, evil, ugly
cemetery for people who die
of bad diseases
dark night
evil
spoil; damage
blame; find fault with
antidote to neutralize the
effect of poison
sin; offence; crime
sinner
Additional Information
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seiye
seiye-ang deiokpokpo
serí¹
serí²
serí³
Pos
n.
n.
English
snake; serpent
slough; cast-off skin of snake
v.t.
v.t.
n.
praise; laud
choose
time
serií¹
serií²
serím
serím
v.a.
v.i.
v.cs.
v.t.
be high, lofty
rise; get up
raise; lift
incite; instigate; induce;
provoke
impromptu;
off-handedly;
with no hesitation
all; whole
e.g. Funbo s k n bo=Bring all the
books; àkp s =the whole world
owéi(otu)bo s =all the men
distant; remote
dance
dance
tail
be regular
select
straight
not straight
cause to lean
lean
travel; go out to work
twenty
larger galago
probably Allen's Galago ?Galago
alleni
twenty
m f d =I have
e.g. Sia fun
bought twenty books.
carry
load
gun
muzzle of gun
gunpowder
‘alligator’
Ostelaemus tetraspis
rub
cigarette
fin (of fish)
West
African
Spanish Scomberomorus tritor
mackerel
vomit
exempt
mention
reduce
lower
please!
rub vigorously; grate
prop-roots of the mangrove
tree, from which native salt is
processed
¹
²
serím -b rám
adv.
s
a.
s r
s ¹
s ²
s ³
s n
s l
s r n
s r ngha
s s r
s s r
sí¹
sí²
sí-t n -p r ghá
a.
v.i. & t.
n.
n.
v.a.
v.t.
a.
a.
v.t.
v.i.
v.t.
num.
n.
siá
num.qual.
sibe
sibe-eye
sibeye
sibeye-b b
sibeye-f n
sibíri
siíri
sikaréti
sikó
sikósuwei
v.t.
n.
n.
n.
n.pl.
n.
v.t.
n.
n.
n.
sin¹
sin²
sin³
sin4
sinm
siséi
s.
sa
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
v.cs.
excl.
v.t.
n.pl.
Additional Information
e.g. ma seri a wò ar d =I have
seen him twice.
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sd
sdm
s ká
sk
s mgbáa
s n¹
s n²
snf
sp
sp sp
sokí t m
solósòlo
sondía
sondíe
sondíekaram
soolo
sooloí
soú
s l l
s ns n
s n mà
s n màkaram
s nl
s nran
s nr n
s nr nkaram
s ¹
s ²
s w
s w -k r gháb
sú
sukúlù
sukúlù t b
s ¹
s ²
a.
num.qual.
num.
num.qual.
v.t.
v.i.
v.t.
adv.
adv.
num. ‘
num. qual.
v.t.
num. qual.
num.
num. qual.
v.t.
n.
v.i.
n.
n.
n.
n.
v.t.
n.
s
s
s
s
s
s
s
bi
d
k r
-eye
k rb
kiri
n¹
v.p.
v.p.
v.p.
n.
n.
n.
v.t.
s
s
s
s
s
s
s
s
n.²
m
m
v.i.
v.dir.
n.
v.t.
v.t. + v.i.
v.t. + v.i.
v.t.
v.a.
fà¹
fà²
r
w
Pos
v.i.
v.cs.
n.
n.
v.a.
v.t.
n.
v.p.
adv.
v.i.
English
Additional Information
suffocate
suffocate
sting-ray
Dasyatidae
hiccup, hiccough
be constant
shave hair
reward; prize
win a prize
solely
jerk
= tokí t m
worrisome
six
six
sixth
hang s.t., s.o.
be hanging
dig; unearth
completely; thoroughly
carefully
seven
seventh
tickle
five
five
fifth
grow
piassava
hide; conceal; lurk
hide-and-seek
laziness; sloth
school
school-child; pupil
fight
war; battle; fight; strife;
conflict
challenge
wage war; fight a battle
intervene in a quarrel
weapon
peace-maker
battle-field; battle-ground
stretch
e.g. En b bo s n=Stretch your
legs.
lie down
point to
purlin
enter
disappear
lose; sustain a loss
wash
harmonious; compatible
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Mein
T
Pos
English
ta
táa
taár
taár karam
tabá
n.f.
excl.
num.
num.qual.
v.t.
wife
abusive word
three
third
suck
tabá
tabala
taboloo
tab
ta ¹
ta ²
ta nm
tak .
talá
v.t.
n.
v.a.
v.t.
v.a.
n.
v.t.
v.t.
n.
tamana
tamana ghà
Tamára
Tamára s mowei
tamára -lelei
tam
tán
v.i.
a.
n.
n.
comfort; console
tilapia sp.
Tilapia galilea
be insipid, tasteless
immerse; steep in water
be silent
silence
boil; cook
hook
tree whose bark is used for Sacoglottis gabonensis
flavouring palm-wine
doubt
doubtless
God
angel
n.
n.
v.t.
mole (on body)
west
gather
tan
tan
tantá n
v.t.
v.i.
v.t.
tará
num.qual.
tar ¹
tar ²
tar agb
tar ba
v.t.
n.
a.
n.
tar fa
a.
tar fie
n.
tar ¹
tar ²
tar k m
n.
n.
a.
crawl over
crawl; creep
(of disease) manifest itself by
the symptoms
three
e.g. Tara aw á m zid = She has
borne three children.
love
love; charity
loveable; amiable
former time
e.g. M n tar ba yei=This was my
former husband.
loveless
e.g. Tar -fa ta-m -yei-m akpotu
pa kam =Loveless marriage is very
dangerous.
at first
e.g. E tar -fie gba bram bar m
gba =Say again what you said at
first.
reconciliation
intimate association
same
e.g. Tar k m
k m k funm
furum =It is the same person who
stole the book.
for some time; since
e.g. Ìtar k m k m y a emi=I
have been here for some time.
grandchild
grandchild; scion
tar k m
ta
ta -t b
¹
²
adv.
n.
n.
Additional Information
e.g. Wò ag
tabam n =He
sucking an orange.
69
is
e.g. Wó m y a aginegha k
tanm n =We are gathering hogplums here.
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Mein
te
te bra
te k
te seri
te ye
te y
tebi
teere
teereke
teí.¹
teí.²
teí-àra
teí-ki ri
teí-òwei
teí-t b
Pos
int.
int.
int.
int.
int.
int.
n.
v.a.
a.
v.t.
n.
n.f.
n.
n.
n.
tein¹
tein²
v.t.
v.t.
English
what? which?
how?
what?
what time? when?
what?
where?
inland
be round
round
play
play
(female) lover; concubine
playground
(male) lover
child born out of customary
marriage
shoot
shock
tein³
teítèí-àr
teítèí-t b
tek b n m bà
tek duón
temí¹
temí²
v.t.
n.
n.
conj.
int.
v.t.
v.t.
sting
toy canoe
toy baby; doll
because
why?
stick; pierce
pound
teri
terií
terim
teriye
t r
t r k
t gh .¹
t gh .²
t .
t m
t n.
t m ¹
v.t.
v.i.
v.cs.
n.
v.a.
v.a.
v.i. & t.
n.
v.i.
v.t.
v.i.
v.t.
t m ²
t m ³
t m 4
t m diye
t m owei
t m
t n ¹
t n ²
t r .
t t l
t t m
tiíri
tikpi
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
v.i.
n.
n.
v.t.
a.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
cover; close; shut
cover; close; shut
conceal
lid; a cover
(of small size) be round
(of small size) be round
pray; beg
prayer; supplication
escape; flee; run away
help; relieve
flow; be adrift
create; shape; fashion; form;
mould; make
spirit; ghost
soul
(=k m -t m )
image; shadow
mirror; glass
creator; maker
become soggy
thigh
altar
support; prop.
shallow
pet
cause to delay
delay
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Additional Information
e.g. Te ama a?=What town?
e.g. Te k en ar a?
e.g. mam é teiinm n , yé ò k r
ya =The electric cat-fish will shock
you if you catch hold of it.
e.g. Yè agun
pounding fufu.
temim n =I
am
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Mein
tikp
Pos
v.a.
English
be cheap
timí
timí-ebi
v.i.
n.
timi-tími
a.
timíbo-m làm
timím n
tití
tiyeín
tb
t b ka
t b kpeke
t b oboim
t b otounm
tb p l
t b -ak -gbò`l
t b -èbi
t b -gbalaye
t b - mb l
t b -okori
t b -otu¹
t b -otu²
t b -otu³
adv.
adv.
v.t.
v.i.
n.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
v.p.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.pl.
n.pl.
n.
t b -seriye
t b -s n
t b -toun
t b ka owei
t b ka ye
t b kiri
tbkm
t b sa
t b sèi
t b seriye-t a-b de
t ¹
t ²
t m ¹
t m ²
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
v.i.
v.i.
v.cs.
v.cs.
t kiri¹
t kiri²
tn
a.
n.
v.
tn
t n-ap ran
t n-biri
t n-ekemu
t n-b ra
t n-t r
t nm
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
v.t.
stay
the blessing of being a
member of a big family
like
e.g. Ì timi-timi engo k m eken
an ere nanagha=A poor man like
me can't marry that woman.
until now; hitherto
till
beat
sink
head; pate
trim the hair
shake the head
bow the head
nod
behead; decapitate
headache
luck; fortune
head-tie
tilapia sp.
Tilapia nilotica
baldness
headmen; leaders
cousins on the mother's side
overhead
Erein-m t b -otu a t i d The sun
is overhead.
pillow
kitchen
occiput
barber
scissors
scalp
headman
tax; taxation
misfortune; ill-luck
pillow-case
stand
cease
erect
stop for the time being;
postpone
immediate
footing
call
e.g. Gbaye t n pr =Call Gbaye for
me.
tree
bark
stem; trunk; log
the root of a tree
branch of a tree
knot in wood
send message
Additional Information
e.g. K r b l
Ayakorom f
a
tikpo kam =Raffia fibre is very
cheap in Ayakorom market.
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t nm b b
t nm t nm
tokí t m
tokóni
tolú
tolúm
tolúm kirí
tolúm -ara
tolúm -eye
tolúm b
tolúmòwei
tolúpa
Pos
n.
a.
v.p.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t. + v.i.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
tomú
tomú-k m
tonwein
tonwein-war
tóo!
tooru
n.
n.
n.
n.
excl.
v.t.
English
message
whole; entire
stand on tiptoe
flatter
pierce
teach; instruct
teach wrongly
instructress; female teacher
lesson
teacher
instructor; male teacher
short and narrow passage of
water connecting two rivers
outside
outsider
wasp
wasp's nest; vespiary
Shoo!
crunch
toriyebaá
torótòró
toru¹
toru²
toun
toun d
toun t r
toung l
t k
t k
t l
t l m ¹
t l m ²
t l m ³
t m
t n¹
t n²
t n³
t n.4
t n
t nm
t np l weí
t r ¹
t r .²
t r .³
t r àk
t r àsei
t r bán
t r k r
t r kpà
t r t a di
t r -àkpa
t r -àk
n.
n.
n.
n.
adv.
v.t.
v.p.
n.
a.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
n.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
n.
v.t.
v.t.
n.
n.
n.
n.
v.p.
v.p.
n.+v.a.
v.p.
v.p.
v.p.+v.t.
n.
a.
fish sp.
turkey
chalk
temple (of the body)
behind; back
bribe
prop
axe
pure
paint
pick
repair; mend; recondition
adorn; decorate; dress
settle
sea-perch
measure
forbid; prohibit
plan
penis
light
compare
centipede
river
eye
kind; sort
dazzle
loathe; hate
be blind
satisfy
trust; confide in
take care of; care for
eyelid
cruel
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Additional Information
also sokí t
m
e.g. S t r Tolupa
e.g. Obiri-m
emgbou w r
toorum n =The dog is crunching a
bone.
Heterobranchus spp.
Niger perch Lates niloticus
e.g. T kpam t n =Light the lamp.
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Mein
t r -ay n
Pos
n.
English
fish sp.,
t r
t r
t r
t r
t r
t r
t r
t r
t r
t r
t r
t r
t r
t r
t r
t r
t r
t r
t r
t r
t t
tú¹
tú²
tú³
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
a.
n.
n.
a.
a.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
a.
n.
n.
n.
eyelashes
eyebrow
style
presence
teething
cowardice
coward
fish sp.
human respect
brave; courageous; audacious
bravery; courage
brave man; valiant man
cruel
(of wound) septic
mudskipper
hornet
eye-glasses
the pupil of the eye
presence
private part
spotless; immaculate
bottom, rear, vulva
meaning; reason
afterwards; later
tú b
v.p.
be late
tú d
tú duo
tú fi em
tú gba
tú gb n
tú koro
tú na
tú nemi
tubó¹
tubó²
tubó kiri
tubó t a
tubók r
tubót ab
túbulou
túduob
v.p.
v.p.
v.p.
v.p.
v.p.
v.a.
v.p.
v.p.
v.t.
n.
n.
v.p.
a.
n.
n.
n.
enquire; investigate
follow
move backwards
explain; expound
retreat; withdraw
be behind
understand
understand
to ask the cost of
trade
trading company
trade
dear; costly
trader
vagina
follower
túk (túk n)
a. & adv.
next
tumgbou
tún¹
tún²
tuó
tuón¹
tuón²
n.
n.
v.i. & t.
n.
v.t.
v.t.
tail
hat
sing
grass
stop leak in canoe, etc.
close bottle with stopper
- t m
-òkeke
-òtein
àkubu
b n
b
b -k m
d
k n
k r ¹
k r ²
k r -k m
sèi¹
sèi²
s la
tonwein
t aye
t b
y ¹
y ²
t
Additional Information
probably Schilbe mystus
Eutropius niloticus
73
and
probably Physailia pellucida
Periophthalmus papilio
e.g. Ò tu a bo n ar m =He came
later.
e.g. E sukulu a tu b d =You are
late for school.
e.g. Kristi a tuduob =a follower of
Christ
e.g. túk n akp =next world Túk
n ar =See me later.
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Mein
tuónyè
t á¹
t á²
t b k
t b
t b s m
t b -kom -yin
t b -yoúgha-zi
t b fa
t b
t b r
Pos
n.
v.t.
v.i.
int.
n.
v.p.
n.
n.
a.
n.
a.
English
stopper
put
fester; suppurate (of boils)
who?
child
dandle a child
fond mother
still-birth
childless
source of a river
eastern
t
t
t
t
t
t
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
v.t.
fireplace
lamp; light
kerosene
lamp-glass; lamp-globe
lamp-glass; lamp-globe
burn a canoe so as to soften it
to be opened
cook
island; isle
(lie in) ambush; waylay;
ambuscade
b s
kpa
kpa-beni
kpa-emgbi
kpa-ololo
mgb
t
t
t wa
kpá
kpás
k k
mgba
mgbáal
ng l
t
t b rá
t ta
w ra
v.t.
n.
v.i. & t.
Additional Information
e.g. T b r
Easterners
otu=Eastern people;
n.
n.
v.a.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
loincloth
ladle
be stingy
spine
gland
fish sp.
beckoning-crab
sitatunga
onion
the sun
vámùvámù
venvenye
viín
vinm
v.i.
n.
v.i.
v.cs.
vá
v án
vur
vurúrù (vurúdù)
v.t.
adv.
v.t.
v.a.
v r
v.t.
throb
one of the lungs
be extinguished, quenched
put out light or flame;
quench
stroke
instantly
beat a way through the bush
be sudden
e.g. O Nanaowei, z ak vururu
f a t m =O Lord, deliver me from
a sudden death.
whip; lash; scourge; beat
Chrysichthys nigrodigitatus (=kelé)
Tragelaphus spekii
V.
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Mein
Pos
English
Additional Information
v.i. & t.
v.t.
v.t.
v.i.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
adv.
a.
overflow
turn
translate
turn
restore; return
answer; respond; reply
scrub
clothe
scratch
there; yonder
other
wán³
n.
duiker;
wánla
wará
warám
war ¹
war ²
war k r
war -b b
war -ki ri
war -òtu
war fà
war kòru
wasa
wasám
wénle
wenleí
wèri¹
wèri²
w nr nw nr n
w n w n
w n¹
w n²
w n pám -f r
w r
w r
v.t.
v.i.
v.cs.
n.
n.
v.p.
n.
n.
n.
a.
n.
v.i.
v.t.
v.t.
v.i.
v.t.
n.
v.a.
v.a.
v.i. & t.
n.
n.
v.t.
adv.
rinse
increase
multiply; augment
house; home
family
build a house
door
floor
roof
homeless
wall-gecko
disperse
spread
rock
rock
abuse; insult
abuse; insult
completely
be spotted
walk
journey; travel; tour
achievement
leave
now
wirí
wá
ws
wò¹
n.
v.t.
v.t.
pron.
tortoise; cunning person
strip
tear off
he; it
wò²
poss.pron.
his; its
W.
wá
wa ¹
wa ²
wa
wa m
wa m
wa n
wa n.
walá
wán¹
wán²
¹
²
75
e.g. Wan mu!=Go there!
e.g. M d
wó wan gbene a
mu=Let us go to the other village.
Maxwell's duiker Cephalophus
maxwelli or Philatomba maxwelli
e.g. An y a ò w r =Leave it there.
e.g. W r bo f ya f =Come and eat
now.
(3rd pers. sg. non-fem. before
tar kam =He
vowel) e.g. Wò
loves me very much. Ologbom pa
emi; an da wò alagha timi
boom n =The cat is out, but it will
soon come.
(3rd pers. sg. non-fem.) e.g. Wò
tumgboum p na k p na emi=Its
tail is white. Wò t b
ar m
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Mein
Pos
English
wó¹
pron.
we; us
wó²
poss.pron.
our
wot r fa
wòye
unique
his
wóye
a.
poss.pron.ind
.
pron.
Wóyin
Wóyin-beni
wóyin-t b
wuru
wuru d s koróm
wuru t
wuru-ogbudu¹
wuru-ogbudu²
wuruk r
wuruk r ¹
wuruk r b ²
wurut b
wurut y
n.
n.
n.
n.
v.p.+v.dir.
v.p.
n.pl.
n.pl.
a.
n.
n.
n.
n.
ours,
first
person e.g. Amam wóye=The town is ours.
poss.pron.ind.
God
holy water
spotted blind snake
Typhlops sp.
wine
pour libation
distil gin
the dregs of palm-wine
measles
drunken; tipsy; intoxicated
drunkenness
drunkard
distiller
distillery
ya¹
v.t.
drench
ya²
yá¹
yá²
yaa
yab
yab -bi ri
v.t.
v.i.
n.
v.a.
n.
n.
dry
itch; irritate
skin irritation; itch
be conspicuous
uncle on one's mother's side
one's uncle's family;
yad
n.
yaforó
n.
ya ¹
ya ²
n.
clitic
wife of one's brother, or a
brother or sister of one's
husband
one's wife's mother; motherin-law
son
ones
(tone depends on preceding word)
(pl. of yé=one) e.g. Bo ag bo
kagha; ka ya
k
m
d m n =These oranges are not
Additional Information
Woyinm m =His child's name is
Woyinmiemi.
e.g. Wó ò nemi w r m =We know
him.
e.g. Wó amam k m bin kam =Our
town is very populous.
e.g. Funm wòye=The book is his.
Y.
e.g. Osuo w biri a é yama a?=
Were you drenched by rain on the
way?
76
a term used to designate the position
of a person known as b ré`-eret b who lives in his uncle's house
instead of his father's. According to
tradition, when such a person dies,
all his possessions must be claimed
by his paternal relatives because he
is an exclusive child of his father.
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Mein
Pos
English
ya
ya n
ya nm
yám ¹
v.a.
v.i.
v.cs.
v.cs.
be dry
break
break
irritate; "itch"
yám
v.cs.
scratch in order to relieve
irritation
co-wife
wake
shake
be sloping; slope
slope
cause to slope
send
e.g. Funbo k n yar =Send me the
books.
baby
be showy, pompous
I
(1st pers. sg. subject before vowel)
e.g. Yè é nemigha=I do not know
you.
you
(2nd pers. sg. subject before vowel)
e.g. Yé nemigha=You don't know
me.
one
e.g. Opu ekpedi k é m d m n ,
ba n kala yem ya?=Do you want
the big box or the small one?
husband
one's husband's father
one's husband's mother
husbandless
widow
live
life
e.g. Disiin yenrin k
m yenrin
d m n =I want to live a peaceful
life.
misbehave
abuse; insult
abuse; insult
mother
mother's quarter or town
motherless
be black and smooth
be sugary
weep; cry
cause to weep or cry
cry to
tears
dissolve; disintegrate
become lean as a result of
anaemia
dissolve
to go round
²
yanfáran
yánr n¹
yánr n²
yara
yara y
yaram
yar
n.
v.t.
v.t.
v.a.
n.
v.cs.
v.t.
yayá
yayaya
yè
n.
v.a.
pron.
yé¹
pron.
yé²
n.
yei
yei-da
yei-yin
yei -fà
yei -f -ere
yenrin¹
yenrin²
n.
n.
n.
a.
n.
v.i.
n.
yenrin kirí
y k ¹
y k ²
yin
yin-biri
yin -fà
yoíi
yooyo
yoú
yoúm ¹
yoúm ²
yoúya
y ¹
y ²
v.i.+v.i.
v.t.
n.
n.
n.
a.
v.a.
v.a.
v.i.
v.cs.
v.dir.
n.pl.
v.i.
v.i.
y m
y r
v.cs.
v.i.
Additional Information
ripe; I want ripe ones.
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e.g. Otomgbolo owein-b b bo
yam m n =The mosquito bites are
"itching" me/making me itch.
Mein dictionary
Mein
y
y -efin
y m
y n.
y nm
y ye
Pos
v.i. & t.
n.
v.dir.
v.i.
v.cs.
n.
English
row; paddle
wake (of boat)
paddle; paddle towards
burn
cause to burn; set fire to
propeller
za za
zalá¹
zalá²
zaláyè
za ¹
za ²
za m
zeére.
zelée
zelélee
zereí
zezém
z b r
n.
v.t.
v.t.
n.
v.a.
n.
v.cs.
v.t.
a.
adv.
v.i.
v.t.
adv.
fish-bone
comb the hair
kick out
comb
be small, little
smallness; littleness
belittle
shake
distant; remote
plainly
shake
repress; curb; check; restrain
not very long after
z
v.i.
for some time
zi¹
zi²
v.t.
v.t.
bear a child; give birth to
(of man) beget
zi³
zi k r
zibuu
zi -fà¹
zi -fà²
zifurou
zií¹
zií²
zik r
zim ¹
n.
v.p.
v.a.
a.
n.
n.pl.
v.a.
v.a.
n.
v.cs.
delivery; confinement
travail; to be in labour
be completely
barren; sterile
barrenness; sterility
offspring
be slack
be elastic
labour (in childbirth)
deliver
zim ²
zn
zz .
zoó
z z
zú¹
zú²
zuúle.
zuzóù
zuzu
z ¹
v.t.
dem.
v.t.
v.a.
pron.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
a.
v.a.
v.t.
slacken
another
crush; crumple
be glum
each other
discharge load; unload
draw water
gargle
huge
be moderately warm
fix rafters
Additional Information
Z.
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e.g. E mu timi z b r b , ò pak
bom =He came not very long after
you had gone.
e.g. `$ m y a bo z d =I have
been here for some time.
e.g. Ogb k Ebiapad zim =It
was Ogb who begot Ebiapadei.
e.g. M wikim oyia ere
zim d =I have delivered
women within the week.
m
ten
e.g. War m z d =The rafters have
been fixed.
Mein dictionary
Mein
z ²
z á
z á seri
z ¹
z ²
z ³
Pos
n.
dem.
adv.p.
v.t.
v.t.
v.t.
English
rafter
some
sometimes
save; protect
heal; treat
dispute
z z
v.a.
be cheerful
Additional Information
e.g. Ma k n -yinb -otu k à da
p r z m n =It is two (uterine)
brothers who are disputing their
father's throne.
Proper names use in religious literature
J rúsàl m
Jek b
J n
Judiá
Jeríkò
Júù
Jésù
Jerusalem
Jacob
John
Judea
Jericho
Jew
Jesus
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