CEFR Level

Igbo — Beginner Vocabulary

149 words

Can understand and use familiar everyday expressions and very basic phrases.

#	Word	Type	Definition
1	abịịdịị	Noun
2	ada	Noun	eldest daughter.
3	afa ọnụ	Noun
4	agbọghọ	Noun	young woman, maiden.
5	agbọghọ mmụọ	Noun	mermaid, spirit maiden.
6	agha	Noun
7	agwọ	Noun	snake (animal).
8	ahụ	Noun	melon (climbing plant that produces edible seeds).
9	aja	Noun	earth, sand, mud.
10	akala	Noun	deep-fried bean cake.
11	akamu	Noun	ogi (fermented pap or cereal pudding typically made with maize or sorghum).
12	akara	Noun	alternative form of akala.
13	akpu	Noun	cassava, cassava fufu.
14	akpụkpọ	Noun
15	akwa	Noun	cry, weeping.
16	akwụkwọ	Noun
17	ala	Noun	earth, land, soil, ground.
18	ala mmụọ	Noun	spirit world.
19	anụ	Noun	animal, beast.
20	anụmanụ	Noun	animal, beast.
21	anwụ	Noun
22	anya	Noun
23	apụl	Noun
24	arụsi	Noun	spirit, divinity, god, shrine.
25	asogwa	Noun	spokesman, the "voice" of a group of people.
26	atụlụ	Noun	fool, idiot.
27	ayọ	Noun	onion (Ngwa: ayọ), (Abịrịba: ayō).
28	azụ	Noun	back, backside, area behind something.
29	bata	Verb	to enter, to come in.
30	bịa	Verb
31	bụ	Verb
32	chọ	Verb
33	dị	Verb	to be in a place, to be located somewhere. (of inanimate nouns).
34	dọọ	Verb	pull, draw, tug.
35	egusi	Noun	egusi (melon seeds used to make soup).
36	egwusi	Noun	egusi (melon seeds used in making soup).
37	ehi	Noun	cow (animal).
38	ekwum	Noun	African lungfish (esp. Protopterus annectens).
39	elu	Noun	height, top.
40	enu	Noun	height, top.
41	enyi	Noun
42	epe	Noun	forest, bush.
43	ewu	Noun	goat (animal).
44	eze	Noun
45	ezi	Noun	outside, the outer parts of a house.
46	gee ntị	Verb	to listen (to), pay attention (to).
47	icheku	Noun	charcoal, embers.
48	icheku ọkụ	Noun	embers, hot coals.
49	ịgba ọsọ	Verb
50	igwe	Noun	machine, contraption.
51	ije	Noun	a journey.
52	ijeọma	Noun	A wish of happiness or welfare at parting, especially a permanent departure; the parting compliment; a goodbye; adieu.
53	ikpe	Noun	court action, lawsuit, judgment.
54	ikpèlè	Noun
55	ikpere	Noun	edge, rim, bank.
56	imi	Noun
57	iro	Noun	enemy, (Achala/Anam: irō), hatred (Ọnịcha: író).
58	iyi	Noun	brook, small stream.
59	je	Verb
60	ji	Noun
61	kọmpụta	Noun
62	kpọ	Verb	to call, summon.
63	kukunduku	Noun	sweet potato.
64	mba	Noun	nation, ethnicity, people.
65	mbalarị	Noun
66	mkpụrụ osisi	Noun
67	mmanya	Noun	palm wine.
68	mmili	Noun	alternative form of mmiri.
69	mmiri	Noun	river, stream.
70	ndị	Noun	used to form plurals of nouns referring to people.
71	ndụ̀	Noun
72	ngadaba	Noun
73	ngọzi	Noun
74	nguru	Noun	residential (walled) compound.
75	ngwọ̀	Noun	Raphia (raffia palm).
76	njem	Noun	journey, trip, travel.
77	nkịta	Noun	dog (animal).
78	nkịta ọhịa	Noun	hunting dog.
79	nkọ	Noun	angle, corner.
80	nkụzi	Noun	teaching, instruction.
81	nkwụ	Noun	oil palm (Elaeis guineensis).
82	nna	Noun
83	nne	Noun
84	nnu	Noun
85	nnu odẹne	Noun
86	nnụnụ	Noun	bird (generic).
87	nnụnụ ezi	Noun
88	nọ	Verb	to be in a place. (of animate nouns).
89	ǹrịkọ̄	Noun
90	nta	Noun
91	ntị	Noun
92	ntụ	Noun	deception; guile; craft; cunning.
93	nwa	Noun	child, offspring.
94	nwa mba	Noun	cat (animal).
95	nwaanyị	Noun	woman, female.
96	nwanyi	Noun
97	nwata	Noun
98	nwoke	Noun	man, male.
99	nye	Verb
100	nyi	Verb	overburden, exhaust, overwhelm.
101	nyili	Verb	conquer, overwhelm.
102	nyiri	Verb	Owerri and Umuahia standard spelling of nyili.
103	nzu	Noun	white clay.
104	ọbara	Noun
105	obi	Noun	The heart, the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move th…
106	oche	Noun
107	ọga	Noun	master, boss.
108	ọgba tum tum	Noun	motorcycle.
109	ogwu	Noun	dark magic; fetish.
110	ọha	Noun	community, people; everybody, public; force of public opinion.
111	ọhịa	Noun	forest, bush, woods.
112	oké	Noun	portion, share, division, part.
113	ọkpa	Noun	groundnut.
114	okpu	Noun
115	ọkpụkpụ	Noun
116	ọkụ	Noun
117	ọkụ mmụọ	Noun
118	ọkụkọ	Noun	chicken, fowl (animal).
119	okwe	Noun	Ricinodendron heudelotii, a fast-growing tropical tree prized for its seeds.
120	ọkwụrụ	Noun
121	ọlụ	Noun	work, job.
122	onu	Noun
123	onuku	Noun	naïf, fool.
124	ọnwụ	Noun
125	onye	Noun	human being, person.
126	onyonyo	Noun	video, movie, tv or tv show.
127	orimili	Noun	any large body of water: an ocean, sea, large river, etc.
128	osikapa	Noun
129	osisi	Noun	plant, tree.
130	otoko	Noun
131	oyibo	Noun	white person, European.
132	pụ	Verb	to go out, to get out of.
133	pụta	Verb	to come out, to get out.
134	ri	Verb	to eat, to absorb.
135	sa	Verb	to wash, to scrub.
136	sọọsọ	Noun	only, alone (used like an adverb).
137	sopuru	Noun	A well respected person.
138	ụgbọ	Noun	craft, vehicle; vessel.
139	ụgbọ ala	Noun
140	ugwu	Noun	mountain, hill.
141	uji	Noun	cave, hollow.
142	ukwu	Noun	leg, foot.
143	uli	Noun	indigo dye.
144	ụlọ	Noun	house, home.
145	ume	Noun
146	ụmụ	Noun	children, offspring.
147	uzo	Noun	road; path; way; route; doorway; entrance.
148	ụzụ	Noun	blacksmithery.
149	weta	Verb

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