CEFR Level

Igbo — Beginner Vocabulary

149 words

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

#	Word	Type	Definition
1	abịịdịị	Noun	The set of letters used when writing in a language.
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	Any of the suborder Serpentes of legless reptile with long, thin bodies and fork-shaped tongues.
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	Manioc (Manihot esculenta), a tropical plant which is the source of tapioca.
14	akpụkpọ	Noun
15	akwa	Noun	cry, weeping.
16	akwụkwọ	Noun	A collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge, containing printed or written material, pictures, e…
17	ala	Noun	The part of Earth which is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water.
18	ala mmụọ	Noun	spirit world.
19	anụ	Noun	animal, beast.
20	anụmanụ	Noun	animal, beast.
21	anwụ	Noun	A small flying insect of the family Culicidae, the females of which bite humans and animals and suck blood, leaving an i…
22	anya	Noun	An organ through which animals see (“perceive surroundings via light”).
23	apụl	Noun
24	arụsi	Noun	spirit, divinity, god, shrine.
25	asogwa	Noun	A member, normally elected, in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate, as, for instance, the legislatures…
26	atụlụ	Noun	fool, idiot.
27	ayọ	Noun	onion (Ngwa: ayọ), (Abịrịba: ayō).
28	azụ	Noun	A typically cold-blooded vertebrate animal that lives in water, moving with the help of fins and breathing with gills.
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	To apply a force to (an object) so that it comes toward the person or thing applying the force.
35	egusi	Noun	Melon seeds that are ground to make soup in West Africa.
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	A person, typically someone other than a family member, spouse or lover, whose company one enjoys and towards whom one f…
42	epe	Noun	forest, bush.
43	ewu	Noun	goat (animal).
44	eze	Noun	A male monarch; a man who heads a monarchy; in an absolute monarchy, the supreme ruler of his nation.
45	ezi	Noun	outside, the outer parts of a house.
46	gee ntị	Verb	to listen (to), pay attention (to).
47	icheku	Noun	A tamarind plant, usually from one of three species.
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	A small river; a large creek; a body of moving water confined by banks.
59	je	Verb
60	ji	Noun	The edible, starchy, tuberous root of that plant, a tropical staple food.
61	kọmpụta	Noun
62	kpọ	Verb	to call, summon.
63	kukunduku	Noun	sweet potato.
64	mba	Noun	A severe, formal or official reproof; reprehension, rebuke, private or public.
65	mbalarị	Noun	A cloth-covered frame used for protection against rain or sun.
66	mkpụrụ osisi	Noun
67	mmanya	Noun	Any alcoholic drink produced from the sap of palm trees; toddy.
68	mmili	Noun	alternative form of mmiri.
69	mmiri	Noun	A large and often winding stream which drains a land mass, carrying water down from higher areas to a lower point, often…
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	Any species of palm which can usefully produce palm oil.
82	nna	Noun	A male parent, especially of a human; a male who parents a child (which he has sired, adopted, fostered, taken as his ow…
83	nne	Noun
84	nnu	Noun	The cardinal number occurring after three hundred ninety-nine and before four hundred one, represented in Arabic numeral…
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	Absorbing all light and reflecting none; dark and hueless.
94	nwa mba	Noun	cat (animal).
95	nwaanyị	Noun	A female monarch.
96	nwanyi	Noun	The state of being married.
97	nwata	Noun	One's direct descendant by birth, regardless of age; one's offspring; a son or daughter.
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	A vital liquid flowing in the bodies of many types of animals that usually conveys nutrients and oxygen. In vertebrates…
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	Magic derived from evil forces, as distinct from good or benign forces; or magic performed with the intention of doing h…
110	ọha	Noun	A group of people who meet from time to time to engage in a common interest; an association or organization.
111	ọhịa	Noun	forest, bush, woods.
112	oké	Noun	Belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or to the gender which is typically associated with it.
113	ọkpa	Noun	groundnut.
114	okpu	Noun
115	ọkpụkpụ	Noun
116	ọkụ	Noun	Riches; a great amount of valuable assets or material possessions.
117	ọkụ mmụọ	Noun	A place of torment where some or all sinners are believed to go after death and evil spirits are believed to be.
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	The front opening of a creature through which food is ingested.
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	A major river in West Africa that flows into the Gulf of Guinea in Nigeria.
128	osikapa	Noun	Cereal plants, Oryza sativa of the grass family whose seeds are used as food.
129	osisi	Noun	An organism that is not an animal, especially an organism capable of photosynthesis. Typically a small or herbaceous org…
130	otoko	Noun	The upper leg of a human, between the hip and the knee.
131	oyibo	Noun	A person of European descent with light-colored skin.
132	pụ	Verb	to go out, to get out of.
133	pụta	Verb	to come out, to get out.
134	ri	Verb	To ingest; to be ingested.
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	A large and often winding stream which drains a land mass, carrying water down from higher areas to a lower point, often…
142	ukwu	Noun	Of great size, large.
143	uli	Noun	indigo dye.
144	ụlọ	Noun	house, home.
145	ume	Noun
146	ụmụ	Noun	children, offspring.
147	uzo	Noun	A portal of entry into a building, room, or vehicle, typically consisting of a rigid plane movable on a hinge. It may ha…
148	ụzụ	Noun	blacksmithery.
149	weta	Verb	To transport toward somebody/somewhere.

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