CEFR Level

Igbo — Beginner Vocabulary

149 words

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

#	Word	Type	Definition
1	abịịdịị	Aha	The set of letters used when writing in a language.
2	ada	Aha	eldest daughter.
3	afa ọnụ	Aha
4	agbọghọ	Aha	young woman, maiden.
5	agbọghọ mmụọ	Aha	mermaid, spirit maiden.
6	agha	Aha
7	agwọ	Aha	Any of the suborder Serpentes of legless reptile with long, thin bodies and fork-shaped tongues.
8	ahụ	Aha	melon (climbing plant that produces edible seeds).
9	aja	Aha	earth, sand, mud.
10	akala	Aha	deep-fried bean cake.
11	akamu	Aha	ogi (fermented pap or cereal pudding typically made with maize or sorghum).
12	akara	Aha	alternative form of akala.
13	akpu	Aha	Manioc (Manihot esculenta), a tropical plant which is the source of tapioca.
14	akpụkpọ	Aha
15	akwa	Aha	cry, weeping.
16	akwụkwọ	Aha	A collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge, containing printed or written material, pictures, e…
17	ala	Aha	The part of Earth which is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water.
18	ala mmụọ	Aha	spirit world.
19	anụ	Aha	animal, beast.
20	anụmanụ	Aha	animal, beast.
21	anwụ	Aha	A small flying insect of the family Culicidae, the females of which bite humans and animals and suck blood, leaving an i…
22	anya	Aha	An organ through which animals see (“perceive surroundings via light”).
23	apụl	Aha
24	arụsi	Aha	spirit, divinity, god, shrine.
25	asogwa	Aha	A member, normally elected, in the house or chamber of a legislature called a senate, as, for instance, the legislatures…
26	atụlụ	Aha	fool, idiot.
27	ayọ	Aha	onion (Ngwa: ayọ), (Abịrịba: ayō).
28	azụ	Aha	A typically cold-blooded vertebrate animal that lives in water, moving with the help of fins and breathing with gills.
29	bata	Ngwaa	to enter, to come in.
30	bịa	Ngwaa
31	bụ	Ngwaa
32	chọ	Ngwaa
33	dị	Ngwaa	to be in a place, to be located somewhere. (of inanimate nouns).
34	dọọ	Ngwaa	To apply a force to (an object) so that it comes toward the person or thing applying the force.
35	egusi	Aha	Melon seeds that are ground to make soup in West Africa.
36	egwusi	Aha	egusi (melon seeds used in making soup).
37	ehi	Aha	cow (animal).
38	ekwum	Aha	African lungfish (esp. Protopterus annectens).
39	elu	Aha	height, top.
40	enu	Aha	height, top.
41	enyi	Aha	A person, typically someone other than a family member, spouse or lover, whose company one enjoys and towards whom one f…
42	epe	Aha	forest, bush.
43	ewu	Aha	goat (animal).
44	eze	Aha	A male monarch; a man who heads a monarchy; in an absolute monarchy, the supreme ruler of his nation.
45	ezi	Aha	outside, the outer parts of a house.
46	gee ntị	Ngwaa	to listen (to), pay attention (to).
47	icheku	Aha	A tamarind plant, usually from one of three species.
48	icheku ọkụ	Aha	embers, hot coals.
49	ịgba ọsọ	Ngwaa
50	igwe	Aha	machine, contraption.
51	ije	Aha	a journey.
52	ijeọma	Aha	A wish of happiness or welfare at parting, especially a permanent departure; the parting compliment; a goodbye; adieu.
53	ikpe	Aha	court action, lawsuit, judgment.
54	ikpèlè	Aha
55	ikpere	Aha	edge, rim, bank.
56	imi	Aha
57	iro	Aha	enemy, (Achala/Anam: irō), hatred (Ọnịcha: író).
58	iyi	Aha	A small river; a large creek; a body of moving water confined by banks.
59	je	Ngwaa
60	ji	Aha	The edible, starchy, tuberous root of that plant, a tropical staple food.
61	kọmpụta	Aha
62	kpọ	Ngwaa	to call, summon.
63	kukunduku	Aha	sweet potato.
64	mba	Aha	A severe, formal or official reproof; reprehension, rebuke, private or public.
65	mbalarị	Aha	A cloth-covered frame used for protection against rain or sun.
66	mkpụrụ osisi	Aha
67	mmanya	Aha	Any alcoholic drink produced from the sap of palm trees; toddy.
68	mmili	Aha	alternative form of mmiri.
69	mmiri	Aha	A large and often winding stream which drains a land mass, carrying water down from higher areas to a lower point, often…
70	ndị	Aha	used to form plurals of nouns referring to people.
71	ndụ̀	Aha
72	ngadaba	Aha
73	ngọzi	Aha
74	nguru	Aha	residential (walled) compound.
75	ngwọ̀	Aha	Raphia (raffia palm).
76	njem	Aha	journey, trip, travel.
77	nkịta	Aha	dog (animal).
78	nkịta ọhịa	Aha	hunting dog.
79	nkọ	Aha	angle, corner.
80	nkụzi	Aha	teaching, instruction.
81	nkwụ	Aha	Any species of palm which can usefully produce palm oil.
82	nna	Aha	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	Aha
84	nnu	Aha	The cardinal number occurring after three hundred ninety-nine and before four hundred one, represented in Arabic numeral…
85	nnu odẹne	Aha
86	nnụnụ	Aha	bird (generic).
87	nnụnụ ezi	Aha
88	nọ	Ngwaa	to be in a place. (of animate nouns).
89	ǹrịkọ̄	Aha
90	nta	Aha
91	ntị	Aha
92	ntụ	Aha	deception; guile; craft; cunning.
93	nwa	Aha	Absorbing all light and reflecting none; dark and hueless.
94	nwa mba	Aha	cat (animal).
95	nwaanyị	Aha	A female monarch.
96	nwanyi	Aha	The state of being married.
97	nwata	Aha	One's direct descendant by birth, regardless of age; one's offspring; a son or daughter.
98	nwoke	Aha	man, male.
99	nye	Ngwaa
100	nyi	Ngwaa	overburden, exhaust, overwhelm.
101	nyili	Ngwaa	conquer, overwhelm.
102	nyiri	Ngwaa	Owerri and Umuahia standard spelling of nyili.
103	nzu	Aha	white clay.
104	ọbara	Aha	A vital liquid flowing in the bodies of many types of animals that usually conveys nutrients and oxygen. In vertebrates…
105	obi	Aha	The heart, the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs; its rhythmic contractions move th…
106	oche	Aha
107	ọga	Aha	master, boss.
108	ọgba tum tum	Aha	motorcycle.
109	ogwu	Aha	Magic derived from evil forces, as distinct from good or benign forces; or magic performed with the intention of doing h…
110	ọha	Aha	A group of people who meet from time to time to engage in a common interest; an association or organization.
111	ọhịa	Aha	forest, bush, woods.
112	oké	Aha	Belonging to the sex which typically produces sperm, or to the gender which is typically associated with it.
113	ọkpa	Aha	groundnut.
114	okpu	Aha
115	ọkpụkpụ	Aha
116	ọkụ	Aha	Riches; a great amount of valuable assets or material possessions.
117	ọkụ mmụọ	Aha	A place of torment where some or all sinners are believed to go after death and evil spirits are believed to be.
118	ọkụkọ	Aha	chicken, fowl (animal).
119	okwe	Aha	Ricinodendron heudelotii, a fast-growing tropical tree prized for its seeds.
120	ọkwụrụ	Aha
121	ọlụ	Aha	work, job.
122	onu	Aha	The front opening of a creature through which food is ingested.
123	onuku	Aha	naïf, fool.
124	ọnwụ	Aha
125	onye	Aha	human being, person.
126	onyonyo	Aha	video, movie, tv or tv show.
127	orimili	Aha	A major river in West Africa that flows into the Gulf of Guinea in Nigeria.
128	osikapa	Aha	Cereal plants, Oryza sativa of the grass family whose seeds are used as food.
129	osisi	Aha	An organism that is not an animal, especially an organism capable of photosynthesis. Typically a small or herbaceous org…
130	otoko	Aha	The upper leg of a human, between the hip and the knee.
131	oyibo	Aha	A person of European descent with light-colored skin.
132	pụ	Ngwaa	to go out, to get out of.
133	pụta	Ngwaa	to come out, to get out.
134	ri	Ngwaa	To ingest; to be ingested.
135	sa	Ngwaa	to wash, to scrub.
136	sọọsọ	Aha	only, alone (used like an adverb).
137	sopuru	Aha	A well respected person.
138	ụgbọ	Aha	craft, vehicle; vessel.
139	ụgbọ ala	Aha	…
140	ugwu	Aha	mountain, hill.
141	uji	Aha	A large and often winding stream which drains a land mass, carrying water down from higher areas to a lower point, often…
142	ukwu	Aha	Of great size, large.
143	uli	Aha	indigo dye.
144	ụlọ	Aha	house, home.
145	ume	Aha
146	ụmụ	Aha	children, offspring.
147	uzo	Aha	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	Aha	blacksmithery.
149	weta	Ngwaa	To transport toward somebody/somewhere.

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