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Audio Igbo-English Dictionary

Below is a collection of Igbo words listed alphabetically and spelled with their tone marks. Multiple variants of the same word can be listed to account for multiple dialects. Also several homograms (different words with the same spelling) exist in Igbo language. These are indicated with superscript numerals. To hear a word's prononciation, click it to see more information.

u

úgwù circumcision

ùgwù prestige, respect

ùkwé song

úkwù hip

úlù benefit, point, profit

úmé breath

úmù children

únèlè banana

únò house

únò-íkpé courthouse

únyí dirtiness

úrù benefit, point, profit

ùsòrò procedure

úté mat

úwé clothes, clothing

úzélē sneeze

ụ̀bá abundance

ụ́bọ̀chị̀ day

ụ́bọ̀sị̀ day

ụ̀chị́chā cockroach

ụ̀dà sound

ụ̀dị́ type

ụ̀dọ̀ rope

ụ̀fọ́dụ́ some

ụ́gụ̀rụ̀ harmattan

ụ́gbọ́ vehicle

ụ̀ghá false, fraud

ụ́jọ̄ fear

ụ́kà church

ụ̀kpànà grasshopper

ụ́kwálà cough

ụ́kwụ́ leg, foot

ụ́lá sleep

ụ̀lá slap

ụ́nọ̀ ọ́gwụ̀ hospital

ụ́nụ̀ you(plural)

ụ́rá sleep

ụ̀sà indulgence

ụ̀sọ́ sweet

ụ́sụ́ bat

ụ̀tọ́ sweet

ụ̀tụ́tụ̀ morning

ụ̀wà earth, world

ụ́zọ̀ way

ụ̀zọ́ early(morning)

ụ́zụ́ blacksmith

w

-wá break, break(typically intentionally)

-wè take

-wédà bring down(a small object)

-wédàtà ànị̀ humble