Urhobo Dictionary

URHOBO - ENGLISH DICTIONARY
by
Anthony Obakpnvw Ukere
B.A. (HONS) Linguistics (UNIBEN), ANIPR
Typed in by George Sider for Kay Williamson ().

This version edited by Roger Blench (Cambridge 2005)
Introduction
The present Urhobo dictionary was locally published in Nigeria, printed by Ilupeju Press, Benin City. The
original is not dated, but the preface is dated 1986, so perhaps this is the date of publication. It was typed
into the computer, originally into Macintosh and later transferred to PC at the behest of Kay Williamson ()
who has some role in encouraging it s original publication.
Changes in the manuscript
The following changes were made by Roger Blench for this circulation version;
1. English corrected
2. Fonts changed from IPA Kiel to Times New Roman
3. Text formatted as a table
The original has a grammatical introduction, and an appendix listing Urhobo proper names and towns. The
original also has an IPA-like transcription following the main Urhobo orthographic entry. This was not
typed and indeed, since the orthography is phonemic these values can be reconstructed.
Urhobo Phonology and Orthography
Urhobo phonology is summarised in Elugbe (1986) who also gives references to earlier studies. A striking
difference with between the two authors is that Ukere claims /l/ and /n/ are allophones and l is thus absent
from the dictionary. Elugbe on the other hand, distinguishes a lenis l, /l/ from its non-lenis counterpart /l/.
Elugbe also notes the occasional presence of an eighth vowel, // in two words, v$, one, and s$,
hawk, transcribed by Ukere as vo and so.
The table shows the IPA values in Urhobo orthography
tS
r8
S
B
ch
dj
gh
mw
ph
rh
sh
vw
Nasalisation is indicated by vowel with n following. Thus an =

Ukere treats Urhobo as having two tones, High and Low, as well as rising and falling tones. The dictionary
marks only high tone; all other tones are considered to be either low or glides. Elugbe (1986) discusses
different analyses of the tonal system, eventually concluding that Urhobo has two tones plus downstep. He
admits, however, that further analysis is required.
Parts of Speech
Urhobo words can be classified according to the function they have in the sentence. The following table
gives the abbreviations potentially used in the dictionary with short explanations;
Abbrev
iation
Full form
Explanation
a.
adv.
aux.
coll.
conj.
dem.
excl.
exp.
id.
Adjective
Adverb
Auxiliary
Collective
Conjunction
Demonstrative
Exclamation
Expression
Ideophone
int.
n.
num.
Interrogative
Noun
Numeral
Describes a noun
Qualifies a verb
Added to a verb to modify it, like a tense-marker
Used to describe a collection of discrete objects
A word used to join two or more nouns, verbs or clauses
Words used to point out something. 'this', 'that' etc.
Greetings or expressions that do not form part of an ordinary sentence
Idiomatic expression
Word that describes a sound, appearance or sensation, usually reduplicated
and functioning as an adverb or adjective
Question words
Refers to things, objects etc.
Number
obj.
part.
p.n.
prep.
pron.
v.
v.i.
Object
Particle
Proper Name
Preposition
Pronoun
Verb
Intransitive
Verb
Verbal Noun
Transitive verb
v.n.
v.t.
Form when a pronoun is the object of a sentence

Short words added to complete the sentence
A name of a person or object; always capitalised
A word positioning nouns or verbs in time or space
A word that stands for a noun
Describes action
A verb with no object
A noun formed directly from a verb to express a state of being
A verb with an object
References
Elugbe, B.O. 1989. Comparative Edoid: phonology and lexicon. (Delta Series No. 6.) University of Port
Harcourt Press.
ii
Urhobo Dictionary A.O. Ukere (1986)

Urhobo
Web version by Roger Blench (2005)
PoS
English gloss
Aa
n
abaka
abavo
ab
abmu
abrha
abrn
abv
da1
ada2
adrha
di
adjn
adjaghn
djeghwghw
adjen
djkrtgba
adjudju
adjug
fe
fiha
fidj
afiot
afrhe
agada
gg
ag
aguare
agb (ogba)
agbada
agbadarizobo
agbagba
agbakara
(ahwarihwa)
agbara (aga)
agbogu
agboro
agbt
agbn (iride)
agbuna
agbrara
aghn
excl.
n.
a.
n.
n.
adv.
n.
adv.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
exclamation of disbelief, shock or surprise, also used for questioning.

grasshopper
equal
guilt (in a case or law-suit)
wrestling
thrice
sword
twice
forked stick
outing
three-way junction
position/part
bat
swallow
camphor
self acclaimed witch or wizard
pants
fan
wheel
menstruation
stadium, playground
masquerade playground
rabbit
brain
crotch, area between the legs
gong, bell
camp, temporary settlement
court
oil bean seed
bridge
altar
cross
raffia and oil-palm beetle
chair
dagger
echo
chin
placenta
matches
thunder
broom
1

Urhobo
aghighn
aghgh
ghw
aghwaghwa
aghware
aghwn
aghwoghwo
he
ahnre
ahwa
ahworh
aka1
kn2
akaba
akanr
akara
akik
akob
akorruo
akuakua
akpakpasmagha
akpan
kpnurh
kpt
akpyr
akpr
akpri
akprusiavwr
kpvw
akpno
akp1
akp2
akr
ama
makshe
ame
amebe
amereka (agbakara)
(ekaikai)
amersagu
amidi (oghwrdi)
amivi
amno
mrdj
amw
PoS
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
int.
n.
n.

English gloss
chain of coral beads worn round the neck by chiefs

joy/happiness
bush
bush dog
wisdom
hamster [N.B. there are no hamsters in Nigeria. Perhaps a bush-rat?]
announcement
owl-like bird
sound of snoring
pliers
sponge
Urhobo name for the Edo (Bini) people and their language
bitter kola
specie of gong
snake monitor
bean-cake
water-snail
metal trap used for catching small animals such as rats
office
wooden slit-gong
scorpion
baldness, bald head
stool
mouth-organ, organ
way of life
elephant tusk horn
enjoyment
padlock
thanksgiving
very flat bead made from rubber or palm kernel shells
world
life
small lizard
bell
angel
water
ink
locally brewed gin, ogogoro
groundnut oil
banga soup
tears
who (coll.)
charm for protection against the dead
cloth
2

Urhobo
PoS
anama
an
anik (oth)
nn
apene
pipi
aphia
areba
arere
rikpa
arido
rr
arurivwi
arud
arumr
arh
arhare (ekorhi)
arh
rhgh
rhvwefe
rhur
asa1
as2
asn3
asadveravwe
as1
asn2
aseje
siweri
aso
atmu
atn
trhvwe
att (akpata)
atikprere
at1
aton2
av
vivwe (avin)
avwre1
avwrn2
avware3
vwrh
vweb
avwerhe
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
a.
n.
n.
n.
n.
exp.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
pron.
pron.
n.
n.
n.
n.

English gloss
pride
April
lower wrapper (of the two) worn by women
old coin, originally a tenth of a penny
draughts
hornbill
knife
very poisonous seed
baby louse
charm for protection against any poisonous thing taken in by mouth
charm for sharp remembrance/knowledge
fishing net
designated spot where traditional rites are offered to the ancestors
mercy
prophesy
March
forehead
salvation
contribution
special bead worn on the neck like a bow-tie by traditional rulers
development
place
bird with red beak that bores hole in the pit
June
abattoir
acquittal
odd
everywhere
mamba
night
charm for effective balance
it is said
charm for easy acceptance/answer
tray, flat basin (made locally from a plant called ti)
rumour monger
chewing stick
savanna
February
armpit
we
us
wide area with collection of ponds
charm for lightness
favourite (e.g. wife)
sweetness
3
Urhobo
PoS
English gloss
avwiana
vwkpe
vwirvwe
vworo
avwr (r)
avwro
awa
aware
ws
ayar
ayvwa
aye1
ayen2
yen3
ayerrvwe
ayerwevwi
ayevevu
ayni
azagba (asotu)
aziza
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
exp
n.
pron.
pron.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
flag
charm for postponing evil days such as death
wife always treated with disdain by the husband
rainbow
gill
argument
hour
ancient
Urhobo name for the Hausa people and their language
basket used by women in fishing
meet you well (i.e. at table)
woman
they
them
Mrs.
housewife
pregnant woman
pressing iron
public place
spirit roaming in the forest which gives rise to whirlwind
v.t
adv.
adv.
v.t
v.t
conj.
v.t
v.i
a.
v.i
v.i
v.i
v.i
v.t
v.t
a.
be loose (of a baby carried on the back)

never
forever, continuously (of time)
romance
tear
until
push
grope, roam aimlessly
black
please
make way for
crow
swim (of fish)
build
comfort
warm
Bb
b
bd
bdbd (rhirrn)
bn
br
bsiye
bi (gere)
bibi
bieb
biko
bioma
bo1
bo2
b (t)
br
brbr
(vwirvwir)
bu
bb
bue
buebu
v.i
a.
v.t
quant.
be plentiful
awkward, clumsy
scrape
many
4

Urhobo
PoS
bn
brabra
br1
br2
bru
brd
brche
quant.
a.
int.
int.
v.t.
v.i
v.t

English gloss
too many/much
bad
how many?
how much?
cut
worry (about/over something)
advise
CH ch
ch
chavw
chere
chiyi
cho
chko
v.t
v.t
v.t
v.t
v.t
v.t
support/aid
screw
cook
tread (on something)
steal
help
Dd
da
dd
dede
ddvwo
d
dd
di
dia
di
digu
dino
do1
d2 (vwi)
doghodogho
ddn
du
duvwu
v.t.
a.
v.t.
conj.
v.t.
a.
v.t
v.i
int.
v.t
adv.
v.t
v.t
a.
a.
v.t
v.t
drink
sharp
welcome
nevertheless
buy
careful
block
menstruate
what
request one to say
nearly
thank, general greeting which expresses variety of sentiments
throw
slack
lean/thin
mate
pound
Dj dj
djdj
djvwe (snu)
dj1
a. peppery
v.t hide
v.t show/explain
5

Urhobo
2
dje
dj1
dj2
dj3
djdj1 (ghgh)
djdj2
djoma
dju
PoS

English gloss
v.t
v.i
v.t
v.i
a.
adv.
v.i
v.t
spray (somebody with medicine by mouth)

run
drive away (animate objects)
germinate
foolish
foolishly
introduce (oneself to)
fan
part.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
v.n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
yes, response to most greetings and directives

sharp grass
woven native bag made of raffia palm
act of crowing
thatch/roof
darkness
act of cutting
bad omen
forgetfulness
stealing
reception/welcome
patience
noise
door frame
spider sp.
peer
explanation/description
crocodile
leopard, tiger
Ee
e
ebn
bo1
eb2
eb
bri (okuku) (egh)
ebr
echa
echro
ech
edede
ediri
edo
edovi
edjkekete
edje1
dj2
edjere
edjenkpo
(adjankpu)
efe
efenudu
eferifn
fi1
efi2
egaga
eganase
gede
genge (gedge)
egr (ebi)
gr (kp)
godi (godi)
godo (iyere)
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
v.n.
n.
n.
n.
wealth
wrapper
bird sp.
fenced hidden place where masquerades and the like are dressed
rope used by palm collector in climbing the palm tree
hob
glass for drinking wine
bowel
storey building
act of pushing
vomit
kite
compound
6

Urhobo
PoS
eg
gba (hwa)
egbed1 (ukoti)
egbed2
egbedi
egbmu
gbss
gb1
egbo2
egbr
egbru
eghanran (okn)
ghene
ghre
ghrb
ghrw
ghrgbo
ghwo (ghwo)
eghwro
eghwghw
ghwughw
eghwr
eghwro (guot)
ha1 (igbe)
ha2
hapho
charha (achicha)
eho
hh
hn
ehuhu
ehware
hw
ehw
ehwj (dn)
hwrh
jro
ejbi (eje)
kn (hrh)
ekr
eki
kian
kdia
(tdia)
(chdia)
ek
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
quant.
n.
v.n.
n.
n.
n.

English gloss
pounded yam
jaw
needle
injection
barrel once used for storing commercial oil for export
preparation
charm for glorious dance
forest jungle
ram
Bahama grass
wrapper worn by men
west
young man
enmity
elbow
ankle
knee
funnel
massage
clothes moth
chameleon
July
hoe
dance
game, play
white sand
umbrella
fine
hidden place
waist
bat
(coitus) sexual intercourse
punishment, beating
laughter
joke, jest
swamp
praise
all/every
abuse
act of counting
market
raffia palm
sitting
n. sewing
7

Urhobo
ekogho
ek
ekuakua
kgb
ekpahe
ekpah
uje
gb
iyorin
kphruyovwi
kpr (unubo)
kpeti
kp (orhu)
kpo (kpu)
kpghwo
ekpono
ekrirhkrbe
kru1
ekru2
ema
emare
em1
em2
mghene
ememerha
mravwe1
mravwe2
mrha
emu (emare)
mdia
mdig
emu1
emu2
emuore
enkpukpu
(imotosakoro)
enanadja
eni1
en2
enime (rhn)
nivwvo
en1
n2
nu (obnu)
enuebro
nuer
PoS
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.p.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
v.n.
n.
n.
adv.
n.
n.
quant.
n.
n.
n.
v.n.
v.n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
prep.
n.
n.

English gloss
area
ayo, warri, game with 12 holes played with 4 counters each in a hole
property
togetherness
cold
fifty Naira (N50)
skull
shout/exclamation
box
sand
bag/pocket
thigh
act of dragging
insect that builds a shelter of small pieces of wood round itself
family
bundle
dance done mainly by elderly people with the upper part of the body
exposed
ground yam or plantain used for sacrifice
act of plaiting (hair)
twine
youth
gently
moon
month
little
food
standing
solidarity
act of carrying
act of arresting
foodstuff
motor-cycle
pineapple
elephant
head-pad
hippopotamus
charm for the exclusive attention of one's husband or lover
act of quitting
brightness
up/top
act of grumbling
ascension
8

Urhobo
enya
epini
epha
ephn
ephph (ephren)
phr1
phr2
erkive
(arn)
(akive)
erko
ern
eravwe
er
erere
eri
riri
eriv
erivwi
ero
rur
rha
erhare1
erhare2
rhe1
rhe2
erherin
erhi1
erhi2
rhia (gbje)
erhi
erhirhi
(mraravwe)
erhvwi
erhu1
erhn2
erhu1
rhu2
erhuru
erhurhu
rhuvwu
san
esb
skpa
eskpgodi
es
PoS
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.

English gloss
spittle
half kobo (k) [No longer in use]
oracle, divination
urine
ringworm
language
Urhobo name for the Ij people and their language
native blade
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
num.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
dog
crushed palm kernel fibre for making fire
animal, meat
kind of mat
gain
fish
knowledge
over-feeding
land of the dead
backbiting
dove
three
fire
hell
kind of spice
yawn
ceiling
soul/spirit
butterfly
tale-bearing
alligator pepper
ant
n.
n.
n.
n.
v.n.
n.
n.
n.
num.
n.
n.
n.
n.
millipede
hat
barn
cow
act of bending
port
refuse dump
beauty
six
bail
ant sp.
great-great-grandchild
reading, calling
9

Urhobo
PoS
esegbyta
esi
esiye
esi
esin
esirghw
esiri
esiso1
esiso2
esivwo1
esivwo2
esvwrh
esha
sh1
esh2
esh
eshu
ete
ti
etin
etyi
to
etu
ev
evie
evo
evun1 (gva)
evun2
evun3
vun4
evutu
evukpr
evghe
evu
vurgho (ibanki)
evvw
evr
evrnshi
vwrh
vwi
evwghvwo
evwmu
evwu
evwr
evwri (fgbo)
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
adv.
adv.
n.
n.
n.
n.
a.
n.
n.
prep.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.

English gloss
belief, faith
pig
sow
writing
reduction
bush pig
base
sack
two hundred Naira (N200)
treatment
act of struggling for, contesting
redemption
grey hair
act of falling
failure
rashes, crawcraw
devil
ward
plant used locally for making trays and other things
here
there
watermelon
heap
bargain
breast
some
stomach, belly
pregnancy
in (side)
shop/store
diarrhoea/dysentery
abortion
recognition
act of reaping, harvesting
bank
roasting
rising
resurrection
dream
birth
forgiveness
coronation
bat-like animal
somersault
palm oil, mineral oil
10

Urhobo
evwr
wn
ewavwe
ew (eghw)
ewne
ewri
wewu
wun
wunrw
ey
yareya
ezek
PoS
n.
n.
n.
v.n.
n.
n.
excl.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.

English gloss
dew
bush clearing
palm branch with leaves on
act of passing a thread through the eye of a needle, etc.
change, transfer
monkey
expresses happiness
shirt
trousers
bet
guinea grass
dedication
ba1
ban2
bamw
be
bgbunu
bn
bre1
bre2
brochk
biri
bo
b
ch
d
debi
d1
d2
djer
dw
dia
didjana
didjanarode
didjanarotete
diruo
diruorrh
diruorn
diruorssu
diruorv
diruoryrn
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
fish sp.
nakedness
rag
leaf
lip
romance, love-play
side
piece
opposite
lemon-grass
medicine, charm
construction
door
act of drinking
day before traditional market day
day
act of buying
day after tomorrow
market day; a day for abstaining from going to the bush for farming
residence, place
week
Sunday
Saturday
traditional working day
Wednesday
Thursday
Monday
Tuesday
Friday
11

Urhobo
d
dhr
djvw (esine)
dj1
dj2
dj3
f1
fa2
fn
fr
ga1
ga2
gu1
gua2
guare
gun
gb
gbn
gborh
gbrho
gha1
gha2
ghr
ghri
ghwr
ghweya
ghwre
ghwi1
ghwi2
ghwri
hn
hr
hrh
hrhb
hrhw
ho
h
hnmwmwun
hw
jo
karuvwiy
kegba
k
kkt
kvuvo
PoS
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
p.n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
v.n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
v.n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
excl.
n.
v.n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
a.
n.
n.
n.
n.
conj.

English gloss
leanness
traditional day of abstaining from work and some other activities
act of hiding
court case
masquerade
shrine
translation
feast held by traditional worshippers
region of the ribs
juggling
barren
service
act of driving
defilement
conference/meeting/gathering
love
strength/effort
act of embracing
coven
many towns grouped together
abomination
resultant effect of committing a forbidden act
act of dividing
majestic walk
castration
totality of married women in a given place
mat
slap
burn
slipperiness
expresses agreement
expansion
act of waiting
palm
sole
nest
bath
baptism
October
no
remembrance
rust
share/portion
camel
however
12

Urhobo
PoS
ki
ko
k
ku
kuedi (okedi)
kut
kpa1
kpa2
kpr1
kpr2
kpvwiyo
kpvw
kpo1
kpo2
lh
m1
m2
mimi
m
mr
mrvghe
ne
nrh
bi`
rn
rr
rey
r
rvwe
ri
ro
r
rurhi
ruvwivwy
ruvwte
rumr
ru
rh1
rha2 (akason)
rhrh
rhb
rhghra
rhorho
hrovwo
s
n.
n.
v.n.
v.n.
n.
n.
n.
a.
v.n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
num.
n.
v.n.
n.
num.
n.
n.
n.
v.n.
n.
v.n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
v.n.

English gloss
sourness
group
act of planting
act of packing
place where palm nut collectors process the nuts
country
fool
unripe
act of lifting
postponement
answer/reply
gratitude, thanks
charm for protection against machete attack
swelling
charm for easy life
act of measuring
moulding
sweetness
production (of fruits)
act of seeing, visitation
realisation
four
pacification (e.g. from crying)
act of grinding
creeping
eight
admission, acceptance
levelling
tongue
act of eating
eye
act of swallowing
civilisation
hope
supervision
prophecy
entry
flying
leopard
swimming
wrist
dislocation (of a bone in the body)
leech
prayer
act of shooting
13

Urhobo
sn
se
serka
sifa
si
sh
shr (ekpono)
t
trhe
to
togba
trh
tr
tuohoro
tuosh
tuvwy
va1 (rhn)
v2
v1
v2
vwri
vwr
vw
vwe2
vw
vwr
vwiye
vwri1
vwri2
vw
wa1
w2
wn
y
yar1
yar2
yerin
yghr
PoS
n.
n.
n.
adv.
n.
n.
v.n.
v.n.
n.
n.
n.
v.n.
v.n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
v.n.
v.n.
n.
v.n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
English gloss
selection
gift
souvenir
later
refusal
sale
act of crawling
act of recovering what is used as collateral security
pool of water
hair
beard
act of burning
act of picking
female pubic hair
male pubic hair
beginning starting
alligator
butchery
act of bending
act of belching
repetition
act of wrapping
goat
kola nut
eczema
pot (native)
she (nanny) goat
fading
baby vomit
act of swelling
collateral security
pass
mind, breath
act of drying
bitterness
act of begging
May
struggling for balance, staggering
14

Urhobo
PoS

English gloss
Ff
f1
fa2
f3
fn4
fe
fefe
fn
fi
fi
fiunu
fobrhe
fon
fori
f (fotoyi)
frh1
frh2
fu
fuef
fr
fru
v.t
v.i
v.t
v.t
v.i
a.
v.i
v.t
v.t
v.i
exp.
a.
a.
v.t
v.t
v.t
v.t
a.
v.t
v.t
translate
confess
cane/whip
transport
be rich
empty
differ, differentiate
leak
split
hiss
you may return soon (farewell)
clean
necessary
silence
wash (clothes)
extract liquid from leaves through squeezing
quench
quiet
juggle
snatch
Gg
ga1
ga2
gagn (gan)
gegerege
gngn
gidigidi1
gidigidi2
gidigba
gogorogo
g
gu
gua (dj)
gu (guegue)
gugunu
gu
gugh
guoguo
gun1
gun2
v.t
v.t
adv.
id.
id.
id.
id.
id.
id.
v.t
v.i
v.t
v.t
a.
v.t
v.t
a.
v.t
v.i, v.t
serve
hold baby in squatting position to ease its defecation and urination
firmly, well
very high
very thin
eager, impatient
describes state of flame or heat
stout, massive
very tall/high
worship
judge
drive
frighten
bent
dissolve
destroy
weak, sluggish
find, look for
want, love
15

Urhobo
grogr
PoS

English gloss
a. long/tall
GB gb
gb
gbane
gbe1
gbe2
gbegb
gberi
gberuo
gb
gbn
gbogb
gbgbrgbn
gbrogho
gbrugho
v.t
v.t
v.i
v.i
a.
v.t
exp.
v.t
v.i
a.
id.
v.t
v.t
tie
embrace
dance
narrate
dirty
underline, rule
please continue with your meal (sing.)
cut grass
smell
rotten
very long, tall or huge
shake something like a tin of oil
shock
GH gh
gha
ghaghre
ghare
gheregbe
ghevweghe
gho
ghoro
gh
ghri
ghrghr
ghroghro
v.i
a.
v.t
a.
a.
v.t
v.t
v.t
v.i
v.t
a.
forbid
costly, dear, expensive
divide
expansive
ordinary
hoot at
hawk
entertain
walk majestically
call someone's name poetically to make it more appealing
transparent
GHW ghw
ghwa
ghwaghw
ghware
ghw
ghwi
ghwo
ghwoghwo
ghwori
v.t
a.
v.t
v.t
v.t
excl.
v.t
a.
carry, take along

old
castrate
pack (things)
slap
exclamation of disappointment/surprise
announce
slippery
16

Urhobo
1
ghworo
ghworo2
ghw
ghwr
ghwu
PoS
v.t
v.t
v.i
v.t
v.i
English gloss
massage
rub
be angry
waste
die
Hh
ha
harhe
hh
hhre
hrh
ho
h1
h2
hh
huhu
hra
hrahrahra
v.i
v.t
excl.
a.
v.t
v.t
v.t
excl.
a.
v.t
v.t
id.
play (e.g. have fun)

abuse
expresses surprise
wide
wait
fine
bathe
expresses surprise
similar
close/shut
disorganise/scatter
very dry
v.t
v.t
a.
v.t
v.t
excl.
v.t
v.i
v.t
id.
pay
tighten
narrow
kill, break (of glass, bottles, etc)
punish
expresses surprise resulting from fear
sweep
laugh
wash
very clean
excl.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
expresses sad feelings

one's father
grandfather
hunting
maternity home
charm for effective wrestling
17
HW hw
hwa1
hw2
hwahwa
hwe1
hw2
hwek
hwerhe
hw
hworh
hwrhwrhwr
Ii
ibba
ibbode
ibef
ibtni
ibiab

Urhobo
biet
ibsu (absu)
ibkp
ibunku
brbru (eka) (ila)
brehe
ibrro
ichb
ichiyi
idn
idr
du
idjagodo
idjhrhr
idj
djdje
idjrhe
idjghere
idjo (ighr)
idjogb
ifada
ifiaro
fikir
ifio (oghwa)
ifo
ifot
if
igb (koko)
igar
ig
igede
iged
ggrha
ggne
gg
igogono (ikoroba)
igvin
gugu
igbe
igberadja
(nshh)
gbro
igbyi
(igbhn)
(omaruwevwi)
PoS
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
conj.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
English gloss
alphabet
red poplin
mosquito net
skirt
tribal marks
mud
second (of time)
five kobo (5k)
footprint
word used in reference to money mostly in the olden days
cupboard
cocoyam
kerosene tin
mumps
game played by young girls in which they clap hands and jump
example
road
bicycle
horn
raffle/gambling
Roman Catholic Father
scorn
because (of)
money or material given to a person in appreciation of a good
performance (e.g. during dancing)
work or something done in return for the same gesture
picture
waterleaf
shoulder
garri
Indian hemp
drum
timber
triangle
square
angle
bucket
governor
gossip
Urhobo traditional religion
prostitute
n. eyebrow
n. wall
18

Urhobo
PoS
igbo
igbunegb
igbunu
gho1
gho2
ghorofn
ghwr
hwe
hwegb san
hwe gb rere
hwegb ghwr
hwegb rhirin
hwrh
(hwegbrha)
hwn (hwegbne)
hwir
(hwegbyorin)
hwv (hwegbv)
j
ikadoro
ikebe
ikenekene
kenke
ikoko
ikonosha
koro1 (idadeghe)
koro2
ikk
ku1
kun2
ikur
ikpach
kpkpne
ikpmku
ikpekpa
ikpgri
ikpukpuyk
ikrasi
ma
imgoro
imamiwta
imashini
imj
(emj)
(ikpekparre)
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
num.
num.
num.
num.
num.
num.
num.

English gloss
Urhobo name for the Igbo people and their language

armed robber
mystery
money
milk teeth (of babies)
transport fare
seven
ten
sixteen
eighteen
seventeen
nineteen
thirteen
num. fourteen
num. fifteen
num.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
num.
n.
n.
n.
n.
twelve
covenant
candle
buttocks
hide-and-seek
stilt dance
cocoa
mattress
cloud
bangle made of elephant tusks
stammer
crayfish
story
drum
towel
(soya) beans
zinc
shelf
melon
duck
kerosene
trillion (1,000,000,000,000)
mango
mermaid
machine
table
19

Urhobo
imjrghwrr
(emjrghwrr)
imidaka (eraka)
iminiti
mphopho
mu
mur
inma (imelu)
inehweri
inkuku
inm (igbefia)
inne
innode
inn
n
ipto
ipt
re (esha)
iredio (agboro)
irba
iroro
irsu
ruru
ruo
ruob
ruorugbb
irhro
irhbo (isbo)
rhirin
rhbo
irhue
irhu
isabato
isma
isara
isn
is1
is2
is
isigti
sio
isirho
isrgbo
isdje (isoja)
s
PoS

English gloss
n. desk
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
num.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
cassava
minute (of time)
termite
excommunication
assurance
cattle
charm for love
pigeon
file
one's mother
grandmother
today
dirt
pot (imported)
button
beans (white)
radio
rubber tree, rubber
thought
rice
activity
job
handiwork
manual work
presence
pepper
nine
Urhobo name for the Itsekiri people and their language
liver
mode of dressing
shoe
sardine
saw, carpenter's implement
camwood
amen
proverb
East, also used in addressing a group of people
cigarette
star
foreign land
special bed designed for a bride on circumcision
soldier
excreta, stool, faeces
20

Urhobo
susu
isuta
sha
shsh
ishne (ushne)
ishne hwe
ishne yorin
ishuws
tba
itson
itetebe
it
telvishn
(ekpetiughe)
itiani
itir
itomtosi
itonotono (itatono)
itshi
it
itutu
vv
v
iviwa
ivumivw
vwirhi
ivwo
vwori
ivworhya
ivwugh
ivwri1
ivwri2
ivwrte
wurhie
yko
yw
ye1
iye2
iysi
iynrn
iysiri
iyori1
iyori2
yorin3
izn
PoS
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
num.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
excl.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
num.
n.

English gloss
administration
cardigan
beans (brown)
black pepper
ten kobo (10k)
one Naira (N1)
fifty kobo (50k)
bedbugs
tobacco
pot (imported)
water lettuce
parable-like statement
television
blanket
black eyeliner substance used by women as cosmetic on the eyes
tomato
turkey
torch
mushroom
fungus
promise
two
guarantor
annoyance
smoke
bud
stream
tapioca
foam
fat
ants that build their nest beneath the leaves
scrotum
ash
gum (teeth)
soldier ant
sacrifice
word for appreciating an ideal situation
horse
news
gospel
curse
oath
five
strawberry
21

Urhobo
izbu
izbo
PoS

English gloss
a. counterfeit (of money)

n. offering
Jj
j1
j2
j3
j4
ji
jiro
jokpa n
joma
jomat1
jomat2
jovwo
v.t
v.t
v.t
conj.
v.t
v.t
conj.
adv.
a.
adv.
v.i
choose
let
speak
yet
send
praise
unless
almost
be careful
carefully
leave off
Kk
kada
kkn (phiphi)
kare1
kare2
karovwiy
kasakasa
kere
kerh
ke
kdkd
kdfa
kkrk
kr
ksifa
ksiye (tvwe)
kidia (tidia) (chidia)
kdi
kr
ko
kd (td)
kokakoka
koko
kokdo1
exp. response of kings and chiefs to the greetings and praise-singing of their
subjects
adv. at all
v.t lock
v.t scratch
v.i remember
n. anywhere
v.t count
v.i listen
v.t give
adv. everyday, daily
exp. till another day/goodbye
adv. precise or required amount
prep. near, next, by
exp. till another time/goodbye
conj. before
v.t sit
int. what else
conj. as/like
v.t sew
exp. till tomorrow/goodnight
id. all kinds, any kind
adv. together
a. deep
22

Urhobo
PoS
English gloss
adv.
adv.
pron.
pron.
n.
n.
v.t
adv.
v.t
v.t
v.t
v.i
v.t
conj.
v.t
adv.
v.i
v.t
deeply
firmly, tight
anybody
anything
every town
every word
plant
always, anytime
pluck
pour
pack (property)
depreciate in value
fence
and
unite
piecemeal
keep long
assemble (of things)
kpa (geri)
kpahe (kpa)
kpare1
kpare2
kpatakpata
kpavwiy
kp
kpnu
kperi (bunu)
kpn
kpkprkp
kpkpvwi
kpvw
kpirhi
kpogho
kpokpo (naghe)
kpkp
kpono1
kpono2 (shr)
kpt
kp1
kp2
kpnkpn
v.t
prep.
v.t
v.t
adv.
v.t
v.t
a.
v.i
v.t
adv.
a.
v.t
v.t
v.t
v.t
a.
v.t
v.i
a.
v.t
v.i
a.
vomit
about/on
lift
postpone
quickly
answer/reply
knit
high
shout
peel
till dawn (staying awake)
shallow
be grateful to
fold
shake
worry/trouble
fresh/new
drag
crawl
low
deflect
dry
lumpy
23
kokdo
kkrk
kohwokohwo
kravwkravw
korhokorho
kotakota
k
kkekke
kre
ku
kua
kueki
kuere (muogba)
kugb
kuomagbe
krnkrn
kri
kru
KP kp

Urhobo
kprh
kprgd
PoS
English gloss
v.t make wet

adv. suddenly, unexpectedly
Mm
m1
ma2
mam
man
marho
mav
me
meru
m
m1 (m)
mi2
mie
mimi
mgu
miomiovwi
miovwi
misiguare
momo
m
mu1
mu2
mu3
mudia
muegbe
muod
mr
mrvughe
mrob (mruvw)
mwa
v.t
v.t
adv.
v.i
adv.
int.
v.t
v.i
poss.a.
pron.
v.t
v.t
a.
exp.
a.
v.t
exp.
v.t
v.i
v.t
v.t
v.t
v.t
v.i
v.t
v.t
v.i
v.i
v.t
measure
mould
well
writhe
especially, particularly
how
plait
pretend, feign
mine/my
I
squeeze
take
sweet
I am on my knees (greeting from a junior person to a senior or more
elderly one)
ugly
spoil
I greet the gathering (before and after making a speech)
borrow
produce
carry
arrest
be afflicted (e.g. by sickness or disease)
stand
prepare, get ready
give name
see
realise
find time, get a chance to
press (of fruit)
24

Urhobo
PoS

English gloss
Nn (LI)
na
nabe
nana
nnnn
ne
nen
n
nrh
ni
no
n1
n2
nn1
nn2
nnn
nuvie
art.
adv.
dem.
adv.
v.t
v.t
prep.
v.t
v.t
v.i
v.t
v.t
v.t
a.
a.
v.t
the
properly
this/these
now, just now
excrete, pass out faeces
follow
from
pacify
look
shine
ask
grind, sharpen
drip, pour a drop at a time
soft
greasy, oily
open (locked object only)
NY ny
nyavwe
ny
nyo
v.t to use cutlass on

v.t press
v.i hear
Oo
ba
obro (aro)
obere
obiebi
obo
obhwre (obgob)
obn
obt (t)
obyi
ob1
ob2
obde
obrhe
obnu
obvo (sivo)
obko
n.
n.
n.
a.
pron.
n.
dem.
prep.
dem.
n.
adv.
a.
n.
exp.
adv.
n.
end
front, forward
basket
black (used in some contexts as biebi)
what
left hand
this side, here
under
that side, there
hand
recently
intact
right hand
I am at table
once
back, behind
25

Urhobo
obruche
och
och (ty)
ocheremu
och
chb
oda (gda) (pia)
odemuo
od1
d2
drwarena
(drkporina)
di1
odi2
odn3
odibo1
db2
odiodi
odo1
d2
dd
odv
od
odduma
oddr
oduvwiro
odja1
djan2
djdja
odjvw
odjephia
odjidjiro
odjigb1
odjigb2
odjiko
odju
(avwr)
(aphopho)
odjvw
ofn
fe1
fe2
ofn
ofi
ofi
ofovwi
PoS
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
adv.
adv.
n.
n.
a.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
num.
num.
num.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
a.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
English gloss
adviser
wedge
blow
cook
water pot
eunuch
cutlass/machete
naming, name-giving
name
tomorrow
yesterday
deaf-mute
grass
even
servant
banana
nought, zero, nothing
fever
big mortar
flower
nickname
one hundred thousand (100,000)
billion (1000,000,000)
million (1,000,000)
goldsmith
soap
hookworm
pain
secret
exhibition, introduction (e.g. as part of a book)
cold (in some contexts as = djidjiro)
yellow bush-yam
long slender cutlass used for grass cutting
mat made of raffia palm
wind/air
heaven
transport
yam-beetle
tuberculosis
difference
smallpox
lie
war
26

Urhobo
gga
ogebene
g
ogiribo
ogod
ogoro
ogue
oguefia (ovwrefia)
gba1
ogb2
gbe
ogbere
ogbeyin (arirhiri)
gbn
gbo
ogbko
gborgbo
(wrhn)
ogborhuane
(okokoroko)
ogb
ogbn
ogb
ogha (ogaga)
oghare
oghrvo
ghghori
oghoremu
ogh
oghre
oghresi
oghriki
oghw1
ghwa2
oghwara1
oghwara2
oghwvwri
(oghwfgbo)
oghw (irhibo)
oghwkpo
ogrogro
oha
ohahe
oheri
hhre
PoS
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
English gloss
power
dish
pimple
stormy rain
sheep
frog
robin [no robins in Nigeria]
liar
fence
iron
quarter
poverty
tortoise
eel
python
distance
monitor lizard, iguana
n. cock
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
tree felling stage in the preparation of farm land

bullet
warrior
long instrument with barbs used for killing fish (e.g. spear)
division
afternoon
lizard
hawker
branch
hook
mouse
tree sp.
load
stall
castrated animal (e.g. pig)
gourd
oil soap
n.
n.
a.
n.
n.
n.
n.
soup
toad
tall, long (in some contexts = grogro)
mockery
silk-cotton tree
heat
width
27

Urhobo
ohori
hor
ohre
ohnre
hr
hra
ohro (erawevwi)
ohwahwa
ohwrivwi
ohwiyeri
ohw
ohwhw
ohwrkp
oja1
oj2
oji
ojr
oka1
ka2
kk
kao
karerivwi
okr1
okr2
oke
okemwa
okere
okidiagbara
(ochidiagbara)
ko (ugbeya) (s)
ok1
ok2
okrdi
okrnu (rupleni)
okrrhre (okuna)
okrrivwi
(kpetirivwi)
okrt (imto)
okrhphe
okuba
okugb1
okugb2
okukuji
(okpurhukpurhu)
PoS
English gloss
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
worm
vagina
neck
fight
skin
disorganisation
rat
harmattan
ghost
fisherman
person
each other
human being
suffering
yam stick
thief
chain
type/kind
mark
crop
masquerade
birth mark
gun-shot
wardrobe
Urhobo name for the Yoruba people and their language
tailor
frog sp.
chairman
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
friend
asset
boat/canoe
boat used locally for production of palm oil
aeroplane
ship
coffin
n.
n.
n.
a.
n.
n.
motor vehicle
raft
necessity
federal
togetherness
owl
28

Urhobo
okuogho
(urif)
(onso)
(vwauyovwi)
okpa1
kpa2
okpagha
okpahvo
okpakpa
okpmu1
okpmu2
okpet (gbargba)
okpohrkpo
krkr
okri (kpro)
oma1 (ugboma)
ma2
omagre
omam
omm1
omam2 (uvi)
omaohw
omarvwre
omaryen
omarowan
(omarovwan)
omaryen
omavwerhovw
omawn
omdje
omkuogbe
omrovwo
omeru
omvwuo
omcha
omdja
omri
omvu
omvwrh
omvwvw
omvwvw
(ovwvwvwe)
omragua
mgod
moko
mkri (mkpro)
PoS
English gloss
n. headtie/headscarf
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
int.
pron.
n.
a.
pron.
pron.
pron.
pron.
calabash
hand-woven wrapper as thick as blanket
oil-bean tree
two Naira (N2)
haste
big hawk
strange thing, extraordinary thing that beats imagination
trouble
lion
shortness
he (billy) goat
body/self
image
how are you?
myself
fruit
best/special
oneself
ourselves
themselves
yourselves
pron.
n.
pron.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
himself, herself, itself

pleasure, gladness, joy
yourself
introduction
unity
holiday
pretence
pomposity
protection
harshness
jealousy
shame
struggling
competition
disgrace
n.
n.
n.
n.
mister (Mr.)
lamb
parrot
young he-goat
29

Urhobo
mni
mtete
moz
omur
on
nn (on)
n
ni
niruakp
niye
onini
niorvwe
nivo
oniru
oniyono
no
ngbo
lk
onor
lrgun
ontu
onughe
piri
ophro
phir
phopho
(irhiberhare)
phr
ora
oravun
rab
rahre
rvw
orere
or1
r2
ormr
or1
ri2
orin3
oriaren
ri
orivwi
orivwish
ro1
PoS
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
int.
n.
p.n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
English gloss
relation
infant
plate (unbreakable)
arbitrary act
skill
question
race
mother
stepmother
in-law (female)
master
mother/sister in-law
brother/sister
programme
syllabus
who (sing.)
cat
sea-god
leader
chief
commissioner/minister
spectator
dance
face
whistle
pepper soup
mudfish
sore
stomach ulcer
bracelet
necklace
thing/something
hare
feast
plea
sight
pomade
food made of corn
pus
August
palm tree
corpse
funeral
gold
30

Urhobo
2
or
ororigho
orvwe
rua
oruch
orugb
orukr
orukugb
orukuruku
orumwemwu
orr
rh
orhare
rhre
orhrn
orhrh
orh
orhi
orhirhi
orho (rere)
rhma
rh
rhua
orhu1
orhu2
orhure
rhuro
osa1
osa2
sye
osbro
oseghe
seri
s
osvwe (eheri)
osi
osibe
osio
osioruru (l)
osivwohwo
osn
osuigod
osheny
sh1
osh2
PoS
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
prep.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.

English gloss
wasp
accountant
marriage
extended family
crime
completion
revenge
co-operation
corruption
sinner
thread
witchcraft
well
midwife
reverend (Rev.)
cricket
abdomen
verdict
electric fish
town
surrounding
ear
deer
madness
hunter
catfish
blind person
debt
salary
payment made as compensation for defiling another man's wife
deposit
contest
witness
scale
fashionably dressed for an occasion
stroke
secretary
rain
spider
saviour
anguish
shepherd
oppression
penis
fear
31

Urhobo
oshu
ot
tfe (uphph)
otrroro
otebene (go)
tete
ot (irigbyi)
t1
t2
otvwe
otu
va
ovkp
ovie
ovieraye
vi
vu
ovwavwa
vwarha
ovwerh
ovwi
vwie
ovwigbre
ovwi1
ovwin2
ovwir
ovwivwe
ovwo
vwvw
ovwu
vwrovwro
wre
we1
owe2
ow
owvwe
wia
wrhi
ow
wrhe
yan
oyao
oyare
oyavwe
yib
PoS
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
a.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.

English gloss
louse
speech/word
outside
poem
tumbler
small
leprosy
ground/down
meaning
longevity
majority/group of people
scolding
window
king/traditional ruler
queen
cry
message
plank
bead (in general)
sleep
measles
shade
poor person
leather
clay
laziness
deceit
south
evening
anger
co-wife
brief period of sunshine in the rainy season (August break)
mosquito
bush mango
fishpond
hunger
work
catarrh
leg
cough
walk/movement
garden egg
begging
circumcision
white man
32

Urhobo
yibt (obobo)
oyivwi1
oyivwi2 (aruyivwo)
oyma
oyono
oyonorode
oyoyovwi
oyubu
oz
zigh
ozighi
PoS
n.
n.
n.
a.
n.
n.
a.
n.
n.
n.
n.
English gloss
mulatto/albino
boldness
rudeness
okay/good
teacher
professor
beautiful (in some contexts = yoyovwi)
sugar
basin
murderer
roughness, trouble making
(o)
bara
be
berynrn
bervu
berfeta
berkeri
berseri
brokpa
biyovwi
bo
bba1
bba2
boepha
boriri
boimwu
(boihuvwu)
boine
buwevwi
ch
chuko
chuyovwi
da
dafe
dvw
davwin1
davwin2
demu
d
dja
pron.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
a.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
he, she, it
blood
book
newspaper
letter
dictionary
calendar
certificate/receipt
palm nuts collector
charm for longevity
doctor (medical/traditional)
young thing/offspring
young, tender
oracle man
doctor (academic)
pharmacist
singer
architect
hip
helper
pillow
paint
rich person
interest/desire
examination
temptation
customer
larvae of beetle
sweat
33

Urhobo
PoS
fa
farhi
feta
f
fto
fo
fuanfo
ga1 (emiavwe)
g2
gn3 (ogn)
gadi
gagan
garephn
gdj
grob (urr)
g1
g2
gd
gghn
gr
gu1
gu2
guimoto
gb1
gban2
gban3
gbre
gbdi
ghghre
ghn
(osonobrughw)
gh1
gh2
ghrgbd
ghrr
ghware
ghweta
ghwfia
ghwkoko
ghwr
ghwo
ghwr
ghwrr
hrhuwevwi
pron.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
a.
n.
n.
n.
n.
a.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
num.
n.
n.
n.
a.
p.n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.

English gloss
another
fornication
translator
tilapia
comb
tick
white (in some contexts = fuanfo)
disease/sickness
sir/boss
animal track
crab
tough, strong, hard (in some contexts = gagan)
diabetics
idol worshipper
ladle
in-law (male)
bottle
pit
Christian
raffia palm
palace
town hall
driver
hero
thirty
horn
glutton
drunkard
dear/precious
God
respect/honour
virginity
elephant grass
centipede
cheating
reporter
charm for protection against gun shot
gathering
farmer
old age
waste
slope
gecko
34

Urhobo
hohowa
(haghwa)
h1
h2
hye
hhh
hvwre
hrware
hwarhis
hwre1
(igbrigbririn)
hwre2
hwrb
hwnu
ja
jfia
ka1
kn2
kakro
karho
karek
ke1
k2 (okp)
kefike
keghr
kev
kre
kivwi
kiorh
kisio
kivo
kivo
k1 (ighwre)
ko2
kk
kp
kpko
kparibib
kparivie
kpo
kp1
kp2
kp3
kpbia
kprho
PoS

English gloss
n. bushfowl
n.
n.
n.
a.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
adv.
n.
int.
n.
n.
n.
n.
adv.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
fowl
sense
hen
heavy (in some contexts = hhh)
chieftaincy title
shrew
dung-beetle
tadpole
eye pain like "Apollo"
left-handed person
gun
toothache
disrespect
corn, maize
sunbird
chieftaincy title
title normally given to the oldest man in a town
woodpecker
time
miserliness
occasionally
kingfisher
when
tide/flood
birthday
harvest season (of yams, crops etc)
rainy season
sometimes
dry season
village
gift parcel, present
corner
thickness
senior
pincers
brassire
piles
walking stick
bamboo
namesake
squirrel-like animal
fish box/refrigerator
35

Urhobo
kprhorrivwi
kprhorbara
krkr
mro
mivw
mt
m
mbba
mffa
mkpko
mmare
mrruakp
mrovie
mrrika
ms
mshare
mt
(gbt)
(kk)
mtob
mtgb
mraro
mwa
ngbge
nki
n
nkpa
nya
ny1
ny2
nyny
ny
pupu
re1
re2
rmughk
rida (az)
ri
rgb (evun)
rgbo
rika
robiebi
rovwori
rh
rhrha
rhre
PoS

English gloss
n.
n.
a.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
mortuary
blood bank
short (in some contexts = krkr)
pupil (of eye)
nursing mother, woman having children
native, indigene
child
baby
bushbaby
first born
old person
stepchild
prince, princess
bastard
half brother/sister
boy
girl
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
spinster
old married woman who returns to her father's compound to stay
prophet
soldier fish
wrapper
trader
yam
policeman
lobster
incubus
weight
sardine
bee
ray (fish)
tsetse fly
meal
honourable
witch/wizard
arrogance
porcupine
bitterleaf
weaver bird
cobra
lord
idol, shrine
visitor/stranger
bachelor
36

Urhobo
1
rhe
rhe2
rh (d)
rhrot
rhierhia
rho
rhoghwo
rhorhorho (tuab)
se
scba
ste
s
srruskp
sia
sipto
so
sorvwe
soso1 (ovwivwi)
soso2
sosuda
suere
ske
share (hworhare)
sharervwe
tan
tish
tota
tke (tokp)
tr
vi
vo1
vo2
vo3
vuikpe
vuvo1
vuv2
vw
vwghware
vwre
vwe1
vwe2
vwro
vwerhot
vw1
vw2
PoS
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
a.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
num.
adv.
a.
n.
a.
adv.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.

English gloss
odour
native chalk
plantain
security guard (be it day or night)
tale-bearer/traitor
growth
sieve
hot
lover
upper wrapper (of the two) worn by women
plate (breakable)
father
stepfather
gorilla (also powerful person)
hospital
hawk
father/brother in-law
straight
full, complete
main part of a street
main part of a town
humpback
man
husband
squirrel
charm for effective blow
spokesman
miser
pattern of wrapper worn by men
slave
one
only
certain
January
same
one by one/step by step
bride
wise man
young palm
frond
food prepared without salt
backbiter
puff adder
viper
free
37

Urhobo
vwir
vwsusu
vwsoghoro
vwsh
vwvwa
vwzighi
vwfarhi
vwrikk
vwrhuru
vwvwohwo
vwra
vwrghr
wra
wnwn
yavwemet
(yavwa)
ye
yik
yrigho
yrm
PoS
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
exp.
n.
pron.
n.
n.
n.
English gloss
lazy person
rascal, a nuisance
vagabond
coward
non witch or wizard
rough person, confusionist
fornicator
stammerer
selfish person, one who has greed for others' food or things
person without helper
bird
enemy
priest
statement that tends to examine an issue in alternative manner
person who circumcises women
him, her or it
messenger
treasurer
housemaid
Pp
paparapa
patapata
pp
pp1
pp2
ptpt
pipi
pipipi
potokri
pkpko
puek
pupu
puch
pupu
a.
adv.
a.
adv.
v.t
a.
a.
a.
n.
a.
a.
a.
a.
a.
flat
anyhow
throbbing
quietly
pet
watery
state of not being ripe
pointed (sharp tip)
Portuguese person
robust
massive
clean
sluggish
over-ripe or overcooked
38

Urhobo
PoS
English gloss
PH ph
ph1
phn2
phn3
pho
phopho1
phopho2
phorophoro1
phorophoro2
v.i
v.t
v.i
v.t
v.t
v.t
ideo.
adv.
urinate
expand, widen (of something)
cave in (e.g. of pit)
jump
blow
smoke
gentle
not clearly
Rr
rare
ravware
rayen
re
reghereghe
rere
rrh
rsa
rey
r1
r2
rn
rrre
rsosu
riakp
riari
ri
riri
rioriorio
rghwr
rhw
ririe
rrhiri
rv
ryorin
ro
rode
roro
rovwo
rown (rovwn)
r
v.t
poss.a.
poss.a.
v.t
a.
conj.
a.
a.
v.t
v.t
part.
a.
a.
a.
v.t
a.
v.t
v.t
a.
a.
a.
v.t
a.
a.
a.
v.t
a.
v.i
v.t
poss.a.
v.t
lick
our
their
eat
indefinite
in order to, so that
third
sixth
take
beg/plead
of
fourth
eighth
first
enjoy
round
wipe
lure, entice
smooth
seventh
tenth
tickle
ninth
second
fifth
enter
big
think, add
forget
your (coll.)
swallow
39

Urhobo
PoS
rvw
ryen
ru
rua
rukugbe
v.t
poss.a.
v.t
v.t
v.t

English gloss
marry
his, her, its
do/make
poison/bewitch
co-operate
RH rh
rh1
rha2
rhare
rharhe
rh
rhri
rhrh
rhie
rhiririn
rhvwi (hirhe)
rho
rhoma
rhovwo
rh
rhgh
rhvwe
rhu
rhurhu
v.t
v.i
v.t
v.t
v.t
v.t
v.i
v.t
adv.
v.i
v.t
adv.
v.t
v.i
v.t
v.t
v.i
v.t
unite
fly
paint
bore (hole)
filter
turn
swim
open
non-stop, continuously
return
parboil (of fish or meat halfway)
again
bite
rain
lay (egg)
agree/accept
bend (down)
cover
v.t
v.i
v.t
a.
a.
v.t
v.t
v.t
v.i
v.i
v.t
v.t
conj.
adv.
shoot
burst, break open explosively
select
different
smart
read
refuse
call
believe
dress (for an occasion)
write
pull
so that, so as to
at once
40
Ss
sa1
sa2
sane
snsn
sasasa
se1
se2
s3
segbyta
s (heri)
si1
si2
sin (rere)
sivuvo (rharhiri)

Urhobo
1
sivwi
sivwi2
so1
so2
sob
su
sues
PoS
v.t
v.t
v.t
v.i
v.t
v.t
a.
English gloss
treat
contest, struggle for
tap
sing
shake hand
lead, escort
sticky
SH sh
sh
she1
she2
sheny
sherh
shesheri
sh
shi
shigu
shr
shu
Shuo!
excl.
v.t
v.i
v.t
v.t
a.
v.t
v.t
v.i
v.i
v.i
excl.
word to chase away domestic animals

fall
fail
oppress
lie
far
sell
bury
kneel down
crawl
capsize
expresses surprise
v.t
exp.
a.
v.i
id.
v.i
int.
v.t
v.t
v.i
v.t
v.t
v.i
v.t
v.t
talk/say
word for rebuking
enough
fall out of grace, to be without honour
tangled state
be renowned, be famous
where
burn
dig
live long
pick
summon
purge
chew
begin/start
Tt
ta1
t2 (ch)
tri
t
tighitighi
titi
tiv
torh
t1
t2
tre
tu
tue
tu
tuvwiy
41

Urhobo
PoS

English gloss
Uu
ubeku
ubkpe
bi1
ub2
biko
bibi
bidada
bidi
bih
biny
birgha
(bikuta)
bieri
bgho
bihor
ubiota
ubiotako
ubiotaupho
biw
biri
bid
bigbo
biupho
birhe
bivie
bvun
ubuara
brsiso
ubrevwi
bro
brt
brwevwi
chbro
uch
uchere
uchivwo
chkw
chuku
uchunu
udene (dk)
udi1
d2
udime (gr)
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
bone
wing
seed
charcoal, soot
tooth
emphatic word for dark complexion
rib
palm-nut
kidney
angle
stone
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
mudfish sp.
cowry
clitoris
letter (a, b, c, etc.)
consonant
vowel
ball by the ankle
spear
heart
knee cap
Adam's apple
stick
coral bead
intestine
handwoven wrapper worn by elders
hundred Naira (N100)
last born
half
state
room
advice
quantity
cookery
pillar
heel
stump
amount
male agama lizard
drink, wine
grasscutter, cane-rat
palmwine
42

Urhobo
dd
udidi
diweri (okpe)
udi (orh)
do
d
dubro
udje
dj (ghweri)
f
ffob
fiw
fuom
ugana (ibara)
g
ugo
ggunu
uguegue
gba
gbda
ugbakana (agbada)
ugbenu
ugbre
ugbvwi
ugb
ugbme
ugbyaya
gbvwre
ugb
ugbo
ugbb
ugbogbo
gbn
ugbmo
gbv
gbugberi
ugbuko (uko)
ugbunu (unu)
ugh
ughegbe
ghre
ghgh
ughn
ughj (unke)
ughwaka
PoS
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
adv.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
adv.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.

English gloss
earthworm
dignity, charisma
chimpanzee
cork
riddle
chest
anxiety
energetic Urhobo dance
farm
trap
fingernail
sole rash
peace
balcony
fish-trap
eagle
bend
shock
game of children involving jumping on the ground
simultaneously
ladder
mountain/hill
gonorrhoea
age-group
pen, biro, pencil
pen, biro
pencil
potsherd, broken earthenware
seed-yam for planting
bone between the knee and the ankle
arm
caterpillar
speed
child belt
single wrapper worn by unmarried girl
across
back
mouth
spectacle
mirror
outskirts of a town or village
foolishness
period set aside for a woman to sleep with her husband
watch, clock
salt
43
Urhobo
PoS
English gloss
ughweri
ughwu
ughwru
grgro
uhrviso
uhrvie
hhi1
uhohi2
hoho
hwerhe
hwv
(ihwegbvo)
uje
uji
ujrin
ujrha
ujrhagbihwe
j
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
prep.
n.
n.
n.
n.
num.
native salt
death
boundary
length
midnight
middle, between
spiny part of the palm tree containing the leaves
navel
shadow
sugar-cane
eleven
num.
n.
num.
num.
num.
n.
ujne
ujnegbihwe
ujv
ujvgbihwe
uke1
uke2
ukk
ikeri
k
ukcha
krkp
ukun
k
ukodo
ukk1
ukoko2
ukokdia
ukoni
ukori
kw
k
ukkgh
ukpa (ikb)
kvw
ku
ukujr
num.
num.
num.
num.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
twenty
theft
hundred
sixty
seventy
fly-whisk, object made of the tail of the horse used for decoration or
dancing
eighty
ninety
forty
fifty
hump, hunch
style in Urhobo wrestling
piece of stick used for setting trap
number
egg
help
brick
potash
cup
food prepared with meat and yam or plantain together (mixed grill)
association/society
(tobacco) pipe
coconut palm
kitchen
lump
top of the foot
misfortune
small calabash used for storing medicine
one kobo (1k)
bridesmaid
heritage
spoon
44

Urhobo
ukta
uktarrhibo
(onan)
kwevwi
kpavwre.
ukpe1
kpe2 (hw)
kpb
ukpr
ukperi
kpokpo (kn)
kpkpgho
kpokpom
ukpono1
ukpono2 (hwrhe)
ukpot
kpkre
mko
um1
m2
umi
mivwo
mumu (rub)
muwevwi
umwamwa
umwemwu
umwy
umwu (uhuvwu)
une
undi
un (ulh)
unrh
unu
unumivwo
unuphr
unuk
unurvie
unurwn
unrhoro
ns
p
upr (ubb)
phiphi
uph1
pho2
PoS

English gloss
n. rock
n. grinding stone
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
prep.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
back yard
bile
year
bed
white poplin
instead of
scandal
missile
disturbance
problem, worriedness
lame person
broom used in sweeping open places like compound while standing
pothole
gutter
pepper fruit
committee
cucumber
sack used to squeeze water out of ground cassava
destruction
boil
cottage
belt used by women
sin
belt
drug
song
bunch of palm-nuts
oak [no oak trees in Nigeria]
bunch of plantains
hole
slander
tribe
quarrel
nipple
nostril
entrance/gate
anus
scar
nail
cane/whip
throat
flesh
45

Urhobo
PoS
phro
re
ri
ur
ur gb ujrin
uririn
urirha
irirha gb ujrin
uridja
urine
urine gb ujrin
uriri
riri
urv
urv gb ujrin
rko
rumu
ruhr (f)
urrvwen
rh
rhi
urhi
rhi
urhvwe
rhib
rhiw
urhirin
rhike
rhirako
urho1 (udo)
urh2
urhu (ogb)
rhghweri
rhukp (kp)
urhuru1
urhuru2
rhrhu
urhvwu
usa
sb
sgu
se
seki
sekpe
seri
n.
n.
n.
num.
num.
num.
num.
num.
n.
num.
num.
n.
n.
num.
num.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.

English gloss
feather
totality
vein
two hundred
three hundred
one thousand
six hundred
seven hundred
handkerchief
eight hundred
nine hundred
glory
spice variety
four hundred
five hundred
mile/kilometre
behaviour
rope
December
tree
law
river
queue
destiny
finger
toe
September
morning
fox
mortar
gum tree sp.
home
mangrove sp.
lamp/light
selfishness
voice
tail
street
ring
scratch
groundnut
call
charm for business promotion
snail
proof, evidence
46

Urhobo
1
usi
si2
us3
siavwr
usig
usigho
us
suo
usuvwa
shavwo
usheneuwmw
ushi
shv
ushurhe
uthru
ti (sa)
utohri
utr
ut
utudjru (itijoro)
tugh
utundi
tuom
ututa
twevwi1
(trwevwi)
twevwi2
uv1
vi2
uvie
uvo (ren)
vun
uvuw
uvumwemwu
uvweri
uvwerhi
vwsi (ipko)
vw
uvwi1
vwi2
uvwireri
uvwr
uvwrvwr
uvwrm
wn1
PoS
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
a.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
prep.
n.
n.
n.
English gloss
fame
line
starch
key
jigger
charm for wealth
company
government
middleman (within the context of marriage)
okra
twenty kobo (20k)
grave
November
axe
steel
orange
pestle
three kobo (3k)
north
scissors
hut
bunch of palm-nuts from which the nuts had been removed
charm that exposes someone to hatred
onion
floor
parlour
paddle
real
kingdom
sun, sunshine
bedroom
calf
wickedness
mourning
reluctance
pork
chance
generation
fart, foul air through the anus
shoal
midst
crevice
grandchild
nose
47

Urhobo
2
we
wr
uweryno
(isukuru)
uwevwi
uwevwibe
uwevwit
uweyi
wn
uwga (ishshi)
uwdi
uwrha
yrn1
uyere2
y
ydj
yno
yta
uyovwi
yovwita
zo (akora)
PoS
English gloss
n. thorn
n. hardship
n. school
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
n.
house
library
bungalow
errand
big fish-trap
church
prison
shrine
greeting, appreciation
moat
fly
mask
lesson
truth
head
theme
antelope
Vv
va1
v2
ve
v1
v2
vn3 (gunu)
vrhe
vie
vi
vo
v
vu
vu
vughe
vuvwu
vr
v.t
v.t
v.t
v.t
prep.
v.t
adv.
v.t
v.i
v.t
int.
v.t
v.t
v.t
v.t
v.i
scold
butcher, break into parts (e.g. kola-nut)
bargain
disperse (of a crowd)
with
bend
before
suck
cry
draw (e.g. water out of well)
which
uproot
tell
know/recognise
roast
rise
48

Urhobo
PoS

English gloss
VW vw
vw1
vwa2
vware
vwari
vwarhe
vwavware
vwavwarhe (ghgh)
vwavwe
vwerh
vwevwerhe
vw1 (m)
vw2
vwghvwgh
vwre
vwi
vwi1
vwi2
vwivwi
vwirhi
vwiy
vw1 (vw)
vw2
vwvwe
vwu
vwre
vwr
vwro
vwru
v.t
int.
v.t
v.t
v.i
a.
a.
v.t
v.i
a.
pron.
prep.
id.
a.
v.t
v.t
v.t
id.
v.t
prep.
v.t
v.t
v.t
v.i
v.t
v.t
v.t
v.i
revoke
word that relates to the state of a person or thing
wrap
repeat
struggle
red
light
weigh
sleep
delicious
me
within, in
flat
fast
stone
deceive
born
straight
break (with hands)
into
use
assist a person in lifting a load to the head
disgrace
swell
turn (somebody/something) over
cut (with hands)
argue
survive
Ww
w1 (vwn)
w2 (vwn)
wa3
wavr
weke
wene
wruo
w1 (w)
w2
wn3
wn4
pron.
pron.
v.i
v.t
id.
v.t
exp.
pron.
pron.
poss.a.
v.i
you (coll.)
you (obj.) (coll.)
pass (examination)
outstrip, overtake, pass
word describing the vastness of an injury
change, transfer
please continue with your meal (coll.)
you (sing.)
you (obj.) (sing.)
you (sing.)
breathe
49

Urhobo
wn
wia
wo1
wo2
PoS
v.t
v.t
v.t
v.t
English gloss
exchange words with
work
descend
put down (of load carried by a person)
Yy
y1
yan2
yanra (ra) (kpo)
yanrhe (m) (rhe)
yr
yavwe
yy
Yghwr
yena
yeri
yerobuwevwi
yghr
yr (y)
yoma
yono
yoyovwi (yovwi)
yre
v.t
v.i
v.i
v.i
a.
v.t
a.
exp.
dem.
v.t
exp.
v.i
conj.
v.i
v.t
adv.
v.t
catch
walk/move
go
come
bitter
circumcise
dry
safe journey!
that/those
climb
greet all at home
struggle for balance
or
boast
learn, study
fine, well
hold
Zz
ze
zighizighi1
(yaghayagha)
zighizighi2
v.t offer, sacrifice

id. rough
adv. roughly
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URHOBO - ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Typed in by George Sider for Kay Williamson ().

Nasalisation is indicated by vowel with n following. Thus an =

Form when a pronoun is the object of a sentence

Urhobo Dictionary A.O. Ukere (1986)

Web version by Roger Blench (2005)

exclamation of disbelief, shock or surprise, also used for questioning.

Urhobo Dictionary A.O. Ukere (1986)

Web version by Roger Blench (2005)

chain of coral beads worn round the neck by chiefs

Urhobo Dictionary A.O. Ukere (1986)

Web version by Roger Blench (2005)

Urhobo Dictionary A.O. Ukere (1986)

Web version by Roger Blench (2005)

be loose (of a baby carried on the back)

Urhobo Dictionary A.O. Ukere (1986)

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Urhobo Dictionary A.O. Ukere (1986)

Web version by Roger Blench (2005)

spray (somebody with medicine by mouth)

yes, response to most greetings and directives

Urhobo Dictionary A.O. Ukere (1986)

Web version by Roger Blench (2005)

Urhobo Dictionary A.O. Ukere (1986)

Web version by Roger Blench (2005)

Urhobo Dictionary A.O. Ukere (1986)

Web version by Roger Blench (2005)

Urhobo Dictionary A.O. Ukere (1986)

Web version by Roger Blench (2005)

Urhobo Dictionary A.O. Ukere (1986)

Web version by Roger Blench (2005)

Urhobo Dictionary A.O. Ukere (1986)

Web version by Roger Blench (2005)

Urhobo Dictionary A.O. Ukere (1986)

Web version by Roger Blench (2005)

Urhobo Dictionary A.O. Ukere (1986)

Web version by Roger Blench (2005)

Urhobo Dictionary A.O. Ukere (1986)

Web version by Roger Blench (2005)

Urhobo Dictionary A.O. Ukere (1986)

Web version by Roger Blench (2005)

carry, take along

Urhobo Dictionary A.O. Ukere (1986)

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play (e.g. have fun)

expresses sad feelings

Urhobo Dictionary A.O. Ukere (1986)

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Urhobo Dictionary A.O. Ukere (1986)

Web version by Roger Blench (2005)

Urhobo name for the Igbo people and their language

Urhobo Dictionary A.O. Ukere (1986)

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Urhobo Dictionary A.O. Ukere (1986)

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Urhobo Dictionary A.O. Ukere (1986)

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a. counterfeit (of money)

Urhobo Dictionary A.O. Ukere (1986)

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Urhobo Dictionary A.O. Ukere (1986)

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v.t make wet

Urhobo Dictionary A.O. Ukere (1986)