Njεpεi
nasia ti nyεiyii
yakpe kεεyeembuk gba
Words that are spelt the same but have different
meanings |
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Njεpεisia
Words |
Yeembui Puu-yiεi
hu
Meaning in English |
Kia numu a yee ti le njεpεi
hu
How they are used in a sentence |
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Baa |
Price |
Kuli baa gεε a nge |
Baa |
Type of xylophone |
Tiaa baa lewema |
Baa |
Go without |
Ngi baanga navoei hu |
Baamamכ |
Important |
I yεni
a baamamכ lכ |
Baama |
On the jaw |
Ngi baama lewe |
Baateema |
A large fish |
Baateemεi
lכ a
nyεi
ji |
Baateema |
Don't cut it off |
Baa huεi
na lewe ma |
Bafaa |
Back spur of a fowl's leg |
Tεi
bafaa wכlכngכ |
Bafa |
Hut, shed for temporal use |
Bafa lכ aji |
Bali |
Vomit |
Ndopoi lכ bali ma |
Baa-li |
Don't go |
Baa-li tεi
hu |
Baji |
Name of wood used for boards |
Baji wuli lכ |
Baji |
Colour - reddish yellow |
Kulεi
ju bajingכi |
Banga |
Sticks set in the ground as support for beans |
Bangεi
loo tכwכi
ma |
Banga |
Very big |
Hinda banga wieilכ gbengi |
Bεbε |
A small flat fish |
Bεbε nεngכ wale |
Bεbε |
East to do |
Ngengei ji bεbεngכ |
Bobo |
A grafish |
Nya longכ a boboi |
Bobo |
Rubber |
Bobo wuli lכ a ji |
Bola |
Bowl |
Nya ngכ bolεi
hu |
Bola |
To blister |
Nya lokoi ya i bolanga |
Fa |
Quarrel |
Mua numu gbi muε va ha |
Fa |
Right there |
Ngi foi lכ na fa |
Faa |
Oil been seed |
Faa wuli lכ כ fawa wuli lכ |
Faa |
Back spine of a palm leaf |
Nduvu vaa lכ |
Fale |
Mushrooms |
Falei a gbua a mכtu
gbelei lכ |
Fale |
Therefore |
Jifa ngi bi pawani fale bε-li? |
Fe |
Swelling |
Fei lכ lani nyama |
Fe |
Give |
Navoo lכ bi yeya bi fe mbε? |
Felanga |
Twins |
Nya nyahεi
i felangεisia
lכ leni |
Fela |
To cross |
Wu velanga ma |
Fεε |
Trick |
Ti fεε lכ gulani nya ma |
Fεε |
Weave |
Kenεi
lכ kulεi
vεε ma |
Fεli |
Poverty |
Fεli
lכ nyama |
Fεli |
Say good-bye |
Li bi fεli-wie
bi wa mu li |
Fεli |
Beg |
Fεli
mכ lכ a ngie |
Fo |
Year |
Mua gomεlכfo
gbi gohu |
Fo |
Arrive |
Ngewכ lumanga nga fo lכ na |
Fole |
Frothy lather |
Folei lכ gbuama ngi la |
Fole |
Whistle |
Taa folei wiema |
Folema |
An opening in a wall or window |
Folemεi
lכ bi wεlεi
bu |
Folema |
A small fish |
Nyεi
ji biyεi
mia a folemεi |
Folo |
A single day |
Ngi lima folo yila lכ va |
Folo |
The sun |
Foloi lכ gbuama ha |
Fombo |
Spread out |
Li bi kulεi
vombo foloi ya |
Fombo |
Swift running current |
Vomboi wכlכngכ waa njεi
ya |
Fכli |
Cultivated air potato |
Fכli
i yεni
a mεhε nyande lכ |
Fכli |
Form a straight line |
A fכli
lenga hu |
Fule |
Corps |
A li wu fulei wa |
Fule |
Bellows |
Fulei na vε |
Fulo |
Untie |
Tiwi na vulo |
Fulo |
Quickly |
Li bi wa fulo |
Funde |
Hungry millet |
Fundei lכ a ji |
Funde |
Become mouldy due to cold |
Kulεi
i vundenga |
Fuse |
In good spirit |
Ngi gahu yaa fuse |
Fuse |
Dry rice, flour or powder |
Lεwεi
yaa fuse |
Gbanda |
Baldness |
Gbandεi
lכ ngi wui hu |
Gbandaa |
Stout, big |
Ndakpao ya gbandaa |
Ha |
Today |
Ngi lima ha |
Ha |
Female |
Ji yεni
a nika ha lכ |
Hala |
Unexpected gift |
Nya halεi
lכ |
Hala |
First |
Halamכ mia a ngie foo va |
Hama |
Rainy season |
Hamεi
ji njεi
wailכ waa |
Hama |
Waist-band |
Bi hamεi
gulongכ |
Jala |
Large fresh-water fish |
Jalεi
i yεni
a nyε lכ |
Jala |
Lion |
Jalεi
i yεni
a hua gbandi wa lכ |
Kaka |
Circle |
Kaka gbatε bi pu piyεi
lamεi |
Kaka |
Going astray |
Na i yεni
a kaka welelכ |
Lende |
Mouse |
Lendei lכ bi wεlεi
bu |
Lende |
Tiptoe |
Lende bi kpua |
Mala |
Kind of swamp rice |
Mala lכ a mbεi
ji |
Mala |
To add more on a stated price |
Baa felei ji mala |
Ndawo |
To confess a lover |
Nya nyahεi
i bi lawonga |
Ndawo |
To open |
Pεlεi
na lawo |