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| An Online Igbo Dictionary by ezeagu(m): 7:49pm On Dec 29, 2012 |
There's an Igbo dictionary online that has over 5000 words: http://mkpuruokwu.org It also has translations for different dialects. Just in case anybody needs it. Animals: http://www.igbo911.com/lexi/xanimal.php |
| Re: An Online Igbo Dictionary by ChinenyeN(m): 8:39pm On Dec 29, 2012 |
I'm glad this dictionary at least makes an attempt to denote word origins. I visit the site occasionally, but mostly to see how different the vocabulary is between my Ngwa and that of the online dictionary. Sometimes I'll also visit the site to see if a word for something already exists. |
| Re: An Online Igbo Dictionary by ezeagu(m): 8:42pm On Dec 29, 2012 |
And doesn't use English loan words for words that already exist. 1 Like |
| Re: An Online Igbo Dictionary by odumchi: 10:03am On Dec 30, 2012 |
How do you use it? I keep on typing in words but it keeps on saying "no results found". |
| Re: An Online Igbo Dictionary by ezeagu(m): 1:41pm On Dec 30, 2012 |
The one that works the best is English-Igbo. Maybe the words you searched are not there. |
| Re: An Online Igbo Dictionary by achi4u(m): 8:32pm On Dec 30, 2012 |
ezeagu: The one that works the best is English-Igbo. Maybe the words you searched are not there.  |
| Re: An Online Igbo Dictionary by Eifeh(m): 8:43pm On Dec 30, 2012 |
Is not working |
| Re: An Online Igbo Dictionary by odumchi: 9:30pm On Dec 30, 2012 |
ezeagu: The one that works the best is English-Igbo. Maybe the words you searched are not there. I tried searching common words like "come" and "water" but no results. The only things that I got results for were "Igbo" and "Igbo language". |
| Re: An Online Igbo Dictionary by ezeagu(m): 9:33pm On Dec 30, 2012 |
Do you have a link? |
| Re: An Online Igbo Dictionary by odumchi: 9:36pm On Dec 30, 2012 |
http://mkpuruokwu.org/dictionary?utf8=✓&q=Water&dict=en-ig |
| Re: An Online Igbo Dictionary by ezeagu(m): 9:36pm On Dec 30, 2012 |
Try using no capitals. |
| Re: An Online Igbo Dictionary by ChinenyeN(m): 10:48pm On Dec 30, 2012 |
Are you on mobile or a computer? I know in my experience, the site doesn't work well with mobile and that no matter how I tried to search words, it would always return "no results found". So, if you're attempting to access it via mobile then that may be the issue. If you're not accessing it via mobile but rather on a computer, then may I ask what browser you are using? I have IE (Internet Explorer), Google Chrome and FireFox on my laptop, and the site worked fine with all three. |
| Re: An Online Igbo Dictionary by odumchi: 11:16pm On Dec 30, 2012 |
ChinenyeN: Are you on mobile or a computer? I know in my experience, the site doesn't work well with mobile and that no matter how I tried to search words, it would always return "no results found". So, if you're attempting to access it via mobile then that may be the issue. Thanks. All this while, I've been on a mobile device but I've just tried it from a computer and it worked. That's pretty strange, though. It's a nice dictionary, by the way. I like how it gives translations across multiple dialects. |
| Re: An Online Igbo Dictionary by ezeagu(m): 1:07am On Dec 31, 2012 |
I think the Owere dialect represents most of the south, Afikpo northwest, Onicha north, and obviously West Igbo, from what I've seen. |
| Re: An Online Igbo Dictionary by odumchi: 1:19am On Dec 31, 2012 |
Aside from Ohafia, it lacks Cross River dialects. Anyway, whoever made it tried. |
| Re: An Online Igbo Dictionary by ChinenyeN(m): 6:08pm On Dec 31, 2012 |
The dictionary isn't all that comprehensive when it comes to denoting origin, but at least it tries. I know a lot of "Igbo" dictionaries that used a slur of terminology from different regions, without denoting origin, and it's just one of my annoyances. I do have to say though, to my surprise, I saw maybe two or three entries that denoted origin from Ngwa. |
| Re: An Online Igbo Dictionary by ezeagu(m): 6:26pm On Dec 31, 2012 |
ChinenyeN: The dictionary isn't all that comprehensive when it comes to denoting origin, but at least it tries. I know a lot of "Igbo" dictionaries that used a slur of terminology from different regions, without denoting origin, and it's just one of my annoyances. Plus it actually makes sense showing what the tone is. I don't understand how other "dictionary" creators fail to grasp that 90% of an Igbo word is based on the tone. Another good source for Igbo words (animals): http://www.igbo911.com/lexi/xanimal.php 1 Like |
| Re: An Online Igbo Dictionary by OrlandoMCO: 7:18pm On Jan 09, 2013 |
I find www.igbo911.com resource very useful. one of the many cute things about it is that I am able to contribute to the dictionary project. I can also request addition of a word @ http://www.igbo911.com/lexi/usersec/guestinsert.html it seem to take from a few hour to a couple days to pick up my entry from a search. |
| Re: An Online Igbo Dictionary by spirytsist: 5:28am On Aug 11, 2019 |
i also like that igbo911 has audio |
| Re: An Online Igbo Dictionary by AdaIgbotique: 12:42am On Oct 05, 2019 |
www.igbotique.com also has audio It an audio igbo-english dictionary built on top of a text-to-speech synthesizer. Every word is tone marked so that that it can be pronounced properly. See words like https://www.igbotique.com/say/ákwá vs https://www.igbotique.com/say/ákwà It also supports multiple dialects  |
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