₦airaland Forum

O kere n'ima ne Edo hia gha mwen ebe Emwen Edo Na Zedu Ere Y'ebo.
1. O gha mwen ere ne ivbi Edo hia.
2. O gha ru iyobo ne ivbi eghoen ni ho ni ran gue Edo na ze.
3. Ogha ru iyobo nokhua ne emo ni y'ow'ebe ni k'oto ke ni k'ukhunmwun.
4. O gha ru iyobo ne eten'mwan ni k'Edo kpao yabu evbo 'bi ran vb'eghe no kpere; vbhene Esan, Ora; Uhobo; Isoko; Itsekiri kevbe Ivbiosakon ye.
5. U gha ghe-o setin ruee ni ma do gha gben ebe ni'ma hia tie, a ghi ren vba ye emwin na tie kha.

It is proper for the Edos in general to have an Edo Dictionary translated into English.
1. It would benefit all sons and daughters of Edo.
2. It would help foreigners who wish to know how to speak the Edo Language.
3. It would be an immense help to students in both lower and higher institutions of learning.
4. It would be a great help to our brothers and sisters who long ago migrated from Benin to found a new abode elsewhere, for example, the Esans, Oras, Urhobos, Isokos, Itsekiris and Etsakos.
5. It would most likely, be possible for all to speak one common dialect again, more especially to write books which all of us could read and understand.

Aa

A .......... We.

A a .......... An exclamatory word expressing surprise.

Ababa .......... Child's imitation play; mimicry.

Ababe .......... Witchcraft; wizardry.

Ababeghemwen .......... Eye service; egotism

Abagie .......... Attempt at causing laughter.

Abakpa .......... A short iron bar sharpened and bent for moving.

Aban .......... Poited u-shaped iron for keeping mad people in one place by nailing the iron round the wrist on a log of wood.

Abarhomwen .......... Ingratiation; egoism.

Abawe .......... Pretence; ostensible.

Abe .......... Guilt.

Abe .......... Razor; penknife.

Abekpen .......... Cutlass; sword.

Abemwen .......... Stammerer.

Abo .......... Ordinary means.

Abo .......... Branch.

Abo .......... Hand.

Abokpo .......... Shuttle.

Ada .......... Royal sword: scimeter.

Adan .......... A male or female person chosen to stay by the representation of the dead.

Adana .......... A measure.

Adaze .......... Gentleman.

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Adeghe .......... If.

Adese .......... Midst; centre.

Adeseneva .......... Middle.

Adesusu .......... Youth.

Aden .......... Sickle.

Aden .......... Blood at childbirth.

Adolo .......... Peace making.

Adufiarufi .......... 100% profit.

Aduza adekherhe .......... A rascal.

Afanvbiri .......... Liberation; freedom; setting free.

Afiangbe .......... Blessing.

Afiala .......... Flag.

Afianma .......... Fear that a serious calamity may occur.

Afiwerie .......... A change; reversal; reverse.

Afo .......... Vegetable soup.

Afo .......... Soothing herbal concoction.

Aga .......... Chair.

Agan .......... A barren woman.

Agba .......... A ring cut round the side of a well.

Agbada .......... A big crown for men.

Agbada .......... A very wide frying pot.

Agbada .......... A double-edged knife.

Agbakara .......... Crocodile.

Agban .......... A long oblong basket.

Agbanmwen .......... Chin.

Agbe .......... A rectangular water-bottle with a sling.

Agbebaku .......... Invincible.

Agbeghae .......... Spoil for sharing.

Agbeva .......... Double; pair.

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Nice one more please, very educative especially for those who have seen bini as a unique language

Aizenosa:
Nice one more please, very educative especially for those who have seen bini as a unique language

Welcome.

Agben .......... Artful design on a pot, calabash, wood or screw. Thread.

Agbete .......... A sore-legged person.

Agbi .......... A large wide-mouthed pot.

Agbite .......... A woman suffering from unceasing flow of blood.

Agbon .......... The world.

Aghanghan .......... Highly expensive, unduly costly.

Agheghe .......... Insecure.

Aghen .......... Mat made from yhe stalk of uha, a water palm.

Agho .......... A particular set of stars; the Orion.

Aghonghon .......... Shadow.

Aghieghe .......... Coins.

Agikpa .......... A full grown man.

Ago .......... A tin suitable for drinking.

Agobo .......... Left hand.

Ago .......... Camp.

Aguagua .......... Mixture.

Aguan .......... Speech-making; speaking.

Ague .......... Salt.

Agiue .......... Protection.

Ague .......... Rope.

Ague .......... Annual family festival.

Ahanmwahan .......... Awkwardly.

Ahanno .......... Selection.

Ahe .......... Convulsion.

Ahe .......... A blood-sucking yelowish fly.

Ahen .......... Sieve.

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Many of these words are the same as in Yoruba.

YonkijiSappo:
Many of these words are the same as in Yoruba.

Yes, but for migration, they may actually be one and same people.

Ahenmwen ......... Obedience.

Ahia ......... A nice type of water-yam having stripes on its body.

Ahianmwen ......... Bird.

Ahie ......... Tunnel.

Ahiehie ......... Soreness or inflammation of the groin.

Ahio ......... Urine.

Aho ......... Hoe.

Aho ......... Likeness.

Ahoemwomwa ......... Love.

Ahobekun ......... Penniless, Destitute.

Ahogbe ......... Lust.

Ahua ......... Hawk.

Ahunwan ......... Silence.

Ahuve ......... Rheumatism.

Aka ......... Mantelpiece rack.

Akan eho ......... Temple.

Akasan ......... Cornflour pap

Akasan ......... Snake's poison

Akegbe ......... A person who pushes himself into where he does not belong.

Ake ......... A river god.

Akhakha ......... As if to say.

Akhanmwan ......... A filthy bush where excrements etc., are deposited.

Akhanmwan ......... The sharp edge of a machet.

Akharha ......... Interfemoral space; (space between the two thighs).

Akhe ......... Clay pot.