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Entry |
Potential assimilations | English |
1 |
ea, eo, ii |
that man has a strong heart (is hard-hearted) |
2 |
ia, u̧e |
she cooked goat meat |
3 |
o̧a |
I am looking for meat |
4 |
aa, o̧a |
he is looking for meat |
5 |
aa |
I am eating eggs |
6 |
aa |
he is eating eggs |
7 |
ua |
I am carrying meat |
8 |
ae, ua |
he is carrying meat |
9 |
|
I am buying it |
10 |
ae |
he is buying it |
11 |
ù̧á |
I am singing (song) |
12 |
àá, ù̧á |
he is singing (song) |
13 |
èú |
I am getting the better of you (plural) |
14 |
àá, èú |
he is getting the better of you (plural) |
15 |
aú |
he is in the house |
16 |
aà |
it is on the ground |
17 |
|
it is on the veranda |
18 |
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19 |
àa, íò̧ |
we are leaving at dawn |
20 |
|
he is in Lagos |
21 |
|
(rejected by speaker) |
22 |
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23 |
|
I am going to go to Lagos |
24 |
àa |
he is going to go to Lagos |
25 |
àó̧ |
that he go to Lagos (I want him to go…) |
26 |
|
go to Lagos |
27 |
àé |
he will eat, (that done), go Lagos |
28 |
àé, áaa |
he will eat, (that done), go market |
29 |
àáa |
go to market |
30 |
àáò |
go to Owerri |
31 |
|
how are you? (how?) |
32 |
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33 |
i̧a |
OK. and you? |
34 |
ééo, uu |
OK. and your family? |
35 |
|
we’re OK |
36 |
áao |
are you going to work? |
37 |
|
yes, I’m going to work |
38 |
éée |
where (what place) |
39 |
éée, éí̧ |
where are you going? |
40 |
àáo, uo̧ |
good. go well. |
41 |
|
what, which |
42 |
|
it is Felix’s (thing) |
43 |
èá |
that thing is Felix’s (thing) |
44 |
éà, éa |
this thing is Ada’s (thing) |