Compliments
Insults
Numbers
Animals
Places
100

Goodness or beauty

What is ọma/mmā?

100

Badness, evilness, or ugliness. 

What is ọjọọ̄/ǹjọ?

100

One

What it ótù?

100

A domesticated mammal known for being a loyal companion and working animal; a subspecies of the gray wolf. 

What is nkịtā?

100

A house or building

What is ụlọ?

200

Great or amazing

What is ezìgbo?

200

A command to be quite; literally “shut your mouth!”

What is “mechie ọnụ̄ gị!”

200

Nine. 

What is itolu/iteghete?

200

An aquatic, gill-bearing vertebrates with fins, lacking limbs with digits, and are found in both freshwater and saltwater environments worldwide

What is ázụ̀?

200

A place for learning and education. 

What is ụlọ akwụkwọ?

300

An idiot; literally tranlates to wild animal

What is anụ ọhịa?

300

One hundred. 

What is narị?

300

The general word to refer to non-humans; animals; meat or flesh. 

What is anụ?

300

A place where household items, food, and other goods are sold 

What is áhịá?

400

A compliment given to beautiful and honorable women; a compound word of African bamboo and eagle

What is àchàlùgò?

400

Someone suffering from madness or insanity. 

What is ónyé árá?

400

One thousand. 

What is nde?

400

Vertebrates feathers, wings, beaks, and the laying of hard-shelled eggs, belonging to the class Aves

What is nnụ̀nụ̀?

400

A public building or place mainly used for worship. 

What is ụlụụkà/ụkà?

500

Someone that is so captivatingly beautiful that you’d rather stare at them all day than go to work. 

What is enenebe eje ọrụ̄?

500

A disrespectful or scornfully abusive remark or action.

What is mkpárị́?

500

Zero

What is adịghị

500

Official word for lion, often confused with the word for leopard 

What is ọ̀dụ̀m?

500

A financial establishment that invests money deposited by customers. 

What is ụlaàkụ̀?

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