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Appendix:Oko word list

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The following Oko word list is from Jungraithmayr (1973).[1]

The list was collected by Dr. H. Ganslmayr at Ogori on October 7, 1970 from Ms. Ruth Òjó (28), a midwife, and Mr. Stephen Ogúnlêyé (38), director of St. Peter Elementary School.

List

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No. Gloss Oko
16 woman íyárú
17 man íforó
18 person orokorò
19 fish ayɛ́rɛ́
20 bird ónéne
21 dog úwó
22 louse ótí
23 tree esáma
24 seed íbírè
25 leaf émúmú
26 root ẽ̂ɲɛ̃́
27 bark
28 skin (human) íwúkpè
28b hide (animal skin) èkpò
29 flesh ɔ́né
30 blood ɛ́ŋɔ̂
31 bone ófú
32 grease ɛ̃́rɔ̃́
33 egg éjí
34 horn ɛ̀kpànɛ̀
35 tail óshɛ̃̌
36 feather ásɛ̃́sɛ̃́
37 hair ɛ́pɛ̃́
38 head ɛ́páŋ
39 ear ɔ́tɔ̃́
40 eye áɲẽ́
41 nose ɔ́mɔ́dɔ́rɛ̀
42 mouth ówó
43 tooth írú
44 tongue ɛ́làárɛ́
45 nail ìgbòbò
46 (foot), leg ɔ́ʃɛ̃́
47 knee íkwĩ́
48 hand, arm úbá
49 belly épúrú
50 neck ɛ́gɛ́rɛ́
51 breast(s) ébá
52 (heart), chest êgbã̌
52b inside úlokô
53 liver ɛ́yɛ́
54 drink!
55 eat!
56 bite! kurû
57 see! balé
58 hear!
59 know! dĩ̂
60 sleep bue
61 die!
61b death úfó
62 kill! ŋwã́ɲà
63 swim! bori
64 fly! pirî
65 walk! kijéjẽ
66 come! keʃá
67 lie (down)! buê
68 sit! mã́ǎ
69 stand! furáa
70 give me! vá mɔ
71 say
72 sun éyí
73 moon ɔ́ʃɛ̃̂
74 star ɛʃɛ́kpɛ́nɛ́
75 water ébí
76 rain òsì
76b rain water òsì bì
77 stone ɔ́tárɛ́
78 sand áʃéʃɛ̃́
79 earth ijê
80 cloud òsòsì
81 smoke ã́ã̀rã́
82 fire ɛ́rá
83 ash éwurṹ
84 burn! kɛnɛ̂
85 path ɔ́ríkpókpó
86 mountain ɔ́rɛ́
87 red óɲáɲà
88 green kakɔrɔ
88b raw ójíjɛ̀
89 yellow
90 white ókúkúrù
91 black orĩ̂rĩ́
92 night
93 hot ěfí
93b heat ófífi
94 cold fũ̌ũ
94b cold (n.) ófũfṹ
95 full
96 new ówówó
97 good rómuro
98 round koòrò
99 dry yéyí
100 name íwúrù
101 year ɛ́ɲɛ́
102 chin akã̂
103 finger ɛ́bɛ́bɛ̀rɛ
104 navel ibòbò
105 forehead íʃí
106 back of head ífúmúrù
107 side ɛ̀fɛ̀
108 back ábárɛ̀
109 thing ɛ́pɛ̃̂
110 market éjî
111 basket ùgì

Numerals

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Gloss Oko
1 ɔɔ́rɛ
2 ɛ̀bɔ̀rɛ̀
3 ɛtá
4 ɛná
5 upí
6 ɔ̀pɔ́nɔɔ́rɛ
7 ufômbɔ̀rɛ̀
8 ɔnɔ́kɔ́nɔkɔ́nɔ
9 ubɔ́ɔ̀rɛ̀
10 fɔ̂
11 efɔ̃kɔɔ́rɛ
20 ɔgbɔ̀lɔ̀
21 ɔgbɔ̀lɔ̀ kutó
22 ɔgbɔ̀lɔ̀ ketúbɔ̀rɛ̀
30 ɔgbɔ̀lɔ̀ kǎkɔ́rɔfɔ́
40 íbɔ̀rɛ̀
50 íbɔ̀rɛ̀ kǎkɔ́rɔfɔ́
60 íta
61 íta kutó
80 igbófú
100 ípi
200 ɛ́párɛ́
1000 ífúrúfɔ
2000 ípipi ɔ̀rɔgbɔ̀lɔ̀

References

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  1. ^ Jungraithmayr, Herrmann. 1973. Eine Wortliste des Ọkọ, der Sprache von Ogori (Nigeria). Africana Marburgensia 6: 58-66.
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