cook - What does 'cook' mean from Igbo to English?

òsíìtè

òsiìtè


Word	òsiìtè
Definitions	Noun 君眼 1.a cook; a chef 2.tripod cooker; stove; cooker
Variations	òsi ìtè
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Nwanne m nwoke bụ osiite n'ụlọoriri ahụ.

My brother is a chef at that restaurant.

Osiite ahụ amaghị esi ụkwa.

That cook does not know how to cook breadfruit.

Nne m nwere osiite abụọ.

My mother has three tripods.

Ụlooriri ahụ na-achọ osiite.

That restaurant is looking for a chef.

Osiite ji osiite esi nri.

The cook is cooking with a tripod.

Amaka bụ osiite.

Amaka is a cook.

sí ófē

si ofē


Word	si ofē
Definitions	Active verb 1.cook soup
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Onye siri ofe a?

Who cooked this soup?

Nwunye m chọrọ isi ofe.

My wife wants to cook soup.

Esiri m ofe egwusi.

I prepared melon soup.

Nne m na-esi ofe.

My mother is cooking soup.

Anyị ga-esi ofe nsara echi.

We will cook white soup tomorrow.

Nkechi ga-esi ofe taa.

Nkechi will cook soup today.

Ụmụ nwoke na-esi ofe.

Men cook soup.

Jee, sie ofe.

Go and cook soup.

Ama m esi ofe.

I know how to prepare soup.

sí ńrí

si nrī


Word	si nrī
Definitions	Active verb 1.cook food
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Emeka ga-esi ji taa.

Emeka will cook yam today.

I sie nri ahụ, i rie ya naanị gị.

If you cook that food, you eat it alone.

Isi nri na-amasị m.

I like cooking.

Ijeoma na-esi nri ugbua.

Ijeoma is cooking now.

Nne m siri nri n'ụtụtụ.

My mother cooked food in the morning.

Sie nri ka anyị rie.

Cook and let us eat.

Achọrọ m isi nri.

I want to cook food.

Onye siri nri a?

Who cooked this food?

sí

si


Word	si
Definitions	Active verb 君 1.cook; boil 2.follow (a path or way or manner) 3.set-up (like trap); mount 4.be hard or strong
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Ihe a bụ ụzọ e si eje Nneewi

This is the way to Nneewi.

Nnanna na-esi ji.

Nnanna is cooking yam

Ọ na-esi ọnya oke.

He is setting a rat trap.

Ihe a bụ ụzọ e si eme ya

This is how it is done

Ọkpụkpụ a siri ike.

This bone is hard.

ügbųgbà

ụgbụ̀gbà


Word	ụgbụ̀gbà
Definitions	Noun 1.earthen cooking pot
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Nne m nwere ụgbụgba atọ.

My mother has three earthen pots.

Ofe ụgbụgba na-atọ ụtọ.

Soup prepared in earthen pot is tasty.

Ụgbụgba ahụ dị inyị.

That earthen pot is dirty.

Ọchịcha danyere n'ụgbụgba.

Cockroach fell into the earthen pot.

Nne m ji ụgbụgba te ofe onugbu.

My mother cooked bitter leaf soup in earthen pot.

Kedu ihe eji arụ ụgbụgba?

What is used for moulding earten pot?

síjú

siju


Word	siju
Definitions	Active verb 1.cook enough; cook plenty; overcook
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Anyị sijuru àgwà ite.

We cooked a filled pot of beans.

Isiju nri mgbe ndị na-eri ya anọghị bụ imefu ego.

To overcook when eaters are not available is wasting of money.

Biko sijuo ọka ahụ esiju.

Please cook enough of maize.

Ọ gwara m na ya sijuru osikapa esiju.

He told me he cooked enough rice.

Nne m chọrọ isiju nri ite.

My mother wants to cook a full pot of food.

Kedu mgbe a na-esiju ite?

When do they cook a full pot of food.

M na-esiju anụ ahụ esiju.

I am cooking enough of the meat.

Anyị ga-esiju nri maka ndị ọbịa anyị erika.

We will cook plenty food because our guests are much.

Onye na-esiju nri n'ụlọ a bụ Nkechi.

The person who cooks plenty of food in this house is Nkechi.

ékwú

ekwu


Word	ekwu
Definitions	Noun 1.a steel tripod for cooking with firewood 2.stove; cooker
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Ekwu m na-efu efu.

My tripod is missing.

Ha ji ekwu esi nri.

They cook with tripod.

Tinye ọkụ n'ekwu.

Light the tripod.

O sibere ite n'ekwu.

He set the pot on the tripod.

Wepụ nkụ n'ekwu.

Remove firewood from the tripod.

Onye nwe ekwu a?

Who has this tripod.

ékwīígwè

ekwiigwè


Word	ekwiigwè
Definitions	Noun 海寃級 1.cooking tripod, typically made of steel
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Anyi ga-eji ekwiigwe esi ya.

We will cook it with the cooking tripod.

árïá

arịa


Word	arịa
Definitions	Noun 1.utensils, especially for cooking in the kitchen.
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Nne m nwere ̣ọtụtụ arịa e ji esi nri.

My mother has many kitchen utensils.

ákįrïkö

akị̀rịkọ


Word	akị̀rịkọ
Definitions	Noun 1.peeling or scraping of roasted yam; food burnt in cooking 2.dry yam plant (external stem which looks like rope and which when twined into a bundle resembles a sponge, sometimes used for hard scrubbing)
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Akịrịkọ ji na-atọ ụtọ.

The bottom burnt part of yam is delicious.

Kedu ebe ị wụsara akịrịkọ ite ahụ.

Were did you pour the burnt food from that pot.

Iri akịrịkọ ite e ji si àgwà na-amasị m.

Eating the last burnt part of pot used to cook beans pleases me.

Wepụ akịrịkọ ji a.

Peel the burnt back of this yam.

Onye kposara akịrịkọ ndị a?

Who left these burnt food residue?

Enwere m akịrịkọ osikapa ahụ.

I have the burnt part of the rice.

Anaghị m eri akịrịkọ ite.

I do not eat the last burnt part of food under the pot.