Urhobo
ISO 639-3: urh
Major language of the Niger Delta
Language Details
| Family Lineage | Niger-Congo › Atlantic-Congo › Volta-Congo › Volta-Niger |
| Countries | Nigeria |
| Approximate Speakers | ~2,000,000 |
| Notes | Closely related to Isoko and Edo |
Hebrew Comparisons
| Word | Meaning | Hebrew Word | Transliteration | Hebrew Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| gari | granulated cassava meal | גֶּרֶשׂ | geres | from an unused root meaning to husk; a kernel (collectively), i.e. grain; beaten corn. |
| dàlà | to fall down | דָּלַל | dâlal | a primitive root (compare דָּלָה); to slacken or be feeble; figuratively, to be oppressed; bring low, dry up, be emptied, be not equal, fail, be impoverished, be made thin. |
| daka | to pound (e.g., yam) | דָּקַק | dâqaq | a primitive root (compare הָדַךְlemma הָדךְ missing vowel, corrected to הָדַךְ); to crush (or intransitively) crumble; beat in pieces (small), bruise, make dust, (into) [idiom] powder, (be, very) small, stamp (small). |
| osù | month | כֶּסֶא | keçeʼ | or כֶּסֶה; apparently from כָּסָה; properly, fulness or the full moon, i.e. its festival; (time) appointed. |