IGBO  (Nigeria) from Edenic

Coordinated with Remy C. Ilona, Esq of Nigeria rcilona2000@yahoo.com

(Edenic = proto-Semitic, as best documented in the early Hebrew Bible)

KEY:

< = ultimately from the Edenic (Proto-Semitic, Biblical citations at the E-Word CD Dictionary entry [in brackets] will verify Hebrew spelling and meaning,

 and may provide exotic cognates sharing the same sound and sense. The given Indo-European root is most often given at the entry.)

n Hebrew Capital Letters represent root consonant letters to be emphasized.

Letter Shift Codes A menorah of only 7 sounds, as all music is from 7 notes

שנוי בצליל האותיות

S = letter shifts: [all vowels are interchangeable, no shifts needed]

S-B = bilabial shift [interchangeable lip letters: B, F, V, W],

S-F = fricative shift,[interchangeable whistling letters: Soft C,S,TS]  

S-G = guttural shift [interchangeable throat letters: Hard C,G,K,Q]

S-D = dental shift [interchangeable tooth letters: D, T, TS]

S-L = liquid shift [interchangeable tongue letters: L,R]

S-N = nasal shift  [interchangeable nose letters: M,N]

N = nasalization (extra M or N inserted in the root).

M = metathesis (root letters switch places). Example: M132 means that the native word takes the 1^st, 3^rd, then 2^nd consonant letter of the Edenic root.

ß = reverse the (root letters of) the Edenic source word

B  = a borrowing from another modern language

Key to Romanized Hebrew Aleph-Bet:

Vowels are in lower case. Root letters in Upper Case with [brackets] around unpronounced letters or non-historic ones in the derivative language.  5 Hebrew letters have end-forms.

Aleph א = A or any Upper Case VOWEL; Betב = B, Bhet = BH or (V); Gimel ג= G; Dalet = ד D; Hey  ה= H;

 Vav  ו= V, OO or OA ; Zayinז  = Z;  Het  ח= [K]H or K[H]; Tetט  = DT; Yod  י= Y; Kahf כ,ך = K, Khaf = KH; Lamed  ל= L; Memמ,ם  = M;  Noon  נ,ן  = N; Samekh ס= $; Ayin  ע= bracketed UPPER CASE [VOWEL] or GH;

Peyפ,ף  = P, Phey = PH or F;  Zaddi  צ,ץ= TS (always read ST in European); Koof  ק= Q; Raish  ר= R or WR; Shin  ש= SH, Sin = S; Tahf   ת= T, TH, (S)

Akwa  egg <   S-G, S-B עוף GHOAF, fowl, (common egglayers)

    [AVIATE] . Soft Ayin עוף [O]WF gave French the oeuf, Italian the vevu,

    Latin the ova and Spanish the heuvo.

    Yes, the chicken came before these eggs. 

Anya  eye  <  M132 עין [A]YiN, eye [EYE]

Anyi  we  < אנו ANOO, we [NOSTRATIC]

Atu  deer  < תו, antelope  [DOE]

Aturu  sheep < טלה  DTaLeH, lamb [DOLL]

Biko  please  <  בקש BaQeSH, request [BEG

     at “FAKIR”]

Dinko  sharp  <  ß, N  חדK[H]ahD, sharp [ACUTE]

Ikili  heel  < עקל [A]hQaiL, crooked, עקב [A]QaiBH,

 heel [ACHILLES HEEL, ANGLE]

Iwe  anger (goes with hot anger) < S-B אף AhF,  anger (literally: nostril,

   in  Exodus 32:11 “burning nostril” means anger) [IRE]

Jide  hold  <  יד YahD, hand  [JET]

Okpere  knee  < S-L כפל  KaPHaL, fold, bend

         [COUPLE, with FLEX]

Osisi  wood, stick, tree < S-F  עץ[A]iTS, wood, tree

        [ASH tree]

Kwusi!   Stop!  <  S-G, S-B עקב  [A]QaiBH, heel

          [QUIBBLE]

Ma  also  <  ß עםEeM, together with [COMMON

  me in Hawaiian, me in Tongan and Samoan]

Madu, human; Mmadu  person  <  ß אדם ADaM, person,

    human, Adam [DEMOCRAT]

Mu   I  <  S-N  אני ANeeY, I   [ME]

Ohere  gap   <  חר [K]HoaR, hole [HOLLOW]

Okwo  big  <  S-G, S-B גבר Ga(V)aR  [BIG]

Omenana  religion and culture < אמונה EMOONaH, faith ]AMENABLE[

Onwa  moon  <  ß  לבנה Le (V)aNaH, moon   

                       [LUNAR]

Udele  vulture  < S-D, S-L טרף DToaRaiF, predator   [TROPHY]

Udi  image  <  S-D אות OWT, sign  [OATH]

Ugwu  hill  <  S-B גבעה Gi(V)aH, height [GIBBON]

Ulo  house   < אוהל  OHeL, tent  [HALL]

Urimmu  special light <  אורים  OoReeYM, oracular gems of the priestly

    Breastplate that would light up (Exodus 28:30). <  אורOaR, light 

   (singular) [AURA]

Usoro  rule, and  Osoru  order  < S-F שרר SHoaReR, rule , שר  SahR ruler [SIR] ; S-F ישרYoaSHeR, following the law [JURISDICTION]