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4 sign languages with signs. Signs are shown in SignWriting, never as notation.
British Sign Language
117 published entries
American Sign Language
50 published entries
Argentine Sign Language
4 published entries
Adamorobe Sign Language
2 published entries
Igbo
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“Abacha bụ nri pụrụ iche.”
African salad is a special food.
“Abalị eruo.”
Night has come.
“Afọ ole ka nwa gị dị?”
How old is your child?
“Ọ na-ata afụ̀fụ̀.”
He is suffering.
- suffer will be to a sinner
- suffering
Source: Wikidata lexemes (CC0-1.0), adapted.
“Agaba bịara n'ọgbọ egwuregwu, onye ọ bụla gbapụrụ.”
The Agaba masquerade came to the playground, and everyone ran away.
- stubborn, reckless masquerade that moves about with an axe or matchet (machete), and a chain or rope round its waist, always ready to fight and destroy things
- Agaba masquerade
Source: Wikidata lexemes (CC0-1.0), adapted.
“Agadị̄ ahụ na-agwa anyị gbasara omenala.”
The elder is telling us about the culture.
- one who has lived a lot of years
- an elder
- an adult
- elder
Source: Wikidata lexemes (CC0-1.0), adapted.
“Agbamakwụkwọ ha mara mma nke ukwuu.”
Their wedding was very beautiful.
“Nne m bụ agbàrànwaànyị̀ n'ime obodo anyị.”
My mother is an influential woman in our village.
- woman of great influence
- a woman who does wonders
- influential woman
Source: Wikidata lexemes (CC0-1.0), adapted.
“Agbataobi anyị dị jụụ.”
Our neighborhood is quiet.
“Agbọghọbịa ahụ nwere ezigbo agwa.”
That young woman has good character.
“Aghụghọ adịghị mma n'azụmahịa.”
Cunning is not good in business.
“Agụ nwere ntupuntupu n'ahụ.”
The leopard has spots on its body.
“Agụụ na-agụ m n'ezie.”
I am truly hungry.
“Agwọ nọ n'ime ahịhịa.”
A snake is in the grass.
“Aha m mara mma nke ukwuu.”
My name is very beautiful.
“Mama m gara ahịa.”
My mother went to the market.
“Ahịhịa na-eto n'ogige anyị.”
Grass is growing in our garden.
“Ahụ siri m ike.”
I am healthy.
“Ahụ́ike kachasị akụ̀ n'ụwa.”
Health is the greatest wealth in the world.
“Ụmụaka na-egwu egwu n'ime aja.”
The children are playing in the sand.
- the loose granular substance that covers part of the earth surface
- sand
- soil
Source: Wikidata lexemes (CC0-1.0), adapted.
“Ajọ omume adịghị mma.”
Bad behavior is not good.
“O nwere ajọ̄ isi n'ụbọchị ahụ.”
He had bad luck on that day.
- back luck
- bad luck
Source: Wikidata lexemes (CC0-1.0), adapted.
“Kwọọ aka gị.”
Wash your hands.
“O ji akaèkpè dee akwụkwọ.”
He uses his left hand to write.
- left hand
- left (direction)
Source: Wikidata lexemes (CC0-1.0), adapted.
“O sere akara n'elu ala.”
He drew a mark on the ground.
“Onye nwere akọ na-ala ndụ.”
He who has tact lives long.
“Akpa m jupụtara na ego.”
My bag is full of money.
“Akpa ego m efuola n'ụgbọala.”
My wallet is lost in the car.
“Ọ gbara akpụ̀ n'aka ya mgbe ọ kụrụ ya ihe.”
A lump formed on his arm after he hit it.
- lump
- large muscle
- a swelling on the body (especially due to a hit)
Source: Wikidata lexemes (CC0-1.0), adapted.
“Onye à bụ enyi m.”
This person is my friend.
- this
- used to identify a person or thing that is close at hand, indicated, or experienced; this
Source: Wikidata lexemes (CC0-1.0), adapted.
“Nne m siri àchị̀chà taa.”
My mother cooked àchị̀chà today.
- a native Igbo delicacy made of dried cocoyam and beans
- cocoyam flakes
Source: Wikidata lexemes (CC0-1.0), adapted.
“Àdaèzè na-abịa n'emume ahụ.”
The princess is coming to the ceremony.
- daughter of a king
- princess
Source: Wikidata lexemes (CC0-1.0), adapted.
“Àdannà nke ezinụlọ anyị dị ọcha.”
The father's first daughter of our family is neat.
- father's first daughter
Source: Wikidata lexemes (CC0-1.0), adapted.
“Àdannàya bụ nwaanyị mara mma.”
The first daughter of her father is a beautiful woman.
- her father's (first) daughter
- her father's first daughter
Source: Wikidata lexemes (CC0-1.0), adapted.
“Àgbà m na-egbu m mgbu.”
My jaw is hurting me.
- (of a person) prominence
Source: Wikidata lexemes (CC0-1.0), adapted.
“Àgbàtà ụlọ anyị dị ọcha.”
The area surrounding our house is clean.
- surrounding; nearby; beside; the point where two things meet
- surrounding
Source: Wikidata lexemes (CC0-1.0), adapted.
“M na-eri àgìdi na nri ụtụtụ.”
I am eating corn pudding for breakfast.
- a semi-solid (jellof-like) food made from maize and wrapped in special leaves
- corn pudding
Source: Wikidata lexemes (CC0-1.0), adapted.
“Nwatakịrị ahụ nwere àhụọkụ̄.”
The child has a fever.
- sickness where the body temperature goes higher than normal
- fever
Source: Wikidata lexemes (CC0-1.0), adapted.
“E nwere akụkọ gbasara àkàlòògòli n'obodo ahụ.”
There are stories regarding the spirits of worthless people in that village.
- spirits of the dead of worthless people (see mmụō)
- spirit of a worthless person
Source: Wikidata lexemes (CC0-1.0), adapted.
“Ọ na-echekwa mkpụrụ ego ya n'ime àkpàkwùrù ya.”
He keeps his coins in his pouch.
- a hollow, flexible structure that holds things in it; sac; pouch
- pouch
Source: Wikidata lexemes (CC0-1.0), adapted.
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