Here are some beginners words people can learn from. Children of Owan parenthood born in diaspora can begin with learning these common words.
| English | Owan |
|---|---|
| Abdomen/Stomach | Ẹkẹe |
| Afternoon | Odanmi |
| Albino | Anyain |
| All of us | Mamai-erẹmẹn |
| Ankle | Akhuan-oẹ |
| Anniversary | Aere |
| Ant | Eririn |
| Antelope | Uzo |
| Bank | Aza |
| Beauty | Osẹn |
| Because | Ọhiọ |
| Before | Ọhiọ |
| Bell/Gong | Agogo |
| Bible | Ebenọfuan |
| Bird | Afianmi |
| Biro/Pen | Ukeke |
| Body | Egbe |
| Bone | Akpoka |
| Book | Ebe |
| Bottle | Ogo |
| Box | Akpoti |
| Brain | Umaghogho |
| Broom | Okhan |
| But | Sokpẹn |
| Buttocks | Iditihan |
| Campus | Ẹkẹ-ugba |
| Cane | Asan |
| Car/Bus/aeroplane/ship/Canoe | Okọ |
| Cat | Ologbo |
| Chair | Aga |
| Chest | Idanman/Idama |
| Child | Ọmọn |
| Children | Ivbiẹ |
| Church | Ọsẹ |
| Clock | Aogo |
| Cloth/dress | Ukpon |
| Cockroach | Ahẹnhẹnmi |
| Coconut | Upku |
| Cold weather | Okhuakhua |
| Come | Vae |
| Concern | Ọnyiẹnmẹn |
| Correct | Ọghae |
| Courage | Udu |
| Creator | Ohi/Ehi |
| Cup | Uko |
| Cutlass | Ọpia |
| Dagger | Usẹkun |
| Dance | Igbemi |
| Day after tomorrow | Otiakhuẹ |
| Debt | Osa |
| Difference | Iriọdan |
| Disease/Sickness | Emianmi |
| Doctor | Ọbo |
| Dog | Awa |
| Ear | Eho |
| Ear | Ẹhọ |
| Earth | Otọe-ghagbọna |
| Elbow | Uguobọ |
| Elephant | Ini |
| Evening | Ewan |
| Exam/Test | Idamighe |
| Eye | Ero/Ukpẹo |
| Eyes | Ikpẹo |
| Faith | Amiẹnhọn |
| Fan | Azuzu |
| Fasting | Awẹ |
| Fear | Ofẹn |
| Feast/Festival | Ukpe |
| Female | Aanmi |
| Fingers | Ikpabo |
| Finish | Ọforo |
| Fish | Ehẹrẹn |
| Flood | Orogho |
| Food | Ebare/Ebae |
| Foot | Oe |
| Fork | Ubọsu |
| Glory | Ọkhai |
| Go/Move | Oshan |
| Goat | Ẹwe |
| God | Oisẹlẹbua |
| Grasshopper | Akaka |
| Great people | Ikpesa |
| Great person | Okpesa |
| Greeting | Oruẹ |
| Hair | Eto |
| Hair | Eto |
| Hands/hand | Abo/Obọ |
| Hardship | Ọmiamin |
| Harlot | Adegbe |
| Harvest | Ahiekoko |
| Hat or Cap | Eru |
| Head | Uhọnmọ |
| Heaven | Eriminọsẹn |
| Heels | Ezeoẹ |
| Hell | Erimin-ọkhọrọ |
| Help | Ikpaobọ |
| Here | Aran |
| Hill/Mountain | Ogbagba |
| Hold on | Sẹ-muzẹ |
| Hole | Oo |
| Hot | Ọtohia |
| House | Oa |
| House | Oa |
| Husband | Ọdọn |
| I am coming | Ivade |
| In-law | Oruẹn |
| Jaw | Agban |
| Knee | Uguaẹ |
| Knife | Aghae |
| Knowledge | Aẹrẹn/ Iguemi |
| Learn/Study | Amamemi |
| Left hand | Ọgobọ |
| Leg | Oe |
| Leopard | Ẹkpẹn |
| Lie | Iashan |
| Light | Urukpa |
| Lion | Atalakpa |
| Love | Ihọnmẹkẹre |
| Male | Ọhe |
| Man | Omohe |
| Man | Ọmọhe |
| Market | Ekin |
| Market day | Ẹdekin |
| Market women | Ikhuoho-nọ-duekin |
| Mat | Ewa |
| Meat/Animal | Eanmi |
| Men | Imọhe |
| Minute | Igbẹo-ọkpa |
| Money | Egho |
| Monkey | Ovbere |
| Morning | Ewiẹ |
| Motorbike | Okpikpi |
| Mouth | Unun/Unu |
| My husband | Ọdọn-mẹn |
| My in-law | Oruẹn-mẹn |
| My wife | Ọha-mẹn |
| Neck | Urunrun |
| Night | Asọn |
| Nose | Ihue |
| Ocean | Okun |
| Office | Ogobia |
| Oil | Evbiri |
| Once | Isọkpa |
| Onion | Alubasa |
| Ordinary person | Ovbioguere |
| Our | Oghomai |
| Our in-law | Iruẹn-mai |
| Palm | Etabo |
| Palm tree | Udi |
| Pastor/Priest | Ohẹin |
| Patience | Oziẹn/Iziẹn-egbe |
| Pawpaw | Anyanba |
| Peace | Ọfure |
| Penis | Ekuẹ |
| Pepper | Ẹsin |
| Pig | Isi |
| Play | Ikhiẹn |
| Pond | Utakpo |
| Poor man | Ọnẹsọngbe |
| Poverty | Ẹsọn |
| Power/Strength | Itotomi/Etin |
| Praise | Ire |
| Profit/Gain | Irere |
| Rain | Ame-nọrọ |
| Rat | Ofe |
| Rich person | Ọnọfere |
| Riches/Wealth | Ẹfe |
| Right hand | Obọdiọn |
| River | Ede |
| River | Ede |
| Run/Race | Ulẹ |
| Salt | Umẹrẹn |
| School | Oaghebe/Oaghi-amamemi |
| Servant/maid | Ọgbamadia/Ovbiodogho |
| Sexual act | Olele/Omẹhẹn |
| Shoe | Ibata |
| Shoulder | Iguabọ |
| Sickness | Ikhọmọn |
| Skull | Aghogho |
| Slave | Ọviẹn |
| Sleep | Omẹhẹn |
| Snail | Ebisun |
| Snail | Ebisun |
| Something | Emi |
| Song | Ioro |
| Soup | Omọ |
| Spoon | Isibi |
| Stars | Ahiẹhiẹn |
| Stream | Ovbiẹdẹ |
| Stubborn | Akaehọ |
| Suffering | Ọmiami |
| Sun | Ovọn |
| Sunday | Ẹdọsẹ |
| Surprise | Ọnyiunua |
| Teeth | Akon |
| That | Ọni |
| There | Eheni |
| These | Ena |
| They | Nanai |
| Thigh | Isakoẹ |
| Thinking/Thought | Aroro |
| This | Ọna |
| Those | Eni |
| Thunder | Ohisokhumu/Oisokhumun |
| Tiger | Akpakomizẹ |
| Time | Ẹghẹ |
| Tobacco | Ataba |
| Today | Ẹrẹrẹ/Ẹrẹna |
| Toes | Ikpaẹ |
| Tomorrow | Akhuẹ |
| Trader | Ọduekin |
| Tree | Oran |
| Truth | Ata |
| Twice | Igileva |
| Unity | Akugbe |
| Vagina | Ukoko |
| Valley | Uere |
| Waist | Ekun |
| Wait | Muzẹ |
| Waste dump | Itikun |
| Water | Ame |
| We | Mamai |
| Well (Water) | Uhae |
| What? | Bọu? |
| Where? | Sọu? |
| Who? | Ọọni |
| Why? | Bọzẹe |
| Wickedness | Ẹkẹọbe |
| Wife | Ọha |
| Woman | Okhuoho |
| Women | Ikhuoho |
| Wood | Eran |
| Work | Obia |
| Worship | Igami |
| Wrist | Akhuan-obọ |
| Write | Aviemi |
| Yam | Ema |
Note: There may be slight variations from clan to clan.
