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chí

chi

Standard Igbo

Active verb

1.block

Example

Ụzọ ahụ chiri echi maka mmemme nwoke ahụ na-eme.

Ụzọ ahụ chiri echi maka mmemme nwoke ahụ na-eme.

That road is blocked due to the party that man is doing.

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-chí

-chi

Standard Igbo
Language

Extensional suffix

1.close; block; fill

Example

Gwongworo dachiri ụzọ mgbe m na-aga ọrụ.

Gwongworo dachiri ụzọ mgbe m na-aga ọrụ.

A trailer fell across the road when I was going to work.

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nǫchì

nọ̀chì

Standard Igbo

Active verb

帰襟

1.stay to block someone or something

Example

A hụghị m ihu ya nkeọma, ndị nọ n'ihu nọchiri m.

A hụghị m ihu ya nkeọma, ndị nọ n'ihu nọchiri m.

I did not see his face very well, the people in front blocked me.

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ńgwùgwù ńnú

ngwùgwù nnū

Standard Igbo
Food

Noun

1.block, parcel of salt

Example

Nwunye Lọt ghọrọ ngwùgwù nnu.

Nwunye Lọt ghọrọ ngwùgwù nnu.

Lot's wife became a block of salt.

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Word Stems

dàchì

dàchì

Standard Igbo

Active verb

員襟

1.fall across, thus blocking

Example

Ekwela ka osisi nkwụ a dachie ụzọ.

Ekwela ka osisi nkwụ a dachie ụzọ.

Don't allow this palm tree to fall across and block the road.

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Word Stem

dó ájá

do ajā

Standard Igbo

Active verb

1.build a wall; set up blocks to build a house

Example

Onye doro aja a?

Onye doro aja a?

Who built this wall?

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Word Stem

nǫchí üzǫ

nọ̀chi ụzọ̀

Standard Igbo
PoliticsSports

Active verb

1.block road or way; obstruct ; stand in way of something or somebody

Example

Onye bụ onye a nọchiri ụzọ.

Onye bụ onye a nọchiri ụzọ.

Who is this person that is standing on our way.

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Word Stem

chí

chī

Standard Igbo

Active verb

1.approve someone a traditional title or position

2.block; be filled up

Example

Echiela nna m eze n'obodo anyị.

Echiela nna m eze n'obodo anyị.

My father has been crown king in our town.

ńgwùgwù

ngwùgwù

Standard Igbo
Culture

Noun

1.parcel; package; block; bundle; block

Example

Atọghebeghị m ngwugwu ha nyere m.

Atọghebeghị m ngwugwu ha nyere m.

I have not opened the parcel they gave to me.

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ödàchí

ọdàchi

Standard Igbo
Culture

Noun

1.hinderance; obstacle; stumbling block; tragic event

Example

Achọghị m ọdachi ọbụla.

Achọghị m ọdachi ọbụla.

I do not want any hinderance.

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Word Stem

Nsịbịdị - 5 found

Pronunciation:

chí

Definitions:

1.firm

2.shut

3.firmly

4.secure

5.block

6.close

7.end

Pronunciation:

chí

Definitions:

1.firm

2.shut

3.firmly

4.secure

5.block

6.close

7.end

Pronunciation:

àkụ̀:nà:à:chï

Definitions:

1.

Pronunciation:

Definitions:

1.lead [in politics]

2.campaign

3.govern

4.rule

5.supervise

Pronunciation:

ńgùgù

Definitions:

1.parcel

2.package

3.block

4.bundle

5.block

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