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12 found for 'boil' in Igbo

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sí

si

Standard Igbo
Food

Active verb

1.cook; boil

2.follow (a path or way or manner)

3.set-up (like trap); mount

4.be hard or strong

Example

Ihe a bụ ụzọ e si eje Nneewi

Ihe a bụ ụzọ e si eje Nneewi

This is the way to Nneewi.

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ǫgbáḿbö

ọ̀gbam̄bọ̄

Standard Igbo
Medicine

variations:

ọ̀gba m̄bọ̄

Noun

1.whitlow; a boil near a finger nail

Example

Ọ maghị ihe butere ọgbambọ ahụ.

Ọ maghị ihe butere ọgbambọ ahụ.

He doesn't know what caused the whitlow.

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Word Stem

àkpàábų

àkpàabụ̀

Standard Igbo
Medicine

variations:

àkpà abụ̀

Noun

1.boil in armpit

Example

Enwere m etuto akpaabụ.

Enwere m etuto akpaabụ.

I have a boil in my armpit.

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Word Stem

ótító

otito

Standard Igbo
Medicine

Noun

1.boil, abscess, pimple

Example

Otito toro Emeka n'anya.

Otito toro Emeka n'anya.

He/she has boil on the eye.

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Word Stem

úzù

uzù

Standard Igbo
CultureFoodGeography

Noun

1.vapour/steam from boiling water

Example

Butuo ya ma uzu pụtawa.

Butuo ya ma uzu pụtawa.

Bring it down when vapour starts coming out.

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gbö (ágbö)

gbọ (agbọ)

Standard Igbo
Food

Active verb

1.boil; produce bubbles due to heat from a source

Example

Mmanụ ahụ gbọrọ (agbọ) nke oma.

Mmanụ ahụ gbọrọ (agbọ) nke oma.

That oil steamed well.

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sụ

Standard Igbo
TechnologyFood

Active verb

1.boil; (liquids) attain a very high temperature which causes bubbles

Example

Ọ na-asụ na nkeji ise.

Ọ na-asụ na nkeji ise.

It boils in five minutes.

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sü pųtųpųtų

sụ̄ pụ̀tụ̀pụ̀tụ̀

Standard Igbo

Active verb

1.boil very high to the level of having so much bubbles and sound(of the bubbles).

Example

Onye na-esi ofe na-asu pụtụpụtụ?

Onye na-esi ofe na-asu pụtụpụtụ?

Who is cooking the soup that is boiling very high?

ótútó

otuto

Standard Igbo

Noun

1.boil; abscess; outgrowth (with pus) on the skin due to infection of a hair follicle

Example

Ndị mmadụ na-asọ ya asọ maka otuto ahụ.

Ndị mmadụ na-asọ ya asọ maka otuto ahụ.

People were avoiding contact with him because of the boils.

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Word Stem

ńrí ökà

nri ọkà

Standard Igbo

Noun

猿黍

1.food prepared from maize by grinding, sifting, boiling until thick and stiff and sometimes wrapped in leaves for selling

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Word Stems

Nsịbịdị - 2 found

Pronunciation:

Definitions:

1.cook

2.boil

3.fry

4.heat

Pronunciation:

Definitions:

1.boil

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