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gbéfè

gbefè

Standard Igbo

Active verb

1.crawl over, past

Example

Ezinne amụtala igbefe obere mgbidi a.

Ezinne amụtala igbefe obere mgbidi a.

Ezinne has learnt how to crawl over this small wall.

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kpüpųtá

kpụpụ̀ta

Standard Igbo
Culture

Active verb

1.to creep, crawl, glide out (to the open)

2.to pull or draw somebody or something out (to the open)

3.to bring something out by drawing or pulling it

Example

Kpụpụta ewu ahụ ka e gbuo ya.

Kpụpụta ewu ahụ ka e gbuo ya.

Bring the goat out for slaughtering.

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dö ödų

dọ ọdụ̀

Standard Igbo
Culture

Active verb

1.(of a baby) to start sitting before starting to crawl

Example

Nwa Ebuka amalitela ịdọ ọdụ.

Nwa Ebuka amalitela ịdọ ọdụ.

Ebuka's child has started sitting.

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rị

Standard Igbo

Active verb

1.climb; crawl(animals); move flat on the floor or ground

2.(figurative)move slowly

3.rise (level)

Example

O ji moto rịa ya elu.

O ji moto rịa ya elu.

He ran over it with a car.

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ǫrïrï

ọ̀rịrị

Standard Igbo
AgricultureCommerceZoologyMedicine

Noun

1.crawling (insects and reptiles); the act of moving, on a surface, using the abdomen or limbs

2.climbing; move, especially upward a slope or a vertical structure

Example

Ụdị anụ ahụ bụ anụ ọrịrị.

Ụdị anụ ahụ bụ anụ ọrịrị.

That type of animal is a crawling insect.

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árïrï

arịrị

Standard Igbo
Zoology

Noun

1.crawling animals that have elongated bodies with numerous leg-bearing segments; myriapod

Example

Arịrị na-ebi ebe dere mmiri.

Arịrị na-ebi ebe dere mmiri.

Millipedes live in wet places.

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gbé ígbē

gbe igbē

Standard Igbo
ZoologyCulture

Active verb

1.walk on both hands and knees; walk on the knees; crawl

Example

Egbere m igbe ọsọọsọ na nwata.

Egbere m igbe ọsọọsọ na nwata.

When I was a kid, I crawled fast.

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rïpų

rịpụ̀

Standard Igbo
Transportation

Active verb

1.alight from a vehicle

2.crawl out

Example

Nchi ahụ na-arịpụta obere obere.

Nchi ahụ na-arịpụta obere obere.

That grasscutter is crawling out gradually.

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ígbē

igbē

Standard Igbo
MedicineSports

Noun

1.movement, from one location to another, made on the knees, or hands and knees; crawl; crawling

Example

O gbere igbe banye n'ime ebe ahụ.

O gbere igbe banye n'ime ebe ahụ.

He crawled inside that place.

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Nsịbịdị - 2 found

Pronunciation:

Definitions:

1.climb

2.go up

3.mount

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