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tá áhühü

ta ahụhụ

Standard Igbo
Culture

Active verb

涯寀蟻

1.suffer;

2.punish

Example

Ị ga-ata ahụhụ n’ọdịniihu ma ọ bụrụ na ị hapụghị ajọ omume gị.

Ị ga-ata ahụhụ n’ọdịniihu ma ọ bụrụ na ị hapụghị ajọ omume gị.

You will suffer in future if you do not let go of your bad behaviour.

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hüjú ányá

hụju ānyā

Standard Igbo

Active verb

1.toil, suffer greatly

2.be horrified, as by an abomination horrified by what is happening now

Example

A hụjuru m anya ụnyaahụ.

A hụjuru m anya ụnyaahụ.

I suffered yesterday.

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áhühü

ahụhụ

Standard Igbo
Law

Noun

才世

1.suffering; difficulty; challenge

2.punishment

Example

Ụdị ahụhụ a ekwesighị ekwesi.

Ụdị ahụhụ a ekwesighị ekwesi.

This type of suffering is unjust.

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rïà örïà

rịà ọrịà

Standard Igbo
Medicine

Active verb

渦寊渦

1.suffer illness; be sick; suffer from disease

Example

Nne Ngọzị dị ka ọ na-arịa ọrịạ.

Nne Ngọzị dị ka ọ na-arịa ọrịạ.

Ngozi's Mother looks as if she is sick

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rįà

rị̀à

Standard Igbo

Active verb

1.suffer from an illness; be ill with an illness

Example

Ọ rịara ịba n'ọnwa gara aga.

Ọ rịara ịba n'ọnwa gara aga.

She suffered from malaria last month.

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hüsì ányá

hụsì anyā

Standard Igbo
Politics

Active verb

1.suffer greatly; see many tribulations; have hard experience

Example

Ahụsiri m anya!

Ahụsiri m anya!

I had a terrible experience!

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ónyāárá

onyaarā

Standard Igbo
MedicineCulture

variations:

onyearā

Noun

1.a person suffering from acute psychosis; mad person; lunatic; a crazy

2.an aggressive person; a badly behaved person; an unreasonable person

Example

Onyaara ka bụ mmadụ.

Onyaara ka bụ mmadụ.

A lunatic is still a human being, you now.

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tá ìkìkérēézē

ta ìkìkereezē

Standard Igbo
CultureMedicine

Active verb

涯㨁骸

1.gnash teeth; grind upper and lower teeth together;

2.cause suffering

Example

Nnannukwu m na-ata ikikereeze.

Nnannukwu m na-ata ikikereeze.

My grandfather is gnashing his teeth.

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mésí íkē

mesi ikē

Standard Igbo
Performing ArtsPolitics

Active verb

1.do energetically; make to suffer

Example

Ọ ga-emesi ike ma ị laa.

Ọ ga-emesi ike ma ị laa.

It will happen more energetically when you leave.

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