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zá

za

Standard Igbo

Active verb

1.swell; bulge; inflate

Example

Ụkwụ ya zara aza.

Ụkwụ ya zara aza.

Her feet is swollen.

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zá ázá

za āzā

Standard Igbo

Active verb

1.swell; be swollen

Example

Egbugberonụ gị ga-aza ma aṅụ gbaa ya.

Egbugberonụ gị ga-aza ma aṅụ gbaa ya.

Your lips will be swollen if a bee stings it.

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Word Stem

kò

Standard Igbo
Mathematics

Active verb

1.swell; puff; distend; bloat

2.(slang)to be puffed up; to brag

Example

Emeka na-ekokarị.

Emeka na-ekokarị.

Emeka usually puffs up.

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ázįzáá

azị̀zaā

Standard Igbo
Medicine

Noun

1.swelling (usually around the armpit, groin, upper thigh)

Example

Ọrịa ahụ gbanyere ya azịzịaa n'abụ.

Ọrịa ahụ gbanyere ya azịzịaa n'abụ.

The illeness created a swelling on his/her armpit.

Word Stem

rúchí

ruchi

Standard Igbo
MedicineCulture

Active verb

1.swell and fill (a receptacle); heal up (of wound)

Example

Ọnya ahụ na-eruchi n'ike n'ike.

Ọnya ahụ na-eruchi n'ike n'ike.

The wound is fast healing.

Word Stem

fụ̀

Standard Igbo
TechnologyCulture

Active verb

1.blow; expel air

2.bloat; swell, especially with air

Example

Achọrọ m ịfụ opi.

Achọrọ m ịfụ opi.

I want to blow a flute.

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ázįzárá

azị̀zarā

Standard Igbo
Medicine

Noun

1.organs of the body that swell up under the jaws, armpits, and in the groin when there is an injury; lymph node; lymph nodes

Example

Azizara na-aza ma mmadụ nwee ọrụsị.

Azizara na-aza ma mmadụ nwee ọrụsị.

Lymph nodes swell if one has an injury.

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Word Stem

àgbàíkpèrè

àgbàikpèrè

Standard Igbo
Medicine

variations:

agba ikpere

Name

1.arthritis; the swelling and tenderness of one or more joints

Example

Onye nwere agbaikpere ekwesịghị ịṅụ mmiri oyi.

Onye nwere agbaikpere ekwesịghị ịṅụ mmiri oyi.

An arthritis patient is not supposed to take cold water.

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Word Stem

ákpų

akpụ̀

Standard Igbo
Medicine

Noun

1.lump; large muscle; a swelling on the body (especially due to a hit)

2.a fastening made by looping a, reasonably, long and narrow material; knot

Example

Biko, wetara m ya ka m jiri ya tọọ akpụ a.

Biko, wetara m ya ka m jiri ya tọọ akpụ a.

Please bring it to me let me use it to loosen this knot.

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Word Stem

ákpųólú

akpụ̀olū

Standard Igbo
Medicine

Noun

1.goitre [swollen thyroid], swelling or lump at the front part of the neck

Example

Chidịọgọ nwere akpụolu.

Chidịọgọ nwere akpụolu.

Chidiogo is suffering from goitre.

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Word Stems

Nsịbịdị - 5 found

Pronunciation:

kò} 動. swell; rise; inflate; bloat; dilate; distend; become crowded 浪遭: 図 {zá

Definitions:

1.

Pronunciation:

Definitions:

1.blow

2.whistle

Pronunciation:

Definitions:

1.blow

2.whistle

Pronunciation:

fụ̀

Definitions:

1.blow

2.puff

3.exhale

Pronunciation:

ákpụ̀

Definitions:

1.knot

2.cyst

3.tumour

4.lump

5.hump

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