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métü

metụ

Standard Igbo
CultureSports

Active verb

1.make a part of something get in contact with another; touch

Example

Metụ ya na nti gị ka ị mara ma ọ dị ọkụ.

Metụ ya na nti gị ka ị mara ma ọ dị ọkụ.

Touch it on your cheek to know if it is hot.

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ré ökü

re ọkụ̄

Standard Igbo
Food

Active verb

1.feel hot, especially when touched

2.burn; be on fire

3.brand with hot object; burn or touch with fire or hot object

Example

Ahụ gị na-ere ọkụ.

Ahụ gị na-ere ọkụ.

Your body feels hot.

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sútü önü

sūtụ̄ ọnụ̄

Standard Igbo

Active verb

1.touch slightly with lips; peck(kiss)

Example

Mgbe ọbụla m hụrụ nwata a mụrụ ọhụrụ, ọ na-agụ m isutụ ya ọnụ na nti.

Mgbe ọbụla m hụrụ nwata a mụrụ ọhụrụ, ọ na-agụ m isutụ ya ọnụ na nti.

Everytime I see a new born child, I feel like pecking him/her the cheeks.

rïrįà áká

rịrị̀à aka

Standard Igbo
Performing ArtsTechnology

Active verb

1.fondle; caress; stroke; touch lightly while moving the hand side to side

Example

Aga m arịrịa ya aka n'azụ ntị ya.

Aga m arịrịa ya aka n'azụ ntị ya.

I will caress it behind its ear.

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kpö ísíàlà

kpọ isiàlà

Standard Igbo
Religion

Active verb

1.bow; touch the ground with head; prostrate

Example

Ịkpọ isiala nye alụsi dị njọ.

Ịkpọ isiala nye alụsi dị njọ.

To prostrate before a deity is wrong.

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kpú ēkpú

kpu ēkpū

Standard Igbo
Sports

Passive verb

1.bend in order for the head not to be seen or not to touch something above it; bend in order not to be seen

Example

Kpuru ekpu banye ebe ahụ ka a ghara ịhụ gị.

Kpuru ekpu banye ebe ahụ ka a ghara ịhụ gị.

Bend into that place so that you won't be seen.

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dïdà áká

dịdà aka

Standard Igbo
Performing Arts

Active verb

1.grope; grabble; scrabble; touch lightly, at quick intervals, in order to feel something when searching;

2.pretend to be putting in effort or trying

Example

Achọghị m ịdịda aka ka m na-achọ ya.

Achọghị m ịdịda aka ka m na-achọ ya.

I don't want to grope while looking for it.

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bì

Standard Igbo
Technology

Active verb

1.dab; make two surfaces touch each other especially to transfer substances between the surfaces

2.print; make a print

3.write boldly, especially with a thick font

4.thump

Example

A ga-ebi ya ọfụma.

A ga-ebi ya ọfụma.

It will be printed well.

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yí ǹtǫǹtörï

yi ǹtọ̀ǹtọrị̄

Standard Igbo
Medicine

Active verb

1.tickle; prod or touch some part of a person's body, lightly, such that it causes the person to laugh

Example

Chike na-eyi nwa ahụ ntọntọrị oge ọbụla ọ bịara ebe a.

Chike na-eyi nwa ahụ ntọntọrị oge ọbụla ọ bịara ebe a.

Chike tickles that child whenever he comes here.

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