9 found for 'touching' in Igbo
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métü
metụ
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
bì
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
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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