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tópù

topù

Standard Igbo

Active verb

1.be well-grown; have more than average height; grow tall

Example

Biko, rie ezigbo nri ka ị topu.

Biko, rie ezigbo nri ka ị topu.

Please, eat good food so you can grow well.

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dózí

dozi

Standard Igbo
PoliticsTechnologyCultureZoologyBotany

Active verb

1.keep well or properly

2.fix; repair; arrange; settle; put right a situation or thing

Example

Aga m edozi akwa m ka ọ ghara ịma ebu.

Aga m edozi akwa m ka ọ ghara ịma ebu.

I will keep my cloths properly so that it won't grow fungi molds.

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ríjú áfö

riju afọ

Standard Igbo
Slang
Medicine

Active verb

1.feed well; eat to satiety

Example

Rijuo nri afọ ma i lọta akwụkwọ.

Rijuo nri afọ ma i lọta akwụkwọ.

Eat food to satiety when you return from studies.

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ųmï

ụ̀mị

Standard Igbo
CultureMarine

Noun

1.water well; cistern

Example

Mmiri ataala n'ụmị anyị

Mmiri ataala n'ụmị anyị

Our well water is dried up.

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ǫmï

ọ̀mị

Standard Igbo
TechnologyMarine

Noun

1.shallow well; pit; well for collecting rain-water (òmị more common in Onitsha Town)

Example

Anyị ga-egwu ọmị.

Anyị ga-egwu ọmị.

We will dig a pit.

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-zí

-zi

Standard Igbo

Extensional suffix

1.properly; well

Example

A na m elezi ụmụ ya anya.

A na m elezi ụmụ ya anya.

I am looking after his children.

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dé údē

de ūdē

Standard Igbo
Politics

Passive verb

1.be famous; well known; be popular

Example

Ihe ahụ mere na-ede ude ugbua.

Ihe ahụ mere na-ede ude ugbua.

That thing that happened is well known now.

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ǹkǫömá

ǹkọ̀ọma

Standard Igbo

variations:

ǹkèọma

Adverb

外寊肢

1.well, properly

Example

M na-esebu ihe nkeọma mgbe m na tolite.

M na-esebu ihe nkeọma mgbe m na tolite.

I used to draw well growing up.

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ömá

ọma

Standard Igbo

Adjective

寊肢

1.good; nice; well

2.beautiful; pretty

Example

Ajaero bụ nwoke ọma.

Ajaero bụ nwoke ọma.

Ajaero is a good man.

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ézígbó

ezigbo

Standard Igbo
Religion

Adjective

1.good (usually used for describing something, someone or the quality of a thing);

2.well (describing the manner or degree something is done); properly

Nominal Modifier

1.good; real; very; proper

Example

Onye ahụ bụ ezigbo mmadụ.

Onye ahụ bụ ezigbo mmadụ.

That person is a good person.

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Nsịbịdị - 2 found

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Definitions:

1.straight

2.correct

3.good

4.moral

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