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ögwų

ọgwụ̀

Wordọgwụ̀
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Noun

1.stump (tree)

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Ọgwụ osisi ha gbuturu ka nọ n'ime ala.

The stump of that tree the cut down is still in the ground.

ögwų

ọgwụ̀

Wordọgwụ̀
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Noun

1.medicine; poison; charm

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Aṅụrụ m ọgwụ isiọwụwa.

I took a medicine for headache.

Biko were ego a zụtara m ọgwụ ahu mgbu.

Please take this money to buy pain relieve drug for me.

Emeka na-agwọ ọgwụ.

Emeka prepares charm.

E nyere m ọgwụ n'ụlọọgwụ.

I was given drugs at the hospital.

Ọgwụ ọ sịrị m rachaa na-elu ilu.

The medicine he told me to lick is bitter.

Ọgwu ̣ahụ emebiela.

That drug has spoilt

Tee ọgwụ a n'ahụ gị n'abalị a.

Apply this medication on your body this night.

Ọgwụ a dị oke ọnụ.

This drug is too costly.

Ọ bụ ọgwụ ahụ o nyere m lara ahụọkụ ahụ.

It is the medicine he gave me that cured that sickness.

ógwú

ogwū

Wordogwū
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Noun

1.thorn

2.bone (fish)

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Ahịhịa ahụ nwere ogwu.

That grass has thorn.

Ejighị ogwu egwu egwu.

You do not play with thorn.

Ekpunyere Kraịst okpu ogwu.

Christ was crowned with thorn.

Wepụ ogwu ahụ ka ọ ghara imeru ya ahụ.

Remove that thorn so that it won't hurt him.

Ọkụ gbara ogwu ahụ.

That thorn got burnt by fire.

Ogwu juru n'ubi a.

This farm s full of thorn.

Onye dowere ogwu a?

Who kept this thorn.

Ogwu mara m

Thorn pinched me.

nwü

nwụ

Wordnwụ
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Passive verb

1.(especially animal or human) catch; grip; hold in such a way as to not give room for freedom (likely humiliating, especially for humans)

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A ga-anwụrụ onye na-ezụ ohi a n'oge na-adịghị anya.

The person that carries out this theft will be caught in no distant time.

kwü

kwụ

Wordkwụ
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Active verb

1.be affixed; be plugged

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Where I usually plug my phone to electric has spoilt

Biko kwụ ihe ahụ n'ọkụ ka anyị pụọ.

Please plug that thing to electric power let's go.

Ọ na-akwụ ihe na ntị.

She plugs something in her ear.

Ya kwụrụ ebe ahụ. Ohere adịghị ebe a.

Let it be plugged there. There is no chance here.

Ebe m na-akwụ ekwenti m n'ọkụ emebiela.

Where I usually plug my phone to electric has spoilt.

kwü

kwụ

Wordkwụ
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Active verb

1.pay

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Ego ole ka unu na-akwụ?

How much are you paying?

A kwụrụ m ya naịra iri abụọ.

I paid her two hundred naira.

Ọ ga-akwụ puku naịra ise.

She will pay five thousand naira.

Kwụọ ụgwọ gị!

Pay your debt!

Ọ gara ịkwụ ego ahụ.

She went to pay that money.

nwü

nwụ

Wordnwụ
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Active verb

籠音

1.die

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Nna nna ya nwụrụ n'izuụka gara aga.

His father's father died last week.

Nne ha nwụrụ maka na eletaghị ya anya nkeọma.

Their mother died because she was not well taken care of.

Ọ ga-anwụ maọbụrụ na ọṅụghị ọgwụ ya.

She will die if she doesn't take her drugs.

Ọ nwụrụ na ihe mberede nke okporoụzọ.

He died in road accident.

Ọnweghị onye chọrọ ịnwụ ọnwụ mberede.

Nobody wants to die a sudden death.

Ọtụtụ mmadụ na-anwụ ụgbụ a.

A lot of people are dying now.

kwü

kwụ

Wordkwụ
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Passive verb

1.be on the feet in an upright position, especially in a still manner; stand

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Anyị na-akwụ ebe a eche ụgbaala.

We stand here to wait for cars.

Ọ ga-akwụ n'ezi ruo mgbe a ga-agbasa ụka.

He will stand outside till when the service will dismiss.

fọ

Wordfọ
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Active verb

1.squeeze something through a tight place, mostly in an attempt to place, remove or search;

2.(figurative) search in a tight place by passing the hand or something else through

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Ụtara akpụ a fọrọ afọ na-aka amasi m.

I prefer kneaded cassava fufu.

Ụtara achịcha kwesịrị ịdọ adọ ma a fọọ ya nke ọma.

A dough is supposed to be be stretchy if it's well kneaded.

Gịnị ka ị na-afọ n'akpa m?

What are you searching for in my bag?

Jee, fọọ aka n'akpa Ojukwu.

Go and stuff Ojukwu's bag.

Ọ na-afọgharị ihe n'akpa oge ọbụla.

She searches his bag every time.

Ịfọgharị ihe n'akpa mmadụ adịghị mma.

Searching through one's bag is not proper.

Ọ chọrọ ịfọ aka ya n'akpa m.

He wanted to stuff his hand through my pocket.

Mbe fọrọ aka n'akpa fọpụta nkume.

The tortoise stuffed his hand in a bag and squeezed out a rock.

Gịnị ka ị na-afọ n'igbe gị oge ọbụla?

What do you search for in your box all the time?

chà

chà

Wordchà
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Active verb

1.cut using the hand or a scissors, especially for something that is not thick eg. paper, cloth

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Achọrọ m ịcha ha irighiri.

I want to cut them to pieces.

Onye chara agụba n'akwa a?

Who made a razor cut on this cloth?

Ọ chara ya nke ọma.

She cut it very well.

Aga m acha ya ụka.

I will cut it vertically.

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