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àbà

àbà

Wordàbà
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Noun

1.branch; the diverged part of a major road, tree or rod

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Na-aga n'ihu, ị ga-ahụ ebe ụzọ gbara aba abụọ.

Na-aga n'ihu, ị ga-ahụ ebe ụzọ gbara aba abụọ.

Keep going forward, you will see where the road diverged into two.

Osisi nkwụ anaghị enwe aba.

Osisi nkwụ anaghị enwe aba.

Palm tree does not have branches.

àbà

àbà

Wordàbà
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Noun

1.chin

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Aba ya na-eji oji.

Aba ya na-eji oji.

His chin is dark.

Ọ metụrụ m aka n'aba.

Ọ metụrụ m aka n'aba.

She touched my chin.

Ọ kụrụ aba n'ala.

Ọ kụrụ aba n'ala.

He hit his chin on the floor.

àbá

àba

Wordàba
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Nominal Modifier

1.flatness; lying flat on the back; prone

2.iron hook for fastening windows or doors or joining a canoe, or used by medicine men, usually forced into ground

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O dinara aba mgbe moto kụrụ ya.

O dinara aba mgbe moto kụrụ ya.

He was laying flat when the car hit him.

Dowe ha aba.

Dowe ha aba.

Lay them flat.

O di aba.

O di aba.

It is flat.

Idina aba na-adị ụmụaka mma n'ahụ.

Idina aba na-adị ụmụaka mma n'ahụ.

Lying flat on the back is

Ị chọọ ịrahụ ụra, dinara aba.

Ị chọọ ịrahụ ụra, dinara aba.

If you want to sleep, lay with your face up.

àgbà

àgbà

Wordàgbà
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Noun

1.jaw;

2.chin

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Agba kwara ya n'ihe mberede ahụ.

Agba kwara ya n'ihe mberede ahụ.

His jaw was dislocated in that accident.

Ezeugo enwebeghị ahụọnụ n'agba.

Ezeugo enwebeghị ahụọnụ n'agba.

Ezeugo has not got beards on the jaw.

Ọ kụrụ ya ọkpọ n'agba.

Ọ kụrụ ya ọkpọ n'agba.

He hit him on the jaw.

O nwere agba ogologo.

O nwere agba ogologo.

He has a long jaw.

Agba na-ebu eze.

Agba na-ebu eze.

The jaw carries the teeth.

Mgbu agba ahụ na-egbu m ekweghị m mepee ọnụ.

Mgbu agba ahụ na-egbu m ekweghị m mepee ọnụ.

The pain of the joint doesn't allow me to open my mouth.

Agba ya dị mkpụmkpụ.

Agba ya dị mkpụmkpụ.

She has a short jaw.

Dọọ ya n'agba.

Dọọ ya n'agba.

Pull him by the chin.

Ezeugo enwebeghị ahụọnụ n'agba.

Ezeugo enwebeghị ahụọnụ n'agba.

Ezeugo has not got beards on the jaw.

O nwere agba ogologo.

O nwere agba ogologo.

He has a long jaw.

O merụrụ ahụ n'agba.

O merụrụ ahụ n'agba.

He has an injury on the jaw.

Agba kwara ya n'ihe mberede ahụ.

Agba kwara ya n'ihe mberede ahụ.

His jaw was dislocated in that accident.

Mgbu agba ahụ na-egbu m ekweghị m mepee ọnụ.

Mgbu agba ahụ na-egbu m ekweghị m mepee ọnụ.

The pain of the joint doesn't allow me to open my mouth.

Agba na-ebu eze.

Agba na-ebu eze.

The jaw carries the teeth.

Ọ kụrụ ya ọkpọ n'agba.

Ọ kụrụ ya ọkpọ n'agba.

He hit him on the jaw.

àzį

àzị̀

Wordàzị̀
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Noun

1.jaw

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Ọ sị na azị na-egbu ya mgbu.

Ọ sị na azị na-egbu ya mgbu.

He said his jaw is aching.

O nwere ogologo azị.

O nwere ogologo azị.

She has a long jaw.

Wepu ihe dị gị n'azị.

Wepu ihe dị gị n'azị.

Remove the thing on your jaw.

O biri azị ya n'ala oge ọ na-agba ọsọ.

O biri azị ya n'ala oge ọ na-agba ọsọ.

She hit her jaw on the ground the time she was running.

kárámá

karama

Wordkarama
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Noun

1.bottle

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A kụwara m karama ahụ.

A kụwara m karama ahụ.

I broke that bottle.

Gbanyere ya mmanya nke ya na karama ọzọ.

Gbanyere ya mmanya nke ya na karama ọzọ.

Pour her own drink into another bottle.

Ọ pịara ya karama n'isi.

Ọ pịara ya karama n'isi.

He hit him bottle on the head.

Ha gbanwere karama ha.

Ha gbanwere karama ha.

They changed their bottle.

Onye nwe karama a?

Onye nwe karama a?

Who has this bottle?

Karama ndị a emela ochie.

Karama ndị a emela ochie.

These bottles are old.

Onye kụwara karama a?

Onye kụwara karama a?

Who broke this bottle?

Karama ndị ahụ abụghị nke anyị.

Karama ndị ahụ abụghị nke anyị.

Those bottle are not our own.

Gbanyere ya mmanya nke ya na karama ọzọ.

Gbanyere ya mmanya nke ya na karama ọzọ.

Pour her own drink into another bottle.

Biko weghachi karama a n'ebe anyị zụụrụ mmanya.

Biko weghachi karama a n'ebe anyị zụụrụ mmanya.

Please return this bottle where we bought drinks.

Ọ gbanyere ọgwụ ahụ n'ime karama.

Ọ gbanyere ọgwụ ahụ n'ime karama.

He poured that medicine into the bottle.

Wetara m karama ahụ dị n'okpuru oche.

Wetara m karama ahụ dị n'okpuru oche.

Bring me that bottle under the chair.

Ime karama a dị atịtị.

Ime karama a dị atịtị.

Inside this bottle is dirty.

Karama anyị ezubeghị ezu.

Karama anyị ezubeghị ezu.

Our bottles are not yet complete.

Ha gbanwere karama ha.

Ha gbanwere karama ha.

They changed their bottle.

Ọ pịara ya karama n'isi.

Ọ pịara ya karama n'isi.

He hit him bottle on the head.

Emeka nyere m otu karama mmanụ.

Emeka nyere m otu karama mmanụ.

Emeka gave me one bottle of oil.

áláká

alakā

Wordalakā
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Noun

1.branch

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Kedụ ihe a na-akpọ alaka nke a?

Kedụ ihe a na-akpọ alaka nke a?

What is this branch called?

Alaka osisi a gbajiri, mebie ihe.

Alaka osisi a gbajiri, mebie ihe.

The branch of this tree broke off and spoilt things.

Alaka osisi a buchara ibu.

Alaka osisi a buchara ibu.

The branches of this tree are huge.

Ndị ahụ emechiela alaka ha dị n'Imo.

Ndị ahụ emechiela alaka ha dị n'Imo.

Those people have closed down their banch in Imo.

Agụmagụ ọnụ Igbo nwere alaka atọ.

Agụmagụ ọnụ Igbo nwere alaka atọ.

Igbo oral literature has three branches.

Anyị chọrọ imepe alaka ụlọọrụ anyị ọzọ na Ntịgha.

Anyị chọrọ imepe alaka ụlọọrụ anyị ọzọ na Ntịgha.

We want to open another branch of our office at Ntịgha.

Agwọ ahụ nọ n'alaka osisi.

Agwọ ahụ nọ n'alaka osisi.

The snake is on the tree branch.

Ihe ọmụmụ a nwere alaka dị iche iche.

Ihe ọmụmụ a nwere alaka dị iche iche.

This study has many branches.

O gbupụrụ alaka abụọ.

O gbupụrụ alaka abụọ.

He cut off two branches.

Àbá

Àba

WordÀba
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Noun

1.a commercial city in Igbo land; Aba

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Ọbịageli bi n’Aba.

Ọbịageli bi n’Aba.

Ọbịageli lives in Aba.

Nna m rụrụ ụlọ n'Aba.

Nna m rụrụ ụlọ n'Aba.

My father built house in Aba.

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