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arịrị

Wordarịrị
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Noun

1.crawling animals that have elongated bodies with numerous leg-bearing segments; myriapod

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Arịrị na-ebi ebe dere mmiri.

Arịrị na-ebi ebe dere mmiri.

Millipedes live in wet places.

Ọgbakụrụnwoke bụ arịrị.

Ọgbakụrụnwoke bụ arịrị.

The centipede is a myriapod.

Arịrị na-enwe nkereji n'ahụ.

Arịrị na-enwe nkereji n'ahụ.

Myriapods have demarcations on the body.

Alịla bụ arịrị.

Alịla bụ arịrị.

Alila is a myriapod.

àrįrį

àrị̀rị̀

Wordàrị̀rị̀
Definitions

Noun

1.grief; deep sorrow; heartache; great unhappiness caused by the death of a loved one;

2.humiliation; something that reduced someone's dignity or makes someone deeply sad

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Ibe kwara arịrị maka ọnwụ nwanne ya nwoke

Ibe kwara arịrị maka ọnwụ nwanne ya nwoke

Ibe grieved for the death of his brother

Arịrị agbawaala m obi.

Arịrị agbawaala m obi.

Grief has broken my heart.

Arịrị egbuola m.

Arịrị egbuola m.

Grief has killed me.

O mere m ihe arịrị.

O mere m ihe arịrị.

He caused me grief.

Ọ nọ n'arịrị.

Ọ nọ n'arịrị.

She is in grief.

ǫrïrï

ọ̀rịrị

Wordọ̀rịrị
Definitions

Noun

1.crawling (insects and reptiles); the act of moving, on a surface, using the abdomen or limbs

2.climbing; move, especially upward a slope or a vertical structure

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Ụdị anụ ahụ bụ anụ ọrịrị.

Ụdị anụ ahụ bụ anụ ọrịrị.

That type of animal is a crawling insect.

Oke ọrịrị elu adịghị mma.

Oke ọrịrị elu adịghị mma.

Climbing too much is not good.

Ọrịrị ọ rịrị ya mebiri ya.

Ọrịrị ọ rịrị ya mebiri ya.

His climbing it destroyed it.

Ọrịrị ugwu a adịghị mfe.

Ọrịrị ugwu a adịghị mfe.

The climbing of this hill is not easy.

Agwala m gị kwụsị ọrịrị elu.

Agwala m gị kwụsị ọrịrị elu.

I have told you to stop climbing

Ọrịrị nnannukwu m rịrị osisi ahụ nyere ya nsogbu n'ukwu.

Ọrịrị nnannukwu m rịrị osisi ahụ nyere ya nsogbu n'ukwu.

The climbing of that tree, by my grandfather, gave him problems in the waist.

Ọrịrị ụlọelu a bụ ọrụ.

Ọrịrị ụlọelu a bụ ọrụ.

Climbing this upstairs is work.

ésú

esu

Wordesu
Definitions

Noun

1.giant African millipede (Archispirostreptus gigas)

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Ahụrụ m esu ka m na-achọ ịtụtụrụ mkpịsị ahụ dị n'ala.

Ahụrụ m esu ka m na-achọ ịtụtụrụ mkpịsị ahụ dị n'ala.

I saw a millipede while I was trying to pick up that stick on the ground.

Esu na-asọ oyi.

Esu na-asọ oyi.

Millipede is irritating.

Ahụrụ m esu.

Ahụrụ m esu.

I saw a millipede.

Esu na-arịpụta n'ime ala ma mmiri zoo.

Esu na-arịpụta n'ime ala ma mmiri zoo.

Millipede comes out of the ground when rain falls.

Nwata ahụ na-arị ka esu.

Nwata ahụ na-arị ka esu.

That child is as sluggish like millipede.

Onye gburu esu a?

Onye gburu esu a?

Who killed this millipede?

Gbuo esu ahụ.

Gbuo esu ahụ.

Kill that millipede.

O ji ụkwụ zọpịa esu ahụ.

O ji ụkwụ zọpịa esu ahụ.

He crushed the millipede with his leg.

mwúté

mwute

Wordmwute
Definitions

Noun

1.grief; hurtful, distressed

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Naanị mwute o nwere n'ọnọdọ m juru m afọ.

Naanị mwute o nwere n'ọnọdọ m juru m afọ.

Only the grief he felt in my condition is satisfactory.

Ọ nọ na nwute maka ihe merenụ.

Ọ nọ na nwute maka ihe merenụ.

He is distressed for what happened.

Nwaanyị ahụ nọ na mwute.

Nwaanyị ahụ nọ na mwute.

That woman is grieving.

O nwere mwute mgbe nna ya nwụrụ.

O nwere mwute mgbe nna ya nwụrụ.

He/she was distressed when his/her father died.

Ihe o mere, mere ka ndị mụrụ ya nọdụ na mwute.

Ihe o mere, mere ka ndị mụrụ ya nọdụ na mwute.

What he did, made his parents sit in sadness.

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