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àzü

àzụ

Wordàzụ
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Noun

1.behind; back

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Enyere ya oche azụ.

He was given a back seat.

Gawa na anyị kwụ gị n'azụ.

Go we are solidly behind you.

Nwunye Lọọtụ lere anya n'azụ.

Lot's wife looked back.

ázų

azụ̀

Wordazụ̀
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Noun

1.a cold-blooded vertebrate animal with gills and fins which lives only in water; fish

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Azụ na-ebi na mmiri.

Fish lives in water.

Iri azụ na-edozi ahụ mmadụ karịa ita anụ.

Consumption of fish is healthier than consumption of meat.

Ụmụaka ejighi azụ egwụ egwụ maka ụtọ ọ na-atọ.

Children don't joke with fish because of the delicious taste.

Azu ndị a buru ibu.

These fish are big.

Naanị azụ a mịrị amị ka ọ na-ere.

She sells only smoked fish.

Obi na-azụ azu.

Obi rears fish.

zụ̀

Wordzụ̀
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Active verb

1.bang; slam

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Ọ zụrụ ya akantị.

He gave (slam) him a slap.

zụ̀

Wordzụ̀
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Active verb

1.nurse someone, something, or an animal to growth; train; raise; rear;

2.give proper teaching or upbringing

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A na-azụ ezi ebe a.

Pigs are reared here.

Gịnị mere o ji azụ nkịta n'ebe a?

Why does he rears dogs here?

Zụọ ejula, ha dị mfe ịzụ.

Rear snails, they are easy to rear.

zụ

Wordzụ
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Active verb

1.buy; purchase

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Azụrụ m efere a n'ahịa Ọgbeete.

I bought this plate from Ogbete market.

Ịzụ ihe eji arụ ụlọ adịghị mfe.

To buy building materials is not easy.

Ihe niile ndị a ị na-azụ galara ọnụ.

All these things you are buying are expensive.

Zụọ ihe niile ị chọrọ ugbu a.

Buy everything you want now.

Obi ga-azụ ụgbọala ọhụrụ.

Obi will buy a new car.

kpö

kpọ

Wordkpọ
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Passive verb

1.take (someone or a pet) along while going somewhere

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Ọ ga-akpọ ụmụ ya abịa echi.

She will come with her children tomorrow.

Onye kpọ nkịta bịa ebe a?

Who came here with a dog?

Kpọrọ ya bịa ebe a.

Bring her to this place.

Anyị ga-akpọ nkịta ahụ jee ụlọọgwụ.

We shall take the dog to the hospital.

Ha anaghị anabata ịkpọ mmadụ ọzọ bịa oriri ahụ.

They don't allow bringing another person to the feast.

tó

to

Wordto
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Medial verb

1.grow; increase in size or amount, especially length or height

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Ọ na-adọ akpịrị.

It is attractive.

Ka m dọọ ya akpịrị.

Let me make her want some.

Ogologo abụghị na nwam etola

Growing tall does not mean that my child has grown up

chü

chụ

Wordchụ
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Active verb

1.chase; pursue

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A ga-achụ gị ma ọ bụrụ na ị bịaghị.

You will be chased away if you don't come.

Chụọ ya ọsọ ebe ahụ.

Chase him away from there.

Gịnị mere ị ji achụ ya?

Why are you chasing him?

Ọ bụ ya chụrụ ọkụkọ ahụ.

He is the one that pursued the fowl.

Ọ na-achụ nwa ahụ ọsọ mgbe m bịara.

He was chasing that child when I came.

kà

Wordkà
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Interjection

1.let; so that; that; like; as, while; do, is(after a question tag before a subject)

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Gwa ya na anyị na-abịa ka o chere anyị.

Tell him we are coming so that he will wait for us.

Bịa ka anyị ga n'ụlọ Ada.

Come let us go to Ada's house.

Ka anyị gaa ama egwureegwu.

Let us go to the stadium.

Ka anyị rie nri a.

Let us eat this food.

Mechie anya ka anyị kpe ekpere.

Close your eyes let us pray

Onye ka anyị ga-enye akwụkwọ a?

Who are we going to give this book?

gbà

gbà

Wordgbà
Definitions

Active verb

1.bind; cohere; attach; add; pair; join; come together

Medial verb

1.be adjoined; be connected

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Ha na chi ha gbara ndụ.

They are their god had a life bond.

Òbi ya na usekwu ya gba.

His sitting room and his kitchen are connected.

Udo ga-agba akwụkwọ.

Udo will be joined by the book.

Ụlọ m na nke ya gba.

My house is adjoined to his.

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