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ụ̀mị̀

Wordụ̀mị̀
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Noun

寇尊

1.marrow (bone)

2.the most inner part of something; the essential part of something

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Ọ na-amasị ya ịmịcha ụmị ọkpụkpụ mgbe ọbụla ọ na-ata ọkpụkpụ.

Ọ na-amasị ya ịmịcha ụmị ọkpụkpụ mgbe ọbụla ọ na-ata ọkpụkpụ.

He likes to suck bone marrows whenever he is eating bone.

Ebe a ị na-agụ ugbua bụ ụmị ya.

Ebe a ị na-agụ ugbua bụ ụmị ya.

This place you are reading now is the main part.

ökpükpü

ọkpụkpụ

Wordọkpụkpụ
Definitions

Noun

1.bone; skeleton

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Ọkpụkpụ anyị na-eme ka ahụ anyị kwụrụ chịm.

Ọkpụkpụ anyị na-eme ka ahụ anyị kwụrụ chịm.

Our bones make our bodies stand firm.

Ọkpụkpụ gbadoro ya n'akpịrị.

Ọkpụkpụ gbadoro ya n'akpịrị.

Bone choked his throat.

Nna Nkechi na-agbakwa ọkpụkpụ.

Nna Nkechi na-agbakwa ọkpụkpụ.

Nkechi's father fixes bone.

Enyere m nkịta anyị ọkpụkpụ.

Enyere m nkịta anyị ọkpụkpụ.

I gave our dog bone.

Nye m ọkpụkpụ ka m taa.

Nye m ọkpụkpụ ka m taa.

Give me bone to chew.

Ọkpụkpụ azụ na-enye ihe n'ahụ.

Ọkpụkpụ azụ na-enye ihe n'ahụ.

Fish bone is nutritious too the body.

Nnu na-edeba n'ụmị ọkpụkpụ.

Nnu na-edeba n'ụmị ọkpụkpụ.

Salt settles in the bone marrow.

I tinye uru, itinye ọkpụkpụ.

I tinye uru, itinye ọkpụkpụ.

If you add flesh, you add bone.

Ọ na-ere izi ọkpụkpụ.

Ọ na-ere izi ọkpụkpụ.

He sales brisket bone.

Nkịta anaghị ata ọkpụkpụ a nyawara ya n'olu.

Nkịta anaghị ata ọkpụkpụ a nyawara ya n'olu.

The dog does not eat the bone hung on its neck.

Ọ gbajiri ọkpụkpụ.

Ọ gbajiri ọkpụkpụ.

He broke hi bone.

úrùghùrù

urùghùrù

Wordurùghùrù
Definitions

Noun

1.flesh; small piece of meat without bones

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Urughuru anụ na-atọ ụtọ.

Urughuru anụ na-atọ ụtọ.

Fleshy pieces of meat are tasty.

Enwere m urughuru anụ n'ime ofe m.

Enwere m urughuru anụ n'ime ofe m.

I have fleshy pieces meat in my soup.

A na-enyekarị ụmụaka urughuru anụ.

A na-enyekarị ụmụaka urughuru anụ.

Children are usually given fleshy meat.

ṃkpïsïǹgų

m̀kpịsịǹgụ̀

Wordm̀kpịsịǹgụ̀
Definitions

Noun

犠症

1.each of the slender bones that form the rib cage; rib

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Chineke si na mkpịsịngụ nwoke kee nwaanyị.

Chineke si na mkpịsịngụ nwoke kee nwaanyị.

God created woman from the man's ribs.

O nwere ọrịa na mkpịsịngụ.

O nwere ọrịa na mkpịsịngụ.

She has a disease on the ribs.

O nwere naanị mkpịsịngụ ise.

O nwere naanị mkpịsịngụ ise.

He has only five ribs.

Mkpịsịngụ na-ekpuchite ụ̣fụrụkpo.

Mkpịsịngụ na-ekpuchite ụ̣fụrụkpo.

The ribs cover the diaphragm.

Ọ gbajiri mkpịsịngụ ya.

Ọ gbajiri mkpịsịngụ ya.

He broke his ribs.

ógwú

ogwū

Wordogwū
Definitions

Noun

1.thorn

2.bone (fish)

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Ahịhịa ahụ nwere ogwu.

Ahịhịa ahụ nwere ogwu.

That grass has thorn.

Ejighị ogwu egwu egwu.

Ejighị ogwu egwu egwu.

You do not play with thorn.

Ekpunyere Kraịst okpu ogwu.

Ekpunyere Kraịst okpu ogwu.

Christ was crowned with thorn.

Wepụ ogwu ahụ ka ọ ghara imeru ya ahụ.

Wepụ ogwu ahụ ka ọ ghara imeru ya ahụ.

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

Ọkụ gbara ogwu ahụ.

Ọkụ gbara ogwu ahụ.

That thorn got burnt by fire.

Onye dowere ogwu a?

Onye dowere ogwu a?

Who kept this thorn.

Ogwu juru n'ubi a.

Ogwu juru n'ubi a.

This farm s full of thorn.

Ogwu mara m

Ogwu mara m

Thorn pinched me.

ézé

eze

Wordeze
Definitions

Noun

1.teeth; the organ (bone) used for chewing, especially by humans and mammals

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Eze ka e ji ata ọka.

Eze ka e ji ata ọka.

Corn is eaten with the teeth.

Metụ eze m aka.

Metụ eze m aka.

Touch my teeth.

Anyị na-eji eze ata nri.

Anyị na-eji eze ata nri.

We use the teeth to chew.

Eze m dị iri atọ na abụọ.

Eze m dị iri atọ na abụọ.

My teeth are thirty two.

Nwata ahụ nwere eze abụọ sọọsọ.

Nwata ahụ nwere eze abụọ sọọsọ.

That baby has two teeth only.

Kedụ mgbe eze gị dapụrụ.

Kedụ mgbe eze gị dapụrụ.

When did your teeth fall off.

Eze anyị dị ọcha.

Eze anyị dị ọcha.

Our teeth are white.

M ga-asa ya eze.

M ga-asa ya eze.

I will brush his teeth.

Gosi m eze nkịta ahụ.

Gosi m eze nkịta ahụ.

Show me the dog's teeth.

gbà ökpükpü

gbà ọkpụkpụ

Wordgbà ọkpụkpụ
Definitions

Active verb

1.to reset or fix a broken bone

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Ndụka ga-agba ọkpụkpụ gị ma ị lọta.

Ndụka ga-agba ọkpụkpụ gị ma ị lọta.

Nduka will straighten your bone when you return.

Ana-agba ya ọkpụkpụ mgbe m bịara.

Ana-agba ya ọkpụkpụ mgbe m bịara.

His bone was being straightened when I came.

E jere m gbaa ọkpụkpụ m na be Nchedo.

E jere m gbaa ọkpụkpụ m na be Nchedo.

I went to Nchedo's house to straighten my bone.

Obinna na-agba ọkpụkpụ.

Obinna na-agba ọkpụkpụ.

Obinna is a bone healer.

I nwere ike ịgba ọkpụkpụ a.

I nwere ike ịgba ọkpụkpụ a.

Can you straighten this bone?

Ọ bụ nwoke a gbara m ọkpụkpụ.

Ọ bụ nwoke a gbara m ọkpụkpụ.

It was this man that straightened my bones.

Ọ bịara ka agba ya ọkpụpkụ.

Ọ bịara ka agba ya ọkpụpkụ.

He came so that he can get his bone straightened.

ékwè

ekwè

Wordekwè
Definitions

Noun

1.the hind head opposite the forehead; hind head; occipital bone; medulla oblongata

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A bịa na be ha, naanị ekwe ya gbara iche.

A bịa na be ha, naanị ekwe ya gbara iche.

His hind head is the only unique one in their house.

Ụtarị ahụ pịatara ya n'ekwe.

Ụtarị ahụ pịatara ya n'ekwe.

That cane touched him on his hind head.

O ji ekwe daa ada.

O ji ekwe daa ada.

He fell with the hind head.

Uche kụrụ ekwe n'ala.

Uche kụrụ ekwe n'ala.

Uche hit the hind head on the ground.

Onye nkụzi kere ya ọkpọ n'ekwe.

Onye nkụzi kere ya ọkpọ n'ekwe.

The teacher gave him a knock on the hind head.

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