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Worddụ
Definitions

Active verb

1.pierce; prick

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E nwere ihe na-adụ m n'ụkwụ.

E nwere ihe na-adụ m n'ụkwụ.

There is something pricking me in the feet.

Ọ ga-adụ ya ma ọ bụrụ na o jideghi ya nke ọma.

Ọ ga-adụ ya ma ọ bụrụ na o jideghi ya nke ọma.

It will pierce her if she doesn't hold it well.

Ike idụ ya adịghị m.

Ike idụ ya adịghị m.

I don't have strenght to pierce it.

Ọ dụrụ m mgbe m nọdụrụ ala.

Ọ dụrụ m mgbe m nọdụrụ ala.

It pricked me when I sat down.

Ị jiri ngịga dụọ ya, ọ ga-agbapu.

Ị jiri ngịga dụọ ya, ọ ga-agbapu.

If you pierce it with a needle, it will burst.

dú

du

Worddu
Definitions

Active verb

1.guide; direct or influence direction or behavior

2.lead; show the way to a right or desired destination

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Chukwu na-edu m.

Chukwu na-edu m.

God is guiding me.

Onye duru unu bịa ebe a?

Onye duru unu bịa ebe a?

Who led you to this place?

Nwamaka ga-edu anyị aga ebe ahụ taa.

Nwamaka ga-edu anyị aga ebe ahụ taa.

Nwamaka will lead us to that place today.

ókènyè

okènyè

Wordokènyè
Definitions

Noun

1.elder, principal person; senior citizen; grown (age); fully aged man

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Ha nwere ọtụtụ ndị okenye n'etiti ha.

Ha nwere ọtụtụ ndị okenye n'etiti ha.

They have so many senior citizens in their midst.

Nzukọ a bụ maka ndị okenye.

Nzukọ a bụ maka ndị okenye.

This meeting is for the elderly.

Ọ bụ naanị ndị okenye ka e dobeere oche.

Ọ bụ naanị ndị okenye ka e dobeere oche.

Seats are reserved for adults only.

Ị sị na ị bụ okenye, zaa ajụjụ ahụ.

Ị sị na ị bụ okenye, zaa ajụjụ ahụ.

You say you are an adult and answer the question.

Ụmụ ya niile bụ okenye.

Ụmụ ya niile bụ okenye.

All her children are adults.

A chọ̣rọ ndi okenye isii ga-agbara obodo akaebe.

A chọ̣rọ ndi okenye isii ga-agbara obodo akaebe.

They want six elders that will stand as witness for the community.

E jidere otu okenye ebe ọ na-adakpo nwaanyị ajadụ.

E jidere otu okenye ebe ọ na-adakpo nwaanyị ajadụ.

An elder was caught raping a widow.

Okenye anaghị anọ n'ụlọ ewu amụọ n'ọgbụ.

Okenye anaghị anọ n'ụlọ ewu amụọ n'ọgbụ.

An elder will not be at home while a goat gives birth in its tedder.

Ụfọdụ ndị okenye na-atụ asị.

Ụfọdụ ndị okenye na-atụ asị.

Some elders tell lies.

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