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èsì

Wordèsì
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Noun

1.spermatozoa [sperm]

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Dọkiṭa gwara ya ka o weta esi ya.

Dọkiṭa gwara ya ka o weta esi ya.

The doctor told him to bring his sperm

Ọnụọgụ esi ya pere mpe.

Ọnụọgụ esi ya pere mpe.

He has low sperm count

Esi ya dị mmiri mmiri.

Esi ya dị mmiri mmiri.

His sperm is watery.

Ọ gbanyere esi n'ahụ nwunye ya.

Ọ gbanyere esi n'ahụ nwunye ya.

He deposited sperm inside his wife's body.

übǫchį

ụbọ̀chị̀

Wordụbọ̀chị̀
Definitions

Noun

1.day

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Aga m azụtara gị ihe ụbọchị m ga-abịa n'ụlọ gị.

Aga m azụtara gị ihe ụbọchị m ga-abịa n'ụlọ gị.

I will buy something for you the day I will come to your house.

Ị bịaghị ụbọchị ị sị na ị ga-abịa.

Ị bịaghị ụbọchị ị sị na ị ga-abịa.

You didn't come the day you said you would come.

O nweghị onye nọ n'ụlọ ụbọchị ha bịara.

O nweghị onye nọ n'ụlọ ụbọchị ha bịara.

Nobody was at home the day they came.

Anyị ga-anọ ụbọchị atọ n'Ọgwụ.

Anyị ga-anọ ụbọchị atọ n'Ọgwụ.

We will spend three days in Awgu.

Echi bụ ụbọchị ule anyị.

Echi bụ ụbọchị ule anyị.

Tomorrow is our exam day.

Emeka na-eje ọrụ ụbọchị abụọ n'otu ọnwa.

Emeka na-eje ọrụ ụbọchị abụọ n'otu ọnwa.

Emeka goes to work two days in a month.

Aga m efe Chineke ụbọchị niile nke ndụ m.

Aga m efe Chineke ụbọchị niile nke ndụ m.

I will worship God all the days of my life.

Ụbọchị taa dị mma.

Ụbọchị taa dị mma.

Today is good.

Ka Chineke gọzie ụbọchị taa.

Ka Chineke gọzie ụbọchị taa.

May God bless this day.

Olee ụbọchị ọ bụ?

Olee ụbọchị ọ bụ?

Which day is it?

Taa bụ ụbọchị a kara aka.

Taa bụ ụbọchị a kara aka.

Today is the D-day.

Ọ nwụrụ n'ụbọchị nke atọ.

Ọ nwụrụ n'ụbọchị nke atọ.

He died on the third day.

A mụrụ Gịnịka ụbọchị Eke.

A mụrụ Gịnịka ụbọchị Eke.

Gịnịka was born on Eke day.

Olee ụbọchị unu ga-agba akwụkwọ?

Olee ụbọchị unu ga-agba akwụkwọ?

Which day will you wed?

éhí

ehi

Wordehi
Definitions

Noun

1.cow; cattle

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Efi bụ oke anụmanụ

Efi bụ oke anụmanụ

Cows are huge animals

Efi bụ oke anụmanụ

Efi bụ oke anụmanụ

Cows are huge animals

Ehi ahụ mụrụ nwa ọhụrụ.

Ehi ahụ mụrụ nwa ọhụrụ.

That cow gave birth recently.

Mazi Chuka na-akpụ ehi aga mmemme

Mazi Chuka na-akpụ ehi aga mmemme

Mr Chuka goes to occasions with a cow

Ehi bụ oke anụmanụ.

Ehi bụ oke anụmanụ.

Cows are huge animals

Ọkụkọ nwa ogbenye bụ ehi ya

Ọkụkọ nwa ogbenye bụ ehi ya

A poor person's chicken is his cow

Mz. Chuka na-akpụ ehi aga mmemme.

Mz. Chuka na-akpụ ehi aga mmemme.

Mr Chuka goes to occasions with a cow

Chekeleke na-eso ehi.

Chekeleke na-eso ehi.

Egret follows the cow.

E nwere ehi Igbo nwee ehi Awụsa.

E nwere ehi Igbo nwee ehi Awụsa.

There is Igbo breed of cow and there is Hausa breed of cow.

Ehi anyị dị ọtụtụ.

Ehi anyị dị ọtụtụ.

Our cows are many.

Nna m kpụ ehi were jee akwamozu.

Nna m kpụ ehi were jee akwamozu.

My father attended the funeral with a cow.

A na-egbu ehi ma a na-eli ozu n'ala Igbo

A na-egbu ehi ma a na-eli ozu n'ala Igbo

A cow is slaughtered at funerals in Igboland.

Ihe e ji mara ndị Fulani bụ ịchị ehi.

Ihe e ji mara ndị Fulani bụ ịchị ehi.

The Fulani are known for cow herding.

Ehi bụ nnukwu anụ.

Ehi bụ nnukwu anụ.

Cow is a big animal.

Anyị nwere ehi Igbo na ehi Awụsa.

Anyị nwere ehi Igbo na ehi Awụsa.

We have both Igbo cow and Hausa Cow.

Ana m ere ehi.

Ana m ere ehi.

I sell cow.

ézì

ezì

Wordezì
Definitions

Noun

1.pig;

2.(figurative) very dirty person

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Ọ bụ ezi.

Ọ bụ ezi.

He is very dirty.

Anyị na-azụ ezi.

Anyị na-azụ ezi.

We rear pigs.

Anụ ezi na-ewe mmanụ.

Anụ ezi na-ewe mmanụ.

Pork has oil.

Adanna bụ ezi.

Adanna bụ ezi.

Adanna is a pig.

àhü

àhụ

Wordàhụ
Definitions

Noun

1.the human body; body

2.skin, especially of human

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I jikwa ahụ?

I jikwa ahụ?

Are you well?

Ahụ ya na-adị ọcha oge niile.

Ahụ ya na-adị ọcha oge niile.

Her body is clean at all time.

Ahụ adịghị m?

Ahụ adịghị m?

I am sick.

O kweghị ka e bupụ ahụ nna ya.

O kweghị ka e bupụ ahụ nna ya.

He did not permit them to take his father's body away.

Ahụ ya na-akwọ mụrụmụrụ.

Ahụ ya na-akwọ mụrụmụrụ.

His skin is glossy.

O metụrụ ya aka n'ahụ.

O metụrụ ya aka n'ahụ.

He touched him.

Onye merụrụ ahụ?

Onye merụrụ ahụ?

Who got wounded?

Emetụla m aka n'ahụ.

Emetụla m aka n'ahụ.

Don't touch me.

Ọ gbariri n'ime ahụ m.

Ọ gbariri n'ime ahụ m.

It dissolved inside my body.

örįà

ọrị̀à

Wordọrị̀à
Definitions

Noun

1.sickness; illness; aliment

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Ọ na-arịa ọrịa.

Ọ na-arịa ọrịa.

She is sick.

Amoosu ahụ kụrụ ya ajọ ọrịa.

Amoosu ahụ kụrụ ya ajọ ọrịa.

That witch inflicted her with a deadly sickness.

Dibịa ahụ na-agwọ ọrịa dị ichiiche.

Dibịa ahụ na-agwọ ọrịa dị ichiiche.

That doctor cures different types of sickness.

E nweghị onye ma na ọ na-arịa ọrịa.

E nweghị onye ma na ọ na-arịa ọrịa.

Nobody knew that he was sick.

Ọrịa abụghị maka anyị.

Ọrịa abụghị maka anyị.

Sickness is not for us.

Ọgwụ ahụ bụ ọgwọ nnụ ọrịa.

Ọgwụ ahụ bụ ọgwọ nnụ ọrịa.

That medicine is a cure to many sicknesses.

ṃgbè

m̀gbè

Wordm̀gbè
Definitions

Adverb

1.when; at what time; after which; just then; during the time that

Conjunction

1.when

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Mgbakọ na-amasị m mgbe m bụ nwaakwụkwọ.

Mgbakọ na-amasị m mgbe m bụ nwaakwụkwọ.

I loved math when I was a student.

Mgbe ahụ ka ihe o mere doro ya anya.

Mgbe ahụ ka ihe o mere doro ya anya.

It was just then that he understood what he did.

Ọ bịara mgbe mmiri na-ezo.

Ọ bịara mgbe mmiri na-ezo.

He came when it was raining.

Mgbe ọ bịara, nwunye m anọghị n'ụlọ.

Mgbe ọ bịara, nwunye m anọghị n'ụlọ.

When he came, my wife was not at home.

Ọ nọghị ebe ahụ mgbe m bịara.

Ọ nọghị ebe ahụ mgbe m bịara.

He was not there when I came.

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