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ǹkò

ǹkò

Wordǹkò
Definitions

Noun

寏擬

1.hook

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Examples

Jiri nwayọọ wepụ nko ahụ.

Jiri nwayọọ wepụ nko ahụ.

Remove that hook gently.

Ụkamaka, wetere m nko m.

Ụkamaka, wetere m nko m.

Ukamaka, bring my hook.

Wetara m nko.

Wetara m nko.

Bring hook for me.

Nko ahụ kụtara azụ.

Nko ahụ kụtara azụ.

That hook caught a fish.

E ji nko egbu azụ.

E ji nko egbu azụ.

Fish is killed with hook

O ji nko egwu egwu.

O ji nko egwu egwu.

He is playing with hook.

Azụ a loro nko m.

Azụ a loro nko m.

This fish swallowed my hook.

Nko ahụ merụrụ ya ahụ.

Nko ahụ merụrụ ya ahụ.

The hook wounded her.

Enwere m nko azụ.

Enwere m nko azụ.

I have a fishing hook.

ùkpóò

ùkpoò

Wordùkpoò
Definitions

Noun

1.hook and line [for catching fish]

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Examples

Azụ tabiri ukpoo m.

Azụ tabiri ukpoo m.

A fish cut my hook and line.

Enwere m ukpoo abụọ.

Enwere m ukpoo abụọ.

I have two hooks

Asadụ ji ukpoo ya nwụde azụ.

Asadụ ji ukpoo ya nwụde azụ.

Asadụ caught fish with his hook and line

Ọ gwara ha see ukpoo n' ule ahụ.

Ọ gwara ha see ukpoo n' ule ahụ.

He told them to draw hook and line in that exam.

Azụ ahụ loro ukpoo m.

Azụ ahụ loro ukpoo m.

The fish swallowed my hook.

Ukpoo m danyere na mmiri.

Ukpoo m danyere na mmiri.

My hook fell inside the water.

Onye ji ukpoo m?

Onye ji ukpoo m?

Who has my hook?

àbá

àba

Wordàba
Definitions

Nominal Modifier

1.flatness; lying flat on the back; prone

2.iron hook for fastening windows or doors or joining a canoe, or used by medicine men, usually forced into ground

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Examples

O dinara aba mgbe moto kụrụ ya.

O dinara aba mgbe moto kụrụ ya.

He was laying flat when the car hit him.

Dowe ha aba.

Dowe ha aba.

Lay them flat.

O di aba.

O di aba.

It is flat.

Idina aba na-adị ụmụaka mma n'ahụ.

Idina aba na-adị ụmụaka mma n'ahụ.

Lying flat on the back is

Ị chọọ ịrahụ ụra, dinara aba.

Ị chọọ ịrahụ ụra, dinara aba.

If you want to sleep, lay with your face up.

úhíē

uhiē

Worduhiē
Definitions

Noun

1.camwood (dye-wood from the tree Baphia nitida Lodd. or

2.pubescens Hook.f.); red dye from it

Variationsufiē
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No word stems

Examples

E ji uhie achọ mma.

E ji uhie achọ mma.

Camwood is used to beautify the body.

Uhie juru n'obodo anyị.

Uhie juru n'obodo anyị.

Camwood fills our town.

O tere uhie n'ahụ.

O tere uhie n'ahụ.

She rubbed camwood on the body.

E jere m zụta uhie.

E jere m zụta uhie.

I went to buy camwood.

Nne m zụtara uhie n'ahịa.

Nne m zụtara uhie n'ahịa.

My mother bought camwood at the market.

Ndị obodo ha na-emepụta uhie.

Ndị obodo ha na-emepụta uhie.

Their people produces camwood.

Gịnị mere i ji tee uhie n'ahụ gị?

Gịnị mere i ji tee uhie n'ahụ gị?

Why did you apply camwood on your body?

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