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ike

Wordike
Definitions

Noun

1.energy; strength

2.force; power

3.authority; power; ability

4.violence

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Ị gaghị eji ike enweta udo.

Ị gaghị eji ike enweta udo.

You can not achieve peace by violence.

Ike asịrị ahụ adịghị m ugbu a.

Ike asịrị ahụ adịghị m ugbu a.

I don't have strength for that gossip now.

Ike adịghị m.

Ike adịghị m.

I do not have strength.

Di ya bụ onye ike.

Di ya bụ onye ike.

Her husband is a violent/action person.

Ike okwu adịghị m ugbu a.

Ike okwu adịghị m ugbu a.

I don't have strength for issues now.

Ike m erughị ebe ahụ.

Ike m erughị ebe ahụ.

My authority does not cover that place.

Ike ịnụ ọgụ na-adị ya oge ọbụla.

Ike ịnụ ọgụ na-adị ya oge ọbụla.

He always have strength to fight all the time.

Ike agwụla ya.

Ike agwụla ya.

She is tired.

Ọ na-aṅụ ọgwụ ike.

Ọ na-aṅụ ọgwụ ike.

He is taking hard drugs.

Ọrịa ahụ na-eme ya ike ọgwụgwụ.

Ọrịa ahụ na-eme ya ike ọgwụgwụ.

The sickness is making loose strength.

íkè

ikè

Wordikè
Definitions

Noun

1.bottom; buttocks; bum; butt; gluteal region

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A ga-adụ gị ya bụ ndụdụ n'ike.

A ga-adụ gị ya bụ ndụdụ n'ike.

You will be given the injection on the buttocks.

Akwa ya dọwara n'ike.

Akwa ya dọwara n'ike.

His cloth is torn on the buttocks.

Ọkọ ghara ya n'ike.

Ọkọ ghara ya n'ike.

She has rashes on her buttocks.

Apịara ya ụtarị n'ike.

Apịara ya ụtarị n'ike.

He was flogged on the butt.

Anyị na-eji ike anọdụ ọdụ.

Anyị na-eji ike anọdụ ọdụ.

We use the buttocks to sit.

Ike so n'otu akụkụ ahụ e nwere.

Ike so n'otu akụkụ ahụ e nwere.

Buttock is one of the parts of the body.

Ike ya gbara abụ.

Ike ya gbara abụ.

He has abscess on the butt.

O tere ọgwụ ahụ n'ike.

O tere ọgwụ ahụ n'ike.

She applied medication on the butt.

ìkè

ìkè

Wordìkè
Definitions

Noun

1.chunk; a large mass of something

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Ọ na-adị n'ike tupu a kwọrie ya.

Ọ na-adị n'ike tupu a kwọrie ya.

It stays in a chunk before it gets grinded to pieces.

kè

Wordkè
Definitions

Active verb

1.create, especially the earth and everything therein

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Ọtụtụ mmadụ kwere na Chukwu kere ha.

Ọtụtụ mmadụ kwere na Chukwu kere ha.

A lot of people believe that God created them.

Ọ bụ Chukwu ka ọ dịịrị ịke mmadụ

Ọ bụ Chukwu ka ọ dịịrị ịke mmadụ

It is God's duty to create man

Anyị ga-eke ihe ọhụrụ echi

Anyị ga-eke ihe ọhụrụ echi

We will create new things tomorrow

Kee ihe dị gị n'obi ka ụwa hụrụ

Kee ihe dị gị n'obi ka ụwa hụrụ

Create what is in your mind for the world to see

Mmadụ na-eke ihe masịrị ya

Mmadụ na-eke ihe masịrị ya

Humans create whatever they like

ké

ke

Wordke
Definitions

Active verb

1.spark; sparkle; emit particles of light

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Gịnị na-eke ọkụ ahụ?

Gịnị na-eke ọkụ ahụ?

What is sparking that light?

kè

Wordkè
Definitions

Active verb

1.share; divide

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Onye kere piza a?

Onye kere piza a?

Who shared this pizza?

Chukwu kere ụwa.

Chukwu kere ụwa.

God created the earth.

ké

ke

Wordke
Definitions

Active verb

1.fasten with a string or something similar; tie

2.shine; glitter; spark

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Ọ bụ Ada na-eke eriri ahụ oge ọbụla.

Ọ bụ Ada na-eke eriri ahụ oge ọbụla.

It is Ada that ties that rope all the time.

Kee ya eriri.

Kee ya eriri.

Tie it (with a rope).

Ike eriri a adịghị mfe.

Ike eriri a adịghị mfe.

It is not easy to tie this rope.

ógbè

ogbè

Wordogbè
Definitions

Noun

1.whole, head of [orange, coconut etc] (especially of fruits)

2.village, street

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Anyị bi n'ogbe ha.

Anyị bi n'ogbe ha.

We live in their street.

E nyere m ya otu ogbe akụoyibo.

E nyere m ya otu ogbe akụoyibo.

I gave him one head of coconut.

O gbuturu ogbe akwụ.

O gbuturu ogbe akwụ.

He cut down head of palmnut.

Nkechi nọ n'ogbe anyị.

Nkechi nọ n'ogbe anyị.

Nkechi is on our street.

àláàlà

àlaàlà

Wordàlaàlà
Definitions

Nominal Modifier

1.bottom, lowest ebb/level

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Ego ahụ dị n'alaala akpa m.

Ego ahụ dị n'alaala akpa m.

The money is at the bottom of my bag.

Kedụ ebe alaala ya jedebere?

Kedụ ebe alaala ya jedebere?

Where did the bottom reach?

Nri ahụ rere ọkụ n'alaala.

Nri ahụ rere ọkụ n'alaala.

The food got burnt on the bottom.

Alaala ya kwesịrị imi emi.

Alaala ya kwesịrị imi emi.

The lowest level supposed to be deep.

Ekwela ka o ruo alaala ya.

Ekwela ka o ruo alaala ya.

Don't allow it to reach the bottom.

O mebiri ndị dị n'alaala.

O mebiri ndị dị n'alaala.

It destroyed the ones at the bottom.

Ọ dị n'alaala.

Ọ dị n'alaala.

It is at the bottom.

Si n'alaala igbejuoyi weta mmanya.

Si n'alaala igbejuoyi weta mmanya.

Bring drink from the bottom of the fridge.

Etinyere m ego ahụ n'alaala igbe.

Etinyere m ego ahụ n'alaala igbe.

I put the money at the bottom of the box.

ányü

anyụ̄

Wordanyụ̄
Definitions

Noun

1.axe (also anyikē, anyụ ikē), see separate entry

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Anyụ gburu m n'ụkwụ.

Anyụ gburu m n'ụkwụ.

Axe hit me on the leg.

Mmọnwụ ụmụ okorobịa na-eji anyụ.

Mmọnwụ ụmụ okorobịa na-eji anyụ.

Youth masquerade carry axe.

E ji anyụ atụwa nkụ.

E ji anyụ atụwa nkụ.

Axe is used to break firewood.

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