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tọ

Wordtọ
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Active verb

1.unwrap; denude; untie

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Tọọ ya bụ ngwugwu.

Tọọ ya bụ ngwugwu.

Unwrap the parcel.

tọ

Wordtọ
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Active verb

1.taste, a certain way;

2.cause pleasure

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Ọ na-atọ m ụtọ.

Ọ na-atọ m ụtọ.

It tastes good to me.

Ihe a ọ na-esi ga-atọ ka ụkwa.

Ihe a ọ na-esi ga-atọ ka ụkwa.

This thing she is cooking will taste like breadfruit.

Gịnị mere o ji atọ etu a?

Gịnị mere o ji atọ etu a?

Why is it tasting like this?

tọ

Wordtọ
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Active verb

1.be older than

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Agwara m ya na ọ ga-atọ nnwa.

Agwara m ya na ọ ga-atọ nnwa.

I told him that he will be older than a child.

Amanze tọrọ m.

Amanze tọrọ m.

Amanze is older than me.

Atọrọ m Onyenwe.

Atọrọ m Onyenwe.

I am older than Onyenwe.

Ha tọrọ ụnụ.

Ha tọrọ ụnụ.

They are older than you all.

tọ̀

Wordtọ̀
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Active verb

1.to lay, to place, to establish; to spread

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Amara na-atọ ọgọdọ n'elu akwa.

Amara na-atọ ọgọdọ n'elu akwa.

Amara spreads wrapper on the bed.

Ha ga-atọ ya n'ezi.

Ha ga-atọ ya n'ezi.

They will spread it outside.

Ha tọrọ ute.

Ha tọrọ ute.

They spread the mat.

Tọọ akpa n'ime ite tupu isinye ọkpa ahụ.

Tọọ akpa n'ime ite tupu isinye ọkpa ahụ.

Spread a bag inside the pot before you start cooking the bambara.

Atọrọ m ya n'ala.

Atọrọ m ya n'ala.

I laid it on the ground.

Ọ chọghị ịtọ ya ka anyị hụ.

Ọ chọghị ịtọ ya ka anyị hụ.

He doesn't want to spread it for us to see.

àtö

àtọ

Wordàtọ
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Number

1.three

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Ada mụrụ ụmụ atọ.

Ada mụrụ ụmụ atọ.

Ada gave birth to three children.

A tụrụ ya nga afọ atọ

A tụrụ ya nga afọ atọ

He was imprisoned for three years

Biko nye m akwụkwọ atọ ahụ.

Biko nye m akwụkwọ atọ ahụ.

Please give me those three books.

Achọrọ m mmadụ atọ.

Achọrọ m mmadụ atọ.

I want three persons.

Obi nwere ụlọ atọ.

Obi nwere ụlọ atọ.

Obi has three houses.

Ndị zuru ezu dị atọ.

Ndị zuru ezu dị atọ.

Complete ones are three.

tó

to

Wordto
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Medial verb

1.grow; increase in size or amount, especially length or height

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Ọ na-adọ akpịrị.

Ọ na-adọ akpịrị.

It is attractive.

Ka m dọọ ya akpịrị.

Ka m dọọ ya akpịrị.

Let me make her want some.

Ogologo abụghị na nwam etola

Ogologo abụghị na nwam etola

Growing tall does not mean that my child has grown up

tò

Wordtò
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Active verb

1.praise

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Anyị ga-eto ya ebighịebi maka ihe o meere anyị.

Anyị ga-eto ya ebighịebi maka ihe o meere anyị.

We will praise him forever for what he did for us.

Ọ dị mma ito mmadụ̣ ma o mee ihe oma.

Ọ dị mma ito mmadụ̣ ma o mee ihe oma.

It is good to praise a person when he does a good deed.

Too Chineke oge niile.

Too Chineke oge niile.

Praise God all the time.

Ha toro ya maka iheọma o mere.

Ha toro ya maka iheọma o mere.

They praised him for the good thing he did.

Mmadụ niile na-eto ya.

Mmadụ niile na-eto ya.

Everybody is praising him.

tó

to

Wordto
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Active verb

1.grow

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Etuto toro ya n'abụ.

Etuto toro ya n'abụ.

A boil is grown in her armpit.

Ọrịa ahụ toro ya afọ.

Ọrịa ahụ toro ya afọ.

That sickness grew his stomach.

Ube ahụ na-eto kwa ụbọchị.

Ube ahụ na-eto kwa ụbọchị.

The pear is growing every day.

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