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ìtì

ìtì

Wordìtì
Definitions

Noun

1.(slang) dunce; novice

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Akpọzila mmadụ iti.

Akpọzila mmadụ iti.

Stop calling someone a dunce.

Ọ na-eme omume ka iti.

Ọ na-eme omume ka iti.

She behaves like a novice.

Anyị enweghị iti n'ezinụụlọ anyị.

Anyị enweghị iti n'ezinụụlọ anyị.

We don't have a dunce in our family.

Ọ mara mma mana ọ bụ iti.

Ọ mara mma mana ọ bụ iti.

She is beautiful but she is a dunce.

Ọ gaghị elenwu ile ahụ, ọ bụ iti.

Ọ gaghị elenwu ile ahụ, ọ bụ iti.

He cannot take that exam, he is a dunce.

Nwanne ya nwaanyị ahụ bụ iti.

Nwanne ya nwaanyị ahụ bụ iti.

That his sister is a dunce.

Ị bụ iti?

Ị bụ iti?

Are you a dunce?

Naanị ya bụ iti n'ime ụmụnne ya.

Naanị ya bụ iti n'ime ụmụnne ya.

Only her is the dunce among her sibling.

tí

ti

Wordti
Definitions

Active verb

1.beat; hit; strike

2.shout; yell; utter cry; howl

3.shine (of moon)

4.build; establish

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Ebuka tiwara efere.

Ebuka tiwara efere.

Ebuka broke the plate.

Uche tiri mkpu.

Uche tiri mkpu.

Uche shouted.

Obika tiri nnukwu ụlọ n'Enugwu.

Obika tiri nnukwu ụlọ n'Enugwu.

Obika built a mighty house at Enugu.

Ọ na-eti mkpu oge ọbụla.

Ọ na-eti mkpu oge ọbụla.

He shouts alaways.

Ọnwa na-eti.

Ọnwa na-eti.

The moon is shinning.

Nna m tiri m ihe.

Nna m tiri m ihe.

My father beat me.

tị

Wordtị
Definitions

Active verb

1.stretch; make long

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Ọ̣ na-atị olu ịhụ ihe na-eme n'ihu ebe ahụ.

Ọ̣ na-atị olu ịhụ ihe na-eme n'ihu ebe ahụ.

She is stretching her neck to see what is happening at the front.

ńkwüénú

nkwụenū

Wordnkwụenū
Definitions

Noun

棋上

1.palm wine from palm oil tree; palm wine

Variationsnkwụ enu
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Butere m nkwuelu ahụ.

Butere m nkwuelu ahụ.

Carry that palmwine for me.

Nkwụenu anyị ṅụrụ tọrọ ụtọ.

Nkwụenu anyị ṅụrụ tọrọ ụtọ.

The palm wine we drank was sweet.

Anyị na-aṅụ nkwụenu.

Anyị na-aṅụ nkwụenu.

We drink palm wine.

Otenkwụ gara ite nkwuelu.

Otenkwụ gara ite nkwuelu.

Palmwine tapper went to tap palmwine.

Anyị na-ere otu karama nkwuelu puku naịra ise.

Anyị na-ere otu karama nkwuelu puku naịra ise.

We sell one bottle of palmwine five thousand naira.

Okoli na-ere nkwụelu.

Okoli na-ere nkwụelu.

Okoli sells palm wine.

Nkwụelu a gbakara agbaka.

Nkwụelu a gbakara agbaka.

This palm wine is sour.

Nye m nkwụelu.

Nye m nkwụelu.

Give me palm wine.

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