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ọrụ

Wordọrụ
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Noun

寊奥

1.work; task; job; employment

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Ọrụ ahụ amasịghị m.

Ọrụ ahụ amasịghị m.

I did not like that job.

Ịnya ụgbọala bụ ọrụ m.

Ịnya ụgbọala bụ ọrụ m.

Driving is my job.

Ọrụ na-aga nke ọma.

Ọrụ na-aga nke ọma.

Work is going well.

Ụmụnne m gara ọrụ.

Ụmụnne m gara ọrụ.

My siblings went to work.

O nwetara ọrụ ebe a na-arụpụta ụgbọala.

O nwetara ọrụ ebe a na-arụpụta ụgbọala.

She got a job in a car factory.

Bịa ka anyị jee ọrụ.

Bịa ka anyị jee ọrụ.

Come and let us go to work.

Gịni bụ ọrụ gị?

Gịni bụ ọrụ gị?

What is your work?

Bịa ka m gosi gị ọrụ ị ga-arụrụ m.

Bịa ka m gosi gị ọrụ ị ga-arụrụ m.

Come let me show you the work you will do for me.

O nwetara ọrụ ahụ.

O nwetara ọrụ ahụ.

He got that job.

Ọrụ ike anaghị amasị m.

Ọrụ ike anaghị amasị m.

I don't like hard labour.

Chinasa adịghị ike ọrụ.

Chinasa adịghị ike ọrụ.

Chinasa is not hardworking.

Ọ dị ike ọrụ.

Ọ dị ike ọrụ.

He is hardworking.

Onye ka e nyere ọrụ a?

Onye ka e nyere ọrụ a?

Who was assigned to this task?

Ọrụ a tara akpụ.

Ọrụ a tara akpụ.

This task is difficult.

Kedụ onye ọ bụ ọrụ ya ịkpọghe ụzọ?

Kedụ onye ọ bụ ọrụ ya ịkpọghe ụzọ?

Whose duty is it to open the gate?

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ọrụbèkeè

Wordọrụbèkeè
Definitions

Noun

1.white collar job; civil service

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Nna m rụrụ ọrụ bekee afọ iri atọ.

Nna m rụrụ ọrụ bekee afọ iri atọ.

My dad had a white collar job for thirty years.

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òkènọọrụ

Wordòkènọọrụ
Definitions

Noun

具営寊奥

1.responsibility; job description

Variationsoke nọ ọrụ, oke na ọrụ
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Nna m na-eme ihe bụ okenọọrụ ya site na ịzụ anyị n' ụlọakwụkwọ.

Nna m na-eme ihe bụ okenọọrụ ya site na ịzụ anyị n' ụlọakwụkwọ.

My father carries out his responsibility by training us in school.

Ewu mmadụ abụọ na enye nri na anwụ na agụụ

Ewu mmadụ abụọ na enye nri na anwụ na agụụ

A goat which is fed by two persons dies of hunger.

Okenọọrụ ya edoghị m anya.

Okenọọrụ ya edoghị m anya.

I don't understand his responsibility.

Okenọọrụ Ada bụ isi nri.

Okenọọrụ Ada bụ isi nri.

Cooking is Ada's responsibility.

ǫháḿmírí

ọ̀ham̄mīrī

Wordọ̀ham̄mīrī
Definitions

Noun

1.someone whose job is to make or stop rain to fall; rainmaker

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Nna ha bụ ọhammiri.

Nna ha bụ ọhammiri.

Their father is a rainmaker.

Anyị nwere ọhammiri n'obodo anyị.

Anyị nwere ọhammiri n'obodo anyị.

We have a rainmaker in my village.

Ha kpọrọ ọhammiri mana mmiri zoro.

Ha kpọrọ ọhammiri mana mmiri zoro.

They called a rainmaker but it rained.

Ọhammiri ahụ anwụọla.

Ọhammiri ahụ anwụọla.

That rainmaker has died.

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kim̄bom̄

Wordkim̄bom̄
Definitions

Noun

1.the job of mixing or carrying sand or cement to the plasterer in a building construction site

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Onye na-arụ kimbom kwesiri ịgbasi ike.

Onye na-arụ kimbom kwesiri ịgbasi ike.

A person who works kimbom should be agile.

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