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kụwa

Wordkụwa
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Active verb

正胃

1.break, especially glass or other fragile objects

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Examples

Iko e ji aṅụ mmanya dapụrụ ya n'aka kụwaa.

Iko e ji aṅụ mmanya dapụrụ ya n'aka kụwaa.

The drinking cup slipped his hand and broke.

Bupụ efere ahụ, ọ ga-akụwa ya.

Bupụ efere ahụ, ọ ga-akụwa ya.

Remove that plate, she will break it.

Akụwara m ọkụ ya.

Akụwara m ọkụ ya.

I broke his light.

Ọ kụwara ya n'ezi.

Ọ kụwara ya n'ezi.

He broke it outside.

Kụwaa akwa a ka anyị taa.

Kụwaa akwa a ka anyị taa.

Break this egg lets eat.

Ekwela ka ọ kụwaa.

Ekwela ka ọ kụwaa.

Do not allow it to break.

Nye ya nke kụwara akụwa.

Nye ya nke kụwara akụwa.

Give him the broken one.

Ọ maghị mgbe ọ kụwara.

Ọ maghị mgbe ọ kụwara.

She didn't know when it broke.

Ha na-akụwa ejula.

Ha na-akụwa ejula.

They are breaking snail.

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gbùwa

Wordgbùwa
Definitions

Active verb

1.cut open, break into two (e.g. coconut)

2.split by cutting (especially with axe or matchet)

Variations-gbuwe
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Nwoke a chọrọ igbuwa m isi.

Nwoke a chọrọ igbuwa m isi.

This man wants to break my head.

Ọ na-egbuwa nkụ ahụ mgbe m bịara.

Ọ na-egbuwa nkụ ahụ mgbe m bịara.

He was breaking that wood when I came.

Onye gbuwara nnwa gị isi?

Onye gbuwara nnwa gị isi?

Who broke your child's head?

Emeka ga-egbuwa akị oyibo a na mgbede.

Emeka ga-egbuwa akị oyibo a na mgbede.

Emeka will break this coconut in the evening.

Amaghị m ihe ọ na-egbuwa ụbọchị ọbụla.

Amaghị m ihe ọ na-egbuwa ụbọchị ọbụla.

I don't know what he breaks every day.

Achọghị m igbuwa ya ugbu a.

Achọghị m igbuwa ya ugbu a.

I don't want to break it now.

Gbuwaa akị oyibo ahụ.

Gbuwaa akị oyibo ahụ.

Break that coconut.

Gịnị ka ị ji egbuwa ihe ahụ?

Gịnị ka ị ji egbuwa ihe ahụ?

Why are you breaking that thing?

Emeka ga-egbuwa akị oyibo a na mgbede.

Emeka ga-egbuwa akị oyibo a na mgbede.

Emeka will break this coconut in the evening.

Ọ na-egbuwa nkụ ahụ mgbe m bịara.

Ọ na-egbuwa nkụ ahụ mgbe m bịara.

He was breaking that wood when I came.

Gbuwaa akị oyibo ahụ.

Gbuwaa akị oyibo ahụ.

Break that coconut.

Amaghị m ihe ọ na-egbuwa ụbọchị ọbụla.

Amaghị m ihe ọ na-egbuwa ụbọchị ọbụla.

I don't know what he breaks every day.

Gịnị ka ị ji egbuwa ihe ahụ?

Gịnị ka ị ji egbuwa ihe ahụ?

Why are you breaking that thing?

Achọghị m igbuwa ya ugbu a.

Achọghị m igbuwa ya ugbu a.

I don't want to break it now.

Nwoke a chọrọ igbuwa m isi.

Nwoke a chọrọ igbuwa m isi.

This man wants to break my head.

Onye gbuwara nnwa gị isi?

Onye gbuwara nnwa gị isi?

Who broke your child's head?

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