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lụ̀

Wordlụ̀
Definitions

Active verb

1.fight; strive

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Ọ lụrụ ya.

Ọ lụrụ ya.

She survived (by striving) it.

Ha na-alụ ọgụ mgbe m hụrụ ha.

Ha na-alụ ọgụ mgbe m hụrụ ha.

They were fighting when i saw them.

Ndị enyi m lụrụ ọgụ n'ụlọakwụkwọ.

Ndị enyi m lụrụ ọgụ n'ụlọakwụkwọ.

My friends fought in school.

Ha na-alụ ọgụ.

Ha na-alụ ọgụ.

They are fighting.

Di na nwunye a na-alụ ọgụ oge niile.

Di na nwunye a na-alụ ọgụ oge niile.

This couple fight all the time.

Ị lụọ ọgụ, a pịa gị ụtarị.

Ị lụọ ọgụ, a pịa gị ụtarị.

If you fight, you'll be flogged.

Onye lụrụ ọgụ?

Onye lụrụ ọgụ?

Who fought?

A chụrụ ndị lụrụ ọgụ n'ụlọakwụkwọ.

A chụrụ ndị lụrụ ọgụ n'ụlọakwụkwọ.

The people that fought were expelled.

lụ

Wordlụ
Definitions

Active verb

1.join in marriage; marry

Variationsnù
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Lụọ onye ọ ga-adabara gị na ya.

Lụọ onye ọ ga-adabara gị na ya.

Marry who you will be compatible with.

Achọrọ m ịlụ onye ghọtara ebe m ji ndụ m na-eje.

Achọrọ m ịlụ onye ghọtara ebe m ji ndụ m na-eje.

I want to marry someone who understands where I am going with my life.

Ha na-alụ di na nwunye ugbua.

Ha na-alụ di na nwunye ugbua.

They are getting married now.

Aga m alụ ya ma ọ jụọ m.

Aga m alụ ya ma ọ jụọ m.

I will marry him if he asks me.

Ada lụ̀rụ̀ Enyinna mgbè ọ dị afọ iri abùo n' ìse.

Ada lụ̀rụ̀ Enyinna mgbè ọ dị afọ iri abùo n' ìse.

Ada married Enyinna when she was twenty five years old.

rúté

rute

Wordrute
Definitions

Active verb

1.arrive, get to a place, reach your destination

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Ekene, i rute, kpọọ m.

Ekene, i rute, kpọọ m.

Ekene, when you arrive, call me.

Rute ebe ahụ anyị nọ!

Rute ebe ahụ anyị nọ!

Get to that place we are.

Ọ ga-ewe anyị abalị abụọ irute ebe ahụ.

Ọ ga-ewe anyị abalị abụọ irute ebe ahụ.

It will take us two days to get to that place.

Ọ ga-erute ebe a n'ụtụtụ.

Ọ ga-erute ebe a n'ụtụtụ.

She will get here in the morning.

Onyema, rute na be m ma ị lawa.

Onyema, rute na be m ma ị lawa.

Onyema, get to my house while going.

Ọ na-erute ugbua.

Ọ na-erute ugbua.

It will reach now.

Ọ na-erute Aba oge ọbụla ọ chọrọ ịhụ m.

Ọ na-erute Aba oge ọbụla ọ chọrọ ịhụ m.

He gets to Aba any time he wants to see me.

Achọghị m irute be ya.

Achọghị m irute be ya.

I do not want to get to his house.

O rutebeghị ụlọ.

O rutebeghị ụlọ.

He has not got home.

Onye rutere be gị?

Onye rutere be gị?

Who got to your place?

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