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mapụ̀ ōbì

Wordmapụ̀ ōbì
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Active verb

1.cause a scare; startle; cause the heart to skip a beat due to fear; take the breath away

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Mkpu Onyeka mapụrụ m obi.

Mkpu Onyeka mapụrụ m obi.

Onyeka's scream startled me.

küjà

kụjà

Wordkụjà
Definitions

Active verb

1.startle; shock

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Akụjara m oge m hụrụ ya.

Akụjara m oge m hụrụ ya.

I was shocked when I saw her.

Ọrịa ahụ mere ya ka ọ na-akuja oge ọbụla.

Ọrịa ahụ mere ya ka ọ na-akuja oge ọbụla.

That sickness made him to always get startled.

Iji megwara ihe Chike mere ya, o kwere nkwa na ọ ga-akụja ya.

Iji megwara ihe Chike mere ya, o kwere nkwa na ọ ga-akụja ya.

In order to retaliate what Chike did to him, he promised that he would startle him.

Onye aka ya dị ọcha enweghị ihe na-akụja ya obi.

Onye aka ya dị ọcha enweghị ihe na-akụja ya obi.

An innocent person doesn't have a cause to be startled.

Ọ choro ịkụja nne ya site na akwa ya.

Ọ choro ịkụja nne ya site na akwa ya.

He wants to shock her mother through her cry.

Ụjọ atụla gị, agaghị m akụja gị.

Ụjọ atụla gị, agaghị m akụja gị.

Don't be afraid, I will not startle you.

Emere m ihe ahụ iji kụjaa ya.

Emere m ihe ahụ iji kụjaa ya.

I did that thing to shock him.

Akụjara m mgbe m hụrụ ozu ya.

Akụjara m mgbe m hụrụ ozu ya.

I was shocked when I saw his corpse.

Ọ na-akụja akụja.

Ọ na-akụja akụja.

He is easily startles.

Gịnị na-akụja gị?

Gịnị na-akụja gị?

What is startling you?

Anaghị m akụja akụja.

Anaghị m akụja akụja.

I cannot be startled.

Oninyo Adakụ kụjara m.

Oninyo Adakụ kụjara m.

Adakụ's shadow startled me.

ńküjà

nkụjà

Wordnkụjà
Definitions

Noun

1.a sudden shock; a startle

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Abụghị m onye nkụja.

Abụghị m onye nkụja.

I don't easily give in to shock.

Ihe ọ bụla na-eku ume na-eme nkụja.

Ihe ọ bụla na-eku ume na-eme nkụja.

Every living organism expresses shock.

Ụjọ abụghị nkụja.

Ụjọ abụghị nkụja.

Fear does not mean shock.

E nwere ụdị nkụja I mere ugbua.

E nwere ụdị nkụja I mere ugbua.

There's this kind of startle you expressed now.

O mere nkụja mgbe ọ hụrụ m.

O mere nkụja mgbe ọ hụrụ m.

He got shocked when he saw me.

Gịnị bụ ụdị nkụja a?

Gịnị bụ ụdị nkụja a?

What is this kind of shock?

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