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m̀bụrụ

Wordm̀bụrụ
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Noun

1.metaphor

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Anyị mụrụ maka mbụrụ taa.

Anyị mụrụ maka mbụrụ taa.

We learnt about metaphor today.

Nwata akwụkwọ agụmagụ na-amaghị mbụrụ, amaghị ihe ọ na-eme.

Nwata akwụkwọ agụmagụ na-amaghị mbụrụ, amaghị ihe ọ na-eme.

A student of literature who does not know metaphor, doesn't know what he is doing.

Na mbụrụ, a na-asị na ihe a na-ekwu bụzi ihe e ji maa atụ ya.

Na mbụrụ, a na-asị na ihe a na-ekwu bụzi ihe e ji maa atụ ya.

In metaphor, a thing is said to become the thing it is compared with.

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ǹtọ̀

Wordǹtọ̀
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Noun

1.kidnapping; abduction

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A ga-akwụsị ije abalị maka ịgbanahụ ntọ.

A ga-akwụsị ije abalị maka ịgbanahụ ntọ.

Night travels will be stopped to avoid abduction.

O ji ego ntọ wuo ụlọ elu.

O ji ego ntọ wuo ụlọ elu.

He built an upstairs with kidnapping money.

Ntọ akarịala.

Ntọ akarịala.

Kidnapping is too much.

Na ọrụ ntọ ka e gburu ya.

Na ọrụ ntọ ka e gburu ya.

He was killed in kidnapping business.

Ịkwụsi ntọ n'obodo a rara ahụ.

Ịkwụsi ntọ n'obodo a rara ahụ.

Stopping kidnapping in this town is difficult.

Ntọ bụ ajọ ihe.

Ntọ bụ ajọ ihe.

Kidnapping is a bad thing.

Ntọ bụ ụzọ e ji akpata ego ugbua.

Ntọ bụ ụzọ e ji akpata ego ugbua.

Kidnapping is one of the ways to make money now.

Ngalaba uwe ojii a na-ahụ maka ntaramahụhụ gbasara ntọ.

Ngalaba uwe ojii a na-ahụ maka ntaramahụhụ gbasara ntọ.

This branch of police oversees the punishment for kidnapping.

Ntọ dị ya n'ọbara.

Ntọ dị ya n'ọbara.

Kidnapping runs in his blood.

O nweghị onye maara etu ntọ si wee mụbaa ebe a.

O nweghị onye maara etu ntọ si wee mụbaa ebe a.

Nobody knows how kidnapping increased here.

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