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mété

mete

Wordmete
Definitions

Active verb

1.make someone wake, especially unnecessarily

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Aga m emete gị oge ọbụla i hiri ụra.

Aga m emete gị oge ọbụla i hiri ụra.

I will wake you each time you sleep.

Nne Uju na-emete ụmụ ya n'elekere ise nke ụtụtụ.

Nne Uju na-emete ụmụ ya n'elekere ise nke ụtụtụ.

Uju's mother wakes her children by 5:am.

Ụda egbe ahụ kwesịrị imete gị n'ụra.

Ụda egbe ahụ kwesịrị imete gị n'ụra.

The sound of that gun suppose to wake you from sleep.

Ọ nọ n'ụra miri emi tupu e metee ya.

Ọ nọ n'ụra miri emi tupu e metee ya.

He was deeply asleep before he was woken.

kpöté

kpọte

Wordkpọte
Definitions

Active verb

憾需

1.wake; make someone wake up

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Adaugo kpọtere Enyinna.

Adaugo kpọtere Enyinna.

Adaugo woke Enyinna up.

Ọ na-akpọte ụmụ ya n'elekere asaa nke ụtụtụ.

Ọ na-akpọte ụmụ ya n'elekere asaa nke ụtụtụ.

She wakes her children at seven O'clock in the morning.

Ọ na-akpọte Chike mgbe m bịara.

Ọ na-akpọte Chike mgbe m bịara.

He was waking Chike up when I came.

Ị ga-akpọte nnwa a.

Ị ga-akpọte nnwa a.

You will wake this child.

métá

metā

Wordmetā
Definitions

Active verb

1.do correctly; achieve correctness on something

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A chọrọ m imeta ya.

A chọrọ m imeta ya.

I want to do it correctly.

Ọ bụ naanị m ga-emeta ya.

Ọ bụ naanị m ga-emeta ya.

I am the only one that will do it well.

Gbaa mbọ meta ihe a.

Gbaa mbọ meta ihe a.

Try and correct this thing.

Ọ na-emeta ihe ọbụla enyere ya.

Ọ na-emeta ihe ọbụla enyere ya.

He does correctly whatever is given to him.

O metaghị nke a.

O metaghị nke a.

He did not do this one correctly.

mézí

mezi

Wordmezi
Definitions

Active verb

1.do or make proper; repair; put right; mend; fix

2.(slang) put extra (commerce)

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Examples

Mezie ihe i mebiri.

Mezie ihe i mebiri.

Repair what you spoiled!

A bịara m imezi akpụkpụụkwụ m.

A bịara m imezi akpụkpụụkwụ m.

I came to repair my shoe.

Ha na-emezi ihe ndị mebiri emebi.

Ha na-emezi ihe ndị mebiri emebi.

They are fixing things that are spoilt.

Gọọmentị chọrọ imezi okporụụzọ ahụ.

Gọọmentị chọrọ imezi okporụụzọ ahụ.

Government wants to fix that road.

O meziri ụgbaala ya.

O meziri ụgbaala ya.

He repaired her car.

Aga m emezi ụgbaala m.

Aga m emezi ụgbaala m.

I will fix my car.

E meziela ihe niile mebiri emebi.

E meziela ihe niile mebiri emebi.

Everything that is spoilt has been fixed.

O meziri ihe niile nke ọma.

O meziri ihe niile nke ọma.

He did everything well.

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