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ru ụjụ̄

Wordru ụjụ̄
Definitions

Active verb

争短

1.mourning; grief

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Ha na-eru ụjụ.

Ha na-eru ụjụ.

They are mourning

Ruo ụjụ nwa gị furu efu.

Ruo ụjụ nwa gị furu efu.

Mourn your lost son.

Iru ụjụ abụghị ihe na-atọ onye ọbụla ụtọ.

Iru ụjụ abụghị ihe na-atọ onye ọbụla ụtọ.

Grief is not something everyone enjoys.

Okeke ruru ụjụ nwa ya nwụrụ anwụ.

Okeke ruru ụjụ nwa ya nwụrụ anwụ.

Okeke mourned the death of his son.

Ụmụọkpụ ga-eru ụjụ echi.

Ụmụọkpụ ga-eru ụjụ echi.

The Umuokpu women will mourn tomorrow.

ùjú

ùju

Wordùju
Definitions

Noun

1.mourning; sorrow

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Ha nọ n'iru uju.

Ha nọ n'iru uju.

They are in mourning.

kwá

kwa

Wordkwa
Definitions

Active verb

1.mourn; perform burial or mourning rites

2.cry; weep

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Ha na-akwa nna ha nwụrụ.

Ha na-akwa nna ha nwụrụ.

Their are mourning their dad who died.

ábųákwá

abụ̀akwā

Wordabụ̀akwā
Definitions

Noun

1.mourning song; Songs of Solomon; lamentation

Variationsabụ̀ akwā
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Ụfọdụ abụ akwa bụ ndị ihe ọjọọ mere na-agụ ya.

Ụfọdụ abụ akwa bụ ndị ihe ọjọọ mere na-agụ ya.

Some laments are sung by victims of misfortune.

Ọ bụ Solomon dere Abụ Akwa dị n'Akwụkwọ Nsọ.

Ọ bụ Solomon dere Abụ Akwa dị n'Akwụkwọ Nsọ.

It was Solomon who wrote Lamentations in the Bible.

Achọghị m ịnụ abụ akwa gị ahụ ugbua.

Achọghị m ịnụ abụ akwa gị ahụ ugbua.

I don't want to hear your lamentation now.

Abụ akwa so n'ụdị abụ ndị Igbo nwere.

Abụ akwa so n'ụdị abụ ndị Igbo nwere.

Dirge is one of the Igbo poetries.

Abụ akwa na-eme ka anya mmiri na-agba m.

Abụ akwa na-eme ka anya mmiri na-agba m.

Mourning songs bring tears to my eyes.

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