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Wordru
Definitions

Active verb

1.reach; get to

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Mmiri kwara ebe ahụ ruru m n'ikpere.

Mmiri kwara ebe ahụ ruru m n'ikpere.

The water that is logged there reached my knee.

Anyị ga-eru ebe ahụ echi.

Anyị ga-eru ebe ahụ echi.

We will reach there tomorrow.

O ruru n'ụlọ ya tupu ọ kpọọ m.

O ruru n'ụlọ ya tupu ọ kpọọ m.

He got to his house before he called me.

Achọrọ m iru ebe ahụ.

Achọrọ m iru ebe ahụ.

I want to get to that place.

Ọ ga-eru onye ọbụla.

Ọ ga-eru onye ọbụla.

It will get to everybody.

O ruo echi, ị bịa.

O ruo echi, ị bịa.

Come tomorrow.

Kedụ mgbe ọ ga-eru m?

Kedụ mgbe ọ ga-eru m?

When will it be my turn?

O ruru ebe m chọrọ ka o ruo.

O ruru ebe m chọrọ ka o ruo.

It reached where I wanted it to reach.

Ọ ga-eru m ngwa ngwa.

Ọ ga-eru m ngwa ngwa.

It will get to my turn quickly.

rụ

Wordrụ
Definitions

Active verb

1.soil; spoil; defile

2.damage; cripple

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Gịnị rụrụ ya aka?

Gịnị rụrụ ya aka?

What deformed her hand?

Aka rụrụ ya ka ọ dachara elu osisi.

Aka rụrụ ya ka ọ dachara elu osisi.

His hand got crippled after he fell from a tree.

Ọ rụrụ ọgwụ m.

Ọ rụrụ ọgwụ m.

He destroyed my charm.

Nna m rụrụ ajọ ọgwụ ahụ.

Nna m rụrụ ajọ ọgwụ ahụ.

My father destroyed the evil charm.

rụ

Wordrụ
Definitions

Active verb

1.roast

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A nam arụ ji n'ọkụ

A nam arụ ji n'ọkụ

I am roasting yam on fire

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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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