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sì

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Active verb

1.accustom

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Ikpu ugogbaanya siri m n'onwa ise m kpuru.

I was accustomed to wearing eye glasses in five months that I wore it.

sì

Wordsì
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Active verb

1.stiffen ; congeal ; toughen ; coagulate

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Ebee ka onye dibia ga-esi bịa?

Where is the doctor going to come from?

Mmadụ nwụọ, ahụ ya na-esi mgbe awa isii gachara.

When humans die, the body stiffens after six hours.

sì

Wordsì
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Active verb

1.smell

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Gịni na-esi?

What is smelling?

sí

si

Wordsi
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Passive verb

1.take or follow a path or pattern or manner; from; through

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Isi etu a mee ya dị mma.

To follow this pattern in doing it is good.

sí

si

Wordsi
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Active verb

1.cook; boil

2.follow (a path or way or manner)

3.set-up (like trap); mount

4.be hard or strong

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Ihe a bụ ụzọ e si eje Nneewi

This is the way to Nneewi.

Nnanna na-esi ji.

Nnanna is cooking yam

Ọ na-esi ọnya oke.

He is setting a rat trap.

Ihe a bụ ụzọ e si eme ya

This is how it is done

Ọkpụkpụ a siri ike.

This bone is hard.

sị̄

Wordsị̄
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Active verb

1.say to

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Ọ sị na ọ gaghị abịa.

He said that she won't come.

Sị ya na m na-abịa.

Tell him I am coming.

Sị ya na m na-abịa.

Tell him I am coming.

Gịnị ka ọ sị anyị mee?

What did he ask us to do?

sị

Wordsị
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Active verb

1.tell; say to someone what was said

2.ask; say to someone what you want them to do

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Ịsị ya esola anyị enweghi isi.

Telling him not follow us is pointless.

Ọ sị na ya agaghị eri nri.

He says that he will not eat.

Nkechi na-asị asị.

Nkechi is telling lies.

Ị na-asị na ego anyị agwụla?

Are you saying we have run out of money?

I ruo be ya, ị ga-asị ya na anyị apụọla.

When you get to his house, you will tell him that we have left.

Uju sịrị ya bịa.

Uju told him to come.

Achọrọ m ịsị ya soro m.

I want too tell him to follow me.

Ọ sịrị m nọdụ ala.

He asked me to sit down.

Ọ na-asị na ya bụ nwanne m.

He is saying that he is my brother.

-sï

-sị

Word-sị
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Extensional suffix

1.completely; totally

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Amaka sasịrị efere ndị a.

Amaka washed these plates completely.

O risiri nri niile e tinyeere ya.

He finished the food that was served him.

Ọ nwasịrị ha niile.

He tried all of them.

O nweghị onye masịrị ihe niile.

Nobody knows everything.

Ha zachasịrị ụlọ ya niile.

He swept the entire house.

Anyị matasịrị ihe ha chọrọ tupu ha lawa.

We found out all they need before they left.

O wetesiri ego ya niile.

He brought all his money.

Ọ ga-azasi ebe ụlọ ahụ niile.

She will sweep the entire house completely.

chà

chà

Wordchà
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Active verb

1.cut using the hand or a scissors, especially for something that is not thick eg. paper, cloth

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Achọrọ m ịcha ha irighiri.

I want to cut them to pieces.

Ọ chara ya nke ọma.

She cut it very well.

Onye chara agụba n'akwa a?

Who made a razor cut on this cloth?

Aga m acha ya ụka.

I will cut it vertically.

-chá

-cha

Word-cha
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Extensional suffix

1.finish doing; completely; totally

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鋭選欠願距鋭

Kwuchaa ihe ị na-ekwu.

Finish saying what you were saying.

圧穏壊選㚡欠吟t顎撃宇胃

Akụnna mechara ihe ahụ tupu ọ bịawa.

Akunna finished doing that thing before she started coming.

撃奥選㚡ö奥頑資

Ọ rụchara ọrụ ahụ niile.

She finished doing all that work.

Ọ rụchara ọrụ ahụ niile.

Oluchi, finish that food.

撃君選㚡猿

O sichaala nri.

She has finished cooking.

願鋭選再

I kwuchago?

Have you finished speaking?

撃奥選㚡ö奥

Ọ rụchaala ọrụ.

He has finished working.

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