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ọrị̀à

Wordọrị̀à
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Noun

1.sickness; illness; aliment

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Ọ na-arịa ọrịa.

Ọ na-arịa ọrịa.

She is sick.

Amoosu ahụ kụrụ ya ajọ ọrịa.

Amoosu ahụ kụrụ ya ajọ ọrịa.

That witch inflicted her with a deadly sickness.

Dibịa ahụ na-agwọ ọrịa dị ichiiche.

Dibịa ahụ na-agwọ ọrịa dị ichiiche.

That doctor cures different types of sickness.

E nweghị onye ma na ọ na-arịa ọrịa.

E nweghị onye ma na ọ na-arịa ọrịa.

Nobody knew that he was sick.

Ọrịa abụghị maka anyị.

Ọrịa abụghị maka anyị.

Sickness is not for us.

Ọgwụ ahụ bụ ọgwọ nnụ ọrịa.

Ọgwụ ahụ bụ ọgwọ nnụ ọrịa.

That medicine is a cure to many sicknesses.

àhüḿgbú

àhụm̄gbū

Wordàhụm̄gbū
Definitions

Noun

1.sickness of muscle ache; myalgia; body ache

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Ọgwụ a na-agwọ isiọwụwa na ahụmgbu.

Ọgwụ a na-agwọ isiọwụwa na ahụmgbu.

This medicine cures head ache and myalgia.

Ahụmgbu ekweghị m gaa ọrụ taa.

Ahụmgbu ekweghị m gaa ọrụ taa.

Muscle ache did not let me go to work today.

O nyere m ọgwụ ahụmgbu.

O nyere m ọgwụ ahụmgbu.

She gave me a drug for body ache.

Agara m ụlọọgwu maka ahụmgbu.

Agara m ụlọọgwu maka ahụmgbu.

I went to the hospital because of body pain.

àhüökü

àhụọkụ̄

Wordàhụọkụ̄
Definitions

Noun

頑遠

1.sickness where the body temperature goes higher than normal; fever

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E ji dogonyaro agwọ ahụọkụ.

E ji dogonyaro agwọ ahụọkụ.

Dogonyaro is used in curing fever.

Ọ gaghị akwụkwọ maka o nwere ahụọkụ.

Ọ gaghị akwụkwọ maka o nwere ahụọkụ.

She did not go to school because she has fever.

Ahụọkụ ahụ bidoro kemgbe abalị gara aga.

Ahụọkụ ahụ bidoro kemgbe abalị gara aga.

That fever started since last night.

Ahụọkụ ahụ kpataara ya isi ọwụwa.

Ahụọkụ ahụ kpataara ya isi ọwụwa.

That fever caused her headache.

Azụtara m ọgwụ ahụọkụ.

Azụtara m ọgwụ ahụọkụ.

I bought a drug for fever.

Nwa akwụkwọ m na-arịa ahụọkụ.

Nwa akwụkwọ m na-arịa ahụọkụ.

My student suffers from fever.

Ahụọkụ gburu nnwa ya.

Ahụọkụ gburu nnwa ya.

Fever killed his child.

Ahụọkụ a na-atụ ya oyi.

Ahụọkụ a na-atụ ya oyi.

This fever makes him feel cold.

Maazi Nduka na-agwọ ahụọkụ nke ọma.

Maazi Nduka na-agwọ ahụọkụ nke ọma.

Mr. Nduka cures fever well.

óyí

oyi

Wordoyi
Definitions

Noun

1.cold; chill;

2.sickness (fever)

Noun

1.disgust; the feeling you get from something yucky

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Oyi na-atụ.

Oyi na-atụ.

It is cold.

Achọghị m nke dị oyi.

Achọghị m nke dị oyi.

I don't want the one that is cold.

Nri a dị oyi.

Nri a dị oyi.

This food is cold.

Ebe a dị oyi.

Ebe a dị oyi.

This place is cold.

Biko, nye m mmiri jụrụ oyi.

Biko, nye m mmiri jụrụ oyi.

Please, give me cold water.

Ime ukoro a na-asọ oyi.

Ime ukoro a na-asọ oyi.

The inside of this gutter is yucky.

Oyi eju mere anaghi m eri ya.

Oyi eju mere anaghi m eri ya.

The yukky of the snail makes me not to eat it.

Oyi ji m

Oyi ji m

Fever has gripped me, or I am feverish (more acute than Enwèlù m oyī)

Oyi ji m

Oyi ji m

I am feverish.

Oyi na-ama m.

Oyi na-ama m.

I have fever.

Nwoke a na-asọ m oyi.

Nwoke a na-asọ m oyi.

This man disgusts me.

Oyi karịrị ugbu a.

Oyi karịrị ugbu a.

There is too much cold now.

lá

la

Wordla
Definitions

Active verb

1.go home

2.(of a sickness) go away

3.(figurative) be dead; be no longer in vogue

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Ọ lara ụlọ maka isi na-awa ya.

Ọ lara ụlọ maka isi na-awa ya.

He went home because his head was aching.

Egwu ahụ lara kamgbe afọ ise gara aga.

Egwu ahụ lara kamgbe afọ ise gara aga.

That song stopped being in vogue since five years ago.

Ụgụrụ nke afọ a lara n'oge.

Ụgụrụ nke afọ a lara n'oge.

The harmattan of this year stopped early.

Ya bụ ụkwara na-ala nwayọnwayọ.

Ya bụ ụkwara na-ala nwayọnwayọ.

The cough is going away slowly.

Anyị achọghị ịla echi.

Anyị achọghị ịla echi.

We do not want to go (home) tomorrow.

Anyị ga-ala ozugbo.

Anyị ga-ala ozugbo.

We will go (home) immediately.

Ụgbaala ahụ lara ọsịịsọ.

Ụgbaala ahụ lara ọsịịsọ.

That vehicle went out of vogue quickly.

Ọ na-ala mgbe ọ chọrọ.

Ọ na-ala mgbe ọ chọrọ.

It goes away when it wants.

Ọnyịa a ekweghị ala.

Ọnyịa a ekweghị ala.

This wound has refused to go.

Laa taa.

Laa taa.

Go (home) today.

òdùdù

òdùdù

Wordòdùdù
Definitions

Noun

1.tsetse fly; blood sucking fly that transmits sleeping sickness

Variationsodudu
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Odudu tara nwa m oge ọ na-ehi ụra

Odudu tara nwa m oge ọ na-ehi ụra

My child was bitten by the tsetse fly while sleeping

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