thread - What does 'thread' mean from Igbo to English?

òwú

òwu


Word	òwu
Definitions	Noun 1.thread [for sewing]
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Aga m azụ owu ọzọ echi.

I will buy another thread tomorrow.

Onye nwe owu ahụ?

Who has that thread?

Achọghị m owu ojii ahụ.

I do not want that black thread.

Owu ahụ adịghị ọnụ.

That thread is not costly.

E ji owu akwa akwa.

Thread is used for sewing cloth.

Onye agbata obi m na-ere owu.

My neighbour sells thread.

Owu m na-efu efu.

My thread is missing.

kpà

kpà


Word	kpà
Definitions	Active verb 岸 1.form an object by passing threads or strings through each other; weave; knit
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Nna nna m na-akpa nkata.

My father's father weaves baskets.

Ọ ga-akpa isi ya.

She will weave her hair.

Ọ chọrọ ịkpa uwooyi.

She wants to knit a sweater.

Onye kpara ute a?

Who wove this mat?

ṃpánāáká

m̀panaaka


Word	m̀panaaka
Definitions	Noun 寑客営稼 1.lantern 2.A type of lamp usually made with small metal container, covered top with lamp thread coming out through a small hole on the top 3.a kerosene lamp
Variations	m̀panaka
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Mpanaaka ahụ dara n'ala.

The lantern fell on the ground.

Ada tinyere ọkụ na mpanaaka.

Ada lit the lamp

Mpanaaka anaghị ewuzi.

The use of lantern is no longer fashionable.

Ọ na-eji mpanaaka azụ ahịa n'abalị.

He uses lantern to trade in the night.

Mpanaaka ya dara n'ala.

His lantern fell on the ground.

Mpanaaka ya nyụrụ n'ụzọ.

Her lantern went off on the way.

Oge ụfọdụ, mpanaaka na-akwụ anwụrụ.

Sometimes, lantern emits smoke.

Ọ na-agbanye mmanụ na mpanaaka.

He is filling the lantern with oil.

E ji komkom arụ mpanaaka.

Empty tins are used for making lanterns.

Anyị nwere mpanaaka ọzọ.

We have another lantern.

Wepụta mpanaaka ahụ.

Bring out that lamp.

Ọ bụ Chike munyụrụ mpanaaka a.

It was Chike that put off the lamp.

Onye nwe mpanaaka a?

Who has this lamp?

Emeka nwere mpanaaka atọ.

Emeka had two lamps.

Munye ọkụ na mpanaaka ahụ.

Light that lamp.

Mpanaaka a na-ata nchara.

This lamp is rusting.

Onye dobere mpanaaka a ebea?

Who kept this lamp here?

Gịnị bụ mpanaaka?

What is lantern?

A na-akpọkwa mpanaaka oriọna.

Lantern can also be called lamp.

òwú ísí

òwu isī


Word	òwu isī
Definitions	Noun 遡簡 1.black cotton thread used by women for plaiting the hair; hair thread.
Variations	òwiisī, òwuisī
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Biko zụtara m owu isi.

Please buy hair thread for me.

Aga m ebe owu isi a tupu m jiri ya kpaa isi.

I will cut this rope before using it to plait hair.

Ada na-ere owu isi.

Ada sells hair thread.

Owu isi a agaghị ezu ya ịkpa isi ya.

This hair thread will not be enough for her to plait her hair.

Ọ na-amasị nne ya iji owu isi kpaa isi ya.

Her mother likes plaiting her hair with hair thread.

Isi eji owu isi kpaa na-amakari mma.

Hair style made with hair thread is usually beautiful.

érírí

eriri


Word	eriri
Definitions	Noun 筋 1.string; rope; thread
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Chidi ewelatabeghị eriri m nyere ya.

Chidi has not returned the thread I gave him.

Jiri eriri ahụ kee ewu ahụ.

Use that rope to tie that goat.

Eriri nke a buru ibu.

This thread is big.

Eriri nke a esighị ike, biko nye m ọzọ.

This rope is not strong, please give me another one.

I nwere eriri e ji akwa akwa?

Do you have a thread for sewing cloth?

E ji eriri kechie ya.

It was tied with a rope.

kpà érírí

kpà eriri


Word	kpà eriri
Definitions	Active verb 1.braid a string or thread
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Ugonna na-akpa eriri nke ọma.

Ugonna braids a thread well.

Akpara m eriri.

I braided a rope.

Ịkpa eriri ka o sie ike dị mma.

To braid a thread so that it will be strong is good.

Ị ga-akpa eriri a ma ị lọta.

You will braid this thread when you return.

Ịkpa eriri adịghị mfe.

Braiding a rope is not easy.

M na-akpa eriri ahụ ị zụtara.

I am braiding that thread you bought.

Ndụdị ga-akpa eriri.

Ndụdị will braid a rope.

Ndị a kpara eriri a ugbua.

These people braided this thread now.

Kpaa eriri a nke ọma.

Braid this thread well.

ńkwöchá

nkwọcha


Word	nkwọcha
Definitions	Noun 1.not having fur(animal) or thread (object); baldness; 2.bald Adjective 1.the characteristic of not having hair or thread; bald
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Isi nkwọcha a mere m maa ezigbo mma.

This bald head made me very handsome.

Ọ nọtanwughị maka nkwọcha ọ kwọchara.

It couldn't stay due to it's baldness.

Nkwọcha afọmoto ya kwọchara mere e jiri rie ya nra.

The baldness of his tyres made him to be fined.

Nna m nwere isi nkwọcha.

My father has bald head.

Ụmụnwoke niile nọ n'ezinụụlọ ha nwere isi nkwọcha.

All the men in their family has bald head.

Ahụbeghị m nwaanyị nwere isi nkwọcha.

I have never seen a woman who has bald head.

Ha nille bụ nkwọcha nkwọcha.

All of them are bald/smooth.

Nkwọcha ọ kwọchara isi mere ya okenye.

His baldness made him look like an old man.

döbí

dọbi


Word	dọbi
Definitions	Active verb 1.break or cut by pulling, especially thread, rope, and elastic
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Eriri a ga-adọbi.

This rope will cut.

A dọbiri m eriri dị na efe m.

I cut the rope on my dress.

Biko debe nke a, ọ na-achọ ịdọbi.

Please keep this one, it wants to cut.

Eriri ha ji ekosa akwa dọbiri.

Their dry line cut.

Kedu mgbe ụdọ a dọbiri?

When did this rope cut?

Kedu ihe mere i ji dobie ụdọ a?

Why did you cut this rope?

I ga-enwe ike ịdọbi ịga a?

Can you cut this chain?

Dọbie eriri e ji kechie ya.

Cut the rope that was used to tie it.