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tübì

tụbì

Wordtụbì
Definitions

Active verb

1.break (something into tiny pieces, especially using the finger nails)

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Nna m ga-atụbi ya ma ọ lọta.

Nna m ga-atụbi ya ma ọ lọta.

My father will cut it when the returns.

Ọ tụbiri ọnụ ube ahụ.

Ọ tụbiri ọnụ ube ahụ.

He cut the monocot of the pear plant.

Anyị na-atụbi akwụkwọ nri.

Anyị na-atụbi akwụkwọ nri.

We are cutting the monocots of the vegetables.

Ịtụbi ya agaghị enye aka.

Ịtụbi ya agaghị enye aka.

Breaking it will not help.

kúbì

kubì

Wordkubì
Definitions

Active verb

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1.stop breathing (suddenly)

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Ntụtụ a gbara ya mere ka o kubie.

Ntụtụ a gbara ya mere ka o kubie.

The injection given to him made him to stop breathing.

Agwakwala nne gị ihe mere ka ọ ghara ikubi ume.

Agwakwala nne gị ihe mere ka ọ ghara ikubi ume.

Don't tell your mother what happened so she won't have a heart attack (stop breathing suddenly).

Onye na-ekubi?

Onye na-ekubi?

Who is stopping to breath?

O kubie, e lie ya.

O kubie, e lie ya.

If he stops breathing, he will be buried.

Ọ chọrọ ikubi?

Ọ chọrọ ikubi?

She wants to stop breathing.

O kubiri ozugbo a gbara ya egbe.

O kubiri ozugbo a gbara ya egbe.

He stopped breathing immediately he was shot.

Ọ ga-ekubi ma iwepụ ihe a n'imi ya.

Ọ ga-ekubi ma iwepụ ihe a n'imi ya.

He will stop breathing if you remove this thing from his nose.

Kpọghee windo, mmadụ ga-ekubi.

Kpọghee windo, mmadụ ga-ekubi.

Open the window, somebody will stop breathing.

Adanna na-ekubi mgbe dọkịta bịara.

Adanna na-ekubi mgbe dọkịta bịara.

Ada was stopping to breath when the doctor arrived.

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