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Word
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Noun

1.the thirty-second letter of the Igbo language alphabet; the eighth vowel of the Igbo language alphabet

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'Ụ' bụ ụduume.

'Ụ' bụ ụduume.

'Ụ' is a vowel.

'Ụ' bụ mkpụrụedemede nke iri atọ na abụọ dị n'abịịdịị Igbo.

'Ụ' bụ mkpụrụedemede nke iri atọ na abụọ dị n'abịịdịị Igbo.

'U' is the thirty-second letter of the Igbo alphabet.

I tinyeghị 'ụ' na mkpụrụokwu a.

I tinyeghị 'ụ' na mkpụrụokwu a.

You omitted 'ụ' in this word.

E degọrọ 'ụ' nke a edegọ.

E degọrọ 'ụ' nke a edegọ.

This 'u' is italicised.

u

Wordu
Definitions

Noun

1.the thirty-first letter of the Igbo language alphabet; the seventh vowel of the Igbo language alphabet

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'U' dị na mkpụrụokwu a bụ 'Udu'.

'U' dị na mkpụrụokwu a bụ 'Udu'.

'U' is in the word 'Udu'.

gị

Wordgị
Definitions

Pronoun

1.you; second person singular object pronoun

Variationsi, ị
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Ọ bụ nke gị na ya.

Ọ bụ nke gị na ya.

It is for you and him.

A gwara gị jee ahịa.

A gwara gị jee ahịa.

You were told to go to the market.

Gị na Uche mere ọfụma.

Gị na Uche mere ọfụma.

You and Uche did well.

Ọ bụghị gị ka m na-agwa.

Ọ bụghị gị ka m na-agwa.

It is not you that I am talking to.

Nke a bụ nke gị.

Nke a bụ nke gị.

This one is your own.

Enyere m gị ego ahụ ụnyaahụ.

Enyere m gị ego ahụ ụnyaahụ.

I gave the money yesterday.

Mụ na gị, onye bu ụzọ bịa?

Mụ na gị, onye bu ụzọ bịa?

You and I, who came first?

Gị na ya soro bịa.

Gị na ya soro bịa.

Come with him.

O weteere gị anụ.

O weteere gị anụ.

He brought meat for you.

-rú

-ru

Word-ru
Definitions

Extensional suffix

1.for or in favor of - used when the verb ends with 'u'

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Aga m eburu ya laa.

Aga m eburu ya laa.

I will carry it home.

-rü

-rụ

Word-rụ
Definitions

Extensional suffix

1.for or in favor of - used when the verb ends with 'ụ'

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Biko, wepụrụ m ya ebe ahụ.

Biko, wepụrụ m ya ebe ahụ.

Please remove it from there for me.

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