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Wordzà
Definitions

Active verb

1.sweep

2.filter; skim (off)

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Chiazọ zara imụlọ ụnyaahụ.

Chiazọ zara imụlọ ụnyaahụ.

Chiazo swept the house yesterday.

Ọ na-aza garị ya oge ọbụla o mere ya.

Ọ na-aza garị ya oge ọbụla o mere ya.

She filters her garri every time he prepares it.

Ana m aza mmiri m tupu m ṅụọ ya.

Ana m aza mmiri m tupu m ṅụọ ya.

I filter my water before drinking it.

Ha gara ịza ụlụụka.

Ha gara ịza ụlụụka.

They went to sweep the church.

Nnwa ya na-aza ụlọ ha ugbua.

Nnwa ya na-aza ụlọ ha ugbua.

Her child is sweeping their house now.

Zaa ụlọ a.

Zaa ụlọ a.

Sweep this house/

Onye ga-aza ebe a?

Onye ga-aza ebe a?

Who is going to sweep here?

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za

Wordza
Definitions

Active verb

1.answer; reply; respond

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Ọ zara ajụjụ niile.

Ọ zara ajụjụ niile.

She answered all the questions.

Aga m aza ya nke ọma.

Aga m aza ya nke ọma.

I will answer it well.

Ọ zara mgbe m kpọrọ ya.

Ọ zara mgbe m kpọrọ ya.

He answered when I called him.

A hụrụ m ya mgbe ọ na-aza mmadụ n'ekwenti.

A hụrụ m ya mgbe ọ na-aza mmadụ n'ekwenti.

I saw him when he was answering someone on phone.

O kweghị aza ajụjụ niile nne ya jụrụ ya.

O kweghị aza ajụjụ niile nne ya jụrụ ya.

She refused to answer all the questions her mother asked her.

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za

Wordza
Definitions

Active verb

1.swell; bulge; inflate

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Examples

Ụkwụ ya zara aza.

Ụkwụ ya zara aza.

Her feet is swollen.

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