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zà

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?

zá

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.

zá

za

Wordza
Definitions

Active verb

1.swell; bulge; inflate

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Ụkwụ ya zara aza.

Ụkwụ ya zara aza.

Her feet is swollen.

kò

Wordkò
Definitions

Active verb

1.swell; puff; distend; bloat

2.(slang)to be puffed up; to brag

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Emeka na-ekokarị.

Emeka na-ekokarị.

Emeka usually puffs up.

Ị ṅụọ mmanya ọzọ, o koo gị afọ.

Ị ṅụọ mmanya ọzọ, o koo gị afọ.

If you take that drink again, it will swell your stomach.

Yiist a ga-eko achịchịa a i na-eme

Yiist a ga-eko achịchịa a i na-eme

This yeast will make this bread you are making to swell.

sà

Wordsà
Definitions

Active verb

1.respond; reply

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Etu o si saa ya ajụjụ ahụ adịghị mma.

Etu o si saa ya ajụjụ ahụ adịghị mma.

The way he responded to the question was not good.

Ị ga-asa ajụjụ m jụrụ gị.

Ị ga-asa ajụjụ m jụrụ gị.

You will respond to the question I asked you.

O nweghị onye sara ya okwu.

O nweghị onye sara ya okwu.

Nobody answered him.

yọ̀

Wordyọ̀
Definitions

Active verb

1.separation of liquid and solid substances; sieve; separation of unwanted substance, straining out water

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Yọọ egusi ahụ tupu ị kwọọ ya.

Yọọ egusi ahụ tupu ị kwọọ ya.

Sieve that melon before you grind it.

Anyị na-ayọ akamụ.

Anyị na-ayọ akamụ.

We are sieving pap.

Ana m a yọrọ nne m akpụ.

Ana m a yọrọ nne m akpụ.

I am sieving fermented cassava for my mother.

Anyị na-ayọ aja.

Anyị na-ayọ aja.

We are sieving the sand.

Ọ ga-ayọ mmiri dị n'aja ahụ.

Ọ ga-ayọ mmiri dị n'aja ahụ.

He will sieve the out the water in the sand.

Amaka yọrọ osikapa ahụ.

Amaka yọrọ osikapa ahụ.

Amaka sieve the rice.

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