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• m(independent; 1st person singular; compare e-/a-...m) I; me; my; I; me; my; first person singular subject, object, and possessive Igbo language pronoun; the nineteenth letter of the Igbo language alphabet; the fifteenth consonant of the Igbo language alphabet
• kpereport; judge O kpèlì m He reported me Agà m èkpe giCn’aka nnà gị ukwu I shall report you to your master; pray; beg Kà ànyị kpeelu Chine kè Let us pray (unto God) O tègo m jì èkpelu yā kà ọ rapụ m I have been begging him for a long time to leave me alone; smearing
• nwò ènwòchange; be changed; metamorphose; be transfigured; change; exchange Bikō gbanwòolụ m ji n kaà màkà nà o lèlù ùle Please change this yam for me, for it is rotten Ndị àfè ojiiì jìdèlù òfu nwoke nā-agbanwò egō n’afịa The police arrested a man exchanging money in the market Anà m èje ụnọ àkù ịgbānwò ego ochiìè m fùlù n’akpàtì m n nyàafù I am going to the bank to change the old money I found in my box yesterday
• pìtììdescribes something which is plentiful or falls plentifully Ogè m nà-agbà akwụkwọ ewēpùtàlù m òfu ụnō ūla màkà idēbe ife ōlili. Ị bàta nà ya ogè afù ife ōlili àdị pìtìì When I was getting married, I devoted one room to keeping foods. If you entered it at that time, the food looked very plentiful Akwụ dī n’iru īlo etègo o jìlì cha, kịtāà mkpụlū ya nà- adàsịsị pìtìì pìtìì The palm fruit in the front of the house has been ripe a long time, now the nuts fall pìtìì pìtìì
• jekwugo to; towards Achò m ije kwu nnà m I want to go to my father
• kwụtasend payment (of debt or wages, to speaker) Ọ kwụ tagolụ m ụgwọ o jì m She has sent payment of his debt to me
• kwachimove into place vacated by another; repair; patch (up) Kwàchielụ m akwà m Patch my clothes for me
• 'Anà m èje ịkpọ nye ọkụ a gà-èji mị azù ndù afù I am going to build up the fire with which the fresh fish will be dried
• nụwork; hear; taste; feel (skin); smell; sense something with four of the five sense organs; Gwànụ m#Please tell me
• kwụ ụgwọpay wages, debt Kwùa m ụgwọ m Pay me my wages, or Pay your debt to me
• lụwork; construct; make; defile; desecrate; be faulty, defective; see -la 2.