iru
NounNdebe script
Meanings
face; front; forward part
Nounreach
Noun
Dialect & variants
No other variants have been documented for this word.
Examples
Achọrọ m ịrụ ụlọ.
— I want to build a house.
Ịkpa akụ n'ụzọ ziri ezi na-enye obi iru ala.
— To make wealth in the right way gives peace of mind.
Related words
Words built on this one
- bo iru
- chagha(lị) iru
- che iru
- che n'iru
- chelịta iru
- do iru
- fo iru
- ga n'iru
- gabulu n'iru
- gbadùba iru
- gbalù iru
- gbasà iru
- ghakpù iru
- gò iru
- je n'iru
- kpù iru
- menye ifele n'iru
- nye iru
- egedege irū
- iru akā
- iru anyanwū
- iru ifelē
- iru igwē
- iru mmà
…and 14 more in this list.
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Same spelling, different tones
These entries fold to the same letters once tone is removed, so a tone-blind search returns all of them.
- kpù irufrown; scowl; cover the face; upset; overturn; turn upside down Ì chòlù ikpù ofe iru#? Do you want to overturn the soup?
- iru igwēweather; sky (= iru anyaanwū); weather; sky
- kpasu iweprovoke to anger; annoy; provoke to anger; annoy Àsị yā nà-àkpasu m iwe His lies make me angry, or I am indignant at his lies Àda kpàsùlù nne yā iwe Ada annoyed her mother ÒC bù gịnị kpàtàlù i jì gbakà iru#n’ùtụtù? Ọ bù Àdâ kpàsùlù m iwe Why did you frown in the morning? It was Ada who annoyed me
- iru anyaanwūsun; sky (= iru igwē)
- òdìkòọdīrọ yahypocrisy; pretence; uncertain state, character (compare iru naàbò)