abụ
Noun6 varieties
Ndebe script
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Meanings
pus; the thick yellowish liquid produced by infected body tissue
Nounpus
Nouncat-like animal that sleeps by day, probably the Two-Spotted Palm Civet or genet
Nounpoem
Noun
Dialect & variants
Dialect: Afiikpo, Ajalị, Ezaa, Isuama, Nsụka, Owere
- evụ Afiikpo
- avụ Ajalị
- evụ Ezaa
- abụ Isuama
- evụ Nsụka
- avụ Owere
No other variants have been documented for this word.
Examples
Ọnya ya nwere abụ nke na-asọ aṣọ.
— His wound has pus which is flowing out.
Dọkịta pịrị ọnya ahụ iji wepụ abụ dị n'ime.
— The doctor squeezed the wound to remove the pus inside.
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Same spelling, different tones
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- sù òsùsùmake grunts or sounds like lorry or powered machines, automobiles; leave part of a conversation unspoken, hum and haw asù òsùsù kpaa nkàta màkà nà onye nā-abụ ọ na-èkwu okwū ò na-asù bù onye aghùghò I never like to converse with a person who is in the habit of humming and hawing during a conversation because a person who hums and haws is planning something bad