akwụ

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• àkwụbird’s nest (= anì); nest; a structure made by birds for laying eggs and sheltering their young ones
• 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
• dakwàsịfall upon (of thing) Ọ dākwàsì nénu ọche It fell on the chair Ọ nọ kwàsì nénu ikpo akwụ She sits on the heap of palmnuts O biìkwàsì yà aka He lays his hands on him