arụ
Noun6 varieties
Ndebe script
Voice recording
play
Meanings
bite; an act of biting someone or something, especially as an attack
Nounthe act of using the teeth to cut into or through something, especially in an attack; bite
Noun
Dialect & variants
Dialect: Achala, Isuama, Mkpọọ, Nkanụ, Owere, Ọnịcha
- alụ Achala · 2 recordings
- arụ Isuama
- aṙə̣ Isuama
- alụ Mkpọọ · 2 recordings
- ẹru Nkanụ
- arụ Owere
- aṙụ Owere
- alụ Ọnịcha · 2 recordings
No other variants have been documented for this word.
Examples
Nkịta ahụ nyere nwa okorobịa ahụ arụ n'ụkwụ.
— The dog gave the young man a bite on the leg.
Arụ ọ tara m na-egbu m mgbu.
— The bite it gave me is paining me.
Related words
Propose an edit
Sign in or create an account to propose an edit. An editor reads every proposal before anything changes.
Add another pronunciation
Sign in or create an account to record a pronunciation. Recordings are reviewed by an editor before they are published — and a recording is credited to the person who made it.
Same spelling, different tones
These entries fold to the same letters once tone is removed, so a tone-blind search returns all of them.