bụ
12 varieties
Ndebe script
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Meanings
is
spit (at)
ẸkpẹyẹVerbbe (is, am, are); who or what someone is; what something is; whose someone or something is
Passive verbbe (who, what, whose something or someone is); is; am; are
Passive verbbe first
ẸkpẹyẹVerb
Dialect & variants
Dialect: Afiikpo, Ezaa, Isuama, Izii, Mbaise, Mkpọọ, Ngwa, Nsụka, Owere, Ẹkpẹyẹ, Ọnịcha, Ụmụahịa
- bụ Afiikpo — same spelling as the Izugbe
- bụ Afiikpo
- bụ Ezaa — same spelling as the Izugbe
- wụ Isuama
- bụ Izii — same spelling as the Izugbe
- wụ Mbaise
- bụ̀ Mkpọọ
- bụ Ngwa — same spelling as the Izugbe
- bə̣ Nsụka
- wụ Owere
- bụ Ẹkpẹyẹ — same spelling as the Izugbe
- bụ Ọnịcha — same spelling as the Izugbe
- wụ Ụmụahịa
No other variants have been documented for this word.
Examples
Nwoke ahụ bụrụ nwa ya mmiri n'ihu.
— That man spat at his child in the face.
Ọ dịghị mma ịbụ mmiri n'ihu mmadụ.
— It is not good to spit in front of people.
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