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bụ ọnụ̄

Active verb

5 varieties

Ndebe script

 

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Meanings

  1. curse; to invoke or angrily call down evil on someone

    Active verb

Dialect & variants

Dialect: Mbaise, Ngwa, Nsa, Nsụka, Ụmụahịa

  • vụ ọnụ̄ Mbaise
  • vụ ọnụ̄ Ngwa
  • bụ ọnū Nsa
  • vụ ọnụ̄ Nsụka
  • vụ ọnụ̄ Ụmụahịa

No other variants have been documented for this word.

Examples

O bụrụ nwa ya ọnụ n'ihu ọha.

— She cursed her child in public.

Ekwela i bụọ m ọnụ n'efu.

— Don't curse me for nothing.

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