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bù ụmù

Active verb

Ndebe script

- 

Meanings

  1. bear young; give birth to children

    Active verb
  2. hatch (eggs) (of hen)

    Active verb
  3. bear children

    Active verb

Dialect & variants

No other variants have been documented for this word.

Examples

Ọkụkọ ahụ bùrụ ụmụ ya n'ime akwa.

— That hen pecked the eggshells open for her chicks.

Ọkụkọ gị ọ bùrụla ụmụ ya?

— Has your hen pecked the shells open for her chicks?

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