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bulu

Active verb

Ndebe script

-

Meanings

  1. carry, bear (something big or heavy)

    Active verb

Dialect & variants

No other variants have been documented for this word.

Examples

Mba na-asu n’onu n’onu ma egbuchaa ikili o bulu ofu

— Different peoples speak in different tongues/dialects, but when the throat is cleared they carry the same meaning.

Nwata etoghi eto wara ogodo, ikuku kue, o bulu ya na ogodo o ma n’ukwu

— If a child ties a wrapper before they are grown, the wind will carry off both the child and the wrapper.

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