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Active verbMeanings
overturn; capsize
Active verbcry (of animals and birds) Oko òkpà kwàlù The cock crowed Ugòlo òmà nà-àkwa The crows are cawing Àkìlị nà-àkwa Frogs croak
Active verbbe very incapable, inefficient
Active verb
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- gbọòword asking for confirmation or denial of a report; e.g. A narrates to B something concerning C, and B turns to C saying 'Gbọò', which implies 'You have heard what A has said. Is it true?' B then expects C to confirm or deny A's statement
- ụdalàAfrican Star-apple (Chrysophyllum delevoyi De Wild.) and White Star-apple (C. albidum G. Don)
- okpètèsugarcane (Saccharum officinarum Linn.); ginger lily (Costus afer Ker-Gawl. and/or C. schlecteri Winkler)
- òchịchịrule; government; ruling (-chị 1. C. rule, govern)
- ụnò nsōChurch building; forbidden things and acts, including both those which are forbidden or taboo (= nsọ C.) and those which are abominations (nsọ ànì, = alū)
- ụgbògùlùpumpkin (Cucurbita pepo Linn. and C. maxima Duchesne)
- ụgbọ̀gụ̀rụ̀pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo Linn. and C. maxima Duchesne)