chụ àjà
Active verbNdebe script
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Meanings
offer joyless sacrifice to drive out evil spirits
Active verboffer joyless sacrifice to evil spirits (sometimes connected with 1., as the sacrifice is to drive out the spirits)
Active verb
Dialect & variants
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Examples
Ka ana achu aja, ka ikpe n’amah ndi mmuo
— Let us keep making sacrifices and let the gods take the blame.
Onwu egbuchughi ji e jiri chu aja, e mesie o pue ome
— If the yam used for the sacrifice does not die early, it will sprout in the end.
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