du
Active verbNdebe script
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Meanings
lead; accompany
Active verbput out (roots, shoots)
Active verbextensional suffix first; beforehand; precede (compare -godu, and perhaps -du 1.)
Active verb
Dialect & variants
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Examples
Mgbugbo oge Igbo du ino, nke ise shi ezuru ya l’oshi
— The Igbo time fence is four, because the fifth was "stolen" or "eliminated".
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