dum
Active verbNdebe script
Meanings
quantifier all; the whole (compare niīne, which is the common Onitsha form)
Active verbwhole
Active verb
Dialect & variants
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Examples
Ọbụghị mmadụ dum na ala Igbo ma maka ọgbụgbandụ.
— Not everyone in Igbo land knows about covenants
Ebe a dum bụ abọ tupu isi ezi anyị abịafeta.
— This whole place was a forest before our patriach came over.
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