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fọ

Active verb

9 varieties

Ndebe script

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Meanings

  1. remain; be left over

    Active verb
  2. squeeze something through a tight place, mostly in an attempt to place, remove or search;

    Active verb

Dialect & variants

Dialect: Achala, Ajalị, Anam, Isuama, Mkpọọ, Nsụka, Owere, Ọka, Ọkụzụ

  • vọ Achala · 2 recordings
  • hịọ Ajalị
  • vọ Anam · 2 recordings
  • -fọ Isuama
  • fọ Isuama
  • fọ Isuama — same spelling as the Izugbe
  • fịọ Mkpọọ
  • -fọ Nsụka
  • họ Nsụka
  • fọ Owere — same spelling as the Izugbe
  • fọ Owere
  • -fọ Owere
  • vọ Ọka · 2 recordings
  • wo Ọkụzụ

No other variants have been documented for this word.

Examples

O fọrọ aka ya n'ọnụ ụzọ.

— He squeezed his hand through the doorway.

Fọọ mkpụrụ ahụ n'oghere.

— Squeeze that seed through the hole.

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