gbatò
Active verbNdebe script
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Meanings
shoot badly (victim would be mutilated)
Active verbfoul by treading on or stirring (e.g. with finger on pears or rod in àkàmù); rub bloom off (fruits)
Active verb
Dialect & variants
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Examples
Ọ gbatọrọ anụ ọhịa ahụ, ọ gbajiri ụkwụ.
— He shot the wild animal badly, and its leg was broken.
Gbatọọ ya n'ụkwụ, ọ gaghị agbapụ.
— Shoot it badly in the leg, it will not run away.
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