gbu
Verb11 varieties
Ndebe script
Voice recording
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Meanings
spit out (as pips)
ẸkpẹyẹVerbmake a sound, especially by blowing (especially alarm or flute); hoot
Active verbsound a flute, horn, trumpet or whistle;
Active verbtake a life; kill
Active verbkill
ẸkpẹyẹVerb
Dialect & variants
Dialect: Afiikpo, Ajalị, Anịọcha, Ezaa, Isuama, Mbaise, Mkpọọ, Ngwa, Nsa, Owere, Ẹkpẹyẹ
- hụ Afiikpo
- hwụ̀ Ajalị
- hụ̀ Anịọcha
- hụ Ezaa
- hụ̀a Ezaa
- gbu Isuama · 2 recordings — same spelling as the Izugbe
- ma Mbaise · 2 recordings
- fụ̀ Mbaise
- bè Mkpọọ
- fụ̀ Ngwa
- ma Ngwa · 2 recordings
- gbu Nsa · 2 recordings — same spelling as the Izugbe
- gbu Owere · 2 recordings — same spelling as the Izugbe
- gbu Ẹkpẹyẹ · 2 recordings — same spelling as the Izugbe
No other variants have been documented for this word.
Examples
O ji azịza gbu o atịtị ahụ.
— He killed that bay lizard with broom.
Ekpe gbu nwa ogalanya esi-te na obi nnaya bufe ya.
— When a rich man is found guilty, he is led past his own domain.
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