gbụ
Verb6 varieties
Ndebe script
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Meanings
spit out (as pips)
ẸkpẹyẹVerbspit; voluntarily eject forcibly from the mouth
Active verb
Dialect & variants
Dialect: Ajalị, Anịọcha, Isuama, Mkpọọ, Owere, Ẹkpẹyẹ
- vụ Ajalị
- gbụ Anịọcha
- bụ̀ Isuama
- bụ Mkpọọ
- vụ Owere
- gbụ Ẹkpẹyẹ — same spelling as the Izugbe
No other variants have been documented for this word.
Examples
O gbụrụ mkpụrụ oroma n'ọnụ ya.
— He spat out an orange seed from his mouth.
Nwatakịrị ahụ gbụrụ mkpụrụ osisi n'ọnụ ya?
— Did that child spit out a fruit seed from her mouth?
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