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gbu ọchụ̀

Active verb

7 varieties

Ndebe script

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Meanings

  1. commit murder; kill someone

    Active verb

Dialect & variants

Dialect: Achala, Anam, Ezaa, Izii, Ọka, Ọkụzụ, Ọnịcha

  • gbu mmadị̀ Achala
  • -gbu ọchụ̀ Achala
  • -gbu ọchụ̀ Anam
  • gbu ọchị̀ Ezaa
  • gbu ọchị̀ Izii
  • -gbu ọchụ̀ Ọka
  • gbu m̄mādụ̀ Ọkụzụ
  • memìna m̄mādụ̀ Ọnịcha

No other variants have been documented for this word.

Examples

Ndị uwe ojii jidere nwoke gburu ọchụ̀ n'ahịa.

— The police arrested the man who committed murder at the market.

O gburu ọchụ̀, ya mere e jidere ya.

— He committed murder, that is why he was arrested.

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