gụ
Verb12 varieties
Ndebe script
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Meanings
hungry (be)
ẸkpẹyẹVerbrecite; say (recite)
Active verbread; study
Active verbcount
Active verbsing
Active verbhunger; desire to have something or get involved in something; crave
Active verbto pick something by piercing or poking through it
Passive verb
Dialect & variants
Dialect: Afiikpo, Ezaa, Isuama, Izii, Mbaise, Ngwa, Nkanụ, Nsa, Nsụka, Owere, Ẹkpẹyẹ, Ụmụahịa
- gụ Afiikpo — same spelling as the Izugbe
- gụ Afiikpo · 6 recordings
- gụ Ezaa · 6 recordings
- gụa Ezaa
- ġə̣ Isuama
- gụ Isuama · 6 recordings
- gụ Izii · 6 recordings
- gụ Izii — same spelling as the Izugbe
- gụ Mbaise · 6 recordings
- so Ngwa
- gụ Ngwa · 6 recordings
- kwe Ngwa
- mụ̀ Nkanụ
- gụ Nsa · 6 recordings
- gə̣ Nsụka
- gụ Owere · 6 recordings
- gụ Ẹkpẹyẹ — same spelling as the Izugbe
- bụ̀ Ụmụahịa
- gụ Ụmụahịa · 6 recordings
No other variants have been documented for this word.
Examples
Agụụ na-agụ nwa ahụ nke ukwuu.
— The child is very hungry.
Agụụ ọ na-agụ gị ma ị rụchaa ọrụ?
— Are you hungry when you finish working?
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