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gwò ile

Active verb

Ndebe script

- 

Meanings

  1. speak in metaphor or slang unintelligible to an outsider

    Active verb
  2. clip words

    Active verb

Dialect & variants

No other variants have been documented for this word.

Examples

Ọ na-agwò ile mgbe ụmụaka nọ.

— He speaks in slang when children are around.

Kwụsị ịgwo ile, kọọ ya nke ọma.

— Stop speaking in slang, tell it well.

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