jụ
Active verbNdebe script
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Meanings
ask
Active verbrefuse; reject
Active verbbe cool, calm
Active verb
Dialect & variants
No other variants have been documented for this word.
Examples
Mmadu ju dibia, dibia a ju Chi ya
— Whatever a person asks a dibia, the dibia asks it of their Chi.
Ukpaka anwu chakatalu, o kuo aka kpali! Umu ya welu ju ofia
— The oil bean pod, when subjected to intense heat, explodes and flings its seeds far and wide into the forests/bushes.
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