kọ
Active verb6 varieties
Ndebe script
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Meanings
gist; tell story
Active verbestimate; discern; guess
Active verbbe scarce
Active verbscratch
Active verbclear (forest)
ẸkpẹyẹVerbtell (story)
ẸkpẹyẹVerb
Dialect & variants
Dialect: Afiikpo, Ezaa, Izii, Mkpọọ, Owere, Ẹkpẹyẹ
- kpa Afiikpo
- ụ̀kọ Ezaa
- ọkọ Ezaa
- ụ̀kọ̀ Izii
- ụ̀kọ Izii
- kọ Mkpọọ
- kọ Owere
- kọ Ẹkpẹyẹ — same spelling as the Izugbe
No other variants have been documented for this word.
Examples
Onye ajo uri na agba, uko-ikwuanya na ko ndi nwe ya
— When a bad dancer dances, it is their people's eyebrows that itch.
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