kpọ

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Meanings

call; summon; name; invite
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drying
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to nail; hammer in
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both eyes); destruction of an eye or both eyes due to injury, disease, etc. Anya ākpọgo nwoke afụ dālụ enu nkwụ The man who fell off the palm tree is now blind
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buy, purchase (clothes, pottery)
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expose; display
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clear by setting fire to; burn
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break (of something fragile, e.g. egg, bladder, eye) Àkwa ị chòlù isiì àkpọgo The egg you want to boil has broken Ọ fòlù nwantịntị kà o tikpọọ ākwa m nà-àkwadebe isiì He almost broke the egg I am preparing to cook
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remove the grains from the ear of maize
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cause confusion, riot, tumult
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discuss very thoroughly, again
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take a somersault into water; dive
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-pịa ụgbà

Examples

Nne m na-akpọ m mgbe ọ bụla.
— My mother calls me every time.

Kpọọ ya ka ọ bịa ebe a.
— Call him to come here.

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ụgbà

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