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kpọnye ọkụ

Active verb

Ndebe script

- 

Meanings

  1. build up a fire; set fire to; burn off with fire Ànyqị chòlù ịkpọ ewu ọkụ We want to burn off (the hair of) a goat

    Active verb
  2. build up fire; set fire to

    Active verb

Dialect & variants

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Examples

Ọ kpọnyere ewu ọkụ tupu o sie ya.

— He burned off the goat's hair before cooking it.

Kpọnye ọkụ n'ahịhịa kpọrọ nkụ.

— Set fire to the dry grass.

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