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kpụ ụzụ

Active verb

4 varieties

Ndebe script

 

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Meanings

  1. make, mold or shape metal especially by heating and hitting

    Active verb

Dialect & variants

Dialect: Abịrịba, Isuama, Ngwa, Owere

  • kpụ ife Abịrịba
  • kpụ ụzụ Isuama — same spelling as the Izugbe
  • kpụ ụzụ Ngwa — same spelling as the Izugbe
  • kpụ ụzụ Owere — same spelling as the Izugbe

No other variants have been documented for this word.

Examples

Nna m na-akpụ ụzụ n'ahịa n'oge ochie.

— My father used to smith metal at the market in the old days.

Onye na-akpụ ụzụ nọ n'ọnụ ụzọ ámá ugbu a.

— The blacksmith is at the village gate right now.

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