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kp'ụkònata

Active verb

Meanings

  1. contract in size (of something long and flexible, e.g. snake or worm, when it draws body together before expanding)

    Active verb

Dialect & variants

No other variants have been documented for this word.

Examples

Agwọ ahụ kp'ụkònata tupu ọ waa.

— The snake contracted before it struck.

Ị hụrụ ka ọ kp'ụkònata?

— Did you see it contract?

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