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kụjà

Active verb

4 varieties

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Meanings

  1. startle; shock

    Active verb

Dialect & variants

Dialect: Ezaa, Ngwa, Nkanụ, Ọnịcha

  • kụjàa Ezaa
  • majàa Ezaa
  • jịjàkasị Ngwa
  • hụ̀kasị Ngwa
  • kụjà Nkanụ
  • mafụ̀ obì Nkanụ
  • mafụ̀ obù Nkanụ
  • mapụ̀ obì Ọnịcha

No other variants have been documented for this word.

Examples

Mkpọtụ ahụ kụjara nwa m n'abalị.

— The noise startled my child at night.

Ị na-achọ ịkụja m n'ụzọ a?

— Are you trying to startle me this way?

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