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kụwàpụ̀

Active verb

Nsa, Ọnịcha

Ndebe script



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Meanings

  1. knock off or hit out (teeth or anything fixed), especially resulting to a shatter or breakage

    Active verb

Dialect & variants

Dialect: Nsa, Ọnịcha

  • -kụwapụ Nsa
  • -tikwopù Ọnịcha

No other variants have been documented for this word.

Examples

Ọ kụwàpụ̀rù ezé ya n’ala.

— He knocked his tooth out onto the ground.

Ekwela ịkụwàpụ̀ ezé nwa gị.

— Don't knock out your child's tooth.

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