kwo
Ndebe script
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Meanings
pluck, extract forcibly or prematurely; remove from position (e.g. fruit, foetus) prematurely
Dialect & variants
No other variants have been documented for this word.
Examples
Aka nri kwọ aka ekpe, aka ekpe a kwọ aka nri
— When the right hand washes the left, the left washes the right in return.
Nwata nne ya kwo na azu amaghi na uzo di anya
— A baby carried on its mother's back does not know the road is long.
Related words
Words built on this one
- (mmiliì) -kwò
- (motò) -kwọpìà
- (pọmpù) -kwò
- dàkwo
- kakwo
- kwo eze
- kwosi ugbènè
- kwò ekwòlò
- kwò nnwa
- kwò nnwa n'àzụ
- kwò èkwò
- kwò ìlìlò
- kwò ọnwụ
- kwò ụla
- kwòbà
- kwòbàta
- kwòjili
- kwòlụ
- kwòpù
- kwọ aka
- kwọ akpụ
- kwọ mụlụmụlụ
- kwọ osè
- kwọ ìgbì
…and 17 more in this list.
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