kwụ
Active verb5 varieties
Ndebe script
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Meanings
stand; be upright; stop
Active verbpay; stand; be upright
Active verbbe on the feet in an upright position, especially in a still manner; stand
Passive verb
Dialect & variants
Dialect: Afiikpo, Isuama, Ngwa, Nkanụ, Owere
- konyi Afiikpo
- gùzò Isuama
- kẇụ Isuama
- kwụ Isuama — same spelling as the Izugbe
- kwịị Ngwa
- fi Nkanụ
- fụ Nkanụ
- gùzò Owere
- kẇụ Owere
- kwụ Owere — same spelling as the Izugbe
No other variants have been documented for this word.
Examples
Akpụraakpụ nke a kwụ chịm.
— This sculpture is standing firm.
Okwu ya kwụ ọtọ.
— His speech makes sense.
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