kwu
Active verb4 varieties
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Meanings
say; speak
Active verb
Dialect & variants
Dialect: Abịrịba, Ezaa, Ngwa, Ọnịcha
- kpa Abịrịba
- fùa Ezaa
- kà Ngwa
- kwu Ọnịcha — same spelling as the Izugbe
No other variants have been documented for this word.
Examples
Ọ kwuru okwu ogologo n'ọgbakọ.
— He spoke a long speech at the meeting.
Kwu ngwa ngwa, anyị na-aga ugbu a.
— Speak quickly, we are leaving right now.
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Same spelling, different tones
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- kwụbe on the feet in an upright position, especially in a still manner; stand; pay; stand; be upright; stand; be upright; stop
- okwuspeech; word; speech; affair; matter; dispute; quarrel; cover; lid; stopper; cork (from -kwu 2. cover)
- kwụpay; stand (something); place; hang
- jekwugo to; towards Achò m ije kwu nnà m I want to go to my father
- kwunyìoverwhelm with talking I kwu#nyì m! You overwhelm me with talk!
- kwupùtaspeak out; confess O kwu#pùtago echìchè ya He has put forward his views