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kwụ ụgwọ

Active verb
Igbo

8 varieties

Ndebe script

 

Voice recording

play

Meanings

  1. compensate; recompense; do or give something as a make up for discomfort or misfortune caused

    Active verb

Dialect & variants

Dialect: Achala, Anam, Isuama, Mbaise, Mkpọọ, Nkanụ, Nsa, Owere

  • kwụ ụgọ̄ Achala
  • kwụ egō Anam
  • kwụ ụgwọ Isuama — same spelling as the Izugbe
  • kwụ ụgwọ Mbaise — same spelling as the Izugbe
  • kwụ ụgwọ ọlụ̄ Mkpọọ
  • fụ ụgwọ Nkanụ
  • kwụ ụgwọ Nsa — same spelling as the Izugbe
  • kwụ ụgwọ Owere — same spelling as the Izugbe

No other variants have been documented for this word.

Examples

Ezema ejighi anyọọma kwụ ụgwọ ahụ.

— Ezema did not pay the money willingly.

Onye nwelu isi ji Chukwu ugwo nghota

— Anyone with a sound head owes God the work of discernment.

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