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kwubu

Active verb

7 varieties

Ndebe script

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Meanings

  1. say beforehand

    Active verb

Dialect & variants

Dialect: Abịrịba, Afiikpo, Anam, Nkanụ, Nsa, Ọhụhụ, Ọnịcha

  • kpaìbu Abịrịba
  • kpaìbụ̀ Afiikpo
  • sịbụ̄ Anam
  • shịvu Nkanụ
  • kwuvu Nkanụ
  • shịbụ Nsa
  • kàbụ Ọhụhụ
  • kwubu Ọnịcha — same spelling as the Izugbe

No other variants have been documented for this word.

Examples

O kwuburu m ihe ga-eme.

— He said beforehand what would happen.

Kwubu ya tupu ha abịa.

— Say it beforehand before they come.

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