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la mmụọ̄

Active verb

6 varieties

Ndebe script

 

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Meanings

  1. die (euphemistic) (literally return to the land of the spirits)

    Active verb

Dialect & variants

Dialect: Achala, Ajalị, Anam, Anịọcha, Mkpọọ, Ọka

  • na mmụọ̄ Achala
  • nwụ Ajalị
  • na mmụọ̄ Anam
  • bula akwụkwọ Anịọcha
  • buna akwụkwọ Mkpọọ
  • zụju ụ̄kpā Mkpọọ
  • na mmụọ̄ Ọka

No other variants have been documented for this word.

Examples

Nne ya lara mmụọ n'afọ gara aga.

— His mother died last year.

Ị nụrụ na ọ lara mmụọ?

— Did you hear that he died?

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