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lo

Active verb
Igbo

10 varieties

Ndebe script

Voice recording

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Meanings

  1. swallow; ingest; make something pass through the mouth into the stomach

    Active verb

  2. make something pass through the mouth into the stomach; swallow; ingest

    Active verb

Dialect & variants

Dialect: Afiikpo, Ajalị, Isuama, Mbaise, Mkpọọ, Nkanụ, Nsụka, Obosi, Owere, Ọnịcha

  • lo Afiikpo · 2 recordings — same spelling as the Izugbe
  • lodàga Ajalị
  • lò Isuama · 2 recordings
  • lo Mbaise · 2 recordings — same spelling as the Izugbe
  • nodà Mkpọọ
  • no Nkanụ · 2 recordings
  • nyo Nkanụ · 2 recordings
  • lwe Nsụka
  • nyo Obosi · 2 recordings
  • yò Owere · 2 recordings
  • no Ọnịcha · 2 recordings

No other variants have been documented for this word.

Examples

Nwa ahụ loro ọgwụ ahụ ngwa ngwa.

— The child swallowed the medicine quickly.

Loo mmiri tupu ị rie ji.

— Swallow water before you eat yam.

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