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lu

Active verb

Ndebe script

-

Meanings

  1. reach; arrive at; amount to; reach a time

    Active verb
  2. grow; breed

    Active verb
  3. overflow, rise (of river in rainy season)

    Active verb

Dialect & variants

No other variants have been documented for this word.

Examples

O lūe

— It is time

Ò lue mgbè afù, ...

— When it was time, ...

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