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lụ

Active verb
Igbo

Ndebe script

-

Meanings

  1. work; construct; make

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  2. defile; desecrate; be faulty, defective

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  3. see -la 2.

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  4. (-lu after o u, -lị after ị, -li after i) ablative suffix denoting from, away in meaning with unambiguously, zūtagolu m), proving that this is a different suffix from -lụ 6.). For rules of combination with -lụ 5., see - lụ 5

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  5. (-lu after o u, -lị after ị, -li after i) neutral tense marker, denoting past with action verbs and present with non- alternating stative verbs

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  6. (-lu after o u, -lị after ị, -i after i; follows inflectional suffixes) dative suffix, denoting that the action is done to or for the benefit of the indirect object

    Active verb

Dialect & variants

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  • -li
  • -lu
  • -lị

Examples

Ọ nà-àlụ ọlū

— He is working

Ì lìlì gịnī?

— What did you eat?

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