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makùta

Extensional suffix

Ndebe script

-

Meanings

  1. embrace completely

    Extensional suffix
  2. clasp to body

    Extensional suffix

Dialect & variants

No other variants have been documented for this word.

Examples

Nne ya makùtara ya n'obi.

— His mother embraced him completely to her chest.

Makùta nwa ahụ mgbe ọ bịara.

— Embrace that child completely when she comes.

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