me nsọ
Active verbNdebe script
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Meanings
break a prohibition; do a forbidden thing
Active verbbreak a taboo; do a forbidden thing
Active verb
Dialect & variants
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Examples
Onye mē nsọ, ọ gà-èmegha nsō
— Whoever commits a forbidden act must undo it
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Same spelling, different tones
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- ụnò nsōChurch building; forbidden things and acts, including both those which are forbidden or taboo (= nsọ C.) and those which are abominations (nsọ ànì, = alū)
- nsọ(in general) sacredness; things or acts that are holy and/or forbidden (including both asọ and nsọ B.); sacred; holy; taboo; abomination