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mụ

Verb
Igbo

6 varieties

Ndebe script

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Meanings

  1. give birth

    ẸkpẹyẹVerb

  2. I; me; first-person singular pronoun used when joining persons

    Pronoun

  3. I; me (independent, 1st pers. sg.)

    Pronoun

  4. give birth (to a human being or an animal)

    Active verb

Dialect & variants

Dialect: Afiikpo, Ezaa, Izii, Nsụka, Ẹkpẹyẹ, Ọnịcha

  • mụ Afiikpo — same spelling as the Izugbe
  • mụ Ezaa — same spelling as the Izugbe
  • mụ Izii — same spelling as the Izugbe
  • mụ Nsụka
  • mə̣ Nsụka
  • mụ Ẹkpẹyẹ — same spelling as the Izugbe
  • m̀mụ Ọnịcha
  • mụ Ọnịcha

No other variants have been documented for this word.

Examples

O mụrụ nwa nwoke n'ụlọ ọgwụ.

— She gave birth to a boy in the hospital.

Ị mụrụ nwa gị mgbe ole?

— When did you give birth to your child?

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