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Same spelling, different tones

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• sù òsùsùmake grunts or sounds like lorry or powered machines, automobiles; leave part of a conversation unspoken, hum and haw asù òsùsù kpaa nkàta màkà nà onye nā-abụ ọ na-èkwu okwū ò na-asù bù onye aghùghò I never like to converse with a person who is in the habit of humming and hawing during a conversation because a person who hums and haws is planning something bad
• dọ ntìwarn; admonish; exhort (compare -dọ aka na ntì)
• oke ọnūof great price; costly; expensive; dear gba Christmas na-abịa I am going to buy my wife costly clothes for the celebration of next Christmas; precious redeemed by Christ's precious blood different previous metals in our king's court; big mouth (used to describe a talkative person) nà-èkwu okwū My servant is a chatterbox; he talks all the time and everywhere
• nwantan taunknown person; dummy; make-believe; creature of imagination; bogey-man; gentleness; quietness; slow, gentle movement Nwayòò Gentle (advice, greeting, warning, sympathy) Wèlụ nwayòò Be gentle, careful Adì m nwayòò I am gentle, quiet (by nature) Wèlụ nwayòò na-èje Be walking, going, gently Nòdụ nwayòò Sit or stay quietly or, Be quiet Nwayòò bù ijè The best way of doing anything is to go about it gently, carefully and confidently. (Lit. Gentleness is journey)
• nwayòò nwayòòvery gently, slowly, softly; gradually Na-àkpụ yā nwayòò nwayòò Be pulling it gently or slowly