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nkụjà

Active verb

6 varieties

Ndebe script



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Meanings

  1. a start, shock

    Active verb
  2. a sudden shock; a startle

    Noun

Dialect & variants

Dialect: Abịrịba, Ezaa, Mbaise, Ngwa, Nkanụ, Ọnịcha

  • mmafụ̀ obi Abịrịba
  • mmajà Ezaa
  • nkụjà Mbaise
  • nhụkasị̄ Ngwa
  • nkụjà Nkanụ
  • mmapụ̀ obi Ọnịcha

No other variants have been documented for this word.

Examples

E nwere ụdị nkụja I mere ugbua.

— There's this kind of startle you expressed now.

O mere nkụja mgbe ọ hụrụ m.

— He got shocked when he saw me.

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