nọ
Active verbNdebe script
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Meanings
be slimy, slippery
Active verbrub thoroughly; massage
Active verb
Dialect & variants
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Examples
Ụzọ ahụ nọrọ mmiri, kpachara anya.
— The road was slippery with water, be careful.
Azụ ahụ nọrọ n'aka ya, o jideghị ya nke ọma.
— The fish was slimy in his hand, he did not hold it well.
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- noswallow
- nòbe in a place (of animate creatures); stay; dwell; be at home (compare -bi, which refers to more permanent living); sit
- dakwàsịfall upon (of thing) Ọ dākwàsì nénu ọche It fell on the chair Ọ nọ kwàsì nénu ikpo akwụ She sits on the heap of palmnuts O biìkwàsì yà aka He lays his hands on him