nụ
Active verbNdebe script
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Meanings
hear
Active verbhear; perceive by senses; obey
Active verb
Dialect & variants
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Examples
Anụrụ m olu nne m n'ime ụlọ.
— I heard my mother's voice inside the room.
Ị nụrụ ụda mgbịrịgba ụtụtụ a?
— Did you hear the sound of the bell this morning?
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Same spelling, different tones
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- nupush; take hold of and cause to move; buy (palmwine, or other native drink); compare -go, -zụ buy (anything else); -kpa (buy oil only)
- nùhear; listen; perceive
- kwacry PI; mourn; perform burial or mourning rites; cough; expel air from the lungs with a sudden sharp sound
- nụchahear well (compare -nụ hear); hear well