nwo
DemonstrativeNdebe script
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Meanings
pluck; remove (grains of maize, ripe palm-nuts, from cob or bunch); fall out (e.g. from the socket like a joint or ripe fruit)
Demonstrativechange; be changed; metamorphose; transfigure
Demonstrativetwist; wring
Demonstrative
Dialect & variants
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- -nwè
- -nwò
- -wò
- n nwọò
- nnwoke
- nwoke
- nwọò
Examples
O nworo ọka n’ọkpụkpụ ya.
— He plucked maize from its cob.
Nwoo mkpụrụ nkwụ ndị a tupu ha adaa.
— Pluck these palm nuts before they fall.
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