òdùdù
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Meanings
tsetse fly; blood sucking fly that transmits sleeping sickness
Nountsetse fly (they bite human beings and animals and suck their blood)
Nounplant for hedging, with edible leaves
Noun
Dialect & variants
Dialect: Ngwa
- òdùdù Ngwa
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Examples
Òdùdù tara ehi ahụ.
— A tsetse fly bit that cow.
Gbuo òdùdù tupu ọ taa ehi.
— Kill the tsetse fly before it bites the cow.
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