òkpùlù
NounNdebe script
Meanings
poor, pitiable, person or object; term of commiseration
Noun
Dialect & variants
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Examples
Èkeèmezie adī ènyeju ụmù ya afō, nwoòkpùlù, ò nwerō onye ēnyemaka
— Ekeemezie no longer feeds his children properly, poor man, he has no helper
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