(ọnū) -kpà
NounNdebe script
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Meanings
be speechless; be unable to speak much, or to speak at all (not pathological, but psychological and/or emotional, disability) be dumbfounded
Noun
Dialect & variants
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Examples
Mgbe o nụrụ akụkọ ahụ, ọnụ ya akpàla.
— When he heard that news, he was speechless.
Ọnụ gị akpàla, ị pụghị ikwu ihe?
— Are you speechless, unable to say anything?
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