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òtenkwụ

Noun

7 varieties

Ndebe script

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Meanings

  1. palmwine tapper; someone who makes an incision in the bark of the palm tree to collect its sap

    Noun

Dialect & variants

Dialect: Abịrịba, Achala, Afiikpo, Ngwa, Nkanụ, Nsa, Ụmụahịa

  • òtemai Abịrịba
  • ọ̀ten̄kwụ̄ Achala
  • ọ̀kụmai Afiikpo
  • diòchì Ngwa
  • ọ̀kụǹgwọ̀ Ngwa
  • òtenfụ Nkanụ
  • ọ̀kụnfụ Nkanụ
  • òtenkwụ Nsa
  • ọ̀kụǹgwọ̀ Ụmụahịa

No other variants have been documented for this word.

Examples

Mmanya otenkwụ kụrụ taata tọrọ utọ.

— The wine the palmwine tapper tapped today was sweet.

Otenkwụ si n'elu nkwụ daa.

— The palmwine tapper fall from the palm tree.

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