otuto
Active verb5 varieties
Ndebe script
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Meanings
growing; being long; being tall
Active verbboil; abscess; outgrowth (with pus) on the skin due to infection of a hair follicle
Noun
Dialect & variants
Dialect: Abịrịba, Ezaa, Izii, Ngwa, Owere
- etuto Abịrịba
- ẹzeọ̀nwụ Ezaa
- ejeònwu Izii
- otuto Ngwa — same spelling as the Izugbe
- etito Owere
No other variants have been documented for this word.
Examples
Ndị mmadụ na-asọ ya asọ maka otuto ahụ.
— People were avoiding contact with him because of the boils.
Otuto toro ya na mkpaabụ.
— She has a boil in her armpit.
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