pì
Active verbNdebe script
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Meanings
squeeze; extract by pressure; press
Active verb
Dialect & variants
No other variants have been documented for this word.
Examples
Anà m apì esuso sōlụ m n’isi kà abụ niīne dī n’imē ya wèe pùtasịa
— I am squeezing the boil on my head in order to get rid of all the pus in it
Ànyị nà-apì ụkwà
— We are pressing out the seeds from the fruit of the African Breadfruit (Treculia africana)
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Same spelling, different tones
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- pịcarve; shape wood with sharp instrument
- dọcause (trouble) PI; draw; pull; (a heavy or bulky object) be kept or placed somewhere; a body of water collected somewhere
- dụsew, prick, pierce PI; pierce; prick; enclitic marks interrogative
- sụpound; crush something into a powder, paste or smooth dough, by hitting it with a tool; cut grass, clear away weeds or bush; weed; deforest; speak (a language)
- tupin; peg; stick or attach using a pointed end; salute by title PI
- wụpour; jump PI; pour in PI
- zùcomplete, enough (be), suffice PI; together ; gather
- gwumake a hole in a very thick surface, especially the ground; dig; dig PI
- kwaalso; in addition to (additive, denoting repetition, emphasis, or an action in addition to an action previously mentioned; occurs after verbs and nominals) Jèkwa Go again `Kwèkwanụ u#kwe afù òzọ Please sing that song again Ònye kwa nụ bù n ke à?Who else is this? gịnị kwọ bùdù n ke à? What is this again? O sìkwò ike He is very strong Ị biCarọkwọnụ akwụkwọ n nyàafù I’m sure you didn’t come to school yesterday; cry PI; mourn; perform burial or mourning rites