pu
Active verbNdebe script
-
Meanings
grow; spring up; sprout
Active verbleak; have holes; be perforated
Active verb
Dialect & variants
No other variants have been documented for this word.
Examples
Mkpụrụ ọka ahụ apụla n'ala.
— That maize seed has sprouted in the ground.
Ahịhịa ọjọọ na-apụ n'ubi mgbe mmiri zoro.
— Weeds sprout in the farm when it rains.
Related words
Words built on this one
- lipù
- pu elō
- pu epu
- pu n'ànì
- pù ala
- pù ala aghùghò
- pù ama
- pù ijè
- pù imē
- pù n'orù
- pù n'ìlo
- pù ìlo
- pù òlịlī
- pù(lụ) òkò
- pùcha
- pùkwu òlịlī
- pùlụ
- pùmalụ
- pùnalụ
- pùni
- pùta
- pùta n'ụzò
- pùta ìfè
- tichapù
…and 6 more in this list.
Similar meaning
Propose an edit
Sign in or create an account to propose an edit. An editor reads every proposal before anything changes.
Add a pronunciation
Sign in or create an account to record a pronunciation. Recordings are reviewed by an editor before they are published — and a recording is credited to the person who made it.
Same spelling, different tones
These entries fold to the same letters once tone is removed, so a tone-blind search returns all of them.
- pùgo out (of); be able; be possible; suffice; be able, sufficient
- kwacry PI; also; 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; mourn; perform burial or mourning rites
- mpūhold (in a bag, etc.); outlet (-pu 2. be perforated, have hole(s) (compare oghēle)