rì mkpu
Active verbNdebe script
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Meanings
cry out; shout; raise alarm
Active verbcry out with exclamations of horror (e.g. as when a man wakes one day and finds that burglars have removed almost all his belongings during the night. He cries out to attract attention)
Active verb
Dialect & variants
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Examples
O riri mkpu mgbe ọ hụrụ agwọ ahụ.
— He cried out in horror when he saw that snake.
Rịa mkpu, mmadụ nọ n'ime ụlọ ahụ!
— Cry out, someone is in that house!
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