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Active verbNdebe script
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Meanings
pour; cast metal
Active verbfor or in favor of - used when the verb ends with 'u'
Extensional suffixbend down; turn; change (for worse); stoop; influence; respect; venerate
Active verbrub on
Active verbgrow (of tubers, e.g. yam)
Active verb
Dialect & variants
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Examples
ukwa ru oge ya, o daa !
— Everything happens at its own time/pace (I think).
Ji m kòlù n’ọnwa gālụ aga èbidogo irū
— The yam I planted last month has started to grow a new tuber
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- ru ajā
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- ru mmilī
- ru nne
- ru nwamīli
- ru ufie
- ru ùru
- ru ụjụ
- rube
- rube isi
- rubà
- ruchanye
- rudo
- rufèga
- rufù
- rughalị
- rugò
- rukpùdo
- rukpọ
- rukwàsị
- rulu
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- runata
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