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sì àrụ

Active verb

Ndebe script

- 

Meanings

  1. be very tough (of person) (i.e. have very tough constitution or body that withstands great hardship, sometimes naturally or through repeated hard experience)

    Active verb

Dialect & variants

No other variants have been documented for this word.

Examples

Nwoke ahụ siri àrụ, o naghị atụ egwu.

— That man is very tough, he is not afraid.

Sì àrụ, egbula ụjọ n'oge ihe isi ike.

— Be tough, don't be afraid in times of hardship.

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