sọ oyi

Active verb

Igbo

Ndebe script

- 

Meanings

abhor; disgust; be ugly to; be ugly (e.g. faeces or ulcer)
Active verb
be cold; feel cold
Active verb

Dialect & variants

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Examples

Ọnya dī gị n’ụkwụ nà-àsọ m oyī
— The ulcer on your leg disgusts me

Ndi Nneēwi nà-àsọ ewī nsọ
— The giant rat is taboo to the people of Nneewi (literally The people of Nneēwi forbid the giant rat)

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Related root

sọ

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sọ oyīdisgust; be ugly to; be ugly (e.g. faeces or jagged ulcer)