su
Active verb4 varieties
Ndebe script
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Meanings
punch; dash; hit
Active verb
Dialect & variants
Dialect: Achala, Ajalị, Mkpọọ, Nsa
- kụ Achala
- kwà Ajalị
- mò Mkpọọ
- su Nsa — same spelling as the Izugbe
No other variants have been documented for this word.
Examples
O tiri nwa ahụ ihe ma suo ya ụra.
— He beat the child and gave him a punch.
Gịnị mere ị ji chọọ ịsuo m n'ihu?
— Why did you want to punch me in the face?
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Same spelling, different tones
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- sụspeak (a language); cut grass, clear away weeds or bush; weed; deforest; boil; (liquids) attain a very high temperature which causes bubbles
- sụ̀grunt; make a sound hitting low pitches of the voice; have a wear(shoe or cloth) on
- sọbe pleasant, sweet; please; like; appeal to; avoid (out of respect); honour; revere; precede; be next before; be older than
- sụpound (soft objects, e.g. fufu, pounded yam; compare -su 1.); boil; begin to boil; sing (of kettle on cooker); cut, clear (bush, forest); weed