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sụ

Verb

9 varieties

Ndebe script

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Meanings

  1. speak (a language)

    ẸkpẹyẹVerb
  2. pound; crush something into a powder, paste or smooth dough, by hitting it with a tool

    Active verb
  3. cut grass, clear away weeds or bush; weed; deforest

    Active verb
  4. boil; (liquids) attain a very high temperature which causes bubbles

    Active verb
  5. pound PI

    ẸkpẹyẹVerb

Dialect & variants

Dialect: Achala, Anam, Isuama, Mkpọọ, Ngwa, Owere, Ẹkpẹyẹ, Ọka, Ọnịcha

  • sụ nlī Achala
  • gbọ Achala
  • gbọ Anam
  • sụ nlī Anam
  • gbọ Isuama
  • sụ Isuama · 3 recordings
  • ghọ Mkpọọ
  • sụ Ngwa · 3 recordings
  • sụ irī Ngwa
  • gbọ Owere
  • sụ Owere · 3 recordings
  • sụ Ẹkpẹyẹ — same spelling as the Izugbe
  • sụ nnī Ọka
  • sụ nnī Ọnịcha

No other variants have been documented for this word.

Examples

Ọ na-asụ Igbo nke ọma.

— He speaks Igbo well.

Ị na-asụ Bekee?

— Do you speak English?

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