sù òsùsù
Active verbNdebe script
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Meanings
make grunts or sounds like lorry or powered machines, automobiles
Active verbleave part of a conversation unspoken, hum and haw asù òsùsù kpaa nkàta màkà nà onye nā-abụ ọ na-èkwu okwū ò na-asù bù onye aghùghò I never like to converse with a person who is in the habit of humming and hawing during a conversation because a person who hums and haws is planning something bad
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Examples
Adā m àchọ kà mụ nà onye nā-abụ ọ na-èkwu okwū ò naasù òsùsù kpaa nkàta màkà nà onye nā-abụ ọ na-èkwu okwū ò na-asù bù onye aghùghò
— I never like to converse with a person who is in the habit of humming and hawing during a conversation because a person who hums and haws is planning something bad
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