sụ pùm
Active verbNdebe script
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Meanings
bubble (of boiling thick liquids like hot pap, thick soup, and cornflour. The force of rising steam leaves holes which quickly close up, making sounds pùm pùm pùm)
Active verb
Dialect & variants
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Examples
Ofe ahụ na-asụ pùm.
— The soup is bubbling.
Ị na-anụ ka ọ na-asụ pùm?
— Do you hear it bubbling?
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