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suru

Active verb

5 varieties

Ndebe script



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Meanings

  1. take piece of yam, etc., from among many and eat; take stew or soup with morsel or piece of food

    Active verb

Dialect & variants

Dialect: Ezaa, Izii, Mbaise, Mkpọọ, Ngwa

  • tùta Ezaa
  • tùtà Izii
  • suru Mbaise — same spelling as the Izugbe
  • sulu Mkpọọ
  • suru Ngwa — same spelling as the Izugbe

No other variants have been documented for this word.

Examples

Ọ suru ọnụ n'ala.

— He hit his mouth on the ground.

Mmiri ahụ sụrụ kamgbe ahụ m bara n'usekwu.

— That water boiled since that time I entered the kitchen.

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