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te-pù

Active verb

Ndebe script

--

Meanings

  1. bulge, be distended (like the abdomen of a patient suffering from ascites, an overfed child, or a pregnant woman)

    Active verb

Dialect & variants

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Examples

Afọ ya tepụrụ.

— His stomach bulged.

Afọ nwata ahụ na-etepụ.

— That child's stomach is bulging.

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