ti mkpùkpò
Active verbNdebe script
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Meanings
praise someone and remind him of what his forefathers did, sometimes to encourage him to undertake new enterprises; chant praise-poetry
Active verbin sorrow, praise the dead in mourning, usually by someone close to the deceased
Active verbraise the alarm, as death (compare -ti mkpu)
Active verbcry out; shout; sound alarm (compare -kpò mkpùkpò)
Active verbmake, proclaim (law, decree)
Active verb
Dialect & variants
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Examples
Ha tiri ya mkpùkpò n'ụlọ ọha.
— They chanted praise-poetry for him in the village square.
Tie nwa gị mkpùkpò ka o nwee obi ike.
— Chant praise-poetry for your child so he may have courage.
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