tigbu
Active verb4 varieties
Ndebe script
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Meanings
strike, beat, to death; smite down to death; beat excessively; kill
Active verb
Dialect & variants
Dialect: Afiikpo, Ezaa, Mbaise, Ngwa
- zagbuo Afiikpo
- chigbua Ezaa
- kụgbu Mbaise
- kụgbu Ngwa
No other variants have been documented for this word.
Examples
Ndị ohi ahụ tigburu onye nche ahụ n'abalị.
— The thieves beat the guard to death at night.
E tigbula anụmanụ ahụ n'ihi na ọ dị ndụ.
— Do not beat that animal to death because it is alive.
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