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tilò anya

Active verb

Ndebe script

- 

Meanings

  1. subdue; tame; beat very severely (literally beat till the eyes become soft)

    Active verb

Dialect & variants

No other variants have been documented for this word.

Examples

Ha na-atilọ anya ya n'ụlọ mkpọrọ.

— They are beating him severely in prison.

Onye na-azụ ịnyịnya na-atilọ anya ha.

— The horse trainer tames them.

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