tinyụ
Active verbNdebe script
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Meanings
extinguish by beating Ejì m aka tinyu ọkụ I beat out the light with my palm
Active verbextinguish; put out (fire)
Active verb
Dialect & variants
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Examples
Òkụkò èjigo ǹkù tinyụa ọkụ mpanaka dō n’enu ochē
— The fowl has extinguished the lamp on the chair with the blows of its wings
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