to afọ
Active verbNdebe script
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Meanings
be pregnant
Active verb
Dialect & variants
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Examples
Ọyā Ōfọ èsigo n’òzịza ghòlụ itō afọ
— Ọfọ's illness has passed from general oedema into ascites
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- ụma afōenlarged spleen; kind of abdominal disorder in children characterized by swelling of the spleen in the left side of the abdomen. It is felt to be round and hard when pressed. It is wrongly believed by many to be a living thing in the stomach which resembles a crab and walks up and down the stomach; enlarged spleen (see afọ)
- kpukpulukpustiffness; firmness ÒC bù ùdị ọyà gịnị kà ỌjiCnà-ayà afọ yā jì kwe kpukpulukpu? What disease is Ọjị suffering from that his abdomen is so stiff and distended?