tù
Active verbNdebe script
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Meanings
insert something into covering or mass (e.g. sword passed through belt, feather in hat or hair)
Active verbdown down an elephant if I am given a gun the load which is on the chair
Active verbbreak the surface of a hard object (e.g. break with tips of nails, usually of both hands, small seeds like melon seeds to remove the covering)
Active verbpick off (e.g. ants, fruits of certain grasses, or weeds with sticky fruits, from cloth)
Active verbbe variegated in colour, mottled, spotted
Active verbmeasure (length); point at
Active verbspatter; drop; drip (of liquids); drizzle
Active verbcheat; defraud
Active verb
Dialect & variants
No other variants have been documented for this word.
Examples
O tùrù mma ya n'úkwù.
— He inserted his knife in his belt.
Tù úkwù n'isi gị.
— Insert a feather in your hair.
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