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tụ

Extensional suffix
Igbo

6 varieties

Ndebe script

-

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Meanings

  1. attached to a verb to convey a little bit of the verb; a little bit

    Extensional suffix

  2. throw; cast; hurl; fling; throw upon

    Active verb

  3. build

    Active verb

  4. order; indent for; request someone going to a market to help buy something

    Active verb

  5. split, scrape out; (fig.) take out

    Active verb

  6. cause; get

    Active verb

  7. speak (in various specific ways)

    Active verb

  8. appear (of new moon)

    Active verb

  9. denoting contact

    Active verb

Dialect & variants

Dialect: Ajalị, Isuama, Nkanụ, Ogidi, Owere, Ọnịcha

  • -tụ Ajalị · 2 recordings
  • -tu Isuama
  • nwantịị Nkanụ
  • ntàkịrị Nkanụ
  • oberē Nkanụ
  • nwantịntị Nkanụ
  • tị Ogidi
  • -tụ Owere · 2 recordings
  • obelē Ọnịcha
  • nwantịntị Ọnịcha
  • ntakịlị Ọnịcha

No other variants have been documented for this word.

Examples

Ọ bụlụ nà Nwaàmàlùbịa ānatago nàtalụ m ya ife m tūlụ ya

— If Nwaamalụbịa has returned, help me bring from her what I requested her to buy for me

Ọnwa ātụgo/ātụa/ātụọ

— The new moon has appeared (contrast

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