tụ̀
Verb3 varieties
Ndebe script
Voice recording
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Meanings
sweet (be)
ẸkpẹyẹVerbpeck (a bird); bite (snake and other animals with pointed mouth, beak or tongue)
Active verbmeasure
ẸkpẹyẹVerb
Dialect & variants
Dialect: Isuama, Owere, Ẹkpẹyẹ
- tụ̀ Isuama
- tụ̀ Owere
- tụ̀ Ẹkpẹyẹ — same spelling as the Izugbe
No other variants have been documented for this word.
Examples
Mmanụ aṅụ na-atụ ụtọ nke ukwuu.
— Honey is very sweet.
Ọ na-atụ gị ụtọ ma ị ṅụọ ya?
— Does it taste sweet to you when you drink it?
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Same spelling, different tones
These entries fold to the same letters once tone is removed, so a tone-blind search returns all of them.
- tupin; peg; stick or attach using a pointed end; salute by title PI
- tụmarry; throw; cast; hurl; fling; toss; apply oil in order to revive or reduce friction; lubricate
- àkpànìused in -tụ àkpànì be bellicose, pugnacious
- jọ ụjōfear; be afraid; be cowardly, timid (less common than -tụ egwù)
- tụ pọmdrip (= -tụ kpọm)
- shọ ùzùquarrel noisily = -tụ ùzù
- tụ kpọmstrike hard surface; drip (= -tụ pọm); die