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tụ ilū

Active verb

4 varieties

Ndebe script

 

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Meanings

  1. speak a proverb; say a proverb

    Active verb

Dialect & variants

Dialect: Abịrịba, Amaifeke, Nkanụ, Nsa

  • tụ̀ ilulu Abịrịba
  • tụ̀ inunu Amaifeke
  • tụ̀ inū Nkanụ
  • tǝ inū Nkanụ
  • tụ ilū Nsa

No other variants have been documented for this word.

Examples

Okenye ahụ tụrụ ilū wee kọwaa okwu ahụ.

— That elder spoke a proverb and explained the matter.

Tụọ ilū ka anyị ghọta ihe ị na-ekwu.

— Speak a proverb so we understand what you are saying.

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