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tụ n'ume

Active verb

Ndebe script

- '

Meanings

  1. breathe shallowly or faintly (like patient nearing death or person who is extremely exhausted from running); pant

    Active verb

Dialect & variants

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Examples

Elòlù m nà ezì ị gbālụ egbè gà-ànwụ ọsọ ōsọ màkà nà ọ dā èmeghalịzị ārụ, ọ nà-àtụ sò n’ume

— I think that the pig you shot will die quickly because it can no longer stir, it only breathes very faintly

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