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tụgbu

Active verb

6 varieties

Ndebe script



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Meanings

  1. throw and kill; stone to death

    Active verb

Dialect & variants

Dialect: Afiikpo, Ezaa, Izii, Mbaise, Mkpọọ, Ngwa

  • kụ̀gbu Afiikpo
  • tùgbu Ezaa
  • tùgbu Izii
  • lùgbu Mbaise
  • tụgbu Mkpọọ — same spelling as the Izugbe
  • lùgbu Ngwa

No other variants have been documented for this word.

Examples

Ha tụgburu agwọ ahụ ji nkume n'ubi.

— They stoned that snake to death in the farm.

Olee mgbe i tụgburu nnụnụ ji okwute?

— When did you stone a bird to death?

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