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tụnye nnu

Active verb

Ndebe script

- 

Meanings

  1. season with salt; (fig.) exaggerate, make more interesting (of story); embellish

    Active verb
  2. season with salt

    Active verb
  3. (fig.) exaggerate; make more interesting (of story); embellish

    Active verb

Dialect & variants

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Examples

Tụnye nnu na ofe ahụ nke ọma.

— Add salt to that soup well.

Ọ na-atụnye nnu n'akụkọ ya ọ bụla.

— He embellishes his story every time.

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