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tùpu

Active verb

Ndebe script

-

Meanings

  1. trickle out; perforate with nails

    Active verb

Dialect & variants

No other variants have been documented for this word.

Examples

Wepu aka enwe na ofe tupu ya aghoo aka mmadu

— Take the monkey's paw out of the soup before it becomes a human hand.

Wepu aka enwe n'ofe tupu o ho aka mmadu

— Take the monkey's hand out of the pot before it becomes a human hand.

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