wụ
Active verbNdebe script
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Meanings
wash (body)
Active verbpour; spread; put; place
Active verbbuy (palm kernels, gunpowder) (originally derived from -wụ 2., since kernels and gunpowder must be poured into container in order to buy them)
Active verbexcise; pluck out
Active verb
Dialect & variants
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Examples
Wụọ ahụ gị na mmiri ọkụ n'ụtụtụ.
— Wash your body with warm water in the morning.
Ị wụrụ ahụ gị nke ọma taa?
— Did you wash your body well today?
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