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yòkpọ

Active verb

Ndebe script

-

Meanings

  1. flap (in the face)

    Active verb
  2. sift to a fine powder

    Active verb

Dialect & variants

No other variants have been documented for this word.

Examples

O yòkpọrọ ya ihu n'ahịa n'ụtụtụ.

— He slapped her face at the market this morning.

Ekwela iyòkpọ nwa gị ihu n'ihu mmadụ.

— Don't slap your child's face in public.

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