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zọ

Active verb

12 varieties

Ndebe script

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Meanings

  1. claim something

    Active verb
  2. save from danger or trouble

    Active verb
  3. contest or struggle for supremacy, control, or ownership of something

    Active verb
  4. scramble for; save

    Active verb

Dialect & variants

Dialect: Achala, Afiikpo, Ajalị, Amaifeke, Izii, Mbaise, Mkpọọ, Ngwa, Nkanụ, Nsa, Ọka, Ọnịcha

  • bụ Achala
  • zọ Afiikpo · 2 recordings
  • vụ Ajalị
  • zọ Amaifeke · 2 recordings
  • zọ Izii · 2 recordings
  • dọ Mbaise
  • zọ Mkpọọ · 2 recordings
  • dọ Ngwa
  • zọ Nkanụ · 2 recordings
  • -zọ Nsa
  • vụ Ọka
  • zọ Ọnịcha · 2 recordings

No other variants have been documented for this word.

Examples

Ụmụaka na-azọ ibe ha nri.

— Children scramble for food among themselves.

O zọrọ ego wee zụta ọgba tum tum.

— He saved money and bought a motorcycle.

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