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zọdọ

Active verb

Ndebe script

-

Meanings

  1. withhold; keep back; be selfish

    Active verb
  2. protect

    Active verb

Dialect & variants

No other variants have been documented for this word.

Examples

Ọ zọdọrọ ego ahụ, ọ nyeghị anyị ya.

— He withheld that money; he did not give it to us.

Gịnị mere ị na-azọdọ nri ụmụaka?

— Why are you withholding food from the children?

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