3 found for 'provoke' in Igbo
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kpású
kpasu
Standard Igbo
Active verb
1.provoke
2.cause something to start happening, especially something intended to be avoided
Example
Achọghị m ikpasu ya ugbu a.
Achọghị m ikpasu ya ugbu a.
I don't want to provoke him now.
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chö ókwú
chọ okwū
Standard Igbo
Politics
Active verb
要依
1.provoke; seek quarrel; look for trouble
Example
Nwata a dị ka onye na-achọ okwu.
Nwata a dị ka onye na-achọ okwu.
This child looks like someone that is quarrelsome.
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kpású íwē
kpasu iwē
Standard Igbo
Culture
Active verb
飾顔
1.provoke to anger; annoy; enrage; make violently angry
Example
Ada kpasuru nne ya iwe.
Ada kpasuru nne ya iwe.
Ada annoyed her mother.
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