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tụ̀

Wordtụ̀
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Active verb

1.peck (a bird); bite (snake and other animals with pointed mouth, beak or tongue)

2.pinch, especially with the forefinger and thumb

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Achọghị m ịtụ gị mbọ.

Achọghị m ịtụ gị mbọ.

I do not want to pinch you.

Chike ga-atụ nwa gị mbọ ma ị hapụ ha abụọ.

Chike ga-atụ nwa gị mbọ ma ị hapụ ha abụọ.

Chike will pinch your child if you leave them together.

Emeka, tụọ ya mbọ!

Emeka, tụọ ya mbọ!

Emeka, pinch him!

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sūtụ̄ ọnụ̄

Wordsūtụ̄ ọnụ̄
Definitions

Active verb

1.touch slightly with lips; peck(kiss)

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Mgbe ọbụla m hụrụ nwata a mụrụ ọhụrụ, ọ na-agụ m isutụ ya ọnụ na nti.

Mgbe ọbụla m hụrụ nwata a mụrụ ọhụrụ, ọ na-agụ m isutụ ya ọnụ na nti.

Everytime I see a new born child, I feel like pecking him/her the cheeks.

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