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tụ

Wordtụ
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Active verb

1.throw; cast; hurl; fling; toss

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Atụla okwute n'ụlọ e ji nnyo rụọ.

Atụla okwute n'ụlọ e ji nnyo rụọ.

Do not throw stones in a house built with glass.

Ịtụ ya n'ala agaghị eme ya ihe ọbụla.

Ịtụ ya n'ala agaghị eme ya ihe ọbụla.

Throwing it on the floor will not do anything to it.

Ha chọrọ ịtụ ya okwute.

Ha chọrọ ịtụ ya okwute.

They want to stone him.

Onye tụrụ m akwụkwọ a?

Onye tụrụ m akwụkwọ a?

Who threw this paper at me?

E si n'elu wee tụọ ya bụ ogbuniigwe.

E si n'elu wee tụọ ya bụ ogbuniigwe.

That bomb was thrown from up.

tụ̀

Wordtụ̀
Definitions

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!

tụ

Wordtụ
Definitions

Active verb

1.be in moderate or the right quantity in a mixture, eg. salt, pepper, sugar in food

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Nnu tụrụ ofe m rachara.

Nnu tụrụ ofe m rachara.

Salt was in the right proportion in the soup I had.

Ose na-atụ nri ọbụla Aṅụrịka siri.

Ose na-atụ nri ọbụla Aṅụrịka siri.

Pepper stays moderate in any food Anurika cooks.

Onugbu tụrụ ya.

Onugbu tụrụ ya.

There is enough bitter leaf in it.

Biko kute nnu ga-atụ nri a m na-esi.

Biko kute nnu ga-atụ nri a m na-esi.

Please scoop salt that will be moderate for this food I am cooking.

Ekwela ka nnu tụọ ya nnukwu.

Ekwela ka nnu tụọ ya nnukwu.

Do not allow excess salt.

tú

tu

Wordtu
Definitions

Active verb

1.pin; peg; stick or attach using a pointed end

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O tu abụba ugo n'okpu ya.

O tu abụba ugo n'okpu ya.

He has, attached, an eagle feather on his cap.

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