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tụchàpụ̀

verb

LanguageIgbo (Nigeria)

Meaning
  1. pick out, off (things which stick, e.g. fleas on dog)
  2. pick off
  3. To remove small objects one by one, especially things that are stuck to a surface like fleas or ticks.
Examples

Ọ malitere ịhụ na ọ na-atụchàpụ̀ nje ndị dị n'ahụ nkịta ahụ.

He started to see that he was picking the fleas off the dog.

Part of speechverb

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Source: Wikidata lexemes (CC0-1.0), adapted.