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Meaning of dumbu | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B1
dú.ŋ́.bú

Definitions

to butcher, to slaughter (in particular) in the halal method

transitive

Examples

“Wọ́n máa ń dúḿbú màlúù fọ́dún Iléyá.”

They typically butcher cows for Eid al-Adha.

“A-ṣe-kó-súni, Ìmàle Adọ̀dọ̀/ Ó ní ‘Bí wọn kò dúńbú omi/ Òun kò ní mu!/ Bí wọn kò dúńbú ẹja/ Òun kò ní jẹ!”

One who makes things hard for others, an extremist Muslim/ Who says if water was not slaughtered/ He would not drink!/ If fish was not slaughtered/ He would not eat!

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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