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tọ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "to"

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Cognate with Igala tọ̀ (“to urinate”)

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tọ̀

  1. (urology, intransitive) to urinate
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  • tọ before a direct object
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tọ̀

  1. to follow behind, to follow suit
    Synonym: tẹ̀lé
  2. (transitive) to trace
    olè níí mọ ẹsẹ̀ olèé tọ̀ lórí àpáta ― Only a thief can trace the footprints of a thief on a rock
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  • tọ before a direct object
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Cognate with Igala tọ (“to leap”)

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tọ

  1. to hop, jump
    Synonym: bẹ́
    tọ bí ọ̀pọ̀lọ́ ― Hop like a frog
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tọ́

  1. to take or draw out a measured quantity of something
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tọ́

  1. (transitive) to touch lightly
  2. (transitive) to taste
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Etymology 6 edit

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tọ́

  1. (transitive) to provoke, to tease
  2. (transitive) to tap
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Etymology 7 edit

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tọ́

  1. (transitive) to guide, to train, to nurture, to raise
    tọ́ ọmọ rẹ kí wọ lè ní ìsinmi ― Train your child so that you can have rest
  2. (transitive) to tap
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Etymology 8 edit

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tọ́

  1. to be straight, to be on a straight line
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tọ́

  1. to be proper or appropriate to do
    Synonym: yẹ
    ó tọ́ kí a lọ kí wọn ― It is proper to go and greet them
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tọ́

  1. (intransitive) to be lasting, to last
  2. (idiomatic) to have a long-life, to be long-lived
    Synonym: gbó
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