Ndebe · Ńdébé
chi
A syllable of the Ndebe syllabary: the body ch with the vowel i.
The three tones
Tone is part of the character in Ndebe, not a mark added to it, so one syllable is written three different ways. These are the same shape family — the character on the left in each box is the one to learn first, and it is the form the chart shows.
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high tone
chi
U+E765
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mid tone
chi
U+E766
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low tone
chi
U+E767
Words that use it
Sixty of the Igbo entries here carry this syllable, shortest first. The Ndebe spelling is written under each word, and the syllable you are looking for is in it.
- chi
- -chi-
- -chì-
- chìm
- echi
- ichi
- ochi
- òchi
- òchì
- ǹchì
- ọchì
- -chì---
- Chika
- Chike
- Chima
- bìchì
- chīzù
- dàchì
- kechi
- kùchì
- machi
- mechi
- ochie
- ochīè
- ruchi
- sàchì
- sòchi
- sùchi
- tachi
- tụchi
- zachi
- zàchi
- Ìchiè
- -bachi-
- -bichi-
- -chizù-
- -chìpù-
- -dàchi-
- -kùchi-
- -lùchì-
- -mechi-
- -nòchi-
- -rịchi-
- -sàchi-
- -tachi-
- -tụchi-
- -wụchi-
- -zachi-
- -zochi-
- Akachī
- Chidị̀
- chiọma
- chìcha
- chìchà
- diòchì
- fo chi
- gbachi
- gbòchì
- kpochi
- kpùchi