Ndebe · Ńdébé
kpi
A syllable of the Ndebe syllabary: the body kp 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
kpi
U+E548
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mid tone
kpi
U+E549
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low tone
kpi
U+E54A
Words that use it
23 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.
- -kpì-
- akpì
- mkpi
- mkpì
- okpì
- ukpì
- mkpisi
- èkpìrì
- ọkpìjò
- mkpìlìsì
- mkpìrìsì
- okpì nkū
- ọkpīìdùm
- akpìlịkpā
- mkpiliīte
- mkpìlìkpì
- -kpìcha isi-
- osè nwamkpi
- nwa mkpìlìkpì
- ikpirikpọọ̀gụ̀
- mkpìlìsì osisi
- ògene mkpì naàbò
- nwa mkpìlìkpì ogè