Ndebe · Ńdébé
lị
A syllable of the Ndebe syllabary: the body n / l / y with the vowel ị.
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
lị
U+E5FA
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mid tone
lị
U+E5FB
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low tone
lị
U+E5FC
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.
- -lị-
- yị̀
- nanị
- -dịlị-
- -kalị-
- -lịdà-
- -lịgo-
- -lịpù-
- -mìlị-
- -mụlị-
- -nòlị-
- -rìlị-
- -rịlị-
- -yilị-
- -yìlị-
- abalị
- alịlị
- gịnị̄
- naanị
- ngịlị
- àlịlà
- àlịyà
- ànịnị
- òlịla
- òlịlị
- ònịna
- òyịyọ
- ǹgịlị
- -chịlị-
- -ghòlị-
- -kpalị-
- -kpòlị-
- alị̀ka
- anwùlị
- gbalị̀
- mkpalị
- mkpòlị
- nlelị̀
- nlị̄lā
- òlịlịī
- òsịālị
- -dịlịlị-
- -dọkalị-
- -gha-lị--
- -kụlịta-
- -lị alị-
- -lịfèta-
- -lịgota-
- -nòlịlị-
- ajịlịja
- akìlịkō
- akịlịka
- dọònịdō
- mgbalị̀
- mèlịmpụ
- ngalịga
- ngịlịga
- nkịlịka
- nkịlịsị
- ntàkịlị