Ndebe · Ńdébé
pe
A syllable of the Ndebe syllabary: the body p with the vowel e.
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
pe
U+E57B
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mid tone
pe
U+E57C
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low tone
pe
U+E57D
Words that use it
38 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.
- -pe-
- mpe
- peka
- penì
- -kụpe-
- -peka-
- -tipe-
- asụpe
- imepe
- kpọpe
- nsụpè
- opètè
- àkùpè
- ìpètè
- -pe-tụ--
- mpempe
- m̀pètè
- nwa pe
- pètèli
- pē(wā)()
- -pe mpe-
- Mpekarị
- kapēètì
- mpekere
- mpekịsị
- nwa mpe
- pē m̄pē
- ìpètèrì
- -nyàpelụ-
- -kù àkùpè-
- -pelụ ọnū-
- Nku opere
- peeji nke
- -petùgbàdo-
- -petụgbàdo-
- ìpètè arịlị
- ìpètè erìrì
- Nwa mpe kà ọ bù