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ŋacha

Active verb

Meanings

  1. singe; burn; scorch

    Active verb

Dialect & variants

No other variants have been documented for this word.

Examples

Anyammiri okenye na-acha nzu nzu

— An old man's tears come in the colour of nzu (the sacred white chalk).

Ogazi loro okwute juwa nne ya ma awo ala acha ya oku

— The guinea fowl swallowed a stone and then asked its mother whether her belly was giving off heat.

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