àkǎ à
NounNdebe script
Meanings
last year; old times; days of old
Noun
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- àkà afù
Examples
Aka a fụrụ m ụfụ n'ụtụtụ.
— This hand hurt in the morning.
Aka aja aja na-ebute ọnụ mmanụ mmanụ
— The hand that has known much toiling will one day know much feasting.
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Same spelling, different tones
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- kwọgrind; grate; saw; rub; (with aka as object) wash (hands); scoop up (water)
- tinyụextinguish by beating Ejì m aka tinyu ọkụ I beat out the light with my palm; extinguish; put out (fire)
- dọ ntìwarn; admonish; exhort (compare -dọ aka na ntì)
- dakwàsịfall upon (of thing) Ọ dākwàsì nénu ọche It fell on the chair Ọ nọ kwàsì nénu ikpo akwụ She sits on the heap of palmnuts O biìkwàsì yà aka He lays his hands on him
- kpù-kpùmotion with hands for silence O kpukpùlù aka ọgè m nà-àkwadebe ikwu#ife ọ mèlù He tried to silence me by gesturing with his hand when I was about to reveal what he had done
- nye akahelp; assist; give a helping hand; help; assist; aid (literally give a hand to) Bikō nyè akā Please help Nyèlụ m aka Help me
- gba aka ōkpọrọbe empty-handed; be idle; be empty-handed (compare aka nkịtị)