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Noun

5 varieties

Ndebe script

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Meanings

  1. fish sp. Gymnarchus niloticus

    ẸkpẹyẹNoun
  2. a species of fish

    Noun

Dialect & variants

Dialect: Abịrịba, Ngwa, Ẹkpẹyẹ, Ọnịcha, Ụmụahịa

  • asanwa Abịrịba
  • mmị̀mmị̀ Ngwa
  • asa Ẹkpẹyẹ — same spelling as the Izugbe
  • asa Ọnịcha — same spelling as the Izugbe
  • mmā Ụmụahịa

No other variants have been documented for this word.

Examples

Ọ bara nsị maka afọ na-asa ya.

— He excreted uncontrollably because he is having diarrhoea.

Ọ na-asa ụsa mgbe niile.

— He desires things, inappropriately, all the time.

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