ba
Active verbNdebe script
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Meanings
be many, plenty, much, abundant, numerous; increase in number; multiply
Active verbshout at; rebuke; enter
Active verbshout at; rebuke; chide; scold
Active verbpeel (with knife)
Active verbbreak (under pressure); burst (as of weak clay pot with water in it being broken by pressure of the water; of fufu balls breaking in the pot during boiling)
Active verb
Dialect & variants
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Examples
oso aburo oso,bu na nwanyi gba ba oso jide aka na ala
— When a woman wants to run in a ladylike way she holds her breasts so they do not swing; but when she is running for her life she forgets to hold them and runs with her breasts swinging.
Ọ nà-àba jī
— He is peeling yams
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