ba
Verb9 varieties
Ndebe script
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Meanings
carve, hollow out
ẸkpẹyẹVerbpeel the bark of a tuber with a knife; cut a tuber
Active verbenter; go in
Active verbbe many, plenty, much, abundant, numerous; multiply
Active verb
Dialect & variants
Dialect: Ajalị, Anam, Anịọcha, Isuama, Mkpọọ, Ngwa, Nsa, Owere, Ẹkpẹyẹ
- hụ Ajalị
- hinnē Ajalị
- mụba Anam
- gbasà Anịọcha
- ba Isuama — same spelling as the Izugbe
- fụ Mkpọọ
- mụsà Mkpọọ
- ba Ngwa — same spelling as the Izugbe
- -mụ Ngwa
- he Ngwa
- kpè Ngwa
- -ba Nsa
- báchá Nsa
- ba Owere — same spelling as the Izugbe
- ba Ẹkpẹyẹ — same spelling as the Izugbe
No other variants have been documented for this word.
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.
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