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ba/-be

Ndebe script

-/-

Meanings

  1. lean against

  2. make something lean against something (compare -gbabe lean against)

  3. go away to fetch

Dialect & variants

No other variants have been documented for this word.

Examples

Lùba ọlū

— Be working

Osisi ànyị gbūlu dàbèèlù n’ọjì

— The tree we cut down is beingsupported by the iroko

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