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bawanye

Active verb

6 varieties

Ndebe script



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Meanings

  1. increase; grow in number

    Active verb

Dialect & variants

Dialect: Afiikpo, Ajalị, Ezaa, Izii, Mkpọọ, Ọnịcha

  • ǹtụtụ Afiikpo
  • bawanye Afiikpo — same spelling as the Izugbe
  • hiwanye nnē Ajalị
  • ha urùtuùrùtù Ezaa
  • vùta Ezaa
  • akashìi Izii
  • shiwanye nnē Mkpọọ
  • riwanye nnē Ọnịcha

No other variants have been documented for this word.

Examples

Ọnụ ọgụgụ ụmụ akwụkwọ bawanyere n'afọ a.

— The number of students increased this year.

Ọ ga-abawanye ma anyị zụta ọkụkọ ọzọ.

— It will increase if we buy more chickens.

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