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be

Active verb

Isuama, Owere

Ndebe script

-

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Meanings

  1. cry out

    Active verb
  2. on or against something for support

    Extensional suffix

Dialect & variants

Dialect: Isuama, Owere

  • -bi Isuama
  • -bi Owere

No other variants have been documented for this word.

Examples

A chụọ aja ma a hụghị udele, mara na ihe mere na be ndị mmụọ

— If no vulture hovers when a sacrifice is made, you know that something has happened in the land of the spirits.

A naghị à chọta ife mmụọ na be mmadụ

— The things that belong to the spirits are not found in the land of people.

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