bè okwu
Active verbNdebe script
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Meanings
settle a dispute
Active verb
Dialect & variants
No other variants have been documented for this word.
Examples
Ndị okenye obodo gara ibè okwu n'etiti ezinụlọ abụọ ahụ.
— The village elders went to settle the dispute between the two families.
Ọ dị mfe ibè okwu ma ọ bụrụ na mmadụ abụọ kweta.
— It is easy to settle a dispute if both people agree.
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Same spelling, different tones
These entries fold to the same letters once tone is removed, so a tone-blind search returns all of them.
- kwubìend a speech Bikō, kwubìzịa okwu afù Please, end that speech
- okwuchicork; stopper; lid (compare okwu 2.); cork; lid; cover
- ọkwụ(chi)see okwu(chi)
- kwu okwu azụslander; back-bite Ọ nà-èkwu m okwu āzụ He is talking about me behind my back
- kwu ezi okwu#speak the truth Ọ bù ezi okwu#kà m nà-èkwu I am speaking the truth