beka
Active verbOwere
Ndebe script
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Meanings
cut (with knife or blade) to make a tear
Active verb
Dialect & variants
Dialect: Owere
- bewa Owere
- beka Owere — same spelling as the Izugbe
No other variants have been documented for this word.
Examples
O ji mma beka akwa ahụ.
— He used a knife to tear that cloth.
Beka akwụkwọ a abụọ, anyị ga-eji ya kee ihe.
— Tear this paper in two, we will use it to tie something.
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