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bèlata

Active verb

8 varieties

Ndebe script

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Meanings

  1. lessen; reduce;

    Active verb

Dialect & variants

Dialect: Ezaa, Izii, Mbaise, Ngwa, Nkanụ, Nsa, Owere, Ụmụahịa

  • bèlata Ezaa
  • wozèta Ezaa
  • tụ̀bọta Ezaa
  • gbazèta Ezaa
  • dazèta Ezaa
  • wezaàta Izii
  • bèlata Izii
  • bèlaṭa Mbaise
  • belata Ngwa
  • bènete Nkanụ
  • bènàta Nsa
  • bịayo Owere
  • belata Ụmụahịa

No other variants have been documented for this word.

Examples

Belata nnụ ị chọrọ ịtinye na nri ahụ.

— Reduce the salt you want to add in that food.

Belata nnụ ị chọrọ itinye n'ofe.

— Reduce the salt you want to put in soup.

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