bì
Active verb10 varieties
Ndebe script
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Meanings
live in
Active verbborrow; take something to use with the expectation of returning it
Active verbend; truncate
Active verbdab; make two surfaces touch each other especially to transfer substances between the surfaces
Active verb
Dialect & variants
Dialect: Ajalị, Amaifeke, Isuama, Mbaise, Mkpọọ, Ngwa, Nsa, Owere, Ọka, Ọnịcha
- bù Ajalị · 2 recordings
- -bì Amaifeke
- bì Isuama
- gbazi Mbaise
- ṅụ̀ta Mkpọọ
- gbazhi Ngwa
- -bi ichè Nsa
- bì Owere
- bì Owere — same spelling as the Izugbe
- bù Ọka · 2 recordings
- -bì Ọnịcha
No other variants have been documented for this word.
Examples
Ebe onye bi ka ọ na-awachi
— Wherever a person finds themselves in this life, that is where they work to improve things or keep them going.
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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.
- bilive; dwell; cut or slice, especially vegetables; cut up, slice
- nòbe in a place (of animate creatures); stay; dwell; be at home (compare -bi, which refers to more permanent living); sit
- obìporcupine; heart; chest; bosom; breast; centre; a fathom (used mainly for measuring cloth)
- òbibiliving (-bi 1. dwell); living; dwelling