chebìrì
Active verb4 varieties
Ndebe script
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Meanings
lie in wait in order to meet someone, especially to attack; ambush
Active verb
Dialect & variants
Dialect: Isuama, Ngwa, Nsa, Owere
- chebìrì Isuama
- kụ m̀bịà Ngwa
- chebùrù Nsa
- chebìrì Owere
No other variants have been documented for this word.
Examples
Ndị ohi ahụ chebiri ha n'ịkpa.
— Those thieves ambushed them at an abandoned bush.
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