chekata
Active verb9 varieties
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Meanings
wait a while; wait a little
Active verb
Dialect & variants
Dialect: Achala, Ajalị, Anịọcha, Mbaise, Mkpọọ, Ngwa, Nsụka, Obosi, Ụmụahịa
- chekete Achala
- chekàta Ajalị
- chete aka Anịọcha
- chekàṭa Mbaise
- cheghide Mbaise
- chedide Mkpọọ
- chelàka Ngwa
- cheghide Ngwa
- chetè ẹkā Nsụka
- chegide Obosi
- cheghide Ụmụahịa
No other variants have been documented for this word.
Examples
I chekata laa, nke i chere eche a laa n'iyi.
— If you wait a long time and leave all the time you waited becomes wasted. (Literary)
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