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chị (achị)

Active verb

Ndebe script

- ()

Meanings

  1. rule; govern

    Active verb

Dialect & variants

No other variants have been documented for this word.

Examples

Eze ahụ chịrị obodo anyị afọ iri.

— That king ruled our town for ten years.

Ònye na-achị ala a ugbu a?

— Who is governing this land now?

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