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chì akwa

Active verb

Ndebe script

- 

Meanings

  1. cry very much; sob (harder than -kwa akwa)

    Active verb

Dialect & variants

No other variants have been documented for this word.

Examples

Nwa ahụ chìrì akwa abalị niile.

— That child sobbed all night.

Achìla akwa, ihe ahụ agafeela ugbu a.

— Don't sob, that thing has passed now.

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