dā

Active verb

Igbotone-neutral spelling: da

Nsa

Ndebe script



Voice recording

play

Meanings

press with slight pressure; hit(slang)
Active verb

Dialect & variants

Dialect: Nsa

-dà aka Nsa

No other variants have been documented for this word.

Examples

Onwa puta otichaghi o da-anakpu
— A new moon must run its full cycle before it goes.

Agadi nwanyi da ada ugboro abuo, agu a ihe obu n'ísi onu
— If an old woman falls twice, the load she carries on her head needs to be checked.

Related words

Similar meaning

pì
pị̀
ba
bì
bìdo
bìdà
bìtụ aka
chà
da
dakọ
de
filì

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Same spelling, different tones

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dàfall; fail; sound; fail; fall; sound
nnyòkan nyòinquisitiveness; curiosity (literally much looking) (Proverb) Nnyòkan nyò kà mgbọ jìlì da ènwè nísi Because of the monkey’s inquisitiveness, a bullet hit it on the head. (compare curiosity killed the cat)