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dà ogbènyà

Active verb

Ndebe script

- 

Meanings

  1. be very poor

    Active verb

Dialect & variants

No other variants have been documented for this word.

Examples

Ezinụlọ ahụ dara ogbènyà, ha enweghị ihe ha ga-eri.

— That family is very poor; they have nothing to eat.

Ọ dara ogbènyà mana ọ naghị arịọ enyemaka.

— He is very poor, but he does not beg for help.

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