dè
Active verbNdebe script
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Meanings
be soft (as ripe fruit); be soft and wet, soggy (as muddy ground, wet clothes); dissolve in water (compare -di-dè)
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Dialect & variants
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Examples
Mangoro ndị a na-adè ugbu a.
— These mangoes are getting soft now.
Akwa ahụ dere mmiri, o kpọrọ nkụ ọzọ?
— That cloth is soggy with water; has it dried again?
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