dị
Ndebe script
Meanings
be; exist; (is/are)
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Same spelling, different tones
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- dihusband [a man who is legally married to a woman];; husband
- dịbe (in a state of); have (a certain quality); (probably originates from -dị 1., in Onitsha used only in the negative; it marks the progressive or habitual negative verb forms
- òdì-being; state; condition; used as first element of nouns formed for phrases with -dị be
- òkwụkwụpaying Anà m àbịa ịkwụ onye ọ bụnà dịkà ọlụ yā sìlì dị I am coming to pay everyone according to his work Ibì egō adā àdị ọlọ kà òkwụkwụ yā Borrowing money is not usually as difficult as repaying it; jumping
- òdìbendicustom (from -dị be ndi be in the home of people; compare òmenàànì)