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dị ìlè

Active verb

Ndebe script

- 

Meanings

  1. (of medicine or sorcery) be efficacious

    Active verb

Dialect & variants

No other variants have been documented for this word.

Examples

Ọgwụ dibịa a dị ìlè n'ọrịa isi.

— This native doctor's medicine is efficacious for headaches.

Ọ bụrụ na ọgwụ adịghị ìlè, mmadụ anaghị eji ya.

— If the medicine is not efficacious, people do not use it.

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