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dọbi

Active verb

5 varieties

Ndebe script

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Meanings

  1. break or cut by pulling, especially thread, rope, and elastic

    Active verb

Dialect & variants

Dialect: Achala, Isuama, Ngwa, Owere, Ọnịcha

  • dọbè Achala
  • dọbì Isuama
  • chabì Ngwa
  • dọbì Owere
  • tibì Ọnịcha

No other variants have been documented for this word.

Examples

Ọ dọbiri eriri ahụ n'aka abụọ.

— He broke the rope with two hands.

Dọbi eriri a, ọ dị obere.

— Break this thread, it is small.

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