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dọwa

Active verb

Ndebe script

-

Meanings

  1. rend, tear (of cloth, not flesh)

    Active verb

Dialect & variants

No other variants have been documented for this word.

Examples

Akwa m dọwara n'oge ịsa ya.

— My cloth tore while washing it.

Dọwaa akwa ochie ahụ n'ụzọ abụọ.

— Tear that old cloth into two.

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