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PrepositionNdebe script
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Meanings
(harmonizes) verb prefix marking negative
Preposition
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Examples
Ìgbò enwē ezè
— The Igbo have no kings
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- è-(harmonizes; tone high before low tone root) verb prefix marking sequential mood
- athe first letter of the Igbo language alphabet; first vowel of the Igbo language alphabet; see e; a
- m(independent; 1st person singular; compare e-/a-...m) I; me; my; I; me; my; first person singular subject, object, and possessive Igbo language pronoun; the nineteenth letter of the Igbo language alphabet; the fifteenth consonant of the Igbo language alphabet
- esee -a/-e/-ọ/o
- a-see e-
- repick up (of cloth, mats and other objects which are broad, flexible and capable of being rolled up. Such an object is assumed to be in its spread-out form; -re then implies rolling and taking up, though the object can be picked up by one side in its spread-out form without first rolling it. But the most important point is that it must be spread out, otherwise -re will not be used); for or in favor of (used when the verb ends with 'e')
- kpòsoup, mentholatum, etc.); sting (of pepper); hurt (of sting); spread upon; curse; abuse
- a- msee e- ... m
- a/-e/-ọ/-o(-a after a ị ụ; -e after e i u; -ọ after ọ; -o after o) completive or open vowel suffix, used with most verbs in the imperative, the subjunctive, and the sequential forms Lùa ọlū Do the work: Kà ànyị jee Let us go ... ò wèe nalue ụnò wèe fụ yā ... and then he got home and found it
- kpatacause Ọ bù gqị kpàtàlù ife e jì pịa m ìtàlì n’ùtụtụ à You were the cause of my being flogged this morning; acquire; collect
- kpù n'àkwasit on eggs; brood; sit on eggs; brood ÒCkụkò m e bidogo ikpù n’àkwa yā My hen has started to sit on its eggs