gbachi
Active verbNdebe script
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Meanings
foil; counteract; supplant; stop up (e.g. road or gap); lock door; shut box or window; fence
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Examples
Gbàchie ụzò
— Lock the door
Ọ nà-àbụ ebe ōbụnà mụ èjènà ịchō ọlụ, Agū èjee gbachie nà ya
— Wherever I go in search of a job, Agụ goes there to mar my success
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