gị
Pronoun11 varieties
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Meanings
you (singular)
Pronoun(independent; 2nd pers. sg.) you, your (sg.); thou; thee; thy (compare ǹgị)
Pronounyou (singular, emphatic); your
Pronoun
Dialect & variants
Dialect: Abịrịba, Achala, Afiikpo, Amaifeke, Anam, Anịọcha, Ihuoma, Izii, Nkanụ, Nsụka, Obosi
- gụ̀ụ Abịrịba
- ǹgị Achala
- gịòni Afiikpo
- ǹgị Amaifeke
- ǹgị Anam
- ǹgị Anịọcha
- ǹgị Ihuoma
- gụèda Izii
- gụ Nkanụ
- ụ Nkanụ
- wụ Nkanụ
- gə̣ Nsụka
- ǹgụ Obosi
No other variants have been documented for this word.
Examples
I debekalia mmuo na ete aka, o taba gi amosu
— Neglect your own energy and it will turn against you.
Aga m abi gị aka
— I will beat you.
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Same spelling, different tones
These entries fold to the same letters once tone is removed, so a tone-blind search returns all of them.
- yụyou; thou; thee (less common than gị)
- nwàvery, -self (used with nominals) Kèdụ màkà gị nwà? And how are you yourself?; make an effort to do something; attempt; try
- kpàsuppression; compression; be needful gịnị nà-akpā gị? What are you in need of?; plaiting
- kpereport; judge O kpèlì m He reported me Agà m èkpe giCn’aka nnà gị ukwu I shall report you to your master; pray; beg Kà ànyị kpeelu Chine kè Let us pray (unto God) O tègo m jì èkpelu yā kà ọ rapụ m I have been begging him for a long time to leave me alone; smearing
- kwa ibucarry a load; carry loads; pack loads, belongings, luggage Ọ bụlụ nà ị kpāchàpùrò anya ndi oriì gà-àkwa ibu niiìne diCn’ụnò gị If you are not careful thieves will carry off all the loads in your house