gịnị̄
Interrogative11 varieties
Ndebe script
Meanings
what?; something unknown whose information is being asked for
Interrogative
Dialect & variants
Dialect: Afiikpo, Amaifeke, Ezaa, Ihuoma, Izii, Mbaise, Ngwa, Nkanụ, Nsụka, Owere, Ọlụ
- ǹgịnị̄ Afiikpo
- gịnị̄ Afiikpo
- ngụnụ̄ Amaifeke
- gụnụ̄ Ezaa
- ǹgụnụ̄ Ezaa
- ngụnụ̄ Ihuoma
- gụn Izii
- gịrị̄ Mbaise
- gịrị̄ Ngwa
- ǹgịị̄ Nkanụ
- gə̣nə̣̄ Nsụka
- òleē Owere
- nịnị Owere
- ǹgịrị̄ Ọlụ
No other variants have been documented for this word.
Examples
Gịnî kpàtà ijì aŋùlị?
— Why are you rejoicing?
Gịnị kpatara esemookwu Naịjirịa na Biafara?
— What caused the Nigeria and Biafra rift?
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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.
- kwaarrange; organize; mourn; perform burial or mourning rites; cough; expel air from the lungs with a sudden sharp sound
- kpàsuppression; compression; be needful gịnị nà-akpā gị? What are you in need of?; plaiting
- kpanyemake a small present; give a tip gịnị kà ị kpānyelụ nwatā biCalụ kène giC? What did you give the child who visited you?
- kpasu iweprovoke to anger; annoy; provoke to anger; annoy Àsị yā nà-àkpasu m iwe His lies make me angry, or I am indignant at his lies Àda kpàsùlù nne yā iwe Ada annoyed her mother ÒC bù gịnị kpàtàlù i jì gbakà iru#n’ùtụtù? Ọ bù Àdâ kpàsùlù m iwe Why did you frown in the morning? It was Ada who annoyed me
- kpukpulukpustiffness; firmness ÒC bù ùdị ọyà gịnị kà ỌjiCnà-ayà afọ yā jì kwe kpukpulukpu? What disease is Ọjị suffering from that his abdomen is so stiff and distended?