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gwe

Active verb

Ndebe script

-

Meanings

  1. pound, grind (usually dry objects)

    Active verb

Dialect & variants

No other variants have been documented for this word.

Examples

Nne m na-agwe ose.

— My mother is grinding pepper.

Gwe ọka ahụ ka anyị sie ya.

— Grind that corn so we can cook it.

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