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gwò

Extensional suffix

Ndebe script

-

Meanings

  1. into pieces (something harder than -lì)

    Extensional suffix
  2. scrape, scoop out (compare -ghụ)

    Extensional suffix

Dialect & variants

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Examples

Ọ gwòrọ osisi ahụ n'ime obere iberibe.

— He broke that wood into small pieces.

Gwòo osisi ahụ, anyị ga-esi nri.

— Break that wood into pieces; we will cook.

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