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ikekwe

6 varieties

Ndebe script



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Meanings

  1. perhaps

  2. by some chance or possibly; perhaps; maybe

    Adverb

Dialect & variants

Dialect: Mkpọọ, Ngwa, Nkanụ, Nsa, Ọnịcha, Ụmụahịa

  • ikekwa Mkpọọ
  • ikekwe Ngwa — same spelling as the Izugbe
  • enwèrèike Ngwa
  • ewèrèike Nkanụ
  • enēghịẹya Nkanụ
  • enēghịẹnya Nkanụ
  • ikekwe Nsa — same spelling as the Izugbe
  • enēghịanya Ọnịcha
  • elēghịanya Ụmụahịa

No other variants have been documented for this word.

Examples

Ikekwe di ya enwetabeghị ọrụ ahụ.

— Perhaps her husband has not gotten that job.

Ọ bịaghị ahịa taa, ikekwe o jighi ego.

— He did not come to the market today, perhaps he does not have money.

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