ke
Active verbNdebe script
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Meanings
tie
Active verbshine; glitter
Active verb
Dialect & variants
No other variants have been documented for this word.
Examples
Ọkụ dī n’ụnò enū nà-èke kà kpakpaǹdò
— The lantern in the storey house is glittering like a star
Òkwutē afù nà-ègbuke kà goòlù
— The stone is glittering like gold
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Same spelling, different tones
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- kèshare; divide
- kwaarrange; organize; pack, especially more than one thing (commonly coming with a suffix e.g. -zi, -pu, etc); also; in addition to (additive, denoting repetition, emphasis, or an action in addition to an action previously mentioned; occurs after verbs and nominals) Jèkwa Go again `Kwèkwanụ u#kwe afù òzọ Please sing that song again Ònye kwa nụ bù n ke à?Who else is this? gịnị kwọ bùdù n ke à? What is this again? O sìkwò ike He is very strong Ị biCarọkwọnụ akwụkwọ n nyàafù I’m sure you didn’t come to school yesterday