kpà
Active verbNdebe script
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Meanings
suppression; compression
Active verbbe needful gịnị nà-akpā gị? What are you in need of?
Active verbplaiting
Active verbtrimming; cutting
Active verb
Dialect & variants
No other variants have been documented for this word.
Examples
Kpàa akwụkwọ ahụ n’ime akpa.
— Press that paper into the bag.
Ọ na-akpà akwa ahụ n’ime igbe.
— She is pressing the cloth into the box.
Related words
Words built on this one
- (agwù) -kpa
- (ala) -kpa
- kpa afịfịa -kpa akụ A.
- kpa ajō ụkpa
- kpa aka ànì
- kpa akpa
- kpa akwụkwọ
- kpa amụ
- kpa bọòlù
- kpa ife enunu
- kpa mkpa
- kpa n gàn gà
- kpa nkàta
- kpa nkụ
- kpa nni
- kpa oke ànì
- kpa okè
- kpa àgwà
- kpa àgwà ọjọō
- kpa ùkpa
- kpa ùkpa oriì
- kpa ǹdu
- kpa ọchì
- kpa ọkụ
…and 56 more in this list.
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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.
- kpacause; gather; search for; wander about
- nupush; take hold of and cause to move; buy (palmwine, or other native drink); compare -go, -zụ buy (anything else); -kpa (buy oil only)
- kpa mkpaseek diligently; search for carefully e.g. -kpa mkpa akụ search for palm kernels in the farm (usually by children); be few; scarce; be few, scarce