kùchì
Active verb3 varieties
Ndebe script
Voice recording
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Meanings
take the wife of a dead relative
Active verb
Dialect & variants
Dialect: Achala, Ezeagu, Nsụka
- -kùchi Achala
- nùchi Ezeagu
- kwùchi Ezeagu
- kə̀chi Nsụka
No other variants have been documented for this word.
Examples
O mechara kùchì nwunye nwanne ya nwụrụ anwụ.
— He later took the wife of his late brother.
Ị ga-akùchì nwunye nwanne gị?
— Will you take your late brother's wife?
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