kwa
Active verb3 varieties
Ndebe script
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Meanings
pack; carry off; clear away
Active verbalso; in addition to;
Extensional suffixweep; cry; lament
Active verbcry; weep; lament
Active verbsewing
Active verbwell; so as to restore good condition
Active verb
Dialect & variants
Dialect: Nkanụ, Nsụka, Ọka
- -kwe Nkanụ
- -kwa Nsụka — same spelling as the Izugbe
- -kwọ Ọka
No other variants have been documented for this word.
Examples
Anya fụrụ ugo, kirie ugo na-adịghị afụ ugo kwa mgbe, kwa mgbe
— An eye that beholds the eagle should admire it; you do not see an eagle every day.
O kwa ako n’uche bu na mmadu amaka!
— It is the use of wisdom and intellect that shows the beauty of being human.
Related words
Words built on this one
- (ụkwalà) -kwa
- dokwa
- jikwa
- kwa (akwà)
- kwa akwa
- kwa ibu
- kwa mmààlù
- kwa nga àgbà
- kwa obì
- kwa ozu
- kwa ụkwalà
- kwa ụzò
- kwabànye
- kwachakọ
- kwachi
- kwachị
- kwadebe
- kwado
- kwadèbe
- kwafè
- kwafù
- kwaghalị
- kwaju
- kwakpọsị anya
…and 35 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.
- kwàpush; disappointment; missing (something) as a result of some; blow (e.g. pipe); sing
- kwacry PI; mourn; perform burial or mourning rites; cough; expel air from the lungs with a sudden sharp sound
- kwọgrind; grate;; cup or scoop a liquid, especially with the hands; see kwa
- òkwụkwafuneral; (from -kwa 2. B. keep funeral)
- chì akwacry very much; sob (harder than -kwa akwa)