kwà
Active verbNdebe script
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Meanings
push
Active verbdisappointment; missing (something) as a result of some
Active verbblow (e.g. pipe); sing
Active verbpour, spill (water, liquid)
Active verb
Dialect & variants
No other variants have been documented for this word.
Examples
O kwara ibe ya n'azụ.
— He pushed his companion on the back.
Kwara ọnụ ụzọ ahụ ka o mepee.
— Push that door so that it opens.
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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.
- kwaalso; in addition to;; pack; carry off; clear away; weep; cry; lament
- 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)