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la

Active verb

5 varieties

Ndebe script

-

Voice recording

play

Meanings

  1. drink

    Active verb
  2. imperative or command negator; do not; don't

    Extensional suffix
  3. perfect tense marker; has, have or had happened

    Extensional suffix

Dialect & variants

Dialect: Afiikpo, Isuama, Owere, Ọnịcha, Ụmụahịa

  • -kwa Afiikpo
  • -lẹ Isuama
  • -ne Isuama
  • -nẹ Isuama
  • -la Isuama — same spelling as the Izugbe
  • -le Isuama
  • -ne Owere
  • -na Owere
  • -la Owere — same spelling as the Izugbe
  • -go Ọnịcha
  • -na Ọnịcha
  • -la Ụmụahịa — same spelling as the Izugbe
  • -ne Ụmụahịa
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Examples

Ọ chò ịlā ya

— He wants to sleep with her

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