li
Active verbNdebe script
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Meanings
eat; acquire; absorb
Active verb
Dialect & variants
No other variants have been documented for this word.
Examples
N'agbanyeghị ihe ole mmadụ mara , o nweghi ike i li onwe ya
— However much a person knows, they can never bury themselves.
Related words
Words built on this one
- (mmilī) -li
- bèlì
- fili
- gbalì
- gòli
- jeghèli
- kpachalị
- kwàchalị
- kụlì
- lachalị
- li ngō
- li nni
- li nrā
- li obì
- li ulù
- li àkù
- li àrụ efè
- li èlèlè
- li ìzìzì
- li òlili
- li ùwà
- li ǹgàlì
- li ọkù
- li ọnū
…and 36 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.
- lìreduce to small units; splinter; crush (something softer or more fragile than -gwò)
- lịclimb; creep; for one's own benefit; to oneself; about; around (often combined with -gha 1.B)
- lụwork; construct; make; defile; desecrate; be faulty, defective; see -la 2.
- òlione who eats (-li 1. eat)
- ta amōosube a witch; practise witchcraft; be a witch; practise witchcraft (compare -li amōosu and -ta mbili)