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lị

Active verb

Ndebe script

-

Meanings

  1. climb; creep

    Active verb
  2. for one's own benefit; to oneself

    Active verb
  3. about; around (often combined with -gha 1.B)

    Active verb
  4. still

    Active verb

Dialect & variants

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  • -li
  • li

Examples

Ọ nà-èje n’ebe a nà-aŋùlị aŋùlị nnwā ịmā mà ọ nwè ịfe ọ gà-àfụ kpachalị

— She is going to the place where a naming ceremony is going on to see whether there is something she could get to eat (or, take away)

Ànyị nà-egòli

— We are rejoicing

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