lite
Active verb4 varieties
Ndebe script
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Voice recording
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Meanings
lift up; raise; rise
Active verbupward; upward to a desired level
Extensional suffixeat from; have a share of (inheritance)
Active verb
Dialect & variants
Dialect: Achala, Nkanụ, Nsụka, Udi
- -gote Achala
- -nite Nkanụ
- -lite Nsụka — same spelling as the Izugbe
- -nyite Udi
No other variants have been documented for this word.
Examples
Biko, welite ite ahụ n'elu ọkụ.
— Please, lift that pot upward onto the fire.
O welitere aka ya elu mgbe ọ hụrụ ya.
— He lifted his hand upward when he saw him.
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