lọta
Active verb7 varieties
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Meanings
return (home); come back
Active verb
Dialect & variants
Dialect: Achala, Afiikpo, Ajalị, Ezaa, Izii, Mkpọọ, Ọnịcha
- yarị Achala
- gàlata Afiikpo
- wa Afiikpo
- lọta Ajalị
- làta Ezaa
- làtashị Ezaa
- làkwuteàzụ Izii
- nọta Mkpọọ
- nyọta Mkpọọ
- nata Ọnịcha
No other variants have been documented for this word.
Examples
Anaghị asị onye bu ozu lọta nnọọ, kama na arụ mere
— They don't tell a person who came back with a corpse "welcome". Instead they say "abomination".
Nne ya gwara ya sụọ akwa ha niile ruru unyi tupu ọ lọta ahịa.
— Her mother told her to wash all their dirty clothes before she comes back from market.
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