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mata

Active verb

5 varieties

Ndebe script

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Meanings

  1. realize; find out; get to know correctly

    Active verb

Dialect & variants

Dialect: Achala, Amaifeke, Isuama, Owere, Ọnịcha

  • mara Achala
  • mata Amaifeke — same spelling as the Izugbe
  • mata Isuama — same spelling as the Izugbe
  • maṫa Owere
  • malụ Ọnịcha

No other variants have been documented for this word.

Examples

Ọsọ ọ gbara ka m ji mata na nsogbu dị.

— The fact that he ran made me realize there was a problem.

Osisi Amaka siri akpa osikapa ahụ mere o ji mata na o zughi ezu.

— Amaka found that the bag of rice was not complete because she weighed it.

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