megwara
Active verb11 varieties
Ndebe script
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Meanings
revenge; retaliate
Active verb
Dialect & variants
Dialect: Achala, Ajalị, Anam, Anịọcha, Mbaise, Mkpọọ, Ngwa, Nkanụ, Obosi, Ọnịcha, Ụmụahịa
- bọ̀ ụgwọ̄ Achala
- merịta Ajalị
- bọ̀ ọbọ̀ Anam
- mekwụrụ Anịọcha
- mewụta Anịọcha
- megwara Mbaise — same spelling as the Izugbe
- melịta Mkpọọ
- megwata Ngwa
- mèwete Nkanụ
- mekwụlụ Obosi
- megwalụ Ọnịcha
- megwara Ụmụahịa — same spelling as the Izugbe
No other variants have been documented for this word.
Examples
Iji megwara ihe Chike mere ya, o kwere nkwa na ọ ga-akụja ya.
— In order to retaliate what Chike did to him, he promised that he would startle him.
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