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m̀gbàǹchefù

Noun

4 varieties

Ndebe script



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Meanings

  1. dementia; a health condition of loss of intellectual functioning, especially with impairment of memory and abstract thinking

    Noun

Dialect & variants

Dialect: Achala, Anịọcha, Isuama, Owere

  • mgbanchevù Achala
  • mgbanchehù Anịọcha
  • m̀gbàǹchefù Isuama
  • m̀gbàǹchefù Owere

No other variants have been documented for this word.

Examples

Mgbanchefu na-eme ndị na-arịa ya ihere

— People that suffer dementia are always ashamed of it.

Ọ na-ara onye nwere mgbanchefu ahụ ịkpa nkata doro anya.

— Someone with dementia finds it difficult to have clear conversations.

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