(mmilī) -ma
NounNdebe script
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Meanings
(literally) be beaten by rain if you leave now, i.e. You will be drenched if you leave now
Noun(fig.) be in grave trouble; suffer grave loss kà m nwèlù n’ùwà ànwụa! My God! I am done for. The only helper I have in this world is dead!
Noun
Dialect & variants
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Examples
Mmilī gà-àma gī ọ bụlụ nà ị nāba kịtāà
— Rain will beat you if you leave now, i.e. You will be drenched if you leave now
Chinēkè m! Mmilī àmaa m. Onye ēnyemaka ọ bù sòọsò ya kà m nwèlù n’ùwà ànwụa
— My God! I am done for. The only helper I have in this world is dead!
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