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mmili ōwụwa

Active verb

Ndebe script

 

Meanings

  1. coming out of underground water, flooding the land of that area. An example is what sometimes occurs in buildings in swampy areas, where water sometimes appears and floods the floors

    Active verb
  2. coming out of underground water, flooding the land (e.g. when water seeps into buildings in swampy areas)

    Active verb
  3. come out, rise, shine (of sun)

    Active verb

Dialect & variants

No other variants have been documented for this word.

Examples

Mmili ōwụwa mebiri ụlọ anyị n'ụtụtụ a.

— The rising underground water damaged our house this morning.

Ebe a na-enwe mmili ōwụwa mgbe ọbụla.

— This place experiences rising underground water all the time.

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