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nà

Conjunction
Igbotone-neutral spelling: na

5 varieties

Ndebe script

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Meanings

  1. and (when making a list of words); that (when following sentence has a clear sense on it's own)

    Conjunction

  2. in, on, at; to(optional); is(before a continuous verb)

    Preposition

  3. (before a vowel written as n’; tone is basically low, but assimilates to a following high tone vowel) at; in; to; from

    Preposition

  4. that

    Preposition

  5. and

    Preposition

Dialect & variants

Dialect: Afiikpo, Ezaa, Izii, Nkanụ, Nsa

  • ya Afiikpo
  • yelè Ezaa
  • lè Izii
  • èwelè Izii
  • nù Nkanụ
  • nà Nsa — same spelling as the Izugbe
  • na eweda na ala Nsa

No other variants have been documented for this word.

Examples

Ọ nà-eri nri ugbu a.

— She is eating food now.

Ị nà-aga ahịa taa?

— Are you going to the market today?

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