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na n'iyì

Active verb

Ndebe script

- '

Meanings

  1. be useless

    Active verb
  2. become useless, spoilt; be ruined

    Active verb
  3. go away, heal (of sore, cut, etc.)

    Active verb

Dialect & variants

No other variants have been documented for this word.

Examples

Enwero ife si na nkwu n’ana n’iyi

— No part of the palm tree is wasted.

Ife o mè nà n’iyì

— What he has done is useless

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