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nnà

Noun

3 varieties

Ndebe script



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Meanings

  1. father

    Noun

Dialect & variants

Dialect: Ajalị, Mkpọọ, Ọnịcha

  • pàpa Ajalị
  • m̀pa Mkpọọ
  • nnà Ọnịcha — same spelling as the Izugbe

No other variants have been documented for this word.

Examples

Nwata kọrọ n’aka nne ya, kọrọ n’aka nna ya

— A child carried by the mother is carried by the father too.

Nsiko siri nna ya were ihe o ga-eji zutara ya nti were zuoro ya anya n'ihi na ihe anya huru na ama adighi agba ya

— The crab asked its father to spend what he would have used to buy it an ear on an eye instead, because what the eye sees needs no witness.

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