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ǹnà

Noun

Ndebe script



Meanings

  1. miserliness; closefistedness; meanness; niggardliness; stinginess; selfishness

    Noun
  2. fish weevil

    Noun

Dialect & variants

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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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