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nwe

Ndebe script

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Meanings

  1. have; own

Dialect & variants

No other variants have been documented for this word.

Examples

Ọchụ nwa ọkụkọ nwe ada, nwa ọkụkọ nwe nwewe ọsọ

— Whoever chases a chicken will keep falling while the chicken runs on.

A naghị ebu ala ebu makana ọ ga-enwe mmadụ niile

— Nobody carries the land away or holds it forever, for it owns everyone and everything.

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