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nyàka

Active verb

Ndebe script

-

Meanings

  1. break off; pull off; sever; pluck off violently

    Active verb

Dialect & variants

No other variants have been documented for this word.

Examples

O nyàkàrà alaka osisi ahụ n'ike.

— He violently broke off that tree branch.

Biko, nyàkàa akwụkwọ ahụ n'osisi ahụ.

— Please, pluck that leaf off the tree.

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