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ràba

Extensional suffix

Ndebe script

-

Meanings

  1. for long; after a long time (denoting a great degree either of smallness or bigness)

    Extensional suffix

Dialect & variants

No other variants have been documented for this word.

Examples

Nwata ahụ ràbàrịị tupu o nwee ike ije.

— That child took a long time before he could walk.

Ndị ọbịa ahụ ràbàrịị tupu ha apụọ.

— The visitors stayed long before they left.

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