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re

Active verb

3 varieties

Ndebe script

-

Voice recording

play

Meanings

  1. pick up (of cloth, mats and other objects which are broad, flexible and capable of being rolled up. Such an object is assumed to be in its spread-out form; -re then implies rolling and taking up, though the object can be picked up by one side in its spread-out form without first rolling it. But the most important point is that it must be spread out, otherwise -re will not be used)

    Active verb
  2. for or in favor of (used when the verb ends with 'e')

    Extensional suffix

Dialect & variants

Dialect: Isuama, Nkanụ, Owere

  • -rẹ Isuama
  • yẹ Nkanụ
  • ẹẹ Nkanụ
  • -na Owere

No other variants have been documented for this word.

Examples

O mere m ihe ọma.

— He did me a favor.

Ị dere m akwụkwọ ozi?

— Did you write a letter for me?

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