re
Active verb3 varieties
Ndebe script
-
Voice recording
play
Meanings
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 verbfor 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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- rèwalk stealthily; move, walk, very slowly or lazily
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- doghachange; change place of; re-arrange; reverse; turn (something) round
- gharịagain; repeat; re-
- kekware-tie
- akpū jisecond yam for re-planting
- kàghalịre-fix; postpone
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