rè
Active verb4 varieties
Ndebe script
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Meanings
the coming into existence of an idea or thing; come to pass
Active verb
Dialect & variants
Dialect: Isuama, Nkanụ, Owere, Ọnịcha
- rẹ̀ Isuama
- mezù Nkanụ
- rè Owere
- mezù Ọnịcha
- le Ọnịcha
No other variants have been documented for this word.
Examples
Atụmatụ ọhụrụ anyị rè n'oge.
— Our new plan came to pass in time.
Ọ bụ eziokwu na nrọ ya rè?
— Is it true that his dream came to pass?
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Same spelling, different tones
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- rebe rotten; rot; sell
- repick 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); for or in favor of (used when the verb ends with 'e')
- sụnwùre-wash; wash again Ọ gà-àsụnwù akwà ọ sùlù n’ùtụtù She will re-wash the cloth she washed in the morning
- doghachange; change place of; re-arrange; reverse; turn (something) round
- gharịagain; repeat; re-
- kekware-tie
- akpū jisecond yam for re-planting
- kàghalịre-fix; postpone
- kàgharị̄re-fix; postpone
- kwezi ụtare-string a bow