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rịrị

Extensional suffix

4 varieties

Ndebe script

-

Voice recording

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Meanings

  1. must; compulsorily; certainly

    Extensional suffix

Dialect & variants

Dialect: Mkpọọ, Nkanụ, Nsụka, Udi

  • kwechi Mkpọọ
  • -lịlị Mkpọọ
  • -nata Nkanụ
  • -rịrị Nsụka · 2 recordings
  • -rịrị Udi · 2 recordings
  • -lịlị Udi

No other variants have been documented for this word.

Examples

Mmiri riri enyi ka mbe huru na-awa ogodo: o ga-efe mmiri a efe ka o ga-awu ya awu?

— The tortoise gets ready beside the river that swallowed an elephant: will it fly across, or simply jump over?

Onye riri osisi oji kpaa ya nku ka o nwere ike: anaghi ari enu oke oji kwa daa.

— While you are up the iroko, gather all the firewood you can; you do not climb the great iroko every day.

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