rite
Active verb7 varieties
Ndebe script
Voice recording
play
Meanings
earn
Active verb
Dialect & variants
Dialect: Ajalị, Mbaise, Mkpọọ, Ngwa, Nsa, Ọnịcha, Ụmụahịa
- nwete Ajalị
- riṭa Mbaise
- nwetà Mkpọọ
- rita Ngwa
- rite Nsa — same spelling as the Izugbe
- lite Ọnịcha
- riṭa Ụmụahịa
No other variants have been documented for this word.
Examples
Ọ na-erite ego n'ọrụ ugbo ya.
— He earns money from his farming.
Ị ritere ego ole n'izu a?
— How much did you earn this week?
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Same spelling, different tones
These entries fold to the same letters once tone is removed, so a tone-blind search returns all of them.
- kwacry PI; mourn; perform burial or mourning rites; cough; expel air from the lungs with a sudden sharp sound
- Ajaànàsee Ànì; aspect of the earth related to death rites
- fè nrùperform a ritual; perform a rite
- okpōsisimple, faceless image carved (usually from ògilìsì) to; represent a dead ancestor after his final funeral rites; they are usually dumb-bell shaped, except that those for married daughters are cylindrical; all the family okpōsi are kept together and offered food or libations from time to time while the protection of the ancestors is solicited
- gba nkwụtraditional marriage rite of the Igbo people; wine carrying