ta
Active verbNsa
Ndebe script
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Meanings
chew; bite; gnaw
Active verbtowards a 1st person or 2nd person in a sentence
Extensional suffixdry, dry up (of stream, etc.)
Active verbtowards (very freely used with verbs of motion
Active verb
Dialect & variants
Dialect: Nsa
- -ta Nsa — same spelling as the Izugbe
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- -te
Examples
Weta mmiri ahụ ka m ṅụọ.
— Bring that water so I can drink.
Ị ga-abịata ebe a?
— Will you come here?
Related words
Words built on this one
- akpụkpa (-ta)
- bàta
- bịakète
- fụchata
- fụta
- kata
- kwute
- kèta
- me ntado
- mete
- ta afịfịa
- ta afụfụ
- ta akpụkpa
- ta akụ
- ta alụ
- ta amōosu
- ta ata
- ta nchāla
- ta nni
- ta obì mmīli
- ta àrụ
- ta ìkekele ezē
- ta ịta
- ta ọjị
…and 32 more in this list.
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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.
- tànarrate; explain; report; interpret (e.g. a vision)
- tà(to)day. Basic tone appears to be low, being raised to high before another low tone, so that *tà à becomes ta à. But it is answer to a question happen this day (today; tap; hit with a quick on and off contact
- kwutemake mention of; used in expression of form verb + -ta + noun + ọnū, denoting great ability to, much, a high degree of
- dà nhābe fined; pay a fine; incur a penalty; the active sense 'impose a fine' belongs to ta nhā
- òtankespy; scout; private detective (from -ta nke eavesdrop)
- tē(tā)te: spread; ta: chew, bite
- fụ afụfụsuffer; suffer (compare -ta afụfụ)
- ta amōosube a witch; practise witchcraft; be a witch; practise witchcraft (compare -li amōosu and -ta mbili)