tie
Ndebe script
Meanings
beat; hit; strike; flog; play (drum)
Dialect & variants
No other variants have been documented for this word.
Examples
Bikō tìe m obì
— Please embrace me
Ada ga-awụli elu, tie mkpu ma Chike nye ya mgbaaka ahụ.
— Ada will jump up and scream when Chike gives her that ring.
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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.
- ketie; fasten; sparkle; cut, harvest (yam); fasten with a string or something similar; tie
- ekikeadornment of the body; tie; belt; girdle; suit
- ketie; shine; glitter
- maknow; be familiar with; know how (to do something); jump; stab; throw; pierce; stick in
- niput in a place; tie up (animals, canoes, etc.)
- zohide; tie; point; point at
- gbastrike using the foot; kick; sting; pierce with a sting; fence v.
- fiebind; tie; gird; to be hot; to be intense
- gbàlie across; bind; tie; knit; join; add; lie across; join; pair; add
- keretie; bind; handcuff
- mkpàneed; difficulty; necessity (from -kpà 2. be needful); pressure; need; difficulty; necessity; something pressing; forceps; tongs; pincers