wa
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Meanings
cut; split; divide; space
Active verb(light vowel harmonizer) begin to; be in the process of; keep on(doing)
Extensional suffixcome out; break through; burst out (on); force one's way in
Active verbwander; explore (e.g. forest)
Active verbbreak; shatter
Active verbcontinuing; becoming more and more
Active verb
Dialect & variants
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Examples
Uwa bu ogodo eze enu wa n’ukwu, okike n’ine no nime ya
— The world is a colossal toga around the waist of the Supreme Divinity who dwells on high; every created being is held within it.
Ụmù ọlū ya nà-àbawanye ūba
— His apprentices are increasing more and more
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- bawanye
- gawa
- gbuwa
- gbuwa akụ oyìbo
- tiwa
- wa ezē
- wa ji
- wa okè
- wa ànì
- wa ọfịa
- wa ọjị
- wabà
- wabàta
- waghalị
- waghalị n'ụnò
- wagota
- wakpò
- waku(lu)
- wakwute
- wakwàsị
- wapù
- wapùta
- wà akwà
- wà ògòdò
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