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wà ògòdò

Active verb

Ndebe script

- 

Meanings

  1. wear loin-cloth

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  2. (fig.) be of age, adolescent; reach puberty

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  3. (= -wà akwà)

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  4. put on loincloth

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  5. put on loincloth ceremonially. In olden days, this ceremony marked the time when a boy stopped appearing nude. From thenceforth he had the privileges and obligations of a man

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Dialect & variants

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Examples

Èke awàgo ògòdò

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