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Active verb

Nsa, Ọnịcha

Ndebe script

-

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Meanings

  1. be angry, annoyed

    Active verb
  2. (heavy vowel harmonizer) begin to; be in the process of; keep on (doing)

    Extensional suffix

Dialect & variants

Dialect: Nsa, Ọnịcha

  • -chewe Nsa
  • -chebe Ọnịcha

No other variants have been documented for this word.

Examples

Ofeke amaho na nkita no n’uche we si na ula ji ya

— The ignorant person cannot tell that the dog is deep in thought and takes it for sleep.

Ufodu jelu ora uche, ka ndi ozo we jee ora ajuju!

— Some went deep into the realm of wisdom so that others could go deep into the realm of enquiry.

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