wè nni
Active verbNdebe script
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Meanings
reap; harvest (literally take food)
Active verb
Dialect & variants
No other variants have been documented for this word.
Examples
Ndị ọrụ na-ewe nni n'ubi ugbua.
— The workers are harvesting in the farm now.
Oge iwe nni erutela, were nkata gaa ubi.
— Harvest time has come, take a basket and go to the farm.
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- kwọ ọkàgrind corn Ị nà-àkwọ ọkà ị gà-èji me nni ọkà? Are you grinding the corn with which to prepare pap?; grind corn
- rụ ọgwùtreat with medicine; administer medicine; To prove that food or drink presented by the host to his guests have not been poisoned, the host usually tastes every eatable thing presented before his guests. This is called ịrū (nni) ọgwù
- nni ògbàdụagidi (see nni ọkà)
- dị abadababe wide, broad, flat Wètalụ m#nni ǹkè m n’ime afele dī abadaba Bring me my own food in a broad flat plate