wèlite
Active verb9 varieties
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Meanings
lift up; take up; pick up (especially to speaker)
Active verb
Dialect & variants
Dialect: Mbaise, Mkpọọ, Ngwa, Nkanụ, Nsa, Obosi, Ọkụzụ, Ọnịcha, Ụmụahịa
- wèliṭe Mbaise
- wenite Mkpọọ
- tụtụ̀nite Mkpọọ
- gwèlite Ngwa
- wònite Nkanụ
- wèlite Nsa — same spelling as the Izugbe
- tụtụ̀nite Obosi
- tụtụ̀lite Ọkụzụ
- wènịta Ọnịcha
- wèliṭe Ụmụahịa
No other variants have been documented for this word.
Examples
Amadi, welite akwụkwọ ahụ dara n'ala.
— Amadi, pick up the book on the ground.
Welite ukwu
— Be quick!
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