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wèlụ

Ndebe script

-

Meanings

  1. take; take away; take from

  2. take

Dialect & variants

No other variants have been documented for this word.

Examples

Elimeli ka e ji-agwo anumanu, welu Ufulu agwo nti ike

— Elimeli (festivity) is what makes for consent and goodwill, while ufulu (emptiness and hunger) is what makes for resentment, dissent and stubbornness.

Ife welu mbido g’enwe njedebe

— Everything that has a beginning will have an end.

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