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yi

Active verb

Ndebe script

-

Meanings

  1. wear

    Active verb
  2. resemble; be like, alike

    Active verb
  3. cut (human and animal flesh and soft objects)

    Active verb
  4. cause

    Active verb
  5. turn

    Active verb

Dialect & variants

No other variants have been documented for this word.

Examples

Onye obuna na Chi ya yi

— Every being and their Chi are one and the same.

Àdâ yìlì nne yā

— Àda resembles her mother

Words built on this one

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Words containing this one

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