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Ngwetu

adverbnounplurallocativeReviewedpage 49

Portuguese spellingNguétu

Definitions

1
phraseadverbplural
We do not want. We do not accept. We do not consent: We do not accept in any way. We cannot consent.
PT Não queremos. Não aceitamos. Não consentimos: Não aceitamos de maneira nenhuma. Não podemos consentir.·FR Nous ne voulons pas. Nous n'acceptons pas. Nous ne consentons pas: Nous n'acceptons en aucune façon. Nous ne pouvons pas consentir.
- nguétu kitari
- nguétu 'etu
Seen in the folk-tales
- Mundu ëxi: "Muene, tua mu ambela ngoho, tuxi 'tuala mu kenga o ilumbua' muene uxi 'kikala lelu;' manii, nguetu dingi ku mu bana â.The people said, "He — we only told him we were going to get the insignia, and he says 'it shall be today'; so we will not give it to him after all."XXXII · told by Jelemía dia Sabatelu.
2
noun
Negation.
PT Negação.·FR Négation.