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Ngwami

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Ngwami

Portuguese spellingNguámi

adverbnounReviewed

Definitions

  1. 1
    adverb
    • I do not want
    • I do not consent
    • I do not agree
    • No
  2. 2
    • loc. adv. By no means
    • It cannot be
    • I cannot consent.
    Examples
    • 💬nguámi ami
  3. 3
    noun
    • Refusal
    • Denial.

Related words

NguáNguénu

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Speech & language
  • Ngué— and interrog. pron. You do not want or he/she does not want.
  • Kutambufila— To comply; to accept; to give an affirmative answer.
  • Kulungulukxila— To contradict (someone in what they say).
  • Kurituna— To refuse; not to consent to. | To excuse oneself. | To deny
  • Kúbinga— To ask | To implore, to request.
  • Kukulamana— To be serene, calm, silent: mu ngongo mu akulamana.
  • Kisambu— What is replied. | Opposition | Refutation; contradiction.
  • Kufundila— To inform; to lodge a complaint about; to relate: ng'a mu fu
  • Uá— to boo, jeer, ridicule
  • Kutundula— To disapprove; to contradict: a mu tundula ku ioso i abange.
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