bẹ

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(classifier cây (“corn, maize”)) bẹ (, , , 𠹯)

  1. (botany) sheath
  2. (dialectal) corn, maize
    Synonyms: bắp, ngô

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bẹ̀

  1. (transitive) to beg
    Synonyms: ṣagbe, tọrọ báárà
  2. (intransitive) to plead; to implore
  3. to send someone on an errand
    Synonym: rán níṣẹ́
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bẹ

  1. (transitive) to peel
    Synonym:
    bẹ ìbẹ́pẹTo peel a papaya

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bẹ

  1. to be ahead, to be forward
    Synonym: yájú

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bẹ

  1. (intransitive) to snap, to burst, to break
    ogun-ún bẹ́ sílẹ̀War has broken out

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bẹ

  1. (intransitive, always used with ń) to be (in a location), to exist
    Ó ń bẹ nísàlẹ̀It's at the bottom
    Epo ń bẹ, ẹ̀wà ń bẹ oThere's oil, there's beans(part of the oríkì ìbejì)
  2. to be held accountable
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(to be): always used with the particle ń, not to be confused with ńbẹ̀

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bẹ

  1. to shine forth

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bẹ́

  1. (intransitive) to hop, to jump (downwards)
    ìbẹ́ àbẹ́jù l'ó mú kí ẹpọ̀n eégún yọ síta
    It is the excessive jumping about of the egungun spirit that causes his testicles to show outside his costume
    (proverb against going beyond one's limit)
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bẹ́

  1. to buy a small quantity of something
    Mo bẹ́ aásáàI bought a small quantity of tobacco

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bẹ́

  1. to slash, to cut off, (in particular), to slash something with a machete or cutlass
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bẹ́

  1. (Ijebu) to give birth to
  2. (Ekiti) to lay (an egg)
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  • Usually used in reference to animals and livestock
  • In Èkìtì, this is used specifically for only certain birds like pigeons.
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