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benga
/bɔŋa/
v_rt.
“be_uncertain”
 
vi.
for someone (egkabenga-benga, nabenga-benga, agent, egkA><ø-rdpRT-) to be uncertain about something (igkabenga-benga, ingkabenga-benga, ikabenga-benga, instrument, igkA><ø-rdpRT-)
Nabenga-benga a ne egdubpù kuna su warà a nekeila.
I am not sure who you are, that's why I didn't draw near to you.
Iyan ku ingkabenga-benga su kenè ne iyan seeyè se insaluub din ne kumbalè ne iyan din ingkahi keddì ne igsaluub din.
I am uncertain, because she wore a clothes which was not the clothes she told me to wear.
Eng. uncertain; unsure; not sure; undecided; ambivalent; perplexed; in doubt; stunned
OCM: Drivers and Emotions (152)
DDP: Confused (3.4.2.5)
Online dict status: -
Usage level: M
 
v.
for something (egpakabenga-benga, nakabenga-benga, pakabenga-benga, agent, egpAkA-) that can make someone to be troubled (igpakabenga-benga, impakabenga-benga, reason, igpAkA-)
Eng. troubled, able; trouble, can
Online dict status: -
Usage level: R

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Last updated: 30/Jun/2014