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dawit
/dawit/
v_rt.
“mention”

vt.
for someone (egdawit, migdawit, dawit, agent, eg><ø-) to mention someone's name, i.e., to associate someone's name with an action (egdawiten, egdawita, theme, eg><en-)
Egdawit ki te Manama te tagsè aldew su eyew kenè ki iya egbalaharen nikandin.
We call God every day so that we are never ignored by him..
Kenè ka dawit te egkakeen ke eggendiyè ka te mabbenes su kema ke egkahaten ka te uled.
Do not mention food when you go to into the bush because you might get bitten by a snake.
Layun din dè egdawita ka amey rin te timpu te me keyirapan.
In difficult times he always talks about his father.
Eng. mention; name, to; mouth, to; talk about; pronounce; articulate; call on, to; name drop
Online dict status: -
Usage level: R

vi.
for someone's name (egkarawit, narawit, actor, egkA><ø-) to be mentioned in connection with some action, e.g., when the children misbehave then others remember that the father never disciplined the children
Eng. mention name
Online dict status: -
Usage level: R

Updated by: RJH,AAA,RJH
Last updated: 24/Feb/2016

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