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DEH
How to say it
KinyarwandadeDEHai
Englishexceedingly white indistinctlyai
Frenchextrêmement blancai
Meaning
an intensifying particle used after certain adjectives, especially -era (white/clean), meaning brilliantly or purely so.
Good to know
an ideophone.
Examples
- Iyo shati yera de.That shirt is dazzlingly white.
- Amazi yo muri iyi soko yera de.The water from this spring is sparkling clean.
- Igitambaro cye cyera de nyuma yo gukaraba.His cloth was spotlessly white after washing.
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