Word

mɛtáà

happen

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Definition

Subjunctive form of 'be'; so that sth. will come about; "thus it happens".

In a sentence

Atoiwuoki tolari lenkalifu .nabo ipnaoudo ontmoni naapishana Oare,metaa aata ilarin tikitamoile Woo iyie,kaja ilarin liata?

I was born in 1972. So I am 26 years old. And how old are you?

Where this comes from

Source
Payne & Ole-Kotikash, Maa Dictionary (U. Oregon, 2005)
Dialect
Kenyan Maa (Keekonyokie/Purko/Wuasinkishu)