Àba
NounOwere
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Meanings
a commercial city in Igbo land; Aba
NounAba
Noun
Dialect & variants
Dialect: Owere
- Àba Owere
No other variants have been documented for this word.
Examples
Enyi m na-aba ọgaranya.
— My friend is growing rich.
A na-aba ọka na mmiri tupu a kwọọ ya.
— Corn is soaked in water before it is threshed.
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Same spelling, different tones
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- àbaflatness; lying flat on the back; prone; flatness; lying flat on the back Ọ tògbòlù àba He lay flat; iron hook for fastening windows or doors or joining a canoe, or used by medicine men, usually forced into ground
- sù afịaflood the market (of excess commodity) The shoes I bought from Aba last month were sold at a loss; (fig., of person) be useless; flood the market (of excess commodity); (fig.) of a person, be useless