akpū jī
NounNdebe script
Meanings
2nd yam for replanting. At the beginning of yam harvest, the first yams harvested are not quite as firm as those harvested at the end, so some early harvested yams when dug up are not completely rooted out from the soil; the tuber is carefully cut leaving the very tip of the head and the roots in the soil. These are properly covered back in the soil. By the end of the yam harvest these are harvested together with the remaining yams. By this time the small piece of the yam left with the tip of the head of the yam in the soil has grown more yam
Noun
Dialect & variants
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Examples
Akpụ jī na-eto n'ala ruo mgbe owuwe ihe ubi gwụrụ.
— The replanting yam grows in the ground until the harvest ends.
Olee ebe akpụ jī dị n'ubi gị?
— Where are the replanting yams in your farm?
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