àkwụ
Noun11 varieties
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Meanings
nest; a structure made by birds for laying eggs and sheltering their young ones
Nounbird’s nest (= anì)
Noun
Dialect & variants
Dialect: Afiikpo, Ajalị, Ezaa, Isuama, Mbaise, Mkpọọ, Ngwa, Nkanụ, Nsụka, Owere, Ọnịcha
- ẹ̀kwuni nnụ̀nù Afiikpo
- ụlọ̀ nnụ̀nụ̀ Ajalị
- efụ neenù Ezaa
- àkwụ Isuama
- àkwụ Mbaise
- ụnọ̀ nnụ̀nụ̀ Mkpọọ
- àkwụ Ngwa
- ẹ̀funyi nnụ̀nụ̀ Nkanụ
- èkwụ nnụ̀nụ̀ Nsụka
- èkwụ Nsụka
- àkwụ Owere
- àkwụ nnụ̀nụ̀ Ọnịcha
No other variants have been documented for this word.
Examples
Nnụnụ ahụ rụrụ àkwụ n'elu osisi.
— The bird built a nest on top of the tree.
Ị hụrụ àkwụ nnụnụ n'okpuru ụlọ?
— Did you see a bird's nest under the house?
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Same spelling, different tones
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- akwụpalmnut; palm fruit; palm fruit; fruit of the oil palm tree
- pìtììdescribes something which is plentiful or falls plentifully Ogè m nà-agbà akwụkwọ ewēpùtàlù m òfu ụnō ūla màkà idēbe ife ōlili. Ị bàta nà ya ogè afù ife ōlili àdị pìtìì When I was getting married, I devoted one room to keeping foods. If you entered it at that time, the food looked very plentiful Akwụ dī n’iru īlo etègo o jìlì cha, kịtāà mkpụlū ya nà- adàsịsị pìtìì pìtìì The palm fruit in the front of the house has been ripe a long time, now the nuts fall pìtìì pìtìì
- dakwàsịfall upon (of thing) Ọ dākwàsì nénu ọche It fell on the chair Ọ nọ kwàsì nénu ikpo akwụ She sits on the heap of palmnuts O biìkwàsì yà aka He lays his hands on him