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ama

Noun
Igbofrequency rank #577

11 varieties

Ndebe script



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Meanings

  1. road, main

    ẸkpẹyẹNoun

  2. a large space of land in front of a house but outside the premises; a large public space;

    Noun

  3. (also èzi amā) space in front of the compound, outside the compound wall and beginning from the main gate; street

    Noun

  4. compound; village square

    Noun

Dialect & variants

Dialect: Abịrịba, Afiikpo, Ajalị, Ezaa, Izii, Mkpọọ, Ngwa, Nsụka, Obosi, Ẹkpẹyẹ, Ọkụzụ

  • mbara ezhi Abịrịba
  • ama Afiikpo · 2 recordings — same spelling as the Izugbe
  • m̀bara Ajalị
  • m̀bara ēzhī Ajalị
  • ọgbọrọdọ Ajalị
  • ǹgam̀gbò Ezaa
  • èdufù Izii
  • ìlo Mkpọọ
  • eziamà Mkpọọ
  • ama Ngwa · 2 recordings — same spelling as the Izugbe
  • òtòbò Nsụka
  • m̀bala ēzī Obosi
  • ama Ẹkpẹyẹ · 2 recordings — same spelling as the Izugbe
  • m̀bala Ọkụzụ

No other variants have been documented for this word.

Examples

A ga-ama onye mere ụdị ihe ahụ ikpe ọnwụ.

— One who does such thing will be sentenced to death.

Ka anyị gaa ama egwureegwu.

— Let us go to the stadium.

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