amà
NounNdebe script
Meanings
measure
Noun
Dialect & variants
No other variants have been documented for this word.
Examples
O ji amà tụọ ogologo ákwà ahụ.
— She used a measure to measure the length of that cloth.
Amà osisi a dị obere.
— The measurement of this wood is small.
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- amaa large space of land in front of a house but outside the premises; a large public space;; (also èzi amā) space in front of the compound, outside the compound wall and beginning from the main gate; street; road, main
- amādistinguishing mark; (negative form), used in many negative noun phrases, e.g.
- àmàsignal; distinguishing mark; notice; witness; secret divulged (e.g. if a person is planning to kill me on a certain day and a friend happens to know of this and tells me beforehand this information is àmà); information; testimony; evidence