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àmà

Noun
Igbotone-neutral spelling: ama

6 varieties

Ndebe script



Voice recording

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Meanings

  1. directions

    ẸkpẹyẹNoun

  2. evidence

    Noun

  3. signal; distinguishing mark; notice

    Noun

  4. 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

    Noun

  5. news, secret

    ẸkpẹyẹNoun

  6. thunder

    ẸkpẹyẹNoun

Dialect & variants

Dialect: Afiikpo, Isuama, Mkpọọ, Nsa, Owere, Ẹkpẹyẹ

  • àmà Afiikpo · 2 recordings
  • àmà Isuama · 2 recordings
  • àmà Mkpọọ · 2 recordings
  • àmà Nsa · 2 recordings
  • àmà Owere · 2 recordings
  • àmà Ẹkpẹyẹ — same spelling as the Izugbe

No other variants have been documented for this word.

Examples

Ndi àfè ojiī nà-àkwadebe ijīde Chiìnwè mà ndi enyì ya āgbagolụ yā àmà

— The police were going to arrest Chiinwe but her friends have warned her of this

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