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anya ukwu

Noun

Ndebe script

 

Meanings

  1. greed; coveteousness (literally big eyes)

    Noun
  2. covetousness

    Noun

Dialect & variants

No other variants have been documented for this word.

Examples

Anya ukwu ya mere ka ọ zuo ego ahụ.

— His greed made him steal that money.

Gịnị mere anya ukwu gị ji akpata gị nsogbu?

— Why does your greed keep bringing you trouble?

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