chi
Extensional suffix3 varieties
Ndebe script
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Meanings
close; block; fill
Extensional suffixmake (king, minister); crown (compare -chị); take title
Active verbclose; block
Active verbblock
Active verbtap (palm wine)
Active verbclose; shut; block; reign
Active verbin place of
Active verb
Dialect & variants
Dialect: Isuama, Mkpọọ, Owere
- -shi Isuama
- -chi Mkpọọ — same spelling as the Izugbe
- -shi Owere
No other variants have been documented for this word.
Examples
Ebe onye dara ka chi ya kwaturu ya
— The spot where a person falls is the spot their Chi pushed them.
Onye kwe, chi ya ekwe
— If a person says yes, their personal god says yes.
Related words
Words built on this one
- chi anya
- chi echi(chi)
- chi ezè
- chi ikpe
- chi mmụō
- chi ntì
- chi ochi
- chi ọzō
- chizù
- chì (àchì)
- chì akwa
- chì akwà
- chì jọòbù
- chì ọchì
- chìchapù
- chìchapù anya
- chìchapù obì
- chìfịa àrụ
- chìtụlụ àrụ
- chị (achị)
- chị achị
- chị aka jī
- chị inyemè
- chị òkwè
…and 25 more in this list.
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Same spelling, different tones
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- chìrub forcefully; scrub; grunt; make sound with effort
- chịcarry, take (many things); be slippery
- Chukwuthe supreme god; big God; great God; God (chi 1. + ukwu). In Nri belief, Chukwu has four major manifestations Anyanwū, the sun, which represents Chukwu as everywhere present, all-powerful, and the source of knowledge; Agbàlà, manifested in the fertility of the earth and its creatures; Chi, the ability of living beings to procreate; Òkìkè, the never-ending process of creation (Onwuejeogwu 1974:82)
- òbiancestral house of the father (founder) of a village; house belonging to the head of the family (as opposed to mkpukè, woman’s house). The head of the house often retires here for a rest or to entertain visitors, to perform ceremonies, settle cases, and sometimes make offerings of his god(s). This building also houses the family's images like chi, nkwù, arò etc.; part of it is used as a store, e.g. for ropes for climbing palmtrees; title of a king in Igbo land; central or most vital unit; palace; court; reception house
- òraphysical health; tree whose leaves are used for soup, sometimes sacred in some places; one of the trees planted to represent one's Chi
- ego chīmoney ritually received for one's chi
- ewu chīa goat given to one's mother for her personal chi, which must never be killed
- ògbụ chīfig-tree planted near dwelling to represent one's chi; (specifically and more particularly) life-essence of the universe; God; fig-tree planted to represent one's Chi
- ọkwụ(chi)see okwu(chi)
- Chi èjimìgoIt is the dead of night (compare Chi èjigo Night has fallen (about 8 - 10 p.m.)); be black, dark (of colour)
- Kà (chi) bòọgoodnight (this is used as a reply to kà chi fo)