chị òkwè
Active verbNdebe script
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Meanings
divine with beads, nuts
Active verbpay divine homage to òkwè; hence village name (Isi òkwè)
Active verbdivine, with beads, nuts
Active verba game played with the seeds on a board with twelve partitions; "warri" (= Yoruba áyò)
Active verb
Dialect & variants
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Examples
Onye dibịa chịrị òkwè maka ọrịa nwa ahụ.
— The dibia divined with beads about that child's illness.
Ị chịrị òkwè tupu i zụta ala ahụ?
— Did you divine with beads before you bought that land?
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