di
Noun5 varieties
Ndebe script
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Meanings
husband [a man who is legally married to a woman];
Nounhusband
Noun
Dialect & variants
Dialect: Afiikpo, Izii, Mkpọọ, Nkanụ, Ọnịcha
- di Afiikpo — same spelling as the Izugbe
- ji Izii
- di Mkpọọ — same spelling as the Izugbe
- ji Nkanụ
- di Ọnịcha — same spelling as the Izugbe
No other variants have been documented for this word.
Examples
Ihe agụ ji eme ire dị ya na mbọ
— A leopard's fearsomeness is in its claws.
Ka aka ha nwaanyị, ọ tụkwasa di ya.
— However far a wife's legs reach, she rests them on her husband.
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Same spelling, different tones
These entries fold to the same letters once tone is removed, so a tone-blind search returns all of them.
- dịbe; exist; (is/are)
- dèbe soft (as ripe fruit); be soft and wet, soggy (as muddy ground, wet clothes); dissolve in water (compare -di-dè); write; record
- òkpàcock; also di òkpà, oke òkpà; kind of nut; groundnut (Arachis hypogaea Linn.)
- ọkpalafirst-born son (also di ọkpala); male head of a (sub)lineage, regarded as intermediary between his lineage and the ancestors, who performs priestly duties such as sacrificing to Ànì and whose symbol of authority is òfọ (Uchendu 1965 40-41); (in Christian usage) the Son, Jesus Christ