egbe
Noun3 varieties
Ndebe script
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Meanings
kite (bird)
Nounhawk; kite
Nounrogue (slang)
Noun
Dialect & variants
Dialect: Izii, Nsa, Nsụka
- egbe Izii — same spelling as the Izugbe
- ẹgbẹ Nsa
- egbe Nsụka — same spelling as the Izugbe
No other variants have been documented for this word.
Examples
Egbe na-ebukarị uriom.
— Kite usually preys on chicks.
Egbe ahụ dị ojii.
— The kite is black.
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- egbègun
- ègbèrat trap; boundary mark
- ọjị ùgòwhite kola; yellow kola, valued above the common brownish type; beautiful fair-skinned girl (Proverb) kite perches and the eagle perches, whoever says to the other that it should not perch, may it break its wing. (compare live and let live) (short form) Egbe bèlụ ùgò bèlụ