egbè
Noun4 varieties
Ndebe script
Voice recording
play
Meanings
gun
Noun
Dialect & variants
Dialect: Afiikpo, Izii, Mkpọọ, Ọka
- egbè Afiikpo
- egbē Izii
- ègbèǹdùm̀ Mkpọọ
- ẹgbẹ̀ Ọka
No other variants have been documented for this word.
Examples
Onye uwe ojii ahụ bu egbè n'aka.
— That policeman carried a gun in his hand.
Ị nwere egbè n'ụlọ gị ugbu a?
— Do you have a gun in your house now?
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Same spelling, different tones
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- egbehawk; kite; kite (bird); rogue (slang)
- 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