ègbè
NounẸkpẹyẹ
Ndebe script
Meanings
rat trap
ẸkpẹyẹNounboundary mark
Noun
Dialect & variants
Dialect: Ẹkpẹyẹ
- ègbè Ẹkpẹyẹ — same spelling as the Izugbe
No other variants have been documented for this word.
Examples
Onye ropù ègbè ò je nga
— Anyone who uproots a boundary mark will go to prison
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- egbègun
- egbehawk; kite; kite (bird); rogue (slang)
- 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