ego
Ndebe script
Meanings
money
Dialect & variants
No other variants have been documented for this word.
Examples
Ego Chidi adapụla.
— Chidi's money has fallen off.
Ogè niīne kà ọ nà-àgba mbìbì egō
— He always goes about borrowing money
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Same spelling, different tones
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- egōmoney; Anything that serves as a legal tender; money
- èkpète(= isi egō) unit of cowrie counting system, consisting of six single cowries (ego) mkpụlū
- nwò ènwòchange; be changed; metamorphose; be transfigured; change; exchange Bikō gbanwòolụ m ji n kaà màkà nà o lèlù ùle Please change this yam for me, for it is rotten Ndị àfè ojiiì jìdèlù òfu nwoke nā-agbanwò egō n’afịa The police arrested a man exchanging money in the market Anà m èje ụnọ àkù ịgbānwò ego ochiìè m fùlù n’akpàtì m n nyàafù I am going to the bank to change the old money I found in my box yesterday
- èkpète naàbòtwelve cowries (= ego naàbò)