egō
Noun6 varieties
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Meanings
Anything that serves as a legal tender; money
Nounmoney
Noun
Dialect & variants
Dialect: Afiikpo, Ajalị, Ezaa, Izii, Mkpọọ, Nsa
- okpogo Afiikpo
- okpoho Ajalị
- peni Ezaa
- òkpògà Ezaa
- kobō Izii
- owo Mkpọọ
- egō Nsa — same spelling as the Izugbe
No other variants have been documented for this word.
Examples
Egō m nwere ezughị iji zụta osikapa.
— The money I have is not enough to buy rice.
Ị nwere egō ị ga-eji zụta akwụkwọ?
— Do you have money you will use to buy books?
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Same spelling, different tones
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- egomoney
- 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)