Èke
Noun3 varieties
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Meanings
a day in the Igbo four-day week, following Ǹkwọ, personified as an alūsị
NounArụsị of the first market day of the Igbo week, associated with east and the element of fire
Proper noun
Dialect & variants
Dialect: Afiikpo, Ezaa, Ọnịcha
- Ẹ̀kẹ Afiikpo
- Ẹ̀kẹ Ezaa
- Èke Ọnịcha
No other variants have been documented for this word.
Examples
Ndị obodo na-efe Èke tupu ha ebido ahịa.
— The people of the town worship Èke before they start the market.
Ụbọchị Èke bụ ụbọchị ahịa mbụ n'izu.
— Èke day is the first market day of the week.
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- ekeRoyal Python (Python regius), the smaller species of python, more common, lives in compounds and is freely handled, sacred in most parts of Igboland; python; man, male
- ekècreator; a divinity; child, small; gizzard
- Ekèpython; one of the four market days; ekè good luck, fortune
- Nweēkefor men born on Ǹkwọ, Èke, Oyè, and Àfò respectively, and Nwam̀gbankw̄ ọ, Nwam̀gbeēke, Nwam̀gbaàfò for women born on Ǹkwọ, Èke, and Àfò respectively. It is also used preceding the name of a deity, person, or set of circumstances, etc., after which a person is named: e.g. Nwudō (son of Udō, a deity); Nwọòrà (son of all); Nwoòlìsà (son of Òlìsà, God); Nwachukwu (son of God); Nwiijè (for a son born away from home); male name; child born on Eke day