èlèlè
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Meanings
a delicacy of tasty bean meal steamed in a wrap of leaves
Nounprofit; gain
Nounfood prepared with beans (after the chaff is removed, the beans are ground with water into pulp, then wrapped in leaves in convenient bits with normal food ingredients added, then boiled till done)
Noun
Dialect & variants
Dialect: Ajalị, Mkpọọ, Nsụka
- èrèrè Ajalị
- èlèlè Mkpọọ
- èlèlè Nsụka
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- èlìlè
Examples
Eriri m elele nke ukwu mgbe m gara Ọnịcha.
— I ate elele so much when I went to Onitsha.
Ejighi okwute elele isi kara aka
— They don't use stones to check for mature heads.
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