ezì

Dialect & variants

Dialect: Isuama, Nkanụ, Nsa, Nsụka, Owere, Ọnịcha

• ▶ezhì Isuama
• ▶ezhì Nkanụ
• ▶ezì Nsa — same spelling as the Izugbe
• ▶eshì Nsụka
• ▶ezhì Owere
• ▶ezì Ọnịcha — same spelling as the Izugbe

No other variants have been documented for this word.

Examples

Otule kpazie ezi agwa e wepụta ya ihu maka ebe ọ nọbụ, ọ bụ agwa ọjọọ ya dọchịghara ya azu

— When a backside starts behaving itself it will return to the front, since that was its original place; it was its bad behaviour that sent it to the back.

Tupuru nkita okpukpu n’ezi, hapuru ya ogu ya na ndi mmuo

— Throw bones out to the dog and leave it to quarrel with the spirits.