èzi
Noun16 varieties
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Meanings
outside or precincts of a house, compound; family or family residence (especially extended); extended family
Nounoutside or precincts of a house
Noun
Dialect & variants
Dialect: Abịrịba, Afiikpo, Ajalị, Anịọcha, Echee, Ezaa, Isuama, Izii, Mbaise, Mkpọọ, Ngwa, Nkanụ, Nsa, Obosi, Ogidi, Ọnịcha
- ama Abịrịba
- ifu ezi Afiikpo
- ihu ụlọ̄ Afiikpo
- èzhi Ajalị · 2 recordings
- ihu ēzhī Ajalị
- m̀bara Ajalị
- m̀bara ēzhī Ajalị
- èzi Anịọcha
- m̀bara ēzhī Anịọcha
- m̀bara ēzī Anịọcha
- m̀bara ēzī Echee
- ètèshì Ezaa
- ìro Isuama
- ètèshì Izii
- nsọ Mbaise
- ìlo Mkpọọ
- m̀bala Mkpọọ
- nsọ Ngwa
- èzhi Nkanụ · 2 recordings
- ịhụ ezhi Nkanụ
- èzi Nsa — same spelling as the Izugbe
- iru ụnọ̄ Obosi
- iru ụnọ̄ Ogidi
- ihu ezi Ọnịcha
- iru ēzī Ọnịcha
- m̀bala ezi Ọnịcha
- èzi Ọnịcha — same spelling as the Izugbe
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Examples
Ụmụaka na-egwuri egwu n'èzi ụlọ.
— Children are playing in the house compound.
Ndị èzi anyị niile bịara oriri ahụ.
— All our extended family came to that feast.
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Same spelling, different tones
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- eziproper; right; good; true; short for ezigbo; goodness; truth; kindness; true
- ezìpig;; pig; domestic pig; dirty person
- ogbèwhole, head of [orange, coconut etc] (especially of fruits); lump; piece; loaf; whole (of ball-like objects, e.g. bread, cake, ụkwà, etc.); 'village', i.e. a residential unit smaller than one of the three 'quarters' (Ezi, Ìfìtè, and Ìkeǹgà) into which a 'town’ (òbòdò) is divided, and larger than a lineage or 'family' (ụmù nnà)
- òbòdòfamily, town; town; town; country. An òbòdò is, in the Onitsha area, usually subdivided into three 'quarters' and named Ezi, Ìfìtè and Ìkeǹgà
- kwu ezi okwu#speak the truth Ọ bù ezi okwu#kà m nà-èkwu I am speaking the truth