ezie
Ndebe script
Meanings
indeed; really; truly
Dialect & variants
No other variants have been documented for this word.
Examples
Ọ bụ ezie na mmiri zoro, anyị gara ahịa.
— Though it rained, we went to the market.
Ezie na ọ gwụrụ agwụ, o nyere nwata ahụ nri.
— Though she was tired, she gave the child food.
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Same spelling, different tones
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- 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)
- òbòdòtown; country. An òbòdò is, in the Onitsha area, usually subdivided into three 'quarters' and named Ezi, Ìfìtè and Ìkeǹgà; town; family, town
- kwu ezi okwu#speak the truth Ọ bù ezi okwu#kà m nà-èkwu I am speaking the truth