gba nkwụ
Active verb5 varieties
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Meanings
traditional marriage rite of the Igbo people; wine carrying
Active verb
Dialect & variants
Dialect: Isuama, Mkpọọ, Nsụka, Owere, Ọkụzụ
- bu mmii Isuama
- gba nkwụ̄ Isuama
- gba nkwụ̄ Mkpọọ
- bu mmānyā Mkpọọ
- vu mmānyā Nsụka
- gba nkwụ̄ Owere
- pa mmịị Owere
- kwà nkwụ̄ Ọkụzụ
No other variants have been documented for this word.
Examples
Ha gbara nkwụ n'ụlọ nne ya.
— They performed the wine-carrying rite at her mother's house.
Ị ga-agba nkwụ tupu agbamakwụkwọ?
— Will you do the wine-carrying before the wedding?
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