ìba
NounNdebe script
Meanings
branch (compare anakā)
Noun
Dialect & variants
No other variants have been documented for this word.
Examples
Ọ karuru nka nke ịba maamịrị n'akwa ya.
— He got old to the extent of urinating on his clothes.
Ebumnobi m bụ ịba ọgaranya.
— My wish is to become rich.
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- ìbàancestral house, typical of Onitsha and corresponding to the òbi of other areas. It is constructed around a rectangular open- air courtyard, one end of which leads to the ùkpò or throne of the household head and the other to the entrance, beyond which is an open meeting-place (ọnụ ìbà). All rooms are within coursed mud walls (Henderson 1972 167); unpounded garri
- ịbàfever (general term, compare akòm); malaria; fever