ịbà
NounMkpọọ, Ngwa
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Meanings
malaria; fever
Nounfever (general term, compare akòm)
Noun
Dialect & variants
Dialect: Mkpọọ, Ngwa
- isi ọkụ̄ Mkpọọ
- akụ̀m̀ Ngwa
No other variants have been documented for this word.
Examples
Ịbà tara nwa m, ọ naghị eri nri.
— Malaria afflicted my child, and he is not eating.
Ịbà ahụ ọ kwụsịrị, ka ọ ka na-aga?
— Has that fever stopped, or is it still going on?
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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