ibe
Noun3 varieties
Ndebe script
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Meanings
part; piece
Nounpart (of); piece (of)
Nounpiece
Noun
Dialect & variants
Dialect: Afiikpo, Ajalị, Anịọcha
- ibe Afiikpo — same spelling as the Izugbe
- mpaghara Ajalị
- akụkụ Anịọcha
No other variants have been documented for this word.
Examples
Aga m ayawa oroma a ibe abụọ ka I were otu ibe.
— I will yank this orange into two parts so that you take one part.
Biko, nye mụ na Ibe efe n'imụlọ ka anyi kpaa nkata.
— Please give Ibe and I chance in the room to have a conversation.
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Same spelling, different tones
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- ibècompanion; neighbour;; mate; fellow; opponent
- ibēpledge; surety; hostage; pawn; pledge; security; pawn; hostage
- tụchascrape out canoe with ǹkò; nurse, foster, bring up very sickly, weak, miserably helpless child or animal ("take out disease, weakness") ọgè nne yā nwūsịlị It is mother who is fostering the child of Ibe who was brought down from Northern Nigeria after his mother died
- kpọ asìhate; dislike Ịkpọ mmadù ibe ānyị asì bù n jọ Hatred towards our fellow-men is sin Akpòlù m yà asì I hate him, or I dislike him Chukwu Nnà, bikō zọpùta ānyị n’aka ndị niiìne nā-akpọ ānyị asì God the Father, please deliver us from the hands of all that hate us
- kpa nkàtatalk; converse; chat Bikō nye mụ nà Ibè efè níme ụnò ụlā màkà nà ànyiCchòlù ịkpā nkàta nébe afù Please leave the room for Ibe and myself, for we want to chat there; converse
- kpù òkù nónụ(colloq.) be smoking a pipe, cigarette, etc. colloq. Ibè kpù òkù nónụ Ibe is smoking at present
- Ibè jì m ụgwōIbe owes me a debt
- Ibè nò n'ụnō ngaIbe is in prison