ìbèlì
NounNdebe script
Meanings
instrument with cane handle and many cords, used for flogging or for killing flies
Noun
Dialect & variants
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Examples
O jiri ìbèlì chụpụ ijiji n'ime ụlọ.
— She used an ibeli to chase flies in the house.
Nye m ìbèlì ka m chụpụ ijiji.
— Give me an ibeli so I can chase flies.
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- 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