ìbome
NounNdebe script
Meanings
metal gong used by town-crier, or by titled man on feast-days to summon the ancestors
Noun
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- ubom
Examples
Onye ozi kụrụ ìbome, ndị obodo zukọtara.
— The town crier struck the metal gong, and the villagers gathered.
N'ụbọchị oriri, ọ na-akụ ìbome akpọọ ndị nna nna ya.
— On feast days, he strikes the gong to summon his ancestors.
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