ibù
Noun9 varieties
Ndebe script
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Meanings
large; size; big; fat
Nounbigness; size
Noun
Dialect & variants
Dialect: Ajalị, Anịọcha, Ezaa, Izii, Mkpọọ, Ngwa, Nkanụ, Nsa, Nsụka
- arọ Ajalị
- nnukwū Anịọcha
- kpe Ezaa
- ivù Izii
- nnekwū Mkpọọ
- ọ̀gbà Mkpọọ
- utuvuru Ngwa
- ivù Nkanụ
- ibù Nsa — same spelling as the Izugbe
- àmashị Nsụka
- ivə Nsụka
No other variants have been documented for this word.
Examples
Ibù ya dị egwu.
— Its size is amazing.
Ị hụrụ ibù ọka a?
— Did you see the size of this corn?
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Same spelling, different tones
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- ịbụbe
- ibuload (-bu 1. carry); load; luggage; burden
- nyìdoload heavily; become too heavy for Ibu afù anyìdogo Èjìma The load has become too heavy for Ejima. (Ejima has been walking along with the load on her head but now the load has become so weighty that she can no longer move)
- nyìgbuoverload; load to death; be overloaded, heavy-laden Bìàkutenù m ụnù ndị ibu nà-anyìgbu Come unto me, all ye that are heavy-laden
- kwa ibucarry a load; carry loads; pack loads, belongings, luggage Ọ bụlụ nà ị kpāchàpùrò anya ndi oriì gà-àkwa ibu niiìne diCn’ụnò gị If you are not careful thieves will carry off all the loads in your house