ìgbo
Noun6 varieties
Ndebe script
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Meanings
marijuana, Indian hemp
Noungeneral name for top minnows, family Cyprinodontidae
Noun
Dialect & variants
Dialect: Achala, Ajalị, Anam, Ezaa, Izii, Mkpọọ
- ị̀jàmba Achala
- ahịhịa Ajalị
- geè Anam
- enwụ̀rụ̀ Ezaa
- ìgbo Izii
- ganjà Mkpọọ
- afịfịa Mkpọọ
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- ìgbogīdi
Examples
Ndị uwe ojii jidere ya na ìgbo.
— The police caught him with marijuana.
Ị na-ere ìgbo n'ahịa?
— Are you selling marijuana in the market?
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- Ìgbòthe Igbo people or language; the Igbo people in general; the Igbo language
- asee e; the first letter of the Igbo language alphabet; first vowel of the Igbo language alphabet; a
- ịthe thirteenth letter of the Igbo language alphabet; the fourth vowel of the Igbo language alphabet; (dependent, 2nd person singular; harmonizes with following vowel if subject, and with preceding vowel if object or possessive); you (singular); your (singular; you
- mI; me; my; first person singular subject, object, and possessive Igbo language pronoun; (independent; 1st person singular; compare e-/a-...m) I; me; my; the nineteenth letter of the Igbo language alphabet; the fifteenth consonant of the Igbo language alphabet
- ọtwenty-fifth letter of the Igbo language alphabet; sixth vowel of the Igbo language alphabet; light vowel harmonizer; the singular, subject, third-person pronoun prefix indicating he; she; it; (dependent, 3rd pers. sg.; harmonizes with following verb) he; she; it
- e(dependent, indefinite; harmonizes) one; ‘they’ (indefinite); often translated by English passive; the fifth letter of the Igbo language alphabet; the second vowel of the Igbo language alphabet
- hthe eleventh letter of the Igbo language alphabet; the ninth consonant of the Igbo language alphabet
- isee ị; the twelfth letter of the Igbo language alphabet; the third vowel of the Igbo language alphabet
- otwenty-fourth letter of the Igbo language alphabet; fifth vowel of the Igbo language alphabet; heavy vowel harmonizer; the singular, subject, third-person pronoun of the Igbo language (heavy vowel harmonizer); he; she; it; see ọ
- vthe thirty-third letter of the Igbo language alphabet; the twenty-fifth consonant of the Igbo language alphabet
- ythe thirty-fifth letter of the Igbo language alphabet; the twenty-seventh consonant of the Igbo language alphabet