ígwè
Ndebe script
Meanings
metal
Dialect & variants
No other variants have been documented for this word.
Examples
Ígwè a dị arọ.
— This metal is heavy.
Nna m na-ere ígwè n'ahịa.
— My father sells metal in the market.
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Same spelling, different tones
These entries fold to the same letters once tone is removed, so a tone-blind search returns all of them.
- igwemachine; iron; bicycle; sky; heaven; crowd
- igwèiron; any type of machinery or mechanical contrivance; iron; any type of machinery or electronic equipment; bicycle; bicycle
- igwēsky; sky; heaven; firmament, regarded as an alūsị created directly by Chukwu; king; traditional ruler; royal title
- ìgwèlarge number; crowd; multitude; mass