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ìjelè

Noun
Igbotone-neutral spelling: ijele

Ajalị

Ndebe script



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Meanings

  1. big and highly decorated masquerade of the Igbo people; a graceful masquerade with a very large complex mask

    Noun

  2. soldier ant (compare elùuluū, the more typical Onitsha word)

    Noun

  3. a graceful masquerade with a very large complex mask

    Noun

Dialect & variants

Dialect: Ajalị

  • ìjerè Ajalị
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  • ìjerè

Examples

Ijele bụ oke mmọnwụ.

— Ijele is a great masquerade.

Ijele anaghị agba oge ọbụla.

— Ijele does not appear always.

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