ikpo
Noun6 varieties
Ndebe script
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Meanings
heap, pile
ẸkpẹyẹNounheap; an untidy collection of things placed carelessly, on top of each other
Nouncollection, set (of things); large crowd (of people) (contrast mkpù)
Noun
Dialect & variants
Dialect: Achala, Ezaa, Mkpọọ, Ngwa, Owere, Ẹkpẹyẹ
- ikpō Achala
- ikpō Ezaa
- ntụkpo Mkpọọ
- ifì Mkpọọ
- ihì Ngwa
- mvumvu Ngwa
- mkpomkpo Owere
- ikpo Ẹkpẹyẹ — same spelling as the Izugbe
No other variants have been documented for this word.
Examples
Ha ji ịkpọ mkpọrọhịhị akparịta ụka.
— They communicate through whistling.
Ha ji ịkpọ mkpọrọhịhị agụ egwu.
— They use whistling to sing.
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- ìkpofish sp.; square bronze bell
- ìkpòtall coarse tufted grass; see ùkpò
- mkpùsmall group (contrast ikpo); carpenter's plane (-kpù 2. scrape)
- dakwàsịfall upon (of thing) Ọ dākwàsì nénu ọche It fell on the chair Ọ nọ kwàsì nénu ikpo akwụ She sits on the heap of palmnuts O biìkwàsì yà aka He lays his hands on him