ìlo
NounNdebe script
Meanings
outside; compound outside walls (= èzi amā, contrast mbala ēzi); area in village not occupied by houses (includes but is wider than èzi)
Noun
Dialect & variants
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Examples
Nne m na-esi nri n'ìlo taa.
— My mother is cooking food outside in the compound today.
Ụmụaka na-egwu egwuregwu n'ìlo mgbe e mesịrị.
— The children are playing games in the open compound later.
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