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ìse

5 varieties

Ndebe script

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Meanings

  1. five

  2. So be it! Amen! (Ẹdo (Bini))

Dialect & variants

Dialect: Afiikpo, Isuama, Mbaise, Mkpọọ, Owere

  • ìsọ Afiikpo
  • ìse Afiikpo
  • ìsẹ Isuama
  • ìso Mbaise
  • ìse Mkpọọ
  • ìse Owere

No other variants have been documented for this word.

Examples

Ise Eke di na Nnobi, odu ya di na Nnewi

— The head of the sacred royal python is at Nnobi, its tail at Nnewi.

Mgbugbo oge Igbo du ino, nke ise shi ezuru ya l’oshi

— The Igbo time fence is four, because the fifth was "stolen" or "eliminated".

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