ísì
Ndebe script
Meanings
smell
Dialect & variants
No other variants have been documented for this word.
Examples
ísì ọjọọ na-esi n'ite ahụ.
— A bad smell is coming from that pot.
Olee ísì na-esi ebe a?
— What smell is coming from here?
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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.
- isihead; chief; sense; meaning; issue; head; basic
- isìscent; smell; scent; smell; aroma
- ìsìblindness; folly
- èkpète(= isi egō) unit of cowrie counting system, consisting of six single cowries (ego) mkpụlū
- chị òkwèdivine with beads, nuts; pay divine homage to òkwè; hence village name (Isi òkwè); divine, with beads, nuts
- kpocha isicut hair (of head) very low (literally gather and remove); be bald Nwoke afù kpòchàlù isi That man is bald
- kpàchasị isibarb hair of head (less common than -kpàcha isi)