ìwu
Noun3 varieties
Ndebe script
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Meanings
law; command; commandment; rule
Noun
Dialect & variants
Dialect: Ihuoma, Isuama, Owere
- ìwi Ihuoma
- ìwu Isuama
- ìwu Owere
No other variants have been documented for this word.
Examples
Wepụ aka enwe n’ofe ka ọ ghara ịwụ aka mmadụ
— Take the monkey's hand out of the soup pot before it turns into a human hand.
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Same spelling, different tones
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- kpò iyiìcurse; abuse Ìwu nà-akpọ m iyiì Iwu is cursing me
- kpo àgbụgbọ -kpocha A.collect decayed compost for application to the crops; clear (rubbish, refuse); rid a place (of rubbish, refuse, filth) Ànyị nà-àkwadebe iwu#ụnò n’ànì a nà-èkpocha We are preparing to build a house on the place which is being cleared