kpè ìkpe
Active verbNdebe script
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Meanings
backbite; slander; speak evil of. Much practised by the Egwu Ọjà dancers many years ago. The soloist in the course of her singing spoke to evil-doers who had been committing evil in secret, e.g. a thief or people involved in adultery, thereby bringing their anti-social practices to light
Active verb
Dialect & variants
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Examples
Ọ na-akpè ìkpe megide nwanne ya.
— She backbites her brother.
Ị na-akpè ìkpe banyere m?
— Are you backbiting about me?
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