ma n'ọnyà

Dialect & variants

No other variants have been documented for this word.

Examples

Nkịtā m màlù n’ọnyà

— My dog was caught in a trap

(fig.) Òbi àmago n’ọnyà

— Obi has been entrapped. If a person is under suspicion of indulging in a crime, e.g. bribery, policemen in disguise are sometimes sent to the person with marked currency notes and if the person receives the notes and is arrested the above expression is used. Or if a person is suspected of stealing, money can be deliberately left where he can find it, and if he takes the money and is caught, the above expression is used