mba
Noun5 varieties
Ndebe script
Voice recording
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Meanings
tuber
Nounscolding; bluster; bitter complaining
Nounnation; country; tribe
Nounnation
Nounliver
Dialect & variants
Dialect: Isuama, Ngwa, Owere, Ọnịcha, Ụmụahịa
- mba Isuama — same spelling as the Izugbe
- ugèlè Ngwa
- òkpoti Ngwa
- mba Owere — same spelling as the Izugbe
- mba Ọnịcha — same spelling as the Izugbe
- òkpoti Ụmụahịa
No other variants have been documented for this word.
Examples
Ịsị m mba bụ oge ka ị na-egbu.
— Saying no to me is wasting your time.
Mba dị iche iche sọrọ mpi maka iko mba ụwa na Rọshịa.
— Different countries competed for the world cup in Russia.
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