mbùmbu
NounNdebe script
Meanings
bogeyman (a creature that will carry bad children away) (= ǹtaǹta)
Noun
Dialect & variants
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Examples
Gbapụ, mbùmbu na-abịa n'abalị a!
— Run away, the bogeyman is coming tonight!
Ụmụaka ahụ na-atụ egwu mbùmbu n'abalị.
— Those children are afraid of the bogeyman at night.
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