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mgbaji

Noun

6 varieties

Ndebe script

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Meanings

  1. waist beads

    Noun

Dialect & variants

Dialect: Afiikpo, Ezaa, Mbaise, Ngwa, Nkanụ, Ọnịcha

  • jìgìda Afiikpo
  • ọlọ̄kpụ̀ Ezaa
  • mgbaji Mbaise — same spelling as the Izugbe
  • mgbaji Ngwa — same spelling as the Izugbe
  • jìgìda Nkanụ
  • jìgìde Nkanụ
  • jìgìda Ọnịcha

No other variants have been documented for this word.

Examples

Mgbaji o yi na-ayọgharị mgbe ọ na-agba egwu.

— The waist beads she wore was shaking when she was dancing.

Ọ na-amasị di Ada ịhụ mgbaji n'ahụ nwunye ya.

— Ada's husband likes to see waist bead on his wife.

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