mkpa
NounNdebe script
Meanings
scarcity; fewness (compare ùkọ)
Nounused in
Nounneed
Noun
Dialect & variants
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Examples
Ọ dị mkpa na nne na nna ọbụla ga-azụlite ụmụ ha n'ụzọ ezi omume na ịtụ egwu Chineke.
— It is important that all parents should bring up their children in the way of righteousness and the fear of God.
Enweghị onye Amarachi na-akpa mkpa n'otu ha.
— Amarachi does not oppress anyone in her group.
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Same spelling, different tones
These entries fold to the same letters once tone is removed, so a tone-blind search returns all of them.
- mkpàpressure; need; difficulty; necessity; something pressing; need; difficulty; necessity (from -kpà 2. be needful); forceps; tongs; pincers
- ùkọscarcity (compare mkpa); scarcity
- kpa mkpaseek diligently; search for carefully e.g. -kpa mkpa akụ search for palm kernels in the farm (usually by children); be few; scarce; be few, scarce