mkpà
Noun6 varieties
Ndebe script
Voice recording
play
Meanings
pressure; need; difficulty; necessity; something pressing
Nounneed; difficulty; necessity (from -kpà 2. be needful)
Nounforceps; tongs; pincers
Nounforceps; tongs
Nounholding; captivity; restriction; imprisonment (from -kpà 1. grip)
Nounone stake full of yams tied in a barn
Noun
Dialect & variants
Dialect: Afiikpo, Ajalị, Anịọcha, Ezaa, Izii, Mkpọọ
- mkpà Afiikpo
- ihe ịmàaka Ajalị
- ǹhịaāhụ̄ Anịọcha
- mkpà Ezaa
- mkpà Izii
- akam̄gbā Mkpọọ
- m̀fịaārụ̄ Mkpọọ
- nsògbu Mkpọọ
No other variants have been documented for this word.
Examples
Mkpà ego na-enye ya nsogbu n'oge a.
— Financial pressure is troubling him at this time.
Gịnị bụ mkpà gị ugbu a?
— What is your pressing need now?
Related words
Propose an edit
Sign in or create an account to propose an edit. An editor reads every proposal before anything changes.
Add another pronunciation
Sign in or create an account to record a pronunciation. Recordings are reviewed by an editor before they are published — and a recording is credited to the person who made it.
Same spelling, different tones
These entries fold to the same letters once tone is removed, so a tone-blind search returns all of them.