mkpàla
NounNdebe script
Meanings
shelters
Nouncane, e.g. midrib of mkpàla egbò, the boundary tree Dracaena fragrans (Linn.) Ker-Gawl.
Noun(also ute mkpàla) type of mat which can be used for building ìgbùdù or as shelter (= ute Ādo)
Noun
Dialect & variants
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Examples
Anyị rụrụ mkpàla maka ụmụaka n'ogige ahụ.
— We built shelters for the children in that compound.
Ị hụrụ mkpàla ndị ọzọ ha wuru n'ọhịa?
— Did you see the other shelters they built in the field?
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