mmụọ ijelè
NounNdebe script
Meanings
a graceful, elaborate masquerade
Noun
Dialect & variants
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Examples
Mmụọ ijelè pụtara n'ọha, ọ na-agba egwu mara mma.
— The ijele masquerade appeared in public, dancing beautifully.
Ụmụaka na-atụ egwu mmụọ ijelè?
— Are the children afraid of the ijele masquerade?
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