ǹga mkpụlụ ọkà
NounNdebe script
Meanings
life imprisonment (literally imprisonment of grains of maize; from idea that each year was represented by a single grain of maize)
Noun(fig.) object of fruit or seed-like shape, e.g. pill, tablet
Nounlife imprisonment
Noun
Dialect & variants
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Examples
Ọ na-anọ n'ụlọ mkpọrọ na ǹga mkpụlụ ọkà.
— He is in prison serving life imprisonment.
Ikpe ǹga mkpụlụ ọkà ka ụlọ ikpe nyere ya.
— The court gave him a life imprisonment sentence.
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