nkịlịka
NounNdebe script
Meanings
raggedness; contemptible state (more used to refer to people than ngịlịga)
Noun
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Examples
Ahụrụ m ya n'ọnọdụ nkịlịka n'ahịa.
— I saw him in a contemptible state at the market.
Nkịlịka dị n'uwe ya mere ndị mmadụ ji chịa ya ọchị.
— The raggedness of his clothes made people laugh at him.
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