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nkwà

Noun
Igbotone-neutral spelling: nkwa

8 varieties

Ndebe script



Voice recording

play

Meanings

  1. music (instrumental); beat

    Noun

  2. an assurance that one will do something; promise

    Noun

  3. promise

    Noun

  4. drum

    Noun

Dialect & variants

Dialect: Afiikpo, Egbema, Ezaa, Mbaise, Ngwa, Nsa, Ọkụzụ, Ụmụahịa

  • nkwà Afiikpo — same spelling as the Izugbe
  • ụ̀dà egwū Egbema
  • nkwà Ezaa
  • nkwà Ezaa — same spelling as the Izugbe
  • nkwà Mbaise — same spelling as the Izugbe
  • nkwà Ngwa — same spelling as the Izugbe
  • nkwà Nsa — same spelling as the Izugbe
  • egwu Ọkụzụ
  • nkwà Ụmụahịa — same spelling as the Izugbe

No other variants have been documented for this word.

Examples

Gbaa egwu etu nkwa si ada.

— Dance to the beat of the music.

Ị ga-ekwe m nkwa na ị gaghị eme ya ọzọ?

— Will you promise me that you will not do it again?

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