nkwụ
Noun7 varieties
Ndebe script
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Meanings
palm, especially oil palm - Elaeis guineensis
Nounoil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.); palm wine from nkwụ
Noun
Dialect & variants
Dialect: Mbaise, Ngwa, Nkanụ, Nsa, Owere, Ọnịcha, Ụmụahịa
- nkwụ Mbaise
- nkwụ Ngwa
- nfu Nkanụ
- nkwụ Nsa
- nkwụ Owere
- akwụ Ọnịcha
- nkwụ Ụmụahịa
No other variants have been documented for this word.
Examples
Ekwela ka osisi nkwụ a dachie ụzọ.
— Don't allow this palm tree to fall across and block the road.
Agara m Enugwu maka ịgba nkwụ ha.
— I went to Enugu for their traditional wedding.
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