nnē
Noun4 varieties
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Meanings
mother
Nounmany; plenty
Noun
Dialect & variants
Dialect: Mkpọọ, Nkanụ, Nsụka, Ọnịcha
- nne Mkpọọ
- nnē Nkanụ
- ne Nsụka
- nnẹ̄ Ọnịcha
No other variants have been documented for this word.
Examples
Nne m na-esi nri ọma n'ụtụtụ.
— My mother cooks good food in the morning.
Gwa nne gị ka ọ zụta azụ n'ahịa.
— Tell your mother to buy fish at the market.
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Same spelling, different tones
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- nnemother
- màmainformal word for mother (see - nne)
- tụchascrape out canoe with ǹkò; nurse, foster, bring up very sickly, weak, miserably helpless child or animal ("take out disease, weakness") ọgè nne yā nwūsịlị It is mother who is fostering the child of Ibe who was brought down from Northern Nigeria after his mother died
- kpụkwumove, crawl towards Ọ nà-àkpụkwu nwa nne ya She is moving towards her sister
- kpasu iweprovoke to anger; annoy; provoke to anger; annoy Àsị yā nà-àkpasu m iwe His lies make me angry, or I am indignant at his lies Àda kpàsùlù nne yā iwe Ada annoyed her mother ÒC bù gịnị kpàtàlù i jì gbakà iru#n’ùtụtù? Ọ bù Àdâ kpàsùlù m iwe Why did you frown in the morning? It was Ada who annoyed me